Stun
Doomwatcher
Hey Officer chill out he has a point... you don't need to crucify him for his opinion.
I'm listening to the album right now. And I must admit I'm liking it more than R2R... they have really matured as a band and combined elements of the old and new. The guitar work is much more interesting in my opinion than R2R... I've heard a couple solos, which is cool. I wasn't expecting any. I'm not a fan of the clean singing, and I'm sorry for saying this, but he honestly reminds me of Jonathan Davis himself on a couple songs. However he has improved his clean vocals, don't get me wrong. The growls are unbelievably brutal as ever... I'm glad Anders has thrown in his deep death metal voice on a few songs too.
About the nu-metal discussion: I'll just say that no other label could define it, if you had to... but it's still In Flames. They'll always have variety and melody on their albums, I don't think that'll change. Personally, I used to like older IF better, but I think they've really grown as a band, and I like the newer stuff more now... I also think there's not much point in comparing the music of Lunar Strain, Subterranean, the Jester Race and Whoracle with Colony, Clayman, etc...
I'm listening to the album right now. And I must admit I'm liking it more than R2R... they have really matured as a band and combined elements of the old and new. The guitar work is much more interesting in my opinion than R2R... I've heard a couple solos, which is cool. I wasn't expecting any. I'm not a fan of the clean singing, and I'm sorry for saying this, but he honestly reminds me of Jonathan Davis himself on a couple songs. However he has improved his clean vocals, don't get me wrong. The growls are unbelievably brutal as ever... I'm glad Anders has thrown in his deep death metal voice on a few songs too.
About the nu-metal discussion: I'll just say that no other label could define it, if you had to... but it's still In Flames. They'll always have variety and melody on their albums, I don't think that'll change. Personally, I used to like older IF better, but I think they've really grown as a band, and I like the newer stuff more now... I also think there's not much point in comparing the music of Lunar Strain, Subterranean, the Jester Race and Whoracle with Colony, Clayman, etc...