New album Foregone out February 2023

[eochaid]

Terrible analogy. People write music they understand the music theory behind without doing it all the time. My point is to explain what YOU mean in actual musical terms, you know, conventions in songwriting that pervade the genre. You don't know how to do that, so you revert to In Flames not knowing either. It doesn't mean they aren't following aspects of learning they haven't fully put together verbally. Try again though. The idea of someone commenting this much on assuage board when they haven't liked the band is just a strange use of time, that was my point. It's not an indictment on fans of different eras and that was obvious based on what I said, don't turn it into what you always try to say, and yes, I've seen it over and over.

Even if I know shit about music theory I can still state my opinion. It's ok if you don't like it. In fact, I don't care about people sharing it. Nobody is here with the pretension of knowledge. Just feelings or sensations or whatever you wanna call them. You don't like my opinon? Well. It sucks, doesn't it? Because I don't give a shit.

You know shit about me and my thoughts about the band. What if I only like Lunar Strain? What if I don't like them at all? Who are you to decide what other people is allowed to talk about or where that people is allowed to talk? You can go fuck yourself with your shitty attitude. And, before you reply, yes. I can also go fuck myself, but I don't care. I'm usually for the fun and don't care that much about online provocation but I also personally hate your kind.

And I don't care if my opinion is wrong. I don't care if it pisses you off. But I care about your shitty attitude. Because, even if we throw ourselves at each others throats, even if we have strong opposite opinions, even if we have not liked the band for 20 years, or have never liked the band, or only like the last album or their first album, this is still a community of people and that means that we have a relationship. So I, anyone, is allowed to write and share their thoughts about every piece of shit that crosses their minds and you're no one to ask for explanation.

So, record this in your mind. I will say whatever I want to say and wherever I want to say whenever I feel like saying it. If you don't like it, "ignore" user is still an option on this forum.

 

[eochaid]

I'm not sure I actually ever uploaded this... Fear is the Weakness instrumental:



Also, since we were talking about it, here's Vanishing Light instrumental:

I cannot believe that I'm going to say this but I feel that FITW is benefitted by Anders vocals. The music is a bit... flat. And the vocals are making it interesting.

 

[DE4life]

I cannot believe that I'm going to say this but I feel that FITW is benefitted by Anders vocals. The music is a bit... flat. And the vocals are making it interesting.

SOAPF was essentially the only album where they ever found a way to blend Anders' newer vocals in perfectly with the instruments.

 

[eochaid]

Yep. Even the fake vocals sound good there. I just wish, I always did, that he was able to put some decent vocals online. I like, or used to, his voice at studio (not his singing, his voice tone) but it's not worth it when it's, mostly, based upon studio production and pro tools.

 

[DE4life]

Indeed so. I really wish I'd known I wasn't using my fucking GPU properly before. I can now use Ensemble Mode in Ultimate Vocal Remover and the output sounds far better than what I was creating before. Fuck. Oh well

 

[galvanized]

Gonna have to go back and re-do some then

 

[galvanized]

Fear is the Weakness is honestly a masterpiece. Maybe one of the best modern IF songs. The guitar work is masterful and has a lot of extra touches. I love that little mini pre-chorus solo at 1:12. And yeah, Anders vocals on this song add a lot. A lot of emotion in the hoarse “all turn cold…”

 

[The Grayfox]

Fear is the Weakness is a prime example of a "newer" In Flames song that just hits the mark on many levels. Yes, even Anders hit the mark. I could really get behind another album like SOAPF.

 

[The Grayfox]

Again, why do you follow a band you don't even like this long? How does it make sense in your brain to like a few albums early on from a band that's had 10+ and still comment on it religiously?

Do you realize how ridiculous this is? Why is it important that the albums are "old" or that they've had many albums since? You're acting like once something is X years old, it isn't worth discussing and commenting on anymore. They are In Flames albums, yes? This is an In Flames forum? Why is it wrong to talk about albums that we love in a place that is quite literally meant for that purpose?

On top of that, you're assuming we all hate everything after the 90s or something, which is incorrect. Is Battles my favorite album? No, but I've commented multiple times that I quite enjoy Wallflower. I also enjoy SOAPF as a whole. There are songs on ITM that I like. But the point is, no one is required to love every single thing IF has ever done in order to discuss here.

 

[eochaid]

Fear is the Weakness is honestly a masterpiece. Maybe one of the best modern IF songs. The guitar work is masterful and has a lot of extra touches. I love that little mini pre-chorus solo at 1:12. And yeah, Anders vocals on this song add a lot. A lot of emotion in the hoarse “all turn cold…”

Fear is the Weakness is a prime example of a "newer" In Flames song that just hits the mark on many levels. Yes, even Anders hit the mark. I could really get behind another album like SOAPF.

Just to make it clear. I like FITW. Maybe, my problem, is that is followed by WTDSD in the album. Two songs with a very similar approach. And that I like the second better.

 

[DE4life]

Dead Ships is also a fantastic song.

This is why, to me, the output following SOAPF was so disappointing. That album proved that Anders and Bjorn had it in them to produce excellent music if they really wanted to put the effort in. It's not that they're incapable, it's just that they purposely chose to abandon that path and go down a much less interesting route.

I'll also never understand people saying SC is a natural follow up to SOAPF. Just listen to the instrumental of both (SC instrumental is out there already). They sound nothing alike.

 

[DE4life]

Gonna have to go back and re-do some then

I probably will tbh. The songs output in 1-2 mins, compared to 15 mins before, so it'd be a fairly quick process.

 

[eochaid]

Dead Ships is also a fantastic song.

This is why, to me, the output following SOAPF was so disappointing. That album proved that Anders and Bjorn had it in them to produce excellent music if they really wanted to put the effort in. It's not that they're incapable, it's just that they purposely chose to abandon that path and go down a much less interesting route.

I'll also never understand people saying SC is a natural follow up to SOAPF. Just listen to the instrumental of both (SC instrumental is out there already). They sound nothing alike.

I think that SC tries to follow a route that they started with SOAPF but to an extreme. It's simpler and more alternative. The main difference, quality of the songs aside, is that it has less internal coherence. To me, it feels like a bunch of random songs pit together. Like they have little in common.

 

[DE4life]

AI generated concept art, second attempt...

Lunar Strain



As noted previously, badass.

Subterranean



The Jester Race



Whoracle



Colony



Clayman



lmao

Reroute to Remain



STYE



Come Clarity



ASOP

 

[DE4life]

Sounds of a Playground Fading



Siren Charms





Battles



I may or may not have added 'toilet' to the prompt.

I, the Mask



Foregone



Bruh...

And some randoms...

Anders Friden and a Monkey







Donald Trump in South Park

 

[eochaid]

I find, for some reason, the one from Clayman hilarious.

 

[The Grayfox]

Some of these are pretty great.

For ASOP, you should put "man walking towards gaping vagina" in the description and see what happens.

 

[DE4life]

Some of these are pretty great.

For ASOP, you should put "man walking towards gaping vagina" in the description and see what happens.

Aight, gimme five minutes.

 

[eochaid]

Some of these are pretty great.

For ASOP, you should put "man walking towards gaping vagina" in the description and see what happens.

What if we were wrong and disconnected is about Anders mortal fear of women? He's staying at home and he calls the men walking the street dead because he thinks that, in fact, women are going to hunt them and kill them.

 

[eochaid]

So, the vagina is a symbol of death and the dude that has entered the labyrinth is, in fact, trying to run away from it. That is, from the vagina.