I would love it if every In Flames Album sounded the same. At the risk of sounding quite ignorant, I appreciate bands such as Amon Amarth and Dark Tranquillity that keep their sound the same and uphold the same values throughout their careers. Defending IF is quite the losing battle, though I respect you for taking that side, the proof is in the pudding.. Making the album more available instead of buying it online is the definition of selling out. It makes it so any dumbass with a hot topic fetish and a CC t-shirt can walk into any Best Buy/ whatever CD store you have and pick up an IF album, hoping to get some acoustic guitar, when in the past it was cool to have to buy your album online, because none of the scene n00bz had any clue.
In MY opinion IF is no longer metal, regardless of who is/was in the band, they blow ass now. I will not buy their next album, hopefully my step brother who enjoys Good Charlotte and Death Cab for Cutie will pick it up, and while we drive to the OC he can "pop" it into the stereo and he can put up his metal horns as I hide my face and my ears while the new IF album emoz it up.
