In Flames.... Should they have taken their "overexperimenting" shit to a new band?

[Clay-Man]

Think about it. CKY did it. Some other bands do this.

You have the same fucking people but you're using a different name. It lets you have every right to do what you want with the seperate band. There's really no possible bitching unless they stopped In Flames, which they really wouldn't because people would definently hate them then.

It would have been a wise decision to just go under a new name for their experimenting.

 

[Winter.]

I think Anders did originally do that, hence the band Passenger.

 

[DE4life]

No, they shouldn't, as that would essentially mean there wouldn't have been an in Flames release since Clayman.

What's the point in creating a 'new band' if all the members are the same? It's not like In Flames is an ideaology that has to be followed, it's what a group of musicians called themselves in order to have a name to promote on a live bill. In Flames represents whatever these group of musicians decide to create, and it's not like they've changed genre. They were heavy metal and they're still heavy metal, to abandon the name In Flames after so many years of building it up would just be ridiculous.

 

[Clay-Man]

They wouldn't abandon In Flames.

Like I said CKY did it. Then again it was 2 people. Foreign Objects was their first band which was a technical death metal band, then they went to OiL which had more pop value, and Deron got sick about the whole pop feel to it so he eventually turned it into CKY.

 

[DE4life]

Luckily In Flames are not CKY.

In Flames are In Flames. They haven't changed genre so there's no need for them to change name. Besides of which, the 'In Flames' tag has far more name value than if they were going to create a new band. It makes sense to keep their name and make whatever music they want, instead of changing their name for fear the tr00 fans will hate them.

 

[FinalFatalForce]

I dont think hes suggesting they change names...Hes saying Still be In Flames and make music sounding like they use to but also have the other band to experiment with, and yes...Anders did something like that with Passenger.

Ive been listening to In Flames for a LONG time, and I prefer there older stuff, but im going to keep listening to In Flames and hope that one day they might go back to the older stuff...Even if its just for one more release

 

[Clay-Man]

I'm sure what a lot of people want is for anders to go back to the old days.

 

[DE4life]

I dont think hes suggesting they change names...Hes saying Still be In Flames and make music sounding like they use to but also have the other band to experiment with, and yes...Anders did something like that with Passenger.

Ive been listening to In Flames for a LONG time, and I prefer there older stuff, but im going to keep listening to In Flames and hope that one day they might go back to the older stuff...Even if its just for one more release

Yes, but if it's the same band members why does it matter what they're called? if they're making this experimental stuff they're not going to focus on In Flames and people will just get pissed off about that. IF have said themselves they're purportedly now making the music they want to make so why would they go back to forcing themselves to create melodeath under the "In Flames" banner?

And they won't go back to the old stuff. EVER. Sad fact.

I'm sure what a lot of people want is for anders to go back to the old days.

I really don't think 'old Anders' would sound very good on In Flames new stuff. If he reverted the entire band would have to revert.

 

[waif]

Think about it. CKY did it. Some other bands do this.

You have the same fucking people but you're using a different name. It lets you have every right to do what you want with the seperate band. There's really no possible bitching unless they stopped In Flames, which they really wouldn't because people would definently hate them then.

It would have been a wise decision to just go under a new name for their experimenting.

No, they shouldn't, as that would essentially mean there wouldn't have been an in Flames release since Clayman.

What's the point in creating a 'new band' if all the members are the same? It's not like In Flames is an ideaology that has to be followed, it's what a group of musicians called themselves in order to have a name to promote on a live bill. In Flames represents whatever these group of musicians decide to create, and it's not like they've changed genre. They were heavy metal and they're still heavy metal, to abandon the name In Flames after so many years of building it up would just be ridiculous.

This, except I would also say, SHUT UP AND STOP WHINING. IF gradually progressed from Lunar Strain to ASOP. It wasn't a radical shift. It was gradual experimentation.

Should Quorthon have formed a new project for the Viking albums? No, because he wasn't radically shifting, he was continuing Bathory. When he wanted to do something really different he did release those 2 albums under the name Quorthon.