This is an amazing album from In Flames. It adds a new side to the death metal that i listen to. As a musician it is a delight to listen to. Each song has its share of harmonies, tempo changes and often strange time signatures. They have all been precisely melded into the seriously good compositions ... Read review
Advantages: Opens a door to slow melodic death metal Disadvantages: I can't really think of any
This is an amazing album from In Flames. It adds a new side to the death metal that i listen to. As a musician it is a delight to listen to. Each song has its share of harmonies, tempo changes and often strange time signatures. They have all been precisely melded into the seriously good compositions that make up this album. Most of the tracks are slow and menacin which is good because it is easy to curn out up beat songs but its the slow ones that ... more
This is an amazing album from In Flames. It adds a new side to the death metal that i listen to. As a musician it is a delight to listen to. Each song has its share of harmonies, tempo changes and often strange time signatures. They have all been precisely melded into the seriously good compositions that make up this album. Most of the tracks are slow and menacin which is good because it is easy to curn out up beat songs but its the slow ones that are harder to pull off. Each member of this band is amazing. It takes a long time to get as good as that and they do it very well. Their riffs are complicated but very satisfying to listen to. I can't realy say much more about this album without it sounding boring. Buy it its amazing.
Advantages: Clearer Sound Compared to past albums, larger target audience, more adventurous drumming Disadvantages: Not for those who like raw death metal, more clean vocals could be a put off
metal influence is still fluent within this album. On a positive note, the up to now quite "boring" drumming in most InFlames songs has been replaced by a more adventurous, pace changing drum style, a welcome change, giving the songs a more interesting undercurrent in comparison to past tracks. Furthermore, even the cover of this InFlames album symbolises the huge step InFlames have taken with this album, the album presenting a colourful image of a more "scene" looking character instead of the usual abstract covers presented in albums such as "Soundtrack to Your Escape and Whoracle. In conclusion, just because you liked previous InFlames albums in no means means that you will like this one, it is good, if you like the cleaner, more mainstream sound, however if you are a fan of albums such as "Lunar Strain" and even "Whoracle" you may be ...
