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In Flames - Colony Audio CD

A fair review of the In Flames "Colony" 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: Colony
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Release Date: 2009-03-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Embody the Invisible 2: Ordinary Story 3: Scorn 4: Colony 5: Zombie Inc. 6: Pallar Anders Visa 7: Coerced Coexistence 8: Resin 9: Behind Space '99 10: Insipid 2000 11: New Word 12: 12 Man Made God [*] 13: [CD-Rom Track]

Swedish Metal Rulz
Possibly the greatest hard rock/metal band to come out of Sweden, the In Flames crew has always been pushing the limitations of the genre to the next level. When Metal was mired down in its NU stage, and hardcore was still underground, and nobody knew what the hell to call metalcore, much less, melodic death metal, In Flames was already pushing melodic death metal to the next level. This album not only gave credibility to the Swedish Melo-Death scene, it helped bring forth the modern American metalcore brand, inspiring New England acts such as Shadows Fall, Unearth, Killswitch Engage, and All that Remains.

This CD takes quite a turn from Whoracle, and The Jester Race, yet keeps the signature sound In Flames had developed over their first few offerings. They keep the dual guitars inspired by the NWOBHM, and the death vocals, but add some singing, something very few metal bands were doing at the time. The melodic ingredients are still there, possibly even more than on previous outings, and the brutal Swedish heavy metal is still a part of this metal awesomeness. But it is accessible, almost radio friendly, in an age when metal was almost left for dead.

I can't go into detail about each song, but I can say this is so far ahead of its time. I mean Slipknot and Disturbed were releasing so called "groundbreaking albums" in the same point in music history, but this album was so much more influential, and better than the aforementioned wastes of music history. And this is only one of many Swedish bands that helped expand Heavy Metal into something better. Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates, Arch Enemy, Opeth, Meshuggah, Wolf, Dream Evil, Soilwork, and many others have slayed the masses with their killer metal.

Behind Space '99 is my favorite song on the album, but every song delivers on this modern refined Melodic Death masterpiece. Maybe the best In Flames album, up there with Jester Race, Clayman, and their new one, A Sense of Purpose.
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Metal In Flames
Anything from Heaven Shall burn to All Shall Perish To Killswitch Engage to As I Lay Dying. Wow, let me just start by saying that I listen to a very broad spectrum of Metal/Hardcore. But when one says the words Melodic Metal core, there is only one band that deserves to be in the same sentence- In Flames. I started with Come Clarity and Soundtrack To Your Escape, and tonight i just purchased Colony and am absolutely blown away by the guitar work. This is one of the most respectable pieces of work that I or anyone else for that matter has probably ever laid their ears into. If you are looking for a truly epic metal album, pick yourself up a copy of Colony by In flames and prepare yourself for an epidemic of melodic metal.


The Best In Flames Album
A pleasure to listen to from beginning to end; Man Made God is a great conclusion to this beautiful album. This is the best in Flames album hands down.


A Little Akward. Best? No.
Clayman was my introduction to the band, and it was an extremely enjoyable album that easily earns a 5 star rating. I started getting into death metal again about a year and a half ago and have been picking up IF releases whenever I see them on discount.

This one (and LS) were the only two that I had left to grab, and one of my friends kept insisting that this one was by far the best of all their work. Now, saying something like this has a tendency to make me push back, as I hold even the opinions of my friends up to great scrutiny. Best? No. There's a definite shift in style on this album. It's heavier than Whoracle and TJR. Not a bad thing, but there's a little less technicality on this album compared to all previous. There's still plenty of melody, but it feels like an akward middle between Whoracle and Clayman. Which makes sense because there was a line-up change during this phase of their career. Anders' more midrange growl makes its first appearance, much to my pleasure. Typical death-metal growls are what pushed me out of liking the genre for 10 years. (Cannibal Corpse and the like have done NOTHING good for the genre, in my opinion. )
Gone from the band was the thing I liked most. . . there was a very excellent atmosphere that Jester's and Whoracle had (Haven't listened to LS for comparison) that is gone. It's not as inspiring as either of those two nor as Clayman. There's great music to be had here, but I think they recorded this as they were just beginning to experiment with their sound, the style they perfected on Clayman, but before the radical shift afterwards.

If you're a casual metal listener, and only care to pick up the highest points of the band, it's Jester's, Clayman, and Come Clarity--and before you old-school fans flame me for saying that last one, I'm not saying its on the same level musically, but Anders' lyrics on that album are among the best he's written, (minus "scream") and deserve merit on their own. After Clayman the band launched on a quest to find a new sound, and haven't really landed on one yet.

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A melodic metal masterpiece
Everything about it is so masterfully executed, with a certain sensibility that will make it a classic for a long time to come. This is one of my all-time favorite metal albums. Each song holds its own, and are extremely accessible. The guitar work is solid, with many memorable hooks and melodies. A must have for fans of melodic death and power metal. .


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