I was just at the London show on Sunday night and I have to say the band were all on top form. Bjorn and Chris traded leads during the old stuff and talking of the old stuff, they are done in album order and they're all introduced accordingly, which was fun. Band seemed very happy to be out on the road, Anders was on good form and looked super happy to be back playing shows.
Also I'm happy Bjorn was even there as he missed the show the night before having been taken to hospital in an ambulance with severe stomach pains. He looked pretty exhausted by the end of the show and shed a few tears too, whether that was due to the health scare or due to wrapping up their first tour in 2 years, I don't know.
Final note about the show, this is the 2nd show I've seen them with Tanner (2019 also) and he just straight up kicks ass live. Great drummer, cannot wait to hear what he's like on the new album. I feel the band is in a better place than it was a couple of years back.
I took a few videos of the show, here's a link to the only full song I filmed
Haha no I accidentally knocked that blokes phone out his hand!Ha.. I can see myself here, did you drop your phone at one point?
Also heads up.. the new album is going to be heavy.
Haha no I accidentally knocked that blokes phone out his hand!
I think me and my brother spoke to you about that, I spoke to someone who said tanner told them the new one was heavy. I was in a white come clarity top
Haha no I accidentally knocked that blokes phone out his hand!
I think me and my brother spoke to you about that, I spoke to someone who said tanner told them the new one was heavy. I was in a white come clarity top
I've just watched an interview with Chris on his instagram profile. He admitted the obvious, that he is officially a member of In Flames. Also, from my understanding he did contribute to the new record. Finally, it seems that they recorded the album with Benson, but he won't produce it. They sent the recordings to a bunch of different people to see who will mix it better. This actually gives me some hope for the new album.
I've just watched an interview with Chris on his instagram profile. He admitted the obvious, that he is officially a member of In Flames. Also, from my understanding he did contribute to the new record. Finally, it seems that they recorded the album with Benson, but he won't produce it. They sent the recordings to a bunch of different people to see who will mix it better. This actually gives me some hope for the new album.
IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte has confirmed that the band's upcoming album was once again recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson and Howard's longtime engineer Mike Plotnikoff.
We came home three days before we came [to Germany to start rehearsing for the currently ongoing U.K. tour]. We worked [in Los Angeles] with Howard Benson and his team.
He's got a couple [of studios], actually. It's like a house where he has a few rooms, which is the studio. And that's where we do all guitars, bass and drums and all that stuff. But he's doing all the vocals at his house; he's got his own studio set up there. So [IN FLAMES singer] Anders [Fridén records his vocal tracks] there, and I'm in the house with Mike Plotnikoff, working on riffs and stuff. Yeah, it's awesome. This is the third record we [have done] with them, and it just works out really, really good for us.