The Grayfox
#MusicTheoryBro
Man, Hypocrisy ballads are so fucking good. They're super dark. Drained, Slippin' Away, Paled Empty Sphere. Great stuff. Weird that Slippin' Away and Drained are back to back on Abducted though.
I'm interested in your thought process for choosing The Quiet Place! For me, it's a quintessentially Soundtrack to Your Escape song (and as you can tell, I think that Soundtrack along with Siren Charms and Battles collectively are the furthest removed from IF's Melodic Death Metal roots). I'm not disagreeing with your suggestion (there are no definite right and wrong answers, obviously), just trying to figure out how it might work. I guess the synth melody could be moved onto guitars (although it's a very minimalist melody in comparison to the twiddly, folk-influenced melodies typical of the classic IF sound). There are vocals similar to the verse vocals on both Colony and Clayman, make the chorus entirely harsh vocals like Only for the Weak - yeah, I guess OFTW would probably be the blueprint for translating TQP to the classic In Flames 'sound font'.I think I agree with your assessment for Reroute to Remain, though I’d also throw Egonomic and maybe Metaphor(?) on that list.
STYE:
The Quiet Place
I guess the end portion of Touch of Red, for whatever that’s worth
Pretty much in agreement with CC.
ASoP:
Eraser
Tilt (It’s a bit slow of a song, but there are many slow songs in their classic catalogue)
Disconnected (Particularly the guitarwork in the chorus, shit’s beautiful)
March to the Shore
SoaPF:
Ropes
Enter Tragedy
A New Dawn
SC:
Siren Charms (A classic IF version would ideally have vocals and lyrics that wouldn’t ruin the instrumentals for me)
When the World Explodes
Become the Sky(?)
Battles:
This album is fucked.
ITM:
Voices
I, The Mask
(Wish I could put We Will Remember, but the verses fuck it over)
Deep Inside
Stay With Me(?)
Clayman 2020:
lol lmao
Foregone:
TBOAT
SoSD (Maybe)
Foregone Pt.1
Foregone Pt.2, but only as part of the same track as Pt. 1
TGD
In the Dark
A Dialogue
That’s a lot more for Foregone than I expected, given that I hate how not-IF it sounds to me. Surely however, Pure Light of Mind will be the most IF song.
Imo Battles and Foregone are the worst. I feel that Siren Charms is at least more honest than those two and I don't feel as repulsed by itThe only opinion that would genuinely enrage me would be somebody suggesting either of those disasters were anything other than the two worst albums in the band's history.
Imo Battles and Foregone are the worst. I feel that Siren Charms is at least more honest than those two and I don't feel as repulsed by it
It sucks that Pure Light of Mind is so processed sounding because as a whole I find it to be a pretty good song with a nice catchy chorus.