New album Foregone out February 2023

[DE4life]

"It is also possible that some people may compare specific songs from the two albums. For example, some listeners have noted similarities between the song "The End" from Battles and the song "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" from Master of Puppets, due to their similar use of acoustic guitars and slow buildups to a heavy climax."

Meanwhile ChatGPT is making comments like this, did 2011 version of Krofius program it or something?

 

[Moonshield_]

 

[Moonshield_]

How much of a fanboy am I?

(I’m currently on In Flames instagram’s story )

 

[DE4life]

You have some way to go to reach Krofius' heights from 2009-2011 my man, but you're on a distinguished path.

 

[Moonshield_]

I’ll work hard to reach his level !

 

[MySweetShadow01]

Used and Abused STYE is the best version of STYE.

I like most of the album these days, but certainly the weakest album by some distance until ASOP came along with that horrific artwork, production, lyrics and vocals.

Then SC and Battles came along, making STYE sound like Master of Puppets by comparison.

ASOP > STYE imo. I actually quite like ASOP. Alias is a great song. Sober and Irrelevant sounds like it could've been on Come Clarity. I actually really like The Chosen Pessimist as well.

 

[DE4life]

That is unfortunate bro, I'm sorry.

 

[Moonshield_]

I hated Alias from day 1, but the acoustic break is awesome.

Love The Chosen Pessimist too.

 

[ciko_gfb]

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God damn dude, I want that box set so bad but couldn't find it anywhere.

 

[MySweetShadow01]

That is unfortunate bro, I'm sorry.

If it helps, I also have an ASOP t-shirt (a recent one). The design is similar to what's in my pfp.

 

[DE4life]

If it helps, I also have an ASOP t-shirt (a recent one).

It does not.

 

[Moonshield_]

God damn dude, I want that box set so bad but couldn't find it anywhere.

Found mine on Discogs but right now the few boxes available there go from 700€ to 1390€

 

[ciko_gfb]

Found mine on Discogs but right now the few boxes available there go from 700€ to 1390€

I don't know how things works in EU but given our "good" economy that's almost some people's monthly salary Also nice hair, add some dreadlocks and beard would be 10/10.

 

[Moonshield_]

I’m 28 and my beard doesn’t fucking grow man, it’s like a curse.

 

[Sister Of Destruction]

I’m 28 and my beard doesn’t fucking grow man, it’s like a curse.

 

[The Grayfox]

I’m 28 and my beard doesn’t fucking grow man, it’s like a curse.

I've been able to grow a beard since I was like 15 or 16. Unfortunately, hair grows everywhere else too. So, you take the bad with the good I guess. I can shave off my beard and send it to you and you can glue it to your face.

Ready for a hot take everybody?

STYE > RTR

I put RTR near the bottom of their discography. I really don't like that album. I have PTSD from it following Clayman, one of my most beloved albums. I was so ready for Clayman pt. 2 and that shitheap fell in my lap. Flame me, lets go!

 

[MySweetShadow01]

STYE > RTR

I put RTR near the bottom of their discography. I really don't like that album. I have PTSD from it following Clayman, one of my most beloved albums. I was so ready for Clayman pt. 2 and that shitheap fell in my lap. Flame me, lets go!

Strongly disagree. Reroute is one of my favorite IF albums (along with Come Clarity and Colony). Tbh I don't think it was as drastic of a change from Clayman as people say (I'm not denying that there was a change btw I'm just saying I don't think it's a night and day difference).

 

[The Grayfox]

It definitely felt like a night and day difference upon first hearing it. Going from songs like Suburban Me and Swim to Metaphor and Dawn of a New Gay (yeah I said it) was very jarring. Even hearing Cloud Connected after Clayman was jarring. They started relying more on synth and Anders' shitty clean vocals here, so I will respectfully disagree that it's not a drastic difference. RTR is still looked at as the pivotal point when In Flames changed their sound by most people -- certainly by people who were around then.

I see why people like the album though.

 

[Man Made Bod]

As experimental as R2R was, it still had the soul of classic IF in there. It was just buried by the album's muddy sound. Dark Signs, Minus, and Trigger are pretty great tracks that still sound like they were produced by the band that gave us Colony and Clayman, just a bit different. When it sucked (Free Fall, Cloud Connected, Transparent) it sucked, but when it hits it's still a fun listen for me personally. In contrast, STYE sounded like it was trying waaaaaay too hard to appeal to fans of Korn and I'm really not a fan of that band at all. Still had some bangers, and it had better production than R2R, but the ratio of good:bad songs did not work in that album's favor compared to its predecessor. For what its worth, STYE used to be my least favorite album until 2014 when Siren Charms dropped. Now it's still pretty low-tier but my opinion on it has softened in retrospect.

 

[The Grayfox]

Yeah, I can see that. I'm just very biased against RTR. I remember not liking STYE at time of release either, but it has grown on me significantly, whereas RTR has just gotten worse. The production/mixing on both albums is particularly bad.