Again, it's a pretty easy statement. And again, it's not my opinion
My point is that popular music is generally simplistic in structure and attracts more listeners than more complex music, and that In Flames has taken a similar route with their music with the desired effects.
fratt said:
This a rough sentence ... you might not like them, but at least they're more original than many band's cover (slipknot ? Manowar ? DRAGONFORCE LAWL CYBORG BITCH)
I personally tought the ASOP cover and booklet was interesting, with the whole idea of the labyrinth and mirror, but I haven't seen the older bookets. Anyway it's more interesting than 10 pages of faggy photo shoots of the band trying to look cool.
Dragonforce, Slipknot and Manowar you expect gay covers from, that's not really basis for comparison. In Flames have had good covers in the past and aren't a joke band. However, the artwork since R2R has been dire. Come on - Soundtrack's uninspired, Come Clarity is pure emo, and ASOp is just fuckin' weird. I admit it's an interesting idea of sorts but i'm sorry, the artwork is atrocious, and so is their new logo. I will never buy a piece of In Flames merch with THAT logo on it.
chuckisgod said:
In all respect this band needs to go back being Jesper's band and about him writing badass riffs and amazing melodies
The jester race, whoracle, and colony were all amazing albums. In flames is not the same band that wrote those works of art.
I honestly think it's too late for that now... In Flames will never go back to how they were. It wouldn't make any sense to either, from a business point of view. "I've got an idea guise, let's switch back to our previous style, you know, the one we didn't have many fans with but were musically badass?"
Much as musically it would be the correct decision, it would be commercial suicide.
metalkicksass said:
The vocals aren't that great either, to me Friden was never a great vocalist. He lacked emotion, enthusiasm and strength in his vocals to put out some decent growls. They sounded dry and pretty forced in his early years (except for Colony maybe). But they were never that great. His new vocals are annoying as shit, especially some of his clean vocals. Just as his lyrics they sound pretty silly at times.
I think his vocals are fine up until Reroute, where they sound robotic. On CD, up until ASOP, he was still fine, though live he suffers a lot. ASOP marked a severe downturn in his vocal performance. Agree with lyrics past Clayman. Reroute had some OK lyrics at times, but STYE, CC and ASOP are embarressing.
metalkicksass said:
I heard people who said that the new In flames are melodic metal, but I have to disagree: The riffs, accept it or not sound nu metal ish. New In flames with ''normal'' riffs could be regarded as melodic metal, but the riffs sound like something you'd expect from an typical commercial band.
They're melodic metal to me, but really, I think the genre argument is considered more important than it really is.
metalkicksass said:
Why they're not playing older classics such as Upon an oaken throne and behind space is beyond me. Sure Friden's vocals don't fit but they could atleast TRY to do it. I'm sure they'd regain some respect fans once had for them again.
I have no problem with them not playing anything off Lunar/Sub - half the band wasn't even a part of those records, and about 0.1% of the crowd know the songs. It'd be cool to hear a Lunar/Sub song every so often, but they're far from imperative. The distain the band show towards The Jester Race and Whoracle, however, is appalling.
