New album Foregone out February 2023
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Pallbearer
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In fact, the forum's already been closed once per In Flames's request.
This initially used to be the official forum, but around the time R2R leaked shitposting got out of hand and down went the board. It was re-opened a bit later as an unofficial forum, as the band wanted to distance themselves from the place. Can't blame them for it, really. Imagine some random dude just having found out about IF. He buys R2R, learns the band has an official forum, joins and innocently posts "Hi! I'm Tim, I just bought R2R and it's awesome." Then, instead of receiving friendly welcomes he is immediately told to fuck off. Probably not the best possible kind of PR for the band.
I have no idea whether In Flames are aware the forum still exists, but if they indeed are I don't think they're too offended about it. Generally speaking the phpBB forum as a format/platform is practically almost dead anyway.
mindd
Faithless by Default
If nothing else In Flames have the power of God on their side 
It's tough for me to get too excited about In Flames new stuff when The Halo Effect's songs are so fucking good. I don't feel like I need to compromise by attempting to get that fix from IF anymore. I hope they come out with a solid album, of course, but I can't imagine it's going to come close to Days of the Lost.
It's tough for me to get too excited about In Flames new stuff when The Halo Effect's songs are so fucking good. I don't feel like I need to compromise by attempting to get that fix from IF anymore. I hope they come out with a solid album, of course, but I can't imagine it's going to come close to Days of the Lost.
The Grayfox
Nija
In fact, the forum's already been closed once per In Flames's request.
This initially used to be the official forum, but around the time R2R leaked shitposting got out of hand and down went the board. It was re-opened a bit later as an unofficial forum, as the band wanted to distance themselves from the place. Can't blame them for it, really. Imagine some random dude just having found out about IF. He buys R2R, learns the band has an official forum, joins and innocently posts "Hi! I'm Tim, I just bought R2R and it's awesome." Then, instead of receiving friendly welcomes he is immediately told to fuck off. Probably not the best possible kind of PR for the band.
I have no idea whether In Flames are aware the forum still exists, but if they indeed are I don't think they're too offended about it. Generally speaking the phpBB forum as a format/platform is practically almost dead anyway.
I also remember this. When RTR came out, this forum got hammered by a bunch of pissed off people. It was closed due to "too much negativity." As you said, that was probably the right call. Years ago, somebody claimed that Bjorn was aware of this forum, but I doubt he's actually lurking around here or anything. Although that would be pretty funny.
The Grayfox
Nija
To be fair, I did basically say that In Flames didn't mean shit anymore without Jesper. I mean, not in those words, but that's what I was implying. And I still stand by it
There aren't that many places dedicated to IF discussion, outside of FB, Twitter, etc. So, it wouldn't surprise me if they were aware of this place. Can't imagine they care enough about it to browse, but who knows.
I didn't know about this place until after Everdying shut down, which was around 2006. Didn't register until 2008. I was just getting into the IF fandom around the time Reroute came out, and very much remember the negativity. Even Clayman has some stigma. I can recall being rounded on back then for saying Satellites and Astronauts was my favourite IF song, and getting called a poser good times. We were all Ciko once upon a time.
Never joined JesterHead. By that point I wasn't as huge of a fan as I had been, and was hugely disappointed by ASOP. It felt like IF had become a brand with cult-like followers who refused to accept any criticism of the band. This forum was one of the only places around the late 2000s where you could be critical of the band without getting totally shit on. In a way things had totally reversed from the early 2000s, when speaking positively of the band was considered laughable.
I can't really remember my exact reaction to Jesper leaving, but it's probably archived on here from one of the threads in 2009 or 2010. Most likely I was still pissed off about ASOP and not particularly bothered.
I didn't know about this place until after Everdying shut down, which was around 2006. Didn't register until 2008. I was just getting into the IF fandom around the time Reroute came out, and very much remember the negativity. Even Clayman has some stigma. I can recall being rounded on back then for saying Satellites and Astronauts was my favourite IF song, and getting called a poser
good times. We were all Ciko once upon a time. Never joined JesterHead. By that point I wasn't as huge of a fan as I had been, and was hugely disappointed by ASOP. It felt like IF had become a brand with cult-like followers who refused to accept any criticism of the band. This forum was one of the only places around the late 2000s where you could be critical of the band without getting totally shit on. In a way things had totally reversed from the early 2000s, when speaking positively of the band was considered laughable.
I can't really remember my exact reaction to Jesper leaving, but it's probably archived on here from one of the threads in 2009 or 2010. Most likely I was still pissed off about ASOP and not particularly bothered.
The Grayfox
Nija
Everdying was fun. Then there was Neverdying. Then came Jesterhead. Then came Plintus making JesterAss. Also fun.
Archy was a moderator at Jesterhead and he was really on board the In Flames train at that point. If you said anything negative even if it was constructive, you could count on a PM from him telling you to stop. They wouldn't allow you to express your opinion, unless it was in line with theirs. I remember one time Archy PMed me and told me to leave and go "hang out on the bullshit Neverdying forum." Classy guy.
Archy was a moderator at Jesterhead and he was really on board the In Flames train at that point. If you said anything negative even if it was constructive, you could count on a PM from him telling you to stop. They wouldn't allow you to express your opinion, unless it was in line with theirs. I remember one time Archy PMed me and told me to leave and go "hang out on the bullshit Neverdying forum." Classy guy.
To be fair, I did basically say that In Flames didn't mean shit anymore without Jesper. I mean, not in those words, but that's what I was implying. And I still stand by it
Well. You were expressing your thoughts and Anders decided to be a moron and throw you to the wolves.
Pallbearer
Passive Member
He may possibly even have done a bit of trolling here.
Before In Flames and Soilwork released their Trigger/Rejection Role videos there was a rumor going online about the two bands having physically fought. Later on Björn admitted they had started the rumor themselves as a joke to "promote" their videos (if someone doesn't remember: in the IF video Soilwork bully them before/during a concert and later on there´s a fight--in the Soilwork video the roles are reversed and it´s In Flames who are the bullies)
ThePhobiac
be at ease
https://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/threads/the-trigger-ep-the-horror-continues.90098/
The good old days
The good old days
I think that Anders is the problem. Before RTR, the music was written by Bjorn, Jesper. Now: "Music written by: Bjorn, Jesper, Anders"
I like just one song from RTR. That's Minus. All the others are
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ThePhobiac
be at ease
LOL
I first heard the Trigger EP in 2004, years before I made any contact with the IF fanbase. Thought the songs and the remixes were all good.
I first heard the Trigger EP in 2004, years before I made any contact with the IF fanbase. Thought the songs and the remixes were all good.
I remember downloading Watch Them Feed from Kazaa, before the EP came out. I actually thought it was mislabelled when the song started, as it sounded nothing like In Flames. The production on that song is unique to say the least.
Trigger excluded I never really listened to anything off that EP regularly, or at all. There was a time when I dug Land of Confusion, but nowadays the clean vocals make me cringe. Screams are very Clayman-esque though - probably the last song Anders screamed like that. I maybe listened to the remixes a handful of times each, and Watch Them Feed is one of my least played IF songs. A lot of people like it, but it never did much for me.
Trigger excluded I never really listened to anything off that EP regularly, or at all. There was a time when I dug Land of Confusion, but nowadays the clean vocals make me cringe. Screams are very Clayman-esque though - probably the last song Anders screamed like that. I maybe listened to the remixes a handful of times each, and Watch Them Feed is one of my least played IF songs. A lot of people like it, but it never did much for me.
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