Jesper Strömblad –
Guitars
Björn Gelotte – Guitars
Anders Fridén – Vocals
Peter Iwers – Bass Guitar
Daniel Svensson – Drums
IN FLAMES – “A Sense Of Purpose”
In Flames was formed by Jesper Strömblad back in 1990. The band
as it was at the time consisted of Jesper, Johan Larsson and
Glenn Ljungström. A demo was recorded and soon after the band
got a record deal and released “Lunar Strain” and it did not
take long before the album was a classic in the fast growing
Scandinavian death metal scene.
With a new line up consisting of Jesper, Johan & Glenn along
with two new additions: Anders Fridén on vocals and Björn
Gelotte on drums, In Flames signed a license deal with Nuclear
Blast Records and soon started recording the follow up: “The
Jester Race”.
“The Jester Race” quickly became a big hit all across Europe and
Japan. After the recording of “Whoracle” in 1997 Johan and Glenn
decided to leave the band and Peter Iwers (bass) joined. Niklas
Engelin (Gardenian, Engel) was temporarily in the band filling
in on guitars.
With a fresh line up the band set sails and headed out on tour.
Short after a very successful European tour Niklas had to focus
on his other projects, and Björn switched from drums to guitar
and Daniel Svensson joined the band, and this is the In Flames
as we know it today. With the completion of the line up “Colony”
was recorded and released in 1999.
“Colony” took In Flames to a new level and the band sold out
venues across Europe, USA and Japan and quickly became one of
the biggest and most popular Melodic Death Metal acts around.
“Clayman” which was released in 2000 even topped its predecessor
and the awards started pouring in and the band kept growing in
popularity. In 2001 “The Tokyo Showdown”, In Flames first live
album was released, and gave the public and insight to the
band’s live competence.
Modern and more mature “Reroute To Remain” (2002) again
confirmed the status of In Flames and marked another milestone
in their career. Two years later and it was time to take In
Flames to a new level. “Soundtrack To Your Escape” did just that
and was the logical continuation after “Reroute To Remain”. In
Flames continued to tour the world and documented these
escapades, which resulted in the release of the phenomenal
DVD/CD package “Used And Abused – In Live We Trust” in 2005.
With an incredibly successful world tour behind them, In Flames
recorded the masterpiece “Come Clarity” which was released in
March 2006. “Come Clarity” got an amazing reception in the media
and has today sold over 400.000 copies worldwide. The song “Take
This Life” from the album is featured on the new “Guitar Hero
III” game. A game which has been deemed the bestselling video
game of all times and has today sold six million copies.
In Flames have sold over 2 million albums worldwide to date!!!
In September 2007 In Flames entered IF STUDIOS, in Gothenburg,
Sweden, to record what you hold in your hand today. The new
album was Recorded and produced by the band together with Daniel
Bergstrand (vocals) and Roberto Laghi (Bass, guitar & drums) and
mixed by Toby Wright in LA (Metallica, Slayer, Ozzy Osbourne,
Kiss, Motley Crue etc) and mixed by Stephen Marcussen at
Marcussen mastering studios in LA. With this new album there is
no doubt that In Flames will take a step up the ladder towards
becoming one of the biggest metal bands of all times.
A Sense Of Purpose was released on April 4th 2008 “The Mirror’s
Truth” Single/EP incl 3 Exclusive non album tracks is released
March 7th 2008.
Catch In
Flames on Tour
Jul 31 2009
8:00P Wacken Open Air Festival Wacken
Sep 8 2009 8:00P Cepsum - University Of Montreal Montreal,
Quebec
Sep 9 2009 8:00P Arrow Hall Toronto, Ontario
Sep 11 2009 8:00P Community Auditorium Thunder Bay, Ontario
Sep 12 2009 8:00P Convention Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sep 13 2009 8:00P Prairieland Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sep 14 2009 8:00P Big 4 Building At Calgary Stampede Calgary
Sep 15 2009 8:00P Shaw Conference Centre Edmonton, Alberta
Sep 17 2009 8:00P BCP Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, British
Columbia
Sep 18 2009 8:00P Knitting Factory Spokane, Washington
Sep 19 2009 8:00P Knitting Factory Boise, Idaho
Sep 20 2009 8:00P The New Oasis Reno, Nevada
Sep 21 2009 8:00P The Regency Center At The Grand Ballroom San
Fransisco, California
Sep 22 2009 8:00P The Fox Theatre Pomona, California
Sep 23 2009 8:00P Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona
Sep 25 2009 8:00P Concrete Street Amphitheatre Corpus Christi,
Texas
Sep 26 2009 8:00P White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
Sep 27 2009 8:00P House Of Blues New Orleans, Louisiana
Sep 29 2009 8:00P Valaruium Knoxville, Tennessee
Sep 30 2009 8:00P Expo Five Louisville, Kentucky
Oct 1 2009 8:00P Mr Smalls Theatre Millvale, Pennsylvania
Oct 2 2009 8:00P Starland Ballroom Sayreville, New Jersey
Oct 3 2009 8:00P House Of Blues Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 4 2009 8:00P Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 5 2009 8:00P Club Washington DC, Washington DC
Oct 6 2009 8:00P Amos Southend Charlotte, North Carolina
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