Origin: Gothenburg, Sweden  
Genres: Melodic Death Metal
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In Flames

It's been a long road for In Flames, a band who's now been in business for over 25 years. They will forever be remembered and exalted for their early career, as they were one of the founding fathers of the Iron Maiden-cum-death melodic death metal style that became synonymous with their home town of Gothenburg, Sweden. Indeed, their stretch of albums from Lunar Strain* to *Clayman, released from 1994 to 2000, are archetypical classics of the genre. But, like many a band not willing to rest on its laurels, their albums in the new millennium have strayed from that style, gradually becoming more accessible and veering toward the alternative rock/metal field. Naturally, many old-time fans haven't taken to this progression well, as while In Flames is still an international draw, their recent output hasn't gotten the same high marks, at least from the fans' perspective.

Current Members

Anders Fridén

vocals (ex-Ceremonial Oath, ex-Dark Tranquillity, ex-Passenger)

Chris Broderick

guitars (Act Of Defiance, ex-Jag Panzer, ex-Megadeth)

Björn Gelotte

guitars/drums

Liam Wilson

bass (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan)

Tanner Wayne

drums

Former Members/Guests

Mikael Stanne

vocals (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect)

Henke Forss (guest)

vocals (Dawn)

Jesper Strömblad

guitars (CyHra, Dimension Zero, The Halo Effect, ex-HammerFall, ex-The Resistance, ex-Sinergy)

Carl Naslund

guitars

Glenn Ljungström

guitars (Dimension Zero, ex-The Resistance)

Niclas Engelin

guitars (Engel, ex-Gardenian, The Halo Effect, ex-Passenger)

Johan Larsson

bass/backing vocals

Peter Iwers

bass (ex-CyHra, The Halo Effect)

Bryce Paul Newman

bass

Daniel Erlandsson

drums (Arch Enemy, ex-Armageddon, ex-Brujeria, ex-Eucharist)

Daniel Svensson

drums (The Halo Effect)

Joe Rickard

drums


Discography



Lunar Strain  
1994 Wrong Again
  1. Behind Space
  2. Lunar Strain
  3. Starforsaken
  4. Dreamscape
  5. Everlost (Part I)
  6. Everlost (Part II)
  7. Hårgalåten
  8. In Flames
  9. Upon An Oaken Theme
  10. Clad In Shadows
  • Mikael Stanne
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Carl Naslund
  • Glenn Ljungström
  • Johan Larsson


Subterranean  EP
1995 Wrong Again
  1. Stand Ablaze
  2. Ever Dying
  3. Subterranean
  4. Timeless
  5. Biosphere
  • Henke Forss
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Johan Larsson
  • Daniel Erlandsson


The Jester Race  
1996 Nuclear Blast
  1. Moonshield
  2. The Jesters Dance
  3. Artifacts Of The Black Rain
  4. Graveland
  5. Lord Hypnos
  6. Dead Eternity
  7. The Jester Race
  8. December Flower
  9. Wayfare
  10. Dead God In Me
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Glenn Ljungström
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Johan Larsson
1996 Readers' Album #13



Black-Ash Inheritance  EP
1997 Nuclear Blast
  1. Goliaths Disarm Their Davids
  2. Gyroscope
  3. Acoustic Medley
  4. Behind Space (live)
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Glenn Ljungström
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Johan Larsson


Whoracle  
1997 Nuclear Blast
  1. Jotun
  2. Food For The Gods
  3. Gyroscope
  4. The Hive
  5. Dialogue With The Stars
  6. Jester Script Transfigured
  7. Morphing Into Primal
  8. Worlds Within The Margin
  9. Episode 666
  10. Everything Counts
  11. Whoracle
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Glenn Ljungström
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Johan Larsson
1997 Readers' Album #10



Colony  
1999 Nuclear Blast
  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. The New Word
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
1999 Readers' Album #4



Clayman  
2000 Nuclear Blast
  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
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2000 Readers' Album #5



The Tokyo Showdown  LIVE
2001 Nuclear Blast
  1. Bullet Ride
  2. Embody The Invisible
  3. Jotun
  4. Food For The Gods
  5. Moonsheild
  6. Clayman
  7. Swim
  8. Behind Space
  9. Only For The Weak
  10. Gyroscope
  11. Scorn
  12. Ordinary Story
  13. Pinball Map
  14. Colony
  15. Episode 666
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson


Reroute To Remain  
2002 Nuclear Blast
  1. Reroute To Remain
  2. System
  3. Drifter
  4. Trigger
  5. Cloud Connected
  6. Transparent
  7. Dawn Of A New Day
  8. Egonomic
  9. Minus
  10. Dismiss The Cynics
  11. Free Fall
  12. Dark Signs
  13. Metaphor
  14. Black & White
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2002 Readers' Album #4



Trigger  EP
2003 Nuclear Blast
  1. Trigger (single edit)
  2. Watch Them Feed
  3. Land Of Confusion
  4. Cloud Connected (Remix)
  5. Moonshield (C64 Karaoke Version)
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2003 Readers' Album #61



Soundtrack To Your Escape  
2004 Nuclear Blast
  1. F(r)iend
  2. The Quiet Place
  3. Dead Alone
  4. Touch Of Red
  5. Like You Better Dead
  6. My Sweet Shadow
  7. Evil In A Closet
  8. In Search For I
  9. Borders And Shading
  10. Superhero Of The Computer Rage
  11. Dial 595-Escape
  12. Bottled
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2004 Readers' Album #6



Come Clarity  
2006 Nuclear Blast
  1. Take This Life
  2. Leeches
  3. Reflect the Storm
  4. Dead End
  5. Scream
  6. Come Clarity
  7. Vacuum
  8. Pacing Death's Trail
  9. Crawl Through Knives
  10. End of Things
  11. Our Infinite Struggle
  12. Vanishing Light
  13. Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2006 Readers' Album #5



A Sense Of Purpose  
2008 Nuclear Blast
  1. The Mirror's Truth
  2. Disconnected
  3. Sleepless Again
  4. Alias
  5. I'm the Highway
  6. Delight and Angers
  7. Move Through Me
  8. The Chosen Pessimist
  9. Sober and Irrelevant
  10. Condemned
  11. Drenched In Fear
  12. March To The Shore
  • Anders Fridén
  • Jesper Strömblad
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2008 Readers' Album #12



Sounds Of A Playground Fading  
2011 Nuclear Blast
  • Anders Fridén
  • Niclas Engelin
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2011 Readers' Album #18



Siren Charms  
2014 Epic
  1. In Plain View
  2. Everything’s Gone
  3. Paralyzed
  4. Through Oblivion
  5. With Eyes Wide Open
  6. Siren Charms
  7. When The World Explodes
  8. Rusted Nail
  9. Dead Eyes
  10. Monsters In The Ballroom
  11. Filtered Truth
  • Anders Fridén
  • Niclas Engelin
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson
2014 Readers' Album #27



Sounds From The Heart Of Gothenburg  LIVE
2016 Nuclear Blast
  1. In Plain View
  2. Everything's Gone
  3. Fear Is the Weakness
  4. Trigger
  5. Resin
  6. Where the Dead Ships Dwell
  7. With Eyes Wide Open
  8. Paralyzed
  9. Through Oblivion
  10. Ropes
  11. Delight and Angers
  12. Cloud Connected
  13. Only for the Weak
  14. The Chosen Pessimist
  15. The Quiet Place
  16. When the World Explodes
  17. Rusted Nail
  18. The Mirror's Truth
  19. Deliver Us
  20. Take This Life
  • Anders Fridén
  • Niclas Engelin
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Daniel Svensson


Battles  
2016 Nuclear Blast
  1. Drained
  2. The End
  3. Like Sand
  4. The Truth
  5. In My Room
  6. Before I Fall
  7. Through My Eyes
  8. Battles
  9. Here Until Forever
  10. Underneath My Skin
  11. Wallflower
  12. Save Me
  • Anders Fridén
  • Niclas Engelin
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Peter Iwers
  • Joe Rickard


Down, Wicked & No Good  EP COVERS
2018 Nuclear Blast
  1. It's No Good (Depeche Mode Cover)
  2. Down in a Hole (Alice in Chains Cover)
  3. Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover)
  4. Hurt (Live) (Nine Inch Nails Cover)
  • Anders Fridén
  • Niclas Engelin
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Joe Rickard


I, The Mask  
2019 Nuclear Blast
  1. Voices
  2. I, the Mask
  3. Call My Name
  4. I Am Above
  5. Follow Me
  6. (This Is Our) House
  7. We Will Remember
  8. In This Life
  9. Burn
  10. Deep Inside
  11. All the Pain
  12. Stay with Me
  • Anders Fridén
  • Niclas Engelin
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Bryce Paul Newman
  • Joe Rickard
  • Tanner Wayne


Clayman 2020  EP
2020 Nuclear Blast
  • Anders Fridén
  • Chris Broderick
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Bryce Paul Newman
  • Tanner Wayne


Hell Is Overcrowded And Heaven's Full Of Sinners  
2023 Metal Hammer
  1. Behind Space (live)
  2. Scorn (live)
  3. Only for the Weak (live)
  4. Take This Life (live)
  5. State of Slow Decay
  6. The Great Deceiver
  7. Foregone Pt. 1
  8. Foregone Pt. 2


Foregone  
2023 Nuclear Blast
  1. The Beginning of All Things That Will End
  2. State of Slow Decay
  3. Meet Your Maker
  4. Bleeding Out
  5. Foregone, Pt. 1
  6. Foregone, Pt. 2
  7. Pure Light of Mind
  8. The Great Deceiver
  9. In the Dark
  10. A Dialogue in B Flat Minor
  11. Cynosure
  12. End the Transmission
  • Anders Fridén
  • Chris Broderick
  • Björn Gelotte
  • Bryce Paul Newman
  • Tanner Wayne



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