Teoman's Band of the Month - In Flames
In Flames are my top all-time favorite metal band ex-aequo with Chimaira. They are considered as one of the best norsk death metal bands on the planet. Plus anyway the North already has the best metal bands on the planet; Within Temptation, Nightwish, Finntroll, Children of Bodom, Burzum, Dark Tranquility, Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Dark Funeral, Hypocrisy, HammerFall, Marduk, Insomnium, Meshuggah, Opeth, Thyrfing and EVEN (yes even) Europe (It's the finaaaal countdooooown) and Lordi (the victors of the french-infamous Eurovision 2006 hell fucking yes the french were pwned!!)
In Flames are:
Anders Fridén (Vocals)
Björn Gelotte (Guitar)
Peter Iwers (Bass)
Daniel Svensson (Drums)
Jesper Strömblad (Guitar)
I went to their concert in Toronto it was fucking sweet and I met even the opening bands (Seemless) who signed autographs and gave us custom picks. In Flames is sooo awesome in my opinion that all their songs are to be played live, and we spent most of the night after the concert discussing the songs that they should've played during that concert. For info there were Seemless, The Sword, and Lacuna Coil that opened for In Flames. I'm not a fan of them guys, and it was long waiting 2.30 hours for In Flames to come on stage. In the end they gave us a blasting concert for a band which I am sure to go see over and over again in my local town. Fuck yeah!
But a lot of early fans have been discussing the fact that In Flames became too commercial with time and the lyrics are less dark and sombre than before. I would agree since the singer is not the same as in the first albums, but they sure created their very own style and we always recognise their sound when a song is played. At first the lyrics were more narrative and subjective and more in line with death-type lyrics ("Call me by my astral name / Breeding fear through wordless tounge / Heavenly thirst - unspeakable pain / Emptied from all human motion / Confront the faceless wrath"), whereas today's lyrics sound more abstract and personal like there's a message to somebody the singer is adressing himself to ("Judge me now / Used to be afraid to let it show, bow down / A king in my own mind / Everything's in place so much brighter from today").
Their first albums and demos sound like the typical good old death metal from the early 90s that make it sound kinda medieval, traditional or "epic". I am not a fan of their sound at that time but they had what I consider perhaps the best acoustic tracks I've ever heard. I'll be posting them this month amongst other recent tracks.
In Flames are an inspiration to a lot of new emerging death metal bands like Insomnium which sounds a little bit like In Flames. They also toured for the big fucking Unholy Alliance Tour in 2006 with Slayer, Children of Bodom, Lamb of God, Thine Eyes Bleed, and Gojira in France, and Chimaira in America (Fuck yeah! Shame on me I wasn't able to go!)
But as the singer from Seemless puts it "In Flames never got corny, always did what they wanted and not what they were told."
So enjoy In Flames this month on Goreface69, and if it's too loud you're just a pussy.
In Flames are:
Anders Fridén (Vocals)
Björn Gelotte (Guitar)
Peter Iwers (Bass)
Daniel Svensson (Drums)
Jesper Strömblad (Guitar)
I went to their concert in Toronto it was fucking sweet and I met even the opening bands (Seemless) who signed autographs and gave us custom picks. In Flames is sooo awesome in my opinion that all their songs are to be played live, and we spent most of the night after the concert discussing the songs that they should've played during that concert. For info there were Seemless, The Sword, and Lacuna Coil that opened for In Flames. I'm not a fan of them guys, and it was long waiting 2.30 hours for In Flames to come on stage. In the end they gave us a blasting concert for a band which I am sure to go see over and over again in my local town. Fuck yeah!
But a lot of early fans have been discussing the fact that In Flames became too commercial with time and the lyrics are less dark and sombre than before. I would agree since the singer is not the same as in the first albums, but they sure created their very own style and we always recognise their sound when a song is played. At first the lyrics were more narrative and subjective and more in line with death-type lyrics ("Call me by my astral name / Breeding fear through wordless tounge / Heavenly thirst - unspeakable pain / Emptied from all human motion / Confront the faceless wrath"), whereas today's lyrics sound more abstract and personal like there's a message to somebody the singer is adressing himself to ("Judge me now / Used to be afraid to let it show, bow down / A king in my own mind / Everything's in place so much brighter from today").
Their first albums and demos sound like the typical good old death metal from the early 90s that make it sound kinda medieval, traditional or "epic". I am not a fan of their sound at that time but they had what I consider perhaps the best acoustic tracks I've ever heard. I'll be posting them this month amongst other recent tracks.
In Flames are an inspiration to a lot of new emerging death metal bands like Insomnium which sounds a little bit like In Flames. They also toured for the big fucking Unholy Alliance Tour in 2006 with Slayer, Children of Bodom, Lamb of God, Thine Eyes Bleed, and Gojira in France, and Chimaira in America (Fuck yeah! Shame on me I wasn't able to go!)
But as the singer from Seemless puts it "In Flames never got corny, always did what they wanted and not what they were told."
So enjoy In Flames this month on Goreface69, and if it's too loud you're just a pussy.
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