I like passenger, I bought that cd not long ago at Virgin megastore in paris, it was in the nu-metal section, hahaha! anyway I'd listened to the album long ago, downloaded from evil-peer2peers, and since i digged it so much I just thought i'd make a good action towards Century Media Records
Not once have I ever compared it to other In Flames music, after i heard "In Reverse" I knew it was very different from the usual swedish thrash metal we all know. And at my opinion, it's even better sounding than the usual nu-metal shit from USA. At least it sounds "happy" in the melodies, arent we so sick of depressed pre-teen social problems/syndromes in popular sorts of metal?
And yes, Anders has a good voice on that album, so it really sounds like it's his own project as the vocals are pro-eminent in the production. I guess that's where you could have some trouble equalizing it - haha!
So ok, it's normal if most people on the forum dont like Passenger, since
a priori most of you kids listen to metal, and only metal, just metal, nothing else
I say cheers for Andy Fridén, he dares to push the frontiers of music not restraining to a genre.