I wonder if In Flames is going to be around much longer. The drummer announced he's leaving the band at the end of their tour so he can be home with his family, and Bjorn and Peter own a restaurant now. It wouldn't surprise me if they take an indefinite hiatus.
It is long overdue in my opinion. Once Jesper left the real gnarly guitar riff creator was done.
His guitar work on Subterranean through Clayman was awesome.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H12juqO77o[/youtube]
My Jester Race album is autographed by the band and I still have the t-shirt..man its old! :rock:
In Flames - Ever Dying. This song drove me to focus on guitar..before it was Van Halen and Satriani.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rVPYE03Hyw[/youtube]
In Flames - Episode 666
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iUcClQoWtQ[/youtube]
I think if In Flames stuck to their 90's formula they would have created a ton of awesome albums but probably not achieved the commercial success that they did. With that said they did have some decent "post being good" songs in my opinion:
Touch Of Red
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8BxdoVMqbg[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NY3A2RIaUs[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRaFURFWCoM[/youtube]
But as time went on the production seemed to get worse which was a shame..the albums pre 2002 sounded way better.