Sunday, March 15, 2009

IN FLAMES



Genre Melodic Death Metal (early), Alternative Rock/Metal (later)
Lyrical theme Astronomy, Fantasy (old) / Inner Struggles (now)
Origin Sweden (Gothenburg)
Formed in 1990
Current label Nuclear Blast / Koch Records
Status Active

Current line-up
Anders Fridén - Vocals (1995-) (Ceremonial Oath, Dark Tranquillity, Passenger, Nuclear Blast Allstars)
Björn Gelotte - Guitars (1998-) (Drums 1995-1998) (Sights, All Ends)
Peter Iwers - Bass (1997-) (Chameleon, Mrs. Hippie)
Daniel Svensson - Drums (1998-) (Sacrilege (Swe)/Sacrilege GBG, Dream Evil, Diabolique (Swe))

Session/Live members:
Niklas Engelin - Guitars (1997-1998, 2006-2007, 2009-) (Engel (Swe), Gardenian, Idiots Rule, Passenger, Sarcazm)

Former/past member
Vocals:
Mikael Stanne (1993) (Septic Broiler/Dark Tranquillity, Hammerfall)
Henrik "Henke" Forss (1994) (Dawn (Swe), Circle Six, Retaliation (Swe), Niden Div. 187, Funeral Feast (Swe))
Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg (1994) (Wolfpack/Wolfbrigade, Darkified, Moment Maniacs, Dimension Zero, Marduk (Swe), Grimorium (Swe), Cardinal Sin (Swe), Miscreant (Swe))

Guitars:
Anders Iwers (1990-1992) (Desecrator (Swe), Ceremonial Oath, Tiamat, Cemetary, Mercury Tide)
Carl Näslund (1993-1994)
Glenn Ljungström (1990-1997) (Dimension Zero, Hammerfall)
Jesper Strömblad (1990-2010) (also drums 1990-1993, keyboards 1990-1997) (Dimension Zero, Hammerfall, Sinergy, Ceremonial Oath, All Ends)

Bass:
Johan Larsson (1990-1997) (Carrion Carnage, Purgamentum, Carnal Grief, Hammerfall)

Drums:
Daniel Erlandsson (1994) (Eucharist, Arch Enemy, Armageddon (Swe), The End (Swe), Liers in Wait, Revengia, Carcass)
Anders Jivarp (1994) (Dark Tranquillity, Hammerfall)

Keyboards:
Fredrik Nordström (on "Lunar Strain") (Dream Evil) (also hammond organ and slide guitar on "Colony")
Charlie Storm (on "Colony" and "Clayman")
Örjan Örnkloo (on "Reroute to Remain", "Soundtrack to Your Escape", "Come Clarity" and "A Sense of Purpose")

Discography

Demo '93 Demo, 1993
Lunar Strain Full-length, 1993
Subterranean EP, 1994
The Jester Race Full-length, 1996
Live & Plugged Video/VHS, 1997
Black Ash Inheritance EP, 1997
Whoracle Full-length, 1997
Colony Full-length, 1999
Bullet Ride Best of/Compilation, 2000
Clayman Full-length, 2000
The Tokyo Showdown Live album, 2001
Nothing / Reroute to Remain Split, 2002
Reroute to Remain (4-Track Teaser CD) EP, 2002
Reroute to Remain Full-length, 2002
Cloud Connected Single, 2002
Trigger EP, 2003
The Quiet Place Single, 2004
Soundtrack to Your Escape DVD, 2004
Soundtrack to Your Escape Full-length, 2004
Live in Korea 2002 DVD, 2004
Soundtrack to Your Escape Sampler Split album, 2004
The Quiet Place USA Single, 2004
Used & Abused - In LIVE We Trust DVD, 2005
Used & Abused - In LIVE We Trust Live album, 2005
Come Clarity Single, 2006
Take This Life / Leeches Single, 2006
Come Clarity DVD, 2006
Take This Life Single, 2006
Come Clarity Full-length, 2006
Come Clarity EP, 2006
Come Clarity (David Bendeth Mix) Single, 2006
The Mirror's Truth EP, 2008
Nuclear Blast Proudly Presents in Flames EP, 2008
A Sense of Purpose Full-length, 2008
Alias Single, 2008
Delight and Angers Single, 2009


Links

Official
In Flames Official Homepage
In Flames Official MySpace
In Flames @ Bebo
In Flames Official PureVolume
In Flames Official Blog
In Flames Official Twitter

Labels
In Flames @ Nuclear Blast
In Flames @ Ferret Music
Nuclear Blast Europe @ Bebo
In Flames @ Koch Records
Nuclear Blast @ Youtube

Official merchandise
In Flames @ JSR Direct
ROCKWORLDEAST - In Flames Merchandise
In Flames Official Merchandise
Merchland
In Flames merch @ Retrofacts.net

Fan site
Russian fan page
German fanpage
Detailed discography @ musik-sammler.de
French fansite
Russian unofficial site
In Flames Official Fanclub
The complete In Flames discography. The web's largest IF collection.

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