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Basso - 31.05.2006 at 15:04
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| I really liked the older In Flames (Clayman, Colony etc) But this album actually bored me to death. Kinda dull since I really liked their earlier work |
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| 5 may be a little generous...I mean for 2 good songs (Leeches and Pacing Death's Trail), the rating may be too high. It's like Basso said....this is boring. |
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Ahh... I remember this album...
... I also remember selling it.
I completely agree with the review, especially about the riffing and thus, oddly enough, clarity of the guitars. It's just more of a "wall of sound" than anything... and just because it's better than their past couple of albums doesn't necessarily make this a particularly good album. |
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| This is a shitty album. There are more solos than in STYE, but I preferred that album 'cause of the future atmosphere and the simplicity of attraction. Come Clarity doesn't say anything to the people who listen to it. In Flames' falling deeper and deeper. |
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well...I disagree with all, more that to be a In Flames fan I recongnize that the album is not very good but please...don´t compare and don´t say that this reminds me to this one or to other thing. I believe that the "critique" must be deeper and less superficial without so much fidelity to classifications. Also I believe that it is possible to me criticize the herzebeth´s critique of the album..or not??
And I end up saying: the album falls in mediocrity with a couple of inspirating moments for me but...please criticize the music itself, don´t compare with memoirs or memories.
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SepulchralOath - 22.06.2006 at 05:20
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| Bad cd. Ferret Records is an awful label. The end. |
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lFrostl - 25.06.2006 at 14:31
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Pffffftt...In Flames...Lunar Strain,Subterranean,The Jesters Race and Whoracle..in those times they were my heroes....
this Album bores easily
5 is a decent qualification for this crap. |
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Mordack - 28.07.2006 at 02:30
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| It's not that bad, just not that good either. It pales in comparison with masterpeices like Jester Race, Whoracle and Colony. It's a shame that In Flames mysteriously decided to go in this direction. |
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I completely disagree with the review. I'm a dedicated In Flames fan and have ALL of their albums. And I like every single one of them. And I'm sick of the usual yada-yada about how they were so cool before and so boring now... This album is not a masterpiece, but it's an album well worth buying. The songs aren't death metal, so get used to it.
P.S. The female singer's name on "Dead End" is Lisa Miskovsky, a Swedish pop singer and lyrics writer. One thing is amusing though. Whenever there is a guest performer on an album, it's stated on the last pages of the booklet. If it is an ORIGINAL copy of the album, of course. And if you didn't know the name of the singer, that means that you people review PIRATE COPIES OF ALBUMS!?! Go ahead, delete my post  No one likes the truth. |
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Some enjoyable moment....that solo in "Dead End" is awesome, reminds me a bit of the "Clayman" days - and then after that the song falls back into chugga-chugga mediocrity. Thats kinda how this album is for me...some inspiring moment where it feels like the old In Flames is trying to peek through the cracks and then just as u think "hell yeah" then it diminishes into a pile of metalcore annoyance...
5.5/10 from me |
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Muskot - 15.08.2006 at 12:11
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| It's a pretty good album, but not really In Flames. I'm sorry to keep bothering you with comparisons, but they've lost too much of the characterizing (and great) sound they had on Colony and Clayman. This record is better than Lunar Strain and Soundtrack to Your Escape, but that's it. |
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I liked Pacing Death's Trail and the last song (except from the metal part), otherwise it was kinda mediocre. I really like STYE though.
5.5 - 6 something out of 10 ^^ |
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ChristianMetaler - 01.12.2006 at 04:28
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This cd is pure shit. 2 out of 10 by my standards.
How the hell does such a great respected band turn emo? |
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Amen man! nice review  |
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Twist - 02.12.2006 at 20:17
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| I love this album! The last three songs aren't as good as the others,they sound a bit tired and repetitive. But man,the riffs are aggressive and have so much energy,the choruses are catchy and the sound is great. I didn't like Reroute To Remain and Soundtrack To Your Escape,but this is awesome. Doesn't beat my favorite album from In Flames,The Jester Race,but still kicks ass hard! |
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| Spot on rating, this is actually the only In Flames album I rate low, it's really boring, minus one or two good tracks. |
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Written by gojko88 on 07.08.2006 at 18:08
you people review PIRATE COPIES OF ALBUMS!?! Go ahead, delete my post No one likes the truth.
WOOOOW...you're a genius indeed....do you read a lot? |
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Written by gojko88 on 07.08.2006 at 18:08
P.S. The female singer's name on "Dead End" is Lisa Miskovsky, a Swedish pop singer and lyrics writer. One thing is amusing though. Whenever there is a guest performer on an album, it's stated on the last pages of the booklet. If it is an ORIGINAL copy of the album, of course. And if you didn't know the name of the singer, that means that you people review PIRATE COPIES OF ALBUMS!?! Go ahead, delete my post No one likes the truth.
You do know there are differences between ORIGINAL and PROMOTIONAL copies, don't you? |
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| As someone said above, In Flames were my heroes too back in the day of Whoracle and Jester Race, and now...their absolute garbage. The first few albums they released were all masterpeices in my mind, all 9's or 10's. And since the last few albums they released were pure shit, I don't even want to download this, nor buy it. I think if I listened to this album I would get stupider, and probably lose some IQ points, and I don't want their music influencing my music I write, so, fuck this album. |
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Written by Promonex on 05.12.2006 at 18:05
Written by gojko88 on 07.08.2006 at 18:08
P.S. The female singer's name on "Dead End" is Lisa Miskovsky, a Swedish pop singer and lyrics writer. One thing is amusing though. Whenever there is a guest performer on an album, it's stated on the last pages of the booklet. If it is an ORIGINAL copy of the album, of course. And if you didn't know the name of the singer, that means that you people review PIRATE COPIES OF ALBUMS!?! Go ahead, delete my post No one likes the truth.
You do know there are differences between ORIGINAL and PROMOTIONAL copies, don't you?
Ppl, this was supposed to be A JOKE. Don't get all fired up like that... |
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Shadow Of A Man - 14.12.2006 at 17:34
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| Listen to all you... this album is amazing... sure I prefer the older days Lunar Strain, Jester Race, Whoracle etc. But I love In Flames and they have never realeased a bad album everything they have ever done was amazing it it's own way... besides you are all hyopocrites think about it they've been around for over 12 years now... bands change get over it... because you know if all their albums sounded like the first you would complain that they're boring for that.... come on... I love this album as well as ALL the others... |
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slayer_666 - 20.12.2006 at 20:44
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| in flames r Melodic Death Metal |
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| Shadow Of A Man's got a good point. Their change in style didn't change their quality, it just changed their style (I know it's an obvious thing to say, but some people tend to forget that). Different people like different styles and dislike others, so it's just a matter of taste. I thought they actually did quite well with this style, not that I enjoy it as much as other stuff though. |
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Opium Magnet - 27.12.2006 at 08:25
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| I heard a few tracks and did not like them, although I listened to them very carefully. It is commercial without a doubt, it definitely verges on the more Nu-metal side of things, which is what also deterred me. What they've done here obviously won't compare to their older material, but hey, those days'll never be coming back any time soon. |
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DLMokoma - 27.12.2006 at 15:53
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I've only heard a couple of In Flames songs. I like Scream, maybe 'cause it's quite aggressive. I won't judge this album before hearing more of the old material.
This talk about their new style kinda reminds of Metallica's "experimental years".. |
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Written by Guest on 14.12.2006 at 17:34
Listen to all you... this album is amazing... sure I prefer the older days Lunar Strain, Jester Race, Whoracle etc. But I love In Flames and they have never realeased a bad album everything they have ever done was amazing it it's own way... besides you are all hyopocrites think about it they've been around for over 12 years now... bands change get over it... because you know if all their albums sounded like the first you would complain that they're boring for that.... come on... I love this album as well as ALL the others...
couldn't have said it better
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| erm...as a Korn fan i disagree completely... Jonathan Davis rip off? its impossible to hear Jonathan somewhere here..and i KNOW what im talking about lol :| please... i never liked In Flames that much, ive only fell in love with random songs, not a complete album, anyway im starting to hear Come Clarity and it sounds like metalcore's instrumental meets emocore's vocals...not a fantastic combination i might say |
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| I like all of In Flames all the way from Jester Race through Reroute to Remain(didn't care for lunar strain) and this album is complete emo/metalcore shit through my ears. The only songs I could listen to and somewhat enjoy were Pacing Death's Trail and Versus Terminus. The production quality sounds like it's being played through a radio station with a bunch of static.. They delivered more harmonized guitar lines and melodies like promised, but not very good ones.. I'd give this album a 4/10.. |
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Wollan - 06.03.2007 at 17:16
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Ill think that some of you are wrong, why do you slaughter this album? Ill think its a great album!
My favourite songs on this album are reflect the storm, dead end and come clarity. |
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Written by gojko88 on 11.12.2006 at 13:57
Ppl, this was supposed to be A JOKE. Don't get all fired up like that...
Bad joke! You need to be banned. You offended the site!
Promonex! Ban him now with no further delay! XD |
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Wollan - 06.03.2007 at 19:33
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| this album is one of the worst thats ever been created in the name of metal! just pick out a random little emo band and they could have written this album in 5 minutes.. some of you talk about aggresive riffs and vise versa, thats just the crappy quality production scrambling in tha background mate, this album is to me only noice and mainstream money making comercial crap/think i made my point! i give it 1 out of 10 |
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Hellrat - 30.03.2007 at 01:04
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| well i seem to be one of the few people who actually enjoyed this album. i wont bash anyones opinion regarding this album because we all have different tastes and are entitled to our opinions. however i would just like to say that while its definatly not the same style of older albums, its definatly not emo. i mean your honestly going to say you prefer simple plan to this album. i am not sure if anyone on this forum could say that with a straight face. as for the album itself i really enjoyed dead end and scream there really isnt a song on this album i do not like |
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DreamStalker - 10.04.2007 at 03:22
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| Really good album, we finally have the awesome riffs back! Best In Flames album since Clayman. |
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Talsmic - 06.05.2007 at 18:43
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I liked this album but it could have been better.
I think they are progressing towards something good and new but it's quite clear that they aren't there yet.
I think the new style has potential to reach (and maybe surpass :O) the level that classic In Flames stuff reached but they need to find the balance.
They tried to pull the style together in this album and in some places (Dead End), it works really well but as other have said... the album falls short of it's potential.
My favorite "new" In Flames album remains Soundtrack To Your Escape but this album proved to me that they have the potential to go further. |
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| what i found odd was many people said this was a step up from soundtrack to your escape, but i cant listen to this very long without getting bored, whereas i like soundtrack, i don't see how some people can think this is a step in the right direction. i think i rated it about a 5 as well, maybe a 4 |
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WarlockDLX69 - 13.06.2007 at 02:34
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I think the problem very well may be the audience attempting to listen to it... kinda like (and i know this is extreme) you guys trying to listen to nickelback.... or lest i say it......... justin timberlake...... MANY people out there (and considering the two bands in question... i wouldnt blame you for considering them to have homosexual tendancies) actually like those two artists... they like them a LOT... i think nickelbacks last album went like 5 times platinum or some shit... point is, if you are into really hardcore death/black metal, your not going to like the slightly less heavy stuff... me? i love this album... its right where i want to be musically, and inspirationall for my own music... along with several others (shadows fall, bleeding through, etc..) i know its not the end-all of hardcore metal, but its appealing to many... i for one dont care much for the cannibal corpse type vocals... i like a little bit of screaming, a little bit of harmony, and even the occasional slower song played using a clean setting... i like variety, without going too far off the deep end with the core level... thats just me... to those people, albums like this, and trivium are perfect.... its all in what you want...
i do music reviews for another site... an all WOMENS rock site... not that i like it, but i do it to hopefully move elsewhere with my talents... and ill tell you, in order to have your opinions heard, and respected... you have to have an open mind to stuff whether you like it or not.... to me, this (and every other review ive read) seems more like an opinion than a review... and thats GREAT... nothing wrong with an opinion, but a review has to be unbiased... your like/dislike for the genre, style, or even the band cannot interfere with the review... the review has to be about one thing, talent.... are they talented? can you see their style appealing to an audience? do they lack in certain areas that will be a problem in the future? can those be improved on or is an overhaul in order? describe what it IS about the music that doesnt appeal to you... is it distortion levels? frequency of certain picking styles? mix of the vocals not being enough to keep up with the instruments? vice versa? theres a lot to be said that isnt being said... just a suggestion people, dont take it the wrong way just tryin to help. |
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"I don't know what happened to this band in particular, they never were that good neither though," quoting the Reviwer
If you are a real fan of classic In Flames (and i honestly think you´re not...), you wouldn´t say that in a million years. anyway i respect your opinion but i do not agree with it.
Well i agree with you in one thing. This album is pure shit! And i said it. This band is lost forever for my total sadness. They were perfect once... |
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Written by Guest on 14.12.2006 at 17:34
Listen to all you... this album is amazing... sure I prefer the older days Lunar Strain, Jester Race, Whoracle etc. But I love In Flames and they have never realeased a bad album everything they have ever done was amazing it it's own way... besides you are all hyopocrites think about it they've been around for over 12 years now... bands change get over it... because you know if all their albums sounded like the first you would complain that they're boring for that.... come on... I love this album as well as ALL the others...
IF all of their albums sound like this I wouldn't even listen to them in the first place. ANY albums that sound like this are bad albums on my book, period. It isn't my memory that gives this album a shitty rating, it's MY music taste itself. |
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| I dont think their earlier stuff is that similar to each other, the jester race was more melodeth as was whoracle..the next two after that were what we would call 'gothenburg'. But their recent stuff just doesnt do it, it sounds too plastic and the clean vocals..ugh. Whatever, this is better than STYE in a sense. |
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Beerpiss - 11.08.2007 at 17:50
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well , i think youre very wrong.
its a good album with nice riffs and the singing is regular for these guys.
youre coming down on them for no reason
they are a great band. |
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mutha - 24.11.2007 at 22:04
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the 1st time i hear this album.. i dint like at all
but know i dunno wtf happened but i like it very muuuuch |
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>Lymny< - 03.01.2008 at 15:07
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I like it a lot.. there my fav band, and I got it for my b-day, so it has a sentimental meaning 4 me. well, I agree that the previous album were better..
the best songs are: Leeches, Come Clarity, Dead End and Take This Life |
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| I see that many of you metalheads don't like this record very much,my friend told me that this album sucks and i said okey put the cd on i whant to listen it,i just can say that this is fuckin awesome and great record, off course everyone can't adore it but i think that you are watching to the Comercional side of album not musical ! |
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Written by Blood For Cowboy on 19.01.2008 at 21:46
but i think that you are watching to the Comercional side of album not musical !
that's because they changed their musical style in order to be more commercial. and it's kind of hard to ignore commercialism when a band adapts itself to conform to exactly that.  |
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Don't like this album. Without doubt their worst. The songs are very simple and shallow. I can't stand Fridéns whining either.  |
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Pétur - 20.01.2008 at 04:45
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| an In Flames fan recommend me to listen to this album and keeped on saying that it was a powerfull comeback to the roots and after much whining I carefully donwload some songs(no hell I am going to buy there stuff blind) I quickly realised that the In Flames fanboy was bullshitting, this album is no good old melodic death metal, come clarity is poor mix of way to flawed melodic death metal with even worse metalcore. |
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| it is good for band that they play various things not always the same thing, this deserves 10/10 |
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well... i liked this album... it has a good nu-metal sound but a little faster... the chorus are most pleasant to listen in Vaccum, Crawl Through Knives and Come Clarity.
I prefer the old In Flames, but this one is good too, they change but still can do some good music as a experient band. |
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