In Flames New Album being released in Q2 of 2014 thread
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Come Clarity was arguably In Flames' last proper "metal" album. They drifted into a rock-metal fusion for the next two albums and are apparently firmly in the pop-rock camp now.
I don't think they've been passionate about creating genuine metal since 2006, so it's maybe not a surprise that their attempts at making metal songs sound so uninspired. It's just a shame their pop-rock stuff is equally shit.
I don't think they've been passionate about creating genuine metal since 2006, so it's maybe not a surprise that their attempts at making metal songs sound so uninspired. It's just a shame their pop-rock stuff is equally shit.
PlainVanilla
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I have no problem with Anders listening to Katy Perry or Beyoncé. He does what he wants.
And I love this album. Damn, Paralyzed!
And I love this album. Damn, Paralyzed!
Well it is obvious that two most influential persons in the band are not into metal anymore.
Right way to go was doing solo projects. Anders could do Dep.Mode clone with his producer, Bjorn could do hard rock band with his producer and wah pedal. And the rest of the guys... well they aren't that imporant. If Jesper was there, he could go and do his tr00 metal HC stuff also.
Now we have Anders band, with Bjorn doing music with his influences, 3 guys playing their instruments, two producers having big impact on overall sound and record label and fan expectations for a moderately heavy but short and catchy tunes. All that under "IN FLAMES" name.
Result: SC - half baked electro rock album with strong pop and metal moments. Confused little piece of modern radio friendly music.
Electronic driven album from a band that has no keyboard player or DJ or whatever. Album with minimal guitar content from a band that has two (metal) guitar players.
Album dominated by vocals from a band with terrible singer, especially out of studio. Album with best part done by a producer, electronics guy and an female opera singer - all of which are not part of the band.
Can't wait to hear how terrible and empty will all of this sound live. Or "live" (as it will be heavy dependent on using prerecorded tracks).
I will have to wait another 5h until i can listen to the album. And you dont have to worry about me de4lifeAnd a88 your ratings compared to your reviews dont add up lol. You're rating them way to high compared to your descriptions of the songs
Bro, 5/10 is not high. Five is average and forgettable as it gets. Or in case of some songs middle ground between good and awful parts of the song.
Pretty much sums up modern In Flames.
I like how they use the excuse of there being "too many guitar tracks" on the older songs to play live, yet plough a shit load of electronic elements into their songs despite not even having a fucking keyboard player. If you can pipe prerecorded keys into the live set why could you not do the same with guitar tracks? All this bullshit about "we write it to play live" and they purposefully include an instrument that no band member plays
dickheads.I like how they use the excuse of there being "too many guitar tracks" on the older songs to play live, yet plough a shit load of electronic elements into their songs despite not even having a fucking keyboard player. If you can pipe prerecorded keys into the live set why could you not do the same with guitar tracks? All this bullshit about "we write it to play live" and they purposefully include an instrument that no band member plays
This. So it's terrible sin to omit one or two harmonies per song, but it is perfectly OK to have bunch of keyboards and fill all the vocals and choruses with effects.
They should have hired a keyboard player instead of Engelin.
Oh, and they never seem to play complicated songs. Like, did you ever head live Suburban Me or A New Dawn? Nope...
No man, I've said EG has some death metal riffs (it does) and it has some nu metal riffs.
And I wouldn't compare it to Pestilence, really.
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Yes, the intro riff, totally agree. The rest of the song nothing alike. But an intro riff doesn't make a son death metal.
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Slipknot is more alternative and groove metal than nu metal now.
That intro riff to their song Sulfer reminds me of early At The Gates so much for some reason.
Been lurking around here for a while, voyeuristically reading your posts.
Just had to jump in and note how terribly disappointing this album is.
ASOP, which I've considered their worst effort this far (due to Anders, mainly), is honestly a masterpiece in comparison.
I can actually remember a damn chorus or riff from that effort.
Apart from parts of Filtered Truth, chorus in When the World Explodes, and a piece here or there, there is absolutely nothing memorable on this release. It's all a meandering, whining wall of nothing.
They note that they want to convey emotion; well -- they've completely and utterly failed.
There's a few good parts here and there (in particular the mid-end melodic section of Dead Eyes), but they're incredibly rare.
The worst part of it is that there is some genuinely decently composed music (albeit nothing special) on some of the songs; but it's just massacred by Anders.
Terrible.
Just had to jump in and note how terribly disappointing this album is.
ASOP, which I've considered their worst effort this far (due to Anders, mainly), is honestly a masterpiece in comparison.
I can actually remember a damn chorus or riff from that effort.
Apart from parts of Filtered Truth, chorus in When the World Explodes, and a piece here or there, there is absolutely nothing memorable on this release. It's all a meandering, whining wall of nothing.
They note that they want to convey emotion; well -- they've completely and utterly failed.
There's a few good parts here and there (in particular the mid-end melodic section of Dead Eyes), but they're incredibly rare.
The worst part of it is that there is some genuinely decently composed music (albeit nothing special) on some of the songs; but it's just massacred by Anders.
Terrible.
PlainVanilla
Dickhead Jester
After a few listens, I'm still loving it. 
And come on, Dead Eyes has one of their best choruses EVER.
And come on, Dead Eyes has one of their best choruses EVER.
After a few listens, I'm still loving it.
And come on, Dead Eyes has one of their best choruses EVER.
Nope. That's not true, even if you tell to yourself one thousand million times.
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