In flames - Colony | Reaction

[@jonrunning2848]

Whoever requested this! Thank you.

[@jonrunning2848]

One of my favorite tracks by them and definitely one of their BEST albums. Great atmosphere throughout. Wonderfully consistent

[@ryanbates9668]

Yes! More classic In Flames! Embody the Invisible, The Hive, Dead Eternity, Man Made God, Swim.. all great songs!

[@TrueMetalGaming]

At last more melodic death! I'm into thrash primarily but totally dig this genre. Some other suggestions to check out : Mors principium est - inhumanity In flames - jester race Dark tranquillity - punish my heaven Soilwork - weapon of vanity Insomnium - Mortal share

[@trowabarton222]

Colony, Clayman, and Reroute to Remain are the In Flames albums I grew up listening to. Love it.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Reroute to remAAAIIIIIINNN!!! OOooooooooOooooooo reroute to remAAAAIIIIINNN!!!!!

[@VeyroneR]

Lol and the best one "Jester Race" ?

[@puppetmaster8551]

How’d you miss whoracle and jester race lol.

[@TheLegionsOfMetal]

T!! F*ck yes. In Flames are one of my all time favorite bands. This tour was my first introduction to them, opening for Moonspell. Love seeing this!!

[@sumonjamal1653]

In Flames were the leaders of the Gothenburg sound that produced so many bands from Sweden, like Opeth, The Haunted, At The Gates, Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Katatonia, Dark Tranquility, etc. Initially, they were just a project formed by guitarist Jesper Stromblad... Mikael Stanne (of Dark Tranquility) did the vocals for the first recordings in 1994... Then, vocalist Anders Friden and drummer Bjorn Gelotte (who switched to guitars in 1999) joined by 1996 for the 'Jester Race' album, followed by the 'Whoracle' album in 1997... Bassist Peter Iwers and drummer Daniel Svensson joined and made In Flames blossom sonically in 1999 w/ the 'Colony' album, followed by 'Clayman' in 2000, which put In Flames on the map in heavy metal. These are considered their best records by the hardcore In Flames fans... Going for a bit more mainstream appeal, more electronic sounds were used on 'Reroute to remain' in 2002... 'Cloud connected' became a successful single off the album... Chart success came fast after the 'Soundtrack to your escape' album in 2004 which got some MTV airplay and 'Come Clarity' in 2006 (#58 on US charts)... 'A sense of purpose' hit #28 on the US charts in 2008. Unfortunately, alcohol abuse led to founding guitarist Jesper Stromblad leaving In Flames by 2010. Recording as a 4-piece, 'Sounds of a playground fading' was released in 2011 and hit #27 on US chart, but fans grumbled that the band was losing their edge... Niclas Engelin was tapped as In Flames' new guitarist for the tour and recorded the album 'Siren charms' in 2014 which charted at #26, but marked a less metal sound... drummer Daniel Svensson left the band in 2015. Bassist Peter Iwers left after the 'Battles' album in 2016, which was a more commercial In Flames album... 'I, the Mask' was released in 2019 w/ bassist Bryce Paul and drums by Tanner Wayne and Joe Rickard, but it marked a decline in popularity, charting at #121. Guitarist Niclas Engelin was dismissed soon after. In Flames are due out w/ a new album in 2022 - the band currently has Friden (vocals), Gelotte (guitars), Bryce Paul (bass), Tanner Wayne (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar). Meanwhile, ex-In Flames members have formed their own band The Halo Effect, will release their debut album 'Days of the Lost' in 2022... the band is: Jesper Stromblad & Niclas Engelin (guitars), Peter Iwers (bass), Daniel Svensson (drums) and Mikael Stanne (of Dark Tranquility) on vocals.

[@J-Dawg-1]

Oh my gosh!!! That’s so crazy! Thank you for this information!

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Dark Tranquility Damage Done and Inflames Colony is peak though.

[@fatsuperfly]

One of my fave songs from them. They changed a lot, they are still awesome. But as a guitarist, loved these older ones. Just very inspiring riff wise. Lol

[@conniekat3424]

I LOVE this...seriously...LOVE it!!

[@alwaysbreezy37]

Soundtrack To Your Escape is my favorite album from them🤘

[@megatellica9177]

This song is awesome great reaction my friend 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️💯☮️

[@Adamantiummonke]

YOU DID INFLAMES OMG PLZ PLZ PLZ do more inflames. PLZ listen to deliver us or System for a double shot video with both. keep up the great work.

[@lallijohnslallijohns5124]

Legendary song!!

[@mikeaube8172]

Crawl Through Knives by In Flames is awesome 🤘

[@scottl2158]

That song is so underrated it saddens me

[@mikeaube8172]

@@scottl2158 Totally!

[@ryukan250]

That's easily their best song on Come Clarity and their best song since Pinball Map

[@chrisbloomfield3350]

You should check out their album "Whoracle." It's their most complete album as a melodic death metal band before they went the way of using a heavier portion of synth. My friend and I would debate "Whoracle" or "Colony" and we always came to a stalemate. So they are both great albums in their own rights.

[@liamohman7426]

I would join that debate on the side of jester race

[@TheMidian46]

jester race is superior to both

[@VeyroneR]

What about Jester Race, best one IMO.

[@johanschilt1086]

IN FLAMES WE TRUST!

[@ryukan250]

For the next IN FLAMES song, I'd suggest "Ordinary Story". It's a perfect combination of peak In Flames musicianship, meaningful lyrics and not a single false note. Give it a go!

[@TheLegionsOfMetal]

First track of theirs I fell in love with.

[@puppetmaster8551]

Ordinary story is so good

[@dmphax]

This era of In Flames is what grew my love for metal. They were untouchable through to Clayman for me.

[@Mudflap1974]

Man I haven't heard this in ages. Great song!

[@chaospoet]

Mid to late 90s into the mid 00s In Flames was the best metal band on Earth in my opinion. I got into them in 98 or 99. I just remember I was at lunch in High School and a friend of mine puts his portable cd player down in front of me and told me to listen. It was the Whoracle album, which was the album before this one. That weekend I bought every album that was out to that point. The next album Clayman is in my opinion their best album but like the next 3 albums after that, a live CD in Tokyo and double live DVD was them at their peak and they were untouchable. After that... not so much. I saw them once when they were at their height and they were relentless. One of those shows where I was beyond exhausted by the end. This was one of the breather songs to catch your breath with in the set list. I wish I had a time machine to see that show again. God, they were great.

[@RealityMFiction]

I just love old inflames, brings back memories of my youth. Its too bad inflames got watered down after their guitar Jasper player left. I am just happy the new inflames is back to form, i highly recommend checking out "state of decay" and "the great deceiver".

[@Pontiki1977]

All northern Europeans excelled in metal. But the Swedes are the kings of groove. Entombed is another perfect example. I love more than 50 bands from Sweden. Their doom death was also awesome and of course Bathory influenced countless bands around the world.

[@rico6311]

Check out their live Performance from 2004 in Gothenburg (Sticky Fingers), bad video quality but audio is good and it's an absolute legendary concert by them.

[@sentenced03]

i love inflames. it might just be me but I don't think they had a bad album.

[@nu-agegamer3548]

Siren Charms be like: Hold my Pop metal.

[@briangood2048]

If you enjoyed In Flames then you must listen to Carcass. Especially tracks from albums, Swan Song and Heartwork to really hear how they influenced the subgenre.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

I’ve done Carcass.

[@dmphax]

@@TheAdventuresofTNT and thank you for that!

[@stefanolsson5381]

You should have pic the one from Sticky fingers, the best live melo death perfomance ever done.....

[@rickardengstrom2266]

TRIGGER, another banger

[@TheSuperSnake313]

Nice 🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥

[@megadeth8592]

the jester race album is the goat

[@BawlZINmotion]

Suburban Me Off the album Clayman.

[@dmphax]

My favourite IF song ever!!!

[@BawlZINmotion]

@@dmphax Same. The guitar melody is just classic.

[@dmphax]

@@BawlZINmotion sure is, Chris Amott and Bill Steer (Carcass) are my 2 favourite metal guitarists of all time. Everything they touch is gold.

[@BawlZINmotion]

@@dmphax I hear the melody of the opening and I just melt in my chair.

[@ryukan250]

Really good song but not quite top tier In Flames for me. Try "Gyroscope", "Ordinary Story", "Satellites and Astronauts", "Moonshield", "December Flower", "Jester Script Transfigured", "Pinball Map", "My Sweet Shadow", "Crawl Through Knives", Zombie Inc"

[@felipecampos3045]

dude, check out their live at sitcky fingers, it one of the best shows i have ever seen

[@TheLegionsOfMetal]

T... You seriously need to do some tracks off of Clayman! Pinball Map, Only For The Weak,... Shit... Do the whole album! 😁🙄

[@gameboi20]

I got to go see RATM tonight it was AMAZING

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

I heard they are still going strong!

[@gameboi20]

@@TheAdventuresofTNT Zack did the whole set with a spring ankle

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

@@gameboi20 yea I heard he was injured a few days ago.

[@matttyree1002]

Inflames Insipid

[@paulbrzhustovsky7294]

If I am honest, this is the most complete album from In Flames and the one I go back to most. It helps that I saw them first on tour right after its release and they destroyed. I can compile a single better album from both, whoracle and jester race but I feel like Colony is the peak of groove and experiment without falling over the edge. With Clayman they continued to straddle the edge starting to slip. With Reroute they were in free fall and I don't think they've hit bottom yet. Last time I saw them was sometime after Reroute and it was atrocious. Perhaps they are in a better place as humans but the music isn't there...

[@paulbrzhustovsky7294]

Oh shit, this is truly unbelievable! I put on old in flames after having seen this reaction and I take my words back - literally days ago they've rediscovered their original sound!