This is my favorite of old in flames

I still remember the good times, this album rocks!!

Very good album but for me, personally, I think that The Jester Race is superior. Both outstanding albums.

This album is pretty good!

I like this album, the production is very clean, although Friden's vocals are slightly weaker compared to the earlier releases. Most of these songs are pretty fast-paced, but it suits the band when they go down that route to be honest.

Good vocal, great guitars, brilliant result!

Love it

Written by musicalkaratekid on 17.04.2012 at 03:27

Most of these songs are pretty fast-paced, but it suits the band when they go down that route to be honest.

On the contrary, I find that their fast-paced leanings engender a more generic sound. Its during their slower passages that the band really shines IMO.

Written by deadone on 21.04.2015 at 06:30

They weren't generic at the time though. In Flames helped pioneer that particular sound.

True. Generic or not, still sounds like ass

Couldn't disagree more with both the fast/slow comments and the generic one.

Pretty good stuff on this album, especially the songs with acoustic guitars ("Gyroscope", "Dialogue With The Stars" and "Jester Script Transfigured"). Classic In Flames material, not the whole album though.

Relistening to the IF catalogue, I find their early-era albums to be slightly overrated, the mid-era to be underrated. Haven't gotten to the newer ones yet. This one is probably my least favorite of the pre-RtR albums. Whoracle and Worlds Within the Margin are stellar, but apart from that I only find Jotun, Episode 666 and Jester Script Transfigured good nowadays. I remember loving this when I started out listening to metal...

Been revisiting this after several years.
Slightly better than I had in mind, uprated it from 7.2 to 7.5.
The first five tracks are really promising.
Gyroscope is by far my favourite track from this album.
Unfortunately, the second half of the album is pretty disappointing for me.

i love this album, i only wish that the production was a bit better (its too shrill, i had to tone it done on audacity), and 22 years later i like even more then the day i bought it.

I'm revisiting this album time to time and I'm still hooked everytime. Maybe more. For me this is better than Jester Race for sure.

Good album but "The Jester Race" is better IMO. First three tracks, Morphing into Primal and Episode 666 are great tracks, the rest is alright.

This album 8s absolute banger...

This will always be my favorite In Flames album. It is imo nearly a perfect album. Clean production, awesome melodies, unusual and interesting lyrics, and a great sense of force and energy which early In Flames was known for.