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Who they're touring with says it all.

Written by Kuroboshi on 27.07.2016 at 16:06

Who they're touring with says it all.

+1
I got in just to right this exactly.

Even if that 1-2min snippet was the whole album, it would still be better than Siren Charms.

That snippet wasn't bad. They both sounded sounded like something straight out of Sounds Of A Playground Fading, but slightly more aggressive. That, or a less metalcore A Sense Of Purpose. The first clip sounded great, the second one felt super cheesy but I would have to listen to the whole song to make a judgement. It's already better than anything on Siren Charms.

But really, WTF is that lineup.

Shitty lineup, but that music snippet wasn't that bad.

Written by Kuroboshi on 27.07.2016 at 16:06

Who they're touring with says it all.

Exactly. Not so much Disturbed. They have always stayed consistent, but Avenged Sevenfold!? ....

"But of course, old school classics such as "Trigger", "Cloud Connected" or the finisher "Take This Life" are not left out."

So have we just gotten to a point now with In Flames where we're just gonna completely pretend their actual classic old stuff doesn't even exist

Written by Opethian on 27.07.2016 at 20:29

Exactly. Not so much Disturbed. They have always stayed consistent, but Avenged Sevenfold!? ....

Actually, I find some songs by A7X pretty awesome, like Bat Country, Almost Easy, etc., but on the whole they're very bland. Disturbed has some very good songs as well, and I don't dislike them. The problem is that In Flames are very bad at the genre they're trying to imitate currently. Apparently, they don't even identify themselves with the likes of DT and Soilwork (which is where they came from) anymore, and instead focus on being a washed-up bad version of the bands they're touring with... Thus my comment.

Written by Mattybu on 28.07.2016 at 04:18

"But of course, old school classics such as "Trigger", "Cloud Connected" or the finisher "Take This Life" are not left out."

So have we just gotten to a point now with In Flames where we're just gonna completely pretend their actual classic old stuff doesn't even exist

So true... Reading this line, it was anathema for me. Old school? Suck my balls. We... want... Colony...!

Not expecting much to say the least from IF after Siren Charms... Kinda sad as I used to like this band a lot but even long time members felt it was time to leave... We'll see but no expectations at all.

Disturbed as a cover band are quite good. Disturbed as an originals band are crap.

First snippet was kind of good actually, sounds like an older In Flames riff. Second snippet was just plain awful.

Written by Necrodamus on 28.07.2016 at 11:35

First snippet was kind of good actually, sounds like an older In Flames riff. Second snippet was just plain awful.

My thoughts exactly.

Written by Kuroboshi on 27.07.2016 at 16:06

Who they're touring with says it all.

Pretty much. I knew someone would say it.

Written by Kuroboshi on 28.07.2016 at 10:12

Written by Mattybu on 28.07.2016 at 04:18

"But of course, old school classics such as "Trigger", "Cloud Connected" or the finisher "Take This Life" are not left out."

So have we just gotten to a point now with In Flames where we're just gonna completely pretend their actual classic old stuff doesn't even exist

So true... Reading this line, it was anathema for me. Old school? Suck my balls. We... want... Colony...!

That's why I think In Flames should honestly should have changed their name or something. Everyone wants Colony/Whoracle/Jester Race. People will always parrot the age old music thing of "embrace bands changing and you don't like the new sound cause you're not open minded" etc., but realistically everyone wants the old stuff back for a reason. It seems like In Flames/some others are doing their best to literally try and make people forget about the glory days so why not just call the band something else so people actually can forget and move on as opposed to (rightfully) talking mad shit on everything new In Flames releases. It would be one thing if they changed their style and still at least made something good but it's been mostly a mess for years now.

I mean even if they changed their name there would be lot of people who still rightfully dump on the new We Are The Despondent (or whatever other alt-metal hot topic name they'd think up to fit their new style) albums, but I think a lot of people would move on and accept that throwing your Jester Race CD on again is the only worthwhile option.

I guess that's all just in the hypothetical world of things that would never happen, though. How the mighty have fallen.

Written by Overrwatcher on 27.07.2016 at 16:56

That snippet wasn't bad. They both sounded sounded like something straight out of Sounds Of A Playground Fading, but slightly more aggressive. That, or a less metalcore A Sense Of Purpose. The first clip sounded great, the second one felt super cheesy but I would have to listen to the whole song to make a judgement. It's already better than anything on Siren Charms.

But really, WTF is that lineup.

This is spot on