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In Flames - Clayman Audio CD

A fair review of the In Flames "Clayman" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all In Flames reviews here, or go back to the In Flames tabs.

In Flames Band: In Flames
Title: Clayman
Rating:
Release Date: 2000-07-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Bullet Ride 2: Pinball Map 3: Only for the Weak 4: ...As the Future Repeats Today 5: Square Nothing 6: Clay Man 7: Satellites and Astronauts 8: Brush the Dust Away 9: Swim 10: Suburban Me 11: Another Day in Quicksand

This ain't my metal
I picked up this album to try it out when I saw "Nuclear Blast" as the label and the cd ended up under my wheels about three songs in. This band sucks. The word metal is getting thrown around alot here in the reviews this band. This band is not any type of metal I enjoy as a metal fan and doesen't deserve to have the tag "metal". If anything this band is pop metal. Dragonforce is more hardcore than In Flames. What a waste of 13 dollars. People who think this is metal go listen to some Slayer, Megadeth or some Cannibal Corpse and enjoy flushing this pop metal down the toilet. \m/.


What a way to enter the new millenium
Though this is considered by many In Flames fans to be their last good attempt at Melodic Death Metal, there truly is more to it than that. In 2000, In Flames released an album with the perfect blend of Melodic Death Metal from there old material, and a newer, more mainstream sound to attract new fans.

The album starts off with Bullet Ride, with *gasp* clean vocals! That's not to say they never experienced with clean vocals before, but in Claymans's case, it seemed more appropriate than ever. Don't worry though, there is plenty of screaming in this album. This album provides raw emotion, like lots of In Flames' material. Going from the way the vocals sound, lets talk about the lyrics. It seemed at this point, there lyrics were about mankind, the future, and concepts. This album's main focus was personal issues that are easier to relate to, such as the highly acclaimed Pinball Map.

Like with Colony, Clayman's guitars shifted from a more melodic base to a more chords, focusing more on vocals than ever. But do not fear Melo-Death fans, Jesper and Bjorn still crank out some of the most original, amazing guitar licks ever, just listen to Swim for the combination of both.

Summing up this short review of mine, Clayman is quite possibly the last truly great In Flames album. That's not to take away from any of there stuff after, but people who wish to be true In Flames fans should listen to Clayman before anything near A Sense of Purpose. Clayman is an album that is enjoyable for new fans, and old, and though it does not have such an impact as The Jester Race did, Clayman should truly be regarded as In Flames greatest attempt, and there most OVERALL, best album.

In Flames We Trust!.


Classic, this one got me started on melodic metal 5 years ago
In my case as well as many other people, they are what got a lot of us started in this style and quality of music: fast paced metal, amazing guitar solos and duets, and technical drumming and double bass, with keyboards also in many cases. In Flames were some of the truly original pioneers of melodic metal, or melo-death metal, which ever you prefer. Clayman, in my opinion is about where In Flames peaked, with their newer albums kind of diminishing their ability somewhat (I think they're just gettin too old for it lol). Nevertheless, they put out the most monumental albums of any band I can think of in this genre. Give it a try if you're new to this type of music. Also definitely listen to their older albums including: The Jester Race/Black Ash Inheritance, Whoracle, and Colony. Can't go wrong with any of them. Also for modern-day bands keeping melodic metal alive and in good spirits, check out Kalmah, Wintersun, and As I Lay Dying.


Part of the Lutheran Metal Scene
I gave it average score, cause vocals are barely audible and the music tends to repeat itself. The best song for me is square nothing, again the vocals can be barely understood, the music gets annoying after a while because of the lutheran tendency. The group could have easily combined many albums together. .


love this cd
I like the pattern they had with whoracle, colony, and clay man. i really wish inflames would stick to this formula. these were great cd's. The early releases were also good but this was but inflames was at there best with the 3 cd's i names. as for the newer stuff. reroute to remain was good. soundtrack was ok. and come clarity was good but it was a different style. by the way i sum'd it up this way so i wouldn't have to review each cd individually. you will know how I feel by the stars i give. The truth is though even there new stuff is better than a lot bands releases today.


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