ASOP has some good moments as far as riffs, solos and drumming is concerned. The issue is the production and vocals, primarily.
Yep, that's it - couple of moments. Even though I like TCP, since it fits my taste perfectly well, the whole album is just a bunch of moments and mostly fillers. The first IF album that got me fully dissapointed.
I'm OK with the vocals on Skydancer (I actually prefer the original version of Alone to the 94 version with Stanne on vocals) but I definitely think it's the production on LS which makes Mikael's vocals sound worse than they are.
For me he's good on all of them. The garage-like production gives Stanne a new dimension, pretty similar to some black metal records (early Behemoth even, from their Grom time).
I think you should give Mikael more of a chance than just that one album. The dude is beast. He shits on Anders in every way possible imo, though I still prefer In Flames.
He's much better singer when it comes to clean vocals, that's for sure, but in the heavy style - really?
Similar to Anders, he had really bad moments. I saw the guys live in 2012 and found myself really dissapointed, both with performance and setlist. For example:
Anders has a different style in almost every album and even then, he sounds different on certain songs. Probably Come Clarity has a bigger vocal range in terms of screams than Stanne for the last what, 18 years?
Fucking GOAT

take your swaying with your mobiles phones singing to TCP and shove it. This is where it's at.
This is great, but I prefer this beast with Hostile/Behind Space transition:
Good times
