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In Flames
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melodic death metal, metal, death metal, swedish, swedish metal
In Flames was founded in 1990 by Jesper Strömblad as a side project from his then-current death metal band Ceremonial Oath. Jesper formed In Flames in order to write songs with a more melodic and progressive musical direction, which he was unable to do in Ceremonial Oath.
In 1993, Jesper quit Ceremonial Oath due to musical differences and began focusing more on In Flames. That same year, Jesper (guitar, drums, keyboards) recruited Glenn Ljungström (guitar), and Johan Larsson (bass) to form the first official In Flames line-up.
The trio recorded a three song demo and sent it to Wrong Again Records In order to increase their chances of being offered a record deal, the trio lied to the owner of the record label by telling him that they already had 13 songs done.
The owner of Wrong Again Records, seeing promise in the band, offered In Flames a record deal over the phone
During 1993, In Flames wrote, recorded, and self-produced their debut studio album, Lunar Strain, in Studio Fredman. Since In Flames did not have a vocalist yet, Jesper asked Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity to provide session vocals.
In 1994, Lunar Strain was released.
During 1994, In Flames recorded and self-produced their first EP, Subterranean, in Studio Fredman. In Flames still did not have a vocalist yet, so session vocals were provided this time by Henke Forss. In 1995, Subterranean was released. Subterranean allowed In Flames to break out of the underground scene and led them to acquire a record deal with Nuclear Blast.
In 1993, Jesper quit Ceremonial Oath due to musical differences and began focusing more on In Flames. That same year, Jesper (guitar, drums, keyboards) recruited Glenn Ljungström (guitar), and Johan Larsson (bass) to form the first official In Flames line-up.
The trio recorded a three song demo and sent it to Wrong Again Records In order to increase their chances of being offered a record deal, the trio lied to the owner of the record label by telling him that they already had 13 songs done.
The owner of Wrong Again Records, seeing promise in the band, offered In Flames a record deal over the phone
During 1993, In Flames wrote, recorded, and self-produced their debut studio album, Lunar Strain, in Studio Fredman. Since In Flames did not have a vocalist yet, Jesper asked Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity to provide session vocals.
In 1994, Lunar Strain was released.
During 1994, In Flames recorded and self-produced their first EP, Subterranean, in Studio Fredman. In Flames still did not have a vocalist yet, so session vocals were provided this time by Henke Forss. In 1995, Subterranean was released. Subterranean allowed In Flames to break out of the underground scene and led them to acquire a record deal with Nuclear Blast.
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liveinflames wrote:
Hammer_174, and you grow up and learn English properly at school first before you try to correct "wrong" people. I didnt understand shit from your sentences, if they can be called sentences, that is.
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immax wrote:
Life's covered with shit. People are shit. Yeah, u're lil shit too... So stop talking about shit =)
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HateCrewMatze wrote:
yeah man, they are so much better in their "old days", the new stuff is most extreme commercial shit. what a shame that this awesome band ended like this.... :/
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CuteFoxy wrote:
Picture is disgusting , whatta hell is it? Linkin Park? Hammer_174 yeah! You have right. This band is dead for me in 2002 , i have to many good memories for they to sight what they doing now.
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bamsetramse wrote:
Hah, In Flames demo from 1993 is much better than the last album wich I don't even know the name of ._.
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JimKnopf- wrote:
ahhh i hate only for the weak.. worst song on clayman~~
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Star-Craft wrote:
hammer_174 - failure of the year
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Empfys wrote:
Jester Race and Whoracle.
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Hxc_drive wrote:
Feeeeeeeaaaarr! There's a way out! Touch of Red, Break Away! Epic.
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druidmetal wrote:
In Flames оригинальнее, чем Children Of Bodom, мощнее, чем Sonata Arctica и круче, чем Dimmu Borgir
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GabeTheZombie wrote:
holy shit! theyre way more popular than i thought
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immax wrote:
2 liveinflames Are we supposed to copypaste bash.org in here or what? =) 2 Hammer_174 Kiddo's selfconfidence you have you know.
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YouAreTheDemons wrote:
I do see KSE in the similar artists list, yes. Do you know how the similar artists list works? It's based on what the fans listen to, not how the bands sound. Have you ever even heard nu metal before? Go listen to Korn, System of a Down and Linkin Park and tell me In Flames sounds even remotely like any of them. Go learn more before trying to correct right people.
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Hammer_174 wrote:
RIP IN FLAMES
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Hammer_174 wrote:
YouAreTheDemons the atual in flames is below influence of metalcore and nu metal too, dont you see killswitch engage in the list of similar bands? didnt you repaired in the sense of purpose album? what about the vocal? doesnt it remmember nu metal? go learn more before trying to correct right people
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m4ver1k wrote:
In Flames I trust! =D
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Demonaz91 wrote:
Great band....pretty melodic..and i like it so much...this new album is a bit shitty...but i hope they'll make some better ...In flames we trust !
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RichChan wrote:
shirts and ties again xD
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Jevilon wrote:
First time I heard "A sense..." I thought it was shit, but now I think it´s a great album (one of their worst lp´s, but still very good)... My favourite one is ClayMan or maybe Whoracle. IN FLAMES WE (STILL) TRUST!
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SIT72 wrote:
I like how the fans of "new" In Flames are just as dismissive (if not more so) of the opinions of the fans of "old" In Flames as the old fans are of the new fans opinions. So either way, you're wrong. ^_^
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