Chorus lyrics include "I feel like shit / but atleast I feel something" and "Don't tell me / tell my ghost / cause I blame him / for all I don't want to know". This is the kind of thing I listen to In Flames for. It's not their sometimes thrash, sometimes nu-metal sound. It's not for their goofy (or in the case of a song like cloud connected, well conceived and fitting) synth moments. It's not for their guitars, which range from "pretty awesome" to "2nd year guitar student penned". It's their brilliant lyrics.
I fell in love with In Flames when I heard the song Minus, where Anders sings "I leave you / negative behind / Watch me all in flames / on a butterfly I ride". Not only does he name drop his own band in the lyrics (one their 6th or 7th album) but he talks about riding a butterfly. A butterfly! This is band started off close to a Swedish Death Metal band. How cool is it to think of a Death Metal Warrior riding to battle on a flaming butterfly! Perhaps the swedish word for butterfly and dragon are very similiar.
And as much as it seems I am just mocking In Flames, I like their music. They settle into some nice grooves, and have a pretty good ear for melody at times. Having seen them live, it really appears they truely enjoy doing what they are doing. It would be hard to say that they are doing it for the money. This attitude makes it much easier for me to enjoy their music.
2 comments:
Hmm, I should give them a listen.
In Flames does not dissapoint.
Start with The Quiet Place, My Sweet Shadow, Trigger or Cloud Connected.
If you want something harder Episode 666.
Branch out from there.
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