…with frontman Anders Fridén wearing a “Clayman” t-shirt to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their seminal album, Swedish Melodic Death Metallers In Flames have spliced together live footage from recent tours to create a music video for “Stay With Me” from their 2019, thirteenth album “I, The Mask“. If you haven’t heard the chiptune version
At this point in their careers it’s safe to say that the legacy of Swedish Melodic Death Metallers Dark Tranquillity as one of the cornerstones of the Gothenburg sound is set in stone. The only question is whether the band can continue to produce music worthy of that legacy as they reach their twelfth studio
Filmed in Birmingham, Alabama at The Sloss Furnace on 1st August 2002 at Furnace Fest, here’s a full set from a very young looking In Flames courtesy of Liberated Tape Archive. A 1st generation VHS Tape Transfer filmed from the left of the stage is sees them perform classics such as “Only for the Weak”
A concept release with a story marks the debut EP from Koblenz, Germany Progressive Technical Metallcore outfit Agony Atlas, a band with a wealth of prior experience. Vocalist Liane Walter is in Deathlesson and formerly in Incertain; guitarist, keys and programmer Christoph Fuchs in Karabooza, formerly Sixfinger and Timeshift Passenger; Drummer Markus Moewis formerly graced
The Agonist frontwoman Vicky Psarakis continues to impress as she churns out the weekly cover songs on her YouTube channel with multi instrumentalist partner in crime Quentin Cornet. This week the pair have chosen a classic in “Only For The Weak” by Swedish Melodic Death Metallers In Flames, one of the cornerstones of the Gothenburg
Inspired largely by the American and International scene in the Metalcore, DJent, Deathcore and Nu-Metal registers and citing everything from Chimaira to Northlane from Venom Prison to Type O Negative as an influence, Sangheilis are a band that raise eyebrows in their genre shifting. They hail from Rouen in France and formed in 2013 with
The last album from Swedish Melodic Death Metallers At The Gates before an 11 year hiatus was “Slaughter of the Soul“. A landmark album, it is considered alongside works by In Flames and Dark Tranquillity as one of the cornerstones of the Gothenburg sound. Produced by Fredrik Nordström (Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Opeth) in 1995 and
But not just the Swedish Melodic Death Metallers. Members of Killswitch Engage, Earth Crisis, Darkest Hour, Dark Tranquillity, Moonspell, As I Lay Dying, Trivium and Burn It Down are all in this interview put together to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of “Clayman” from In Flames. A re-release will occur on 28th August with an EP
Labelled as if it were a cassette or a 7″ vinyl, “A Transition” is a split EP between ambitious London Melodic Death Metallers Hilltops Are For Dreamers and Repent for Joy, giving each of the two bands two tracks a piece so show us what they’re made of. The two bands share a bass player in
It seemed really odd to us that this should happen but last weekend saw the release on Spotify of the five bonus tracks from the upcoming 20th Anniversary Edition of “Clayman” by In Flames. For those not in the know, those tracks include re-recordings of “Only for the Weak”, “Bullet Ride“, “Pinball Map” and title
