IN FLAMES Lesson Zombie Inc SoloClean

MetalKult had a chance to sit down with guitarists Bjorn Gelotte and Jesper Stromblad for an exclusive riff lesson.

[@bloodpool]

Definitely one of the coolest things ever written

[@encyclical]

Grade used something like this in their song Vertical Transmission

[@dova3839]

My favorite piece of music from In Flames

[@onairsebcycling]

Here in 2020. 41 years old and that solo still bring tears to my eyes like the first time.

[@jamesho8258]

Dude fuck yea! 🤘

[@jamesho8258]

Yea dude

[@rmv4646]

At 50 yrs old, it has the same grip on me

[@JSaltyfabricator]

This song still hits me like the first time I heard it 20 years ago.

[@okanalkan1261]

The best In Flames solo ever for me.

[@Ryanopuffs]

In Flames has the most definable and recognizable guitar sound. Their sound is so original. I could hear any lick at anytime and know its them just by the tone of the guitars.

[@ineptguitarist4932]

"Bear with us please". Bjorn never has confidence in any of these lessons but always nails it lol

[@CoolspyGaming]

In Sweden Björn isn't just only a name, Björn is the swedish name for bear (The animal). So I always find it hilarious when Gelotte says "Bear with me".

[@creaturveor9503]

Same in Icelandic :D

[@Jak2star]

I’m pretty sure he said that in reference to the fact that the song is played in C Standard and their guitars were tuned to Drop Bb so they could play they’re more modern stuff.

[@Jak2star]

thismortalcoil696 Jester Race Through Reroute is C Standard with a few songs in Drop Bb like Ordinary Story, Pinball Map, and Colony. Soundtrack and everything after is all in Drop Bb and they usually just play older songs in that tuning with minor adjustments.

[@Jak2star]

thismortalcoil696 yeah. Transparent from reroute is in Drop G. In Flames usually does a good job of utilizing the melodic end of the lower tunings and using lower tunings in a very creative way. Even on later albums. I throughly enjoy Reroute Soundtrack and Come clarity, and I really like some of the stuff from Sense of Purpose like Mirrors Truth and I’m The Highway. Once Jesper left is when I think the band went south.

[@Whocares11111]

Gives me goose bumps every time, damn what a nice lead..

[@ElectroFret21]

God, this solo is beautiful. Probably their best. I wish they played the whole thing in this video.

[@robbieclymore7877]

The best song they have ever written and some of the best guitar parts in history

[@TurdFurguson420]

bjorn is quickly becoming my favorite guitarist... dude is just awesome... seems like a cool guy too

[@christopherfortin4150]

We all love in flames for the great and beautiful song they made like this, hope they gonna wake up one day and give us once again a song that be a intemporal and powerful metal song like this

[@LeoXmayhem2]

Bjorn's tone is incredible.

[@tannerboyle8429]

One of the best metal songs EVER WRITTEN

[@Aced91]

Jesper will be in their souls...He make simple chord progression sounds like Heaven! its the best solo i have ever heard...i am crying when i am listening and everytime i want more more and more!! fucking IN FLAMES WE TRUST!

[@RjxVengeance]

Its so fuckin awsome to come on here and see that there is thousands of people that feel the same way i do about in flames! its indescribable!

[@CarlFernandes]

agreed. one of the best solos of all time, up there with december flower!

[@emvasquez-holtzhauer2047]

You can tell though that the spot light for whatever reason only shines on bjorn, jesper is like the little brother outcast

[@squezer]

he is probably very drunk here, thats why

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

Bjorn was always the lead guitarist from the moment he switched instruments, so I guess it falls on him naturally.

[@shumailkhan7205]

@@LordofDiamondsMetal what instrument did he play before guitar?

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

@@shumailkhan7205 He played drums on The Jester Race and Whoracle. He was also the third guitar player on those albums. When the band recruited Daniel Svensson to play drums, Björn moved to lead guitar full time.

[@shumailkhan7205]

@@LordofDiamondsMetal been listening to these guys for over a decade and never knew that.

[@csarikaya]

early in flames was one of its kind. sick melodies and tasty riffs.

[@coreydowd1366]

fuck I just absolutely love In Flames they are fucking musical geniuses and i love how they mix their music between heavy stuff and bring it back down to a softer type of heaviness which impresses me about them as a whole

[@GettingPissedMan]

bjorn gelotte is my hero. super awesome tattoo, and his riffs are so original, this solo is gorgeous

[@sorkeror]

Björn wrote almost nothing before Jesper left the band, and all the 90s albums were written almost 100% by Jesper and Glenn, Björn had no part in writing this song.

[@maxpa1ne]

best mdm band

[@ralam468]

Jesper's melodies are so fire.

[@creaturve4085]

You mean Björn's ? Ya'know the one doing the melodies in the video

[@ralam468]

⁠@@creaturve4085Nah Jesper’s.

[@axlpx81]

They are JUST GREAT!

[@Atrohpy]

This is actually true... Jesper was the soul.. But I know In Flames will continuee...

[@christophersanzo1833]

Anders and Bjorn are just as important to In Flames sound as Jesper was.

[@swedishonur]

Good old days

[@ToiletClogger]

Good jam!

[@chemloaf3020]

Old, but still gold.

[@matrixhz]

He looks sooo relaxed while playing ;P

[@metalboy5150]

To add to the correct answer that Qbyk95 gave, it's a Gibson Les Paul *Custom* with EMGs. You can tell it's a custom by the graphic on the head stock and the square fretboard inlays. The Standard and the studio both have trapezoidal inlays, I believe.

[@xroe888]

all these tuning questions make me appreciate my piano teacher alot more.. silly kids.

[@SignOfCross]

DAT SOLO!!

[@igorcort]

Bjorn Gelotte. Great!!!!

[@triumfator1987]

titanic melody there =)

[@ljudojedacxD]

Zombie Incorporated, Bjorn! :D Awesome ^^

[@summonliiva5673]

I'm so weak for that solo 😍😍

[@Crnicelad]

@BodomBeachGuitarist thank you very much

[@hms2407]

beautiful !!

[@rustyshackleford4743]

Thanks, I needed this!

[@dadikiuz]

the last part of the solo reminded me of the solo in Only for the weak

[@sutemeny79]

This song is a fucking Miracle!

[@apairofpants1]

best song in my opinion

[@dlt367]

BEST BAND EVER!!!!!

[@TheEarthDude]

@GeorgeKyriakidis This is the greatest!

[@woeliewoeliewoelie]

is this a really hard solo? i already realise it's the most beautiful one but complexity doesn't necessarily leads to beauty. I'm not a great guitarists but i'm doing my first steps into the solo world so i want to know if it's good to practice with. any thoughts ? Perhaps other recommendations? cheers

[@shumailkhan7205]

Its not that hard. Simple minor scale based. Its been 10 years and u r probably a phenomenal guitarist by now

[@IisMourbyd]

were gunan try to do this.....bare with us...*epic melody*

[@obeybosss]

Bjorn is the best!

[@Creat1vPL]

@GeorgeKyriakidis Agree but December Flower solo is very good too :)

[@Deadtide]

❤

[@HikariAkagi89]

Fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[@waspix]

music, heaven heaven ...stops.."now we need distortion, so.." yells, "someone give them a fucking pedal, why stopped, come oeaooon!"

[@eMmy534913]

lov it :X

[@sulz47]

I want those 2 guitars!!

[@jloo222]

@andyskagr I agree. What other early melodeath bands do you listen to?

[@NokturnalMTG]

nicest fuckin guys you would ever meet holding a guitar

[@Hunternif]

In Flames ftw!! Hey guitarists out there, what devices should I need to reproduce that "hard" but cleanish kind of sound? He says, use a compressor, so I guess that's a start. Also what kind of guitar, amp and maybe other things should I need to sound like this?

[@cmc47834]

@andyskagr I believe its not that the new songs are bad.. they are good, but compared to what In Flames was from Their First Ep / Cd to Clayman, they could do so much bother. Personally I think Reroute to Remain still sounded pretty oldschool. Soundtrack is where I believe they changed. Come Clarity was so close to being old school, then they put out ASOP and SOAPF.. lol.

[@soulmorf12]

laughed when he said zombie incorrect :D

[@chorawy93]

incorporated? ^^

[@thedude4443]

He said "Zombie inc, right?"

[@lioubinos99]

best cover on youtube! :P

[@laszloarvai88]

Björn 4 prezident !!!

[@Adam_Skye]

Guitar of the man who stands in right it's a Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty? :D

[@HateInFlames666]

@obeybosss WTF dude you're talking Bulltshit , the former band of In Flames is Jesper ...and he made almost all the stuff in that band , not Bjorn !

[@tanerkahraman2984]

Ps: He was the previous drummer...

[@PandorasBox0985]

whats the is that shirt that bjorn gelotte is wearing with the skulls on it.

[@stringslayer97]

@R0ckstar666x epic beard is epic

[@stringslayer97]

@MrSabinaX dark tranquillity = standard c#

[@Qbyk95]

Gibson Les Paul with EMG 81 and 85 ;)

[@DebowyMocny]

Epic solo. This also might be the only YoTube lesson that has taught me absolute zero...

[@Revert1989]

I always thought it was reversed. Like bjorn played the riff and jesper played the lead

[@todortodorov8008]

Who tf is the that beardy man and why Jesper is playing with him?

[@HemeHaci]

@woeliewoeliewoelie hey mate! the solo is not hard at all, pretty easy and straightforward solo. no fast alternate picking passages, no sweeps, no crazy tapping, no arpeggios, no open string legato passages so yeah it's quite manageable. but at start everything is very hard but keep your spirit high, you will play these eventually. about practice question; everything is a good practice to play! it will teach you something (if not technique-wise then inspire you musically)

[@davidpolaczek3614]

Tabs.?

[@Crnicelad]

khm does anyone know how are the guitars tunned?

[@schokoprinz]

i would concur, but im still more of a fan of December Flowers solo...that thing is too raw. even though the zombie inc solo was like in the second song i had ever heard by in flames. still incredible.

[@Silverheest]

I prefer the December Flower solo too, but it's too bad that solo is recorded by Fredrik Johansson from Dark Tranquility.. would've made me love either Jesper or Björn even more if they wrote that solo because it is my favorite solo of all time

[@ederinn]

is that a Les Paul?? or LTD??

[@RiffingMonkey]

woah what a great lesson! now i can play it without practicing! ITS UNBELIVABLE YOU GUYS SHOULD TRY TO BECOME MUSIC TEACHERS ******---------++++++

[@cmc47834]

@andyskagr anything new..

[@spyrosnar]

what's up with all the artists/guitarists not having a clue about the name of their own songs and albums?=P

[@EndOfFlesh666]

2 full steps down so the bottom string is a c

[@johnbeamon929]

its C standard

[@DryadRoot]

tuning anyone? :$

[@stevepwn]

why did bjorn have to ask if it was zombie inc? didnt he write the song

[@FusRoDah2]

well they have more than 7 studio albums, that is a lot of music to remember.

[@stevepwn]

na i think that in flames writes all these riffs and songs and then they get the names after the songs are written, so he knew how the song goes but he forgot which song it was because he/jesper wrote all the riffs so its confusing

[@FusRoDah2]

***** Jesper founded the band, he was a huge part of their band. The last two albums, Sounds of a Playground Fading, and Siren Charms, would have still been released if the Jesper was in the band, the albums would have been better. Jesper left the band because of alcoholism and family matters. Jesper was not the the only master behind In Flames, Bjorn and Jesper together is what made old In Flames so fucking good, with either of them gone, it is not the same.

[@thepredator666qc4]

+FusRoDah2 they said he left for that reason but i have a feeling thats not the real one

[@FusRoDah2]

Yan Jod Ah, only the band truly knows. It's sad that Jesper will most likely never return to the band. They need to realize that we are not expecting them to do a "Colony Part II" we just need some more MDM.

[@88omair]

Bjorn finds it so difficult to play leads live, Jesper's so much more fluid

[@sirzechsazazel1150]

I know this is a really old comment lol, but it makes sense because Bjorn actually was a drummer before he truly learned to play the guitar after the first albums. He's also gotten a lot better

[@Reypable]

@Ahmet H. Turan drop a# basically half guitar half bass

[@ThatTaxGuy]

Would any lovely guitar player pleeease make a tab out of this? :L

[@jasonnielsen5976]

Check out songsterr.com

[@jasonnielsen5976]

www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/in-flames-zombie-inc-tab-s9809t1

[@Dj0sten]

Lol because no tabs exist for this at all.

[@wojt4spes]

Hmm, I guess I don't get the joke here.

[@a156gta]

Mozart..............

[@Stenfeldt111]

cuz he hates media and interviews

[@stringslayer97]

@R0ckstar666x -_- ?!

[@Sentienthermostat]

I don't think jesper speaks much English

[@hadisage9237]

***** U do.

[@BeardedMenace25]

Not even Bjorn can play it properly, hahaha. The recording has some much better pull off stuff instead of those weird bends he's doing here at the beginning.

[@dlt367]

Best band ever!