In Flames - The Jester Race
Tracklist
01. Moonshield02. The Jester's Dance
03. Artifacts Of The Black Rain
04. Graveland
05. Lord Hypnos
06. Dead Eternity
07. The Jester Race
08. December Flower
09. Wayfaerer
10. Dead God In Me
11. Goliaths Disarm Their Davids [2002 re-release bonus]
12. Gyroscope [2002 re-release bonus]
13. Acoustic Medley [2002 re-release bonus]
14. Behind Space [live] [2002 re-release bonus]
Additional info
Recorded and mixed at Studio Fredman, November 1995. Produced by Frederik Nordström & In Flames. Engineered by Frederik Nordström & Patrick Hellgren. Re-Released in 2002 by Nuclear Blast with the Black-Ash Inheritance [EP] as bonus tracks.
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The Jester Race is the best album from In Flames era pure Melodic Death Metal, unfortunately for the fans of this precise style, that would also be the last. The Swedish band was still playing a lot of acoustic almost classical music, and was still very close to its alter ego Dark Tranquillity. Honestly I love both "versions" of In Flames music and it's obvious for me that their "pre-Whoracle" work reached its climax with the album The Jester Race. Read more ›› |
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Thryce
Gothenburg metal
Feb 22, 2011
Nostalgic reminder: exactly fifteen years ago melodic death metal was still a respectable genre instead of a curse word, and we all thought In Flames were the tits!
Crazy times, crazy times... now get the hell off my playground!
Crazy times, crazy times... now get the hell off my playground!
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Endorsed by: Deadsoulman, !J.O.O.E.!, Darkside Momo, BloodTears, X-Ray Rod, White Winter Sun, Milena
Endorsed by: Deadsoulman, !J.O.O.E.!, Darkside Momo, BloodTears, X-Ray Rod, White Winter Sun, Milena
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This album has one of the best guitar sounds ever! 
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It's a very Melodic and enjoyable album, I particularly liked the songs "Moonshield", and the title song most, and I really enjoyed the main riff on "December Flower". In Flames best album Without a doubt Imo, but I always thought DT were overall the better band, but that's just my personal preference.
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Flawless. the melodies In Flames crafted on this record are transcendent
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Guess I'm in the minority again...
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Posts: 9651 Written by Roman Doez on 20.01.2022 at 20:54 Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a Frenchman
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Posts: 1287 Written by RaduP on 20.01.2022 at 21:05 How about side by side with a friend ?
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Posts: 9651 Written by Roman Doez on 20.01.2022 at 21:10 Aye, I could do that.
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Posts: 2799 Written by Jared Archon on 20.01.2022 at 20:35 I dont know about flawless but this one was my first touch with MDM back at the time of the album's release. I will always hold it up high just for that.
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Absolue masterpiece of a record, amazing use of acoustics in the likes of Moonshield and The Jester Race and bangers from front to back
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Posts: 2799 Written by Fred_P on 03.05.2022 at 04:20 Indeed, time to check out the latter two. If you turn out to like all these four albums you definitely need to try Reroute to Remain too. It is kind of the link between Clayman/Colony and Come Clarity, and it is a great album (their last one), though not as great as the former two, if you ask me.
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Easily the best In Flames album IMO. Such a shame to think about what this band has turned into...Still, this is a melodic death metal masterpiece that will cement them pre-2002 as one of the greats. 'Artifacts Of The Black Rain' was one of the first songs my old band learned to play back in 2011 9.2/10 for me - 'Artifacts Of The Black Rain' is the standout song. 'Moonshield', 'The Jester's Dance', 'December Flower' and 'Wayfaerer' are all also great. 'Graveland' and 'The Jester Race' are the weakest songs on this album IMO. I also covered 'Artifacts Of The Black Rain' back in 2012 
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I don't give out a 10 on a whim. This album is more than worthy of such a rating. This is not only peak In Flames, it's a high point in MeloDeath as a whole. Killer guitar sound to go with beautiful harmonized leads, one of my all time favorite guitar solos(guest musician or not) in "December Flower", each song is memorable and brings something to the table from the acoustic guitar in Moonshield to The Jester's Dance soothing interlude to December Flower jumping right at you. I never feel like I want to skip any of the songs. It's a MeloDeath Masterpiece through and through.
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My personal Top 3 songs from the album: Artifacts Of The Black Rain Moonshield December Flower
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