Tag: In Flames

NEWS: “Anyone for Doomsday?” is the call from Deserted Fear!

Back in September German Melodic Death Metal force Deserted Fear dropped a pair of new cuts in ‘Funeral Of The Earth‘ and a cover of ‘Artifacts Of The Black Rain‘ by In Flames which gave the hint that something more might be on the way and now it’s official. Titled “Doomsday” the groups fifth studio record

NEWS: The Halo Effect Unvieled with “Shadowminds”!

If you’ve seen the tour poster for the Machine Head and Amon Amarth co-headlining European tour trek in 2022 and wondered who the third act on the bill were, with “Shadowminds” it’s official. Comprising five musicans known as pioneers of the Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal scene who have all been members of In Flames at

Throwback: “Immaculate” by Dimension Zero!

It must be a difficult decision to leave a band that are doing well, especially when you’ve just recorded album with them that hasn’t yet been released but ex-In Flames guitarist Glenn Ljungström did exactly that in 2003 when he walked away from Dimension Zero as they were about to unleash their second album “This

Review: “Dividing The Double Helix” by Synastry

Touring religiously Synastry released a pair of records in 2006’s “Pallets Of My New World”  and 2008’s “Blind Eyes Bleed” before going dormant four years on and having been a long dormant project, the reformation and resurgence of Montreal Canadian’s Synastry has been a joy to behold. Just five months after their first EP “Civilizations

Review: “Emerge” by Everture

Everture were founded in Kokkola, Finland in the Autumn of 2015 by vocalist Jere Kuokkanen, who spent the following 18 months getting a line up together before releasing their first demo “For Tomorrow” at the end of the summer of 2017. Having gained some attention with that very demo, the band, who now see him joined

Under The Influence #85: Catharist on “Colony” by In Flames!

1999 saw the release of the fourth studio record “Colony” from Gothenburg Sweden Melodic Death Metal quintet In Flames, an album which is the first of an eleven year run for what many fans consider the bands classic lineup. Alongside Dark Tranquillity and At The Gates, the Swedes were pioneers in the genre and helped

Review: “Distorted Reality” by Neon Empire

Originally starting out life as a solo project of guitarist and clean-vocalist Hassan Ali, Neon Empire evolved into a four piece Electronic Metalcore band with the addition of unclean vocalist John Collard, bassist Tom Ambrose and the rarest of things in drummer Veronika Švecová. August 2019 saw the line up complete and the Dublin based

Review: “And This Too Shall Pass” by Demonstealer

It has been 2 years since 2018’s “The Last Reptilian Warrior” from Mumbai-based Death Metal multi-instrumentalist, Sahil Makhija aka Demonstealer graced us with its presence and after a successful crowd funding campaign in August, the result is “And This Too Shall Pass”, inspired by the great plague of 2020. An extreme music veteran and a

NEWS: Italian Metallers pay tribute to In Flames!

In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of “Clayman” by Gothenburg Sweden Melodic Death Metallers In Flames six Italian Metal vocalists have joined forces to record a truly unique cover. Those vocalists are Ciro Silvano from JumpsScare, Francesco Xella of Hellucination, Jel Doublerice from Despite Exile, Eddy Scissorhands of ROT, Miriam Granatiello from Nebulae and Rocco