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I don't really know if they fit here so feel free to move if necessary. Saw them live three years ago and they rocked, I basically like everything they've done except from A Sense of Purpose. The newest album is really interesting too

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Re: In Flames I like In Flames. Not as much as I once did. They definitely don't belong here under Death Metal, they haven't been a Melodic Death band for years now. Now they are an out and out Metalcore band. I feel their best album is colony. I saw them live on their Soundtrack to your Escape tour supporting Motorhead. They were great live.

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Re: In Flames The last album I bought by In Flames was Whoracle, which I found to be too safe and boring for my tastes. My wife has Clayman (her favourite) and Colony, which sound pretty poor to me. I've heard the odd song here and there since they became an emo / core band - WOW! It's terrible. I can't believe they still get called Death Metal when their links to the genre were severed a long time ago and were tenuous to begin with.

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Re: In Flames In Flames are my favourite band, so I can't fault even their newest albums, I mean, in my opinion Come Clarity was their best album, but I especially loved their older stuff up to Whoracle. Heroic music. But I think it's good that they are branching out a bit. I mean, I hear a lot of people complaining about their new sound, and how it's nothing like Clayman, or Colony, but the way I see it, it is just creating a bit of variation in their work. Listening to all of their albums on shuffle gives you such a wide range of music, from songs like "Morphing into Primal" and "Clayman" and the such, to "Come Clarity" and "The Chosen Pessimist"... definitely one of the most skilled bands around in my personal opinion. Best overall track record too. :)

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I honestly find it hard to believe there isn't an In Flames thread here, so I'll go ahead and make one. Yes, we all know In Flames stopped being melodic a long time ago. There's no gain in bringing that up here. In Flames changes their style so often, which is something that makes them unique. Their newer work is arguably still death metal, though their older albums remain some of the best melodeath I've ever heard. Anders Fridén has a unique voice, and for some, like me, can take a while to get into. Though he's grown to be one of my favorite vocalists over time. I could keep going on about random thoughts that pop into my head about In Flames, or I could stop and let a discussion begin. I think I'll do the second.

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I always loved older albums. Jester race is awesome, few other albums also but in few years i stopped to follow them and I don't realy know their new stuff very well, can't say what is better for me, i don't know how they changed their style over the albums. Need to check and listen more of them sometimes soon. I heard a lot about them from people, some still love over a long time, some just laught at them. But I always say that changing the style it's not neccesary a good or a bad thing. Music needs to develop all the time. also saw them few years ago again for a few minutes on one of the festivals, they made pretty good show though. guys are great, so nice people.

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