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In Flames still did not have a vocalist yet, so session vocals were provided this time by Henke Forss.
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Guitarist Björn Gelotte at Rock am Ring 2017ĭuring 1994, In Flames recorded and self-produced their first EP, Subterranean, in Studio Fredman. Many other session musicians participated in the recording as well, including guitarists Anders Iwers, Carl Näslund, and Oscar Dronjak (the latter of which provided backing vocals), vocalist Jennica Johansson, and violinist Ylva Wåhlstedt. Since the band did not have a vocalist yet, Strömblad asked Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity to provide session vocals. The album, titled Lunar Strain, was recorded in Studio Fredman and released in August 1994. Īfter being signed, work on the band's debut album began. The owner of the label enjoyed the music, and immediately signed them to the label. In order to increase their chances of getting signed to the label, the group lied and said they had thirteen songs already recorded, when in fact they only had three. The trio recorded a demo in August 1993 and sent it to Wrong Again Records. That same year, Strömblad recruited Glenn Ljungström on guitar and Johan Larsson on bass guitar to form the first official In Flames line-up. In 1993, Strömblad decided to quit Ceremonial Oath due to these musical differences and began focusing more on In Flames. His purpose was to write songs with a more melodic musical direction, something which he was not allowed to do in Ceremonial Oath. In Flames was founded in 1990 by Jesper Strömblad as a side project from his then-current death metal band, Ceremonial Oath. Singer Anders Fridén at Rock am Ring 2017 Founding and Lunar Strain They won two of these nominations one for Soundtrack to Your Escape (2004) in the "Hard Rock/Metal of the Year" category, and one nomination for their following album Come Clarity (2006) in the same category. In Flames has been nominated for three Grammis Awards. Since the band's inception, In Flames have released thirteen studio albums, three EPs, and two live DVDs, their latest release being their thirteenth studio album I, the Mask in 2019. As of 2008, In Flames has sold over two million records worldwide. This decision was criticized by fans of the group's heavier metal sound however, it increased the band's mainstream audience and bolstered their album sales. Their sixth studio album Reroute to Remain (2002) showed the band moving toward a newer style of music that moved further away from melodic death metal and closer to alternative metal. By the release of Colony (1999), the group had established a stable lineup. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal.ĭuring the band's early years, In Flames had a varying group of musicians recording with them, including many session musicians. In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990.