Never had even a bit of doubt about Jesper.

A perfect timing to mention it.

It was obvious for me.

He is such cool guy

Is anyone remotely surprised? Especially considering In Flames dropped what MDM elements they had left after Jesper quit.

True and I am not surprised at all.
IF start to playing a bit shitty since 2004 but since Jesper left IF playing not even shitty but something much worse than shitty.
And there is no more founding band members left in IF....and that is sad.

Facts:

Siren Charms - Rating details
10 7 votes
9 18 votes
8 16 votes
7 26 votes
6 21 votes
5 31 votes
4 25 votes
3 21 votes
2 12 votes
1 18 votes
Total:
5.27

p.s
It would be right decision for Anders to disband IF and continue with his music experiments with his other band called Passenger http://metalstorm.net/bands/band.php?band_id=5766&bandname=Passenger

Down to earth guy. You can say that he's being honest, and it doesn't take much to believe him.

I could never understand the success In Flames had after Reroute to Remain. I still enjoy that album and also Come Clarity but the rest is very bad in comparison with their oldest works.
Siren Charms shows that the band itself doesn't quite now where to turn...

Those who gave Siren Charms 9 and 10 should be tied to a chair and forced to listen to Lunar Strain / Subterranean and Whoracle for a month straight...

Tho I agree that In Flames Siren Charms is as charming as an anal inspection (no offence meant to people who like that I have to say that this is no surprise. Yet I listened to The Resistance and didn't really like it either

It doesn´t surprise me one bit this statment form Jasper.

Maybe now Jesper can finally move on and start a new band with melodeath that is better than the current and shitty In Flames.

Wow, some of these comments are worse than what one might see on a YouTube video, and that's saying something. Sure, I'm no fan of In Flames' latest works, but saying Anders should disband (which really, not that bad in hindsight, just more or less a depressing opinion, oh, and Passenger is dead BTW), or people who like their newer stuff should be forcibly bound to a chair and forced to listen to music? Man, some of ya'll seriously need to talk to someone.

In other news: Go Jasper! Thanks for spelling it out for us. More often than not labels hold members back and prevent them from airing out this sort of stuff. Glad to see Jasper laying it out for us. Much respect!

I would leave too if my band was getting that shitty, good for him for not compromising his goals as a musician.

and inb4 YOU'LL COWARDS ARENT EVEN OPEN MINDED, THE NEW IN FLAMES IS GOOD UR JUST LISTENING WRONG

Jesper did the right decision; quit the band if it turns out to be shitty!

Siren Charms is one of the worst album's i've heard from a big metal act, especially as big as IF. There's nothing wrong with a change of sound, that's not the problem with In Flames' new album. More the problem that their new material is plain boring.

I think he's full of shit

In other words "Their new shit literally stinks and that's why I split". Its been the Anders Friden show after 'Come Clarity"

"the band was a guitar riff-based melodeath band"

the secret of pulcinella. All fans know it.

Written by Sword_Chant on 03.10.2014 at 23:00
There's nothing wrong with a change of sound, that's not the problem with In Flames' new album. More the problem that their new material is plain boring.

agree. But you forgot the horrible clean vocal performance of Anders...

Jesper...you made the right move. Siren Charms is a turd to be reckoned with.

Written by deadone on 06.10.2014 at 04:33

Written by Opethian on 04.10.2014 at 02:39

Its been the Anders Friden show after 'Come Clarity"

It's been the Anders Friden show since Reroute To Remain. In Flames haven't been a melodic DM band for since the 20th century.

I would say Colony was their last MDM release. That's just my opinion

I rate Clayman MDM, that's just my opinion though.

I love their early MDM albums, some of my all time favourites. But I also love their post clayman music. They didn't get worse, they just changed. In some ways that's awesome and in others it sucks.

Siren Charms is woeful though. Boring instrumentals, boring vocals and uninspired lyrics. I hope this isn't the evolution of a third era of In Flames. The first being MDM, the second being alternative with elements of MDM and the third being whatever the hell SIren Charms is.