"Foregone" by In Flames (THEIR BEST ALBUM IN A LONG TIME?) | ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2023
- For the first time in 15 years, In Flames doesn't suck.
"Foregone" by In Flames
Released February 10th 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records
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I think Chris Broderick brought the heaviness back to them. Besides Megadeth holding him back some, he did help them write some of their better albums and best of the modern era Megadeth.
Absolutely. "Endgame" is better than literally every other album Megadeth has made in the past 20 years, its not even close.
Anders and Bjorn write all the music. They say it all their interviews.
@Richard Saenz III I mean, even if he didn't write anything, I still think Chris relit a fire in them to step up their game, because he joins the band officially and then they write the best album they have in years I don't think it's a coincidence.
@@Dorotheeslutman9986 oh yeah definitely!
I loved this album, had a ton of great stuff, easily their best album since A Sense of Purpose
Sounds of a Playground Fading was a better album than this one.
@@papagrantits yeah, you dumb for saying that
Like you said - it's pretty goddamn good. There's a couple cringe moments, but honestly, this album is a refreshing return to form with the bite of Clayman but the alternative metal and earworm choruses of later albums. That production is some of the best i've heard on a record this year, too.
I didn’t overplay the singles, so I’m ready to hear this thing! I still really like Sounds of a Playground Fading and I like Battles, too... the former being because of pure nostalgia. P.S. I still think the top of “Melodeath Mountain” is Intestine Baalism, in my humble opinion, but more people need to know about them.
can't argue with that, solid band with plenty of jams.
I actually found In Flames when A Quiet Place came out. So I liked that album, but reroute to remain and the first few albums were their mosr prized treasured albums. I liked songs here, and there from other albums they've made, but I'm interested I'm hearing their new progress on Foregone. I'm a huge In Flames fan so I hope it rules, when I personally listen to it..
I think they did a great job..amazing album
Man, I wish we'd go back to two singles tops before the album comes out. Foregone Part 1 and State of Slow Decay would have been great starters. The last few years have really shown me how much self control I lack when it comes to listening to them repeatedly when I want the full product, lol. Thanks for the review! \m/
Ill be listening on my way into work tomorrow morning. Pretty stoked for it.
Side note, you should review King of the North by Wolfheart.
I'm excited to hear the whole album. I'm definitely taking the same approach as you did. I didn't even preorder the album because I said I have to hear the whole thing first haha.
I was hoping to here a little more about the songs that haven't been released yet but it's all good. Release day is almost here.
I still maintain Majesties- Vast Reaches Unclaimed is going to be the Melodeath album of the year just by hearing the first two singles.
That Majesties album really does sound amazing so far, very pumped
Hell ya, extra pumped for Fridays release now. Great review as always sir! 🫡🤘🍻
Congrats In Flames! I always love your HONEST reviews!!
I've never been a huge In Flames fan, and the singles didn't really blow me away all that much either, but I'm still looking forward to listening to this and (maybe) reviewing it. It seems like a fun record to jam out to in the car on my own LOL.
I'm so excited to hear it, since by singles it does seem like it has a lot of potential
I thought I am the Mask was definitely stronger than Sounds of Playground Fading, Battles and Sirens Charms (even though that's not a very high benchmark to meet). It was a decent release even with some stinkers (get rid of those and I'd consider it a good album). I'm pretty pumped for this album. The era that started with Clayman is my fav In Flames era (nostalgia doing it that's when I jumped in). If this album is a combination of Reroute, Clayman and Come Clarity it'll be perfect for my tastes. Come Clarity is #1 for me. Super pumped to check them out again at Knotfest Melbourne Australia next month. I also don't mind the Clayman re release, it was an interesting experiment and the Vinyl copy of it comes with a 12 inch (the original remastered) and then a 7 inch with the re imagined stuff. I really good release, you don't have to listen to the new stuff if you don't want to. I am not dissapointed that I picked it up at release
The guy over at Banger TV reviewed this and I thought he was way wrong. I love this album. I think the fans appreciate more than the gatekeepers do for sure.
Great news!
Agree with you in everything you said.
Jester race through Reroute tonremain i love all the material.
Then i kinda like some songs here and there , i do appreciate some of "sense of purpose" and some tracks of "i the mask" but some records like "battles" or the siren one i ve rejected completely.
So yea this new ep is a breath of fresh air 🤘❤️
I’m enjoying this album a lot 🤘
YES imo
when is your next live stream?.... Love the review. When are you going back to Conker N64 great stuff.
Next livestream is a special Valebtines Day party on the 13th
Finally the album we've been asking for... Kinda. If Bleeding out and Dialogue... Didn't exist on it it'd be stronger in my opinion, but for the most part it's very good. Hopefully it's not a one off as you say! Glad you enjoyed it man, it shows in how you talk about it!
Bleeding Out and Dialogue are great though. Pure Light of Mind can get canned though. Worst song on the album, easily.,
I loved it and I think it’s the best album since Whoracle. And the best album to come out since Watain’s new album. I honestly stopped caring about In Flames like 15 years ago glad I checked this out!
God Fucking Damn I missed out on a lot here lol. This album I’ll need to still give a listen, couldn’t this week because me and my sister flew out to Florida for a whole week. Where we went to Disneyworld, Epcot, Universal studios, Hollywood studios for 4 days then a few free days in Orlando so I missed out on a lot of RUclips, Discord lol. I’ll say this Inflames getting Chris Broderick was a very smart and much needed move for In Flames. Dude can definitely add in some seriously tasty Melodies, licks and also some Technicality. His guitar work on act of defiance album and Megadeth’s Endgame is still fucking fantastic.
I havent heard the singles at all. I want to hold off for 2 more days until the full album is out. But if what you said is true. I genuinely hope it delivers. Because after Clayman 2020 and Battles (Especially Battles UGH) i am hesitant to give a new In Flames release a chance
Trust me, this will wash the taste of 2010's In Flames out your mouth with ease.
Nice, im really looking forward for "pretty good" in flames album.
I get that people are not Happy with the stuff since siren charms. But throwing Sense Of Purpose and Playground Fading in the same Pot will always be a mystery to me.
But hey your argumentation is almost always on point as far as I can tell and I often get I really good picture of an album in advance. Nice Channel !
I'm pretty goddamn pumped about this, State Of Slow Decay has been stuck in my head for a bit
Don't get too hyped, the singles that got released early are the only songs worth a fuck.
I love this new album! Best album since Clayman!
What I would like next? Haha, I will be cruel but a discography review of Helloween would be sick. Having your take on some power metal would be nice.
Power metal is often a tough sell for me. That said, I do dig me some Helloween.
Sick album
I did love a lot of the 90's In Flames with their delivery and chemistry with memorable and addictive songs in their music from the genre. I did lose interest in them when I heard Siren Charms which was their absolute worst album and lost me yet I didn't actually bother with their follow ups. With that being said I am gonna check out their new album since some attention was positive and was pretty impressed with their new song that came out months back. The Jester Race is one of my favourite metal albums of all time and I do love a lot of Whoracle etc and I actually like Reroute to Remain too.
"The Jester Race" is still my fav from In Flames, an absolute melo-death masterpiece.
I haven’t liked In Flames since maybe 2000. This is nice finally.
This Album is combination of Mid Era In Flames. plus a Catchy Chorus since 2010’.This is the Best Album Since 2006.
***My Fav for my taste : In the Dark,Cynosure,End the Transmission.
I'm going to buy this blind, I haven't really listened to any of pre released singles due to previous 'heart breaks' but I did buy I, the mask on vinyl day one , so my standards can't be that high. 😂
Pretty sure Broderick had a lot of input on this album especially the heavy parts
At the end In Flames finally made a banger of an album
No score till i hear it on Friday
3.5/5 or 4/5 for the clean production
I haven't heard the whole album. I've only heard the 5 singles or so that they have released for this new album. I'll have to post a more in depth comment once I hear the whole album. But these 5 singles...
1st off, people are going overboard saying that this is a return to The glory days of their gothenberg sound. No! This is absolutely not that at all! To me, this is Come Clarity part 2. Except, I like come clarity better. So far, at least. Once I hear the whole album, that might change.
This is not some sort of return to the Jester race or even clayman. This album fits neatly in the reroute to remain to come clarity area. The problem that I have with these 5 songs is that they are very basic. Yeah, there's some good riffing going on in there. And the vocals are pretty good. The songs overall are well written. But unfortunately, they don't really stand out against their back catalog. None of these songs are as memorable as say something like.." as the future repeats today"
When I 1st heard pinball map or clay man, BULLET RIDE, another day in quicksand, episode 666, jotun, etc... Just pick almost any song from the 1st 5 records. All of them are memorable and stand out from one another. This new material sounds like some leftovers from come clarity that they didn't quite finish. None of this is bad. It's just not the greatest thing ever. This is kind of somewhere in between death magnetic and hardwired in terms of quality. It's a nice attempt. But They are going to have to do far better than this for me to say "inflames we trust", again.
If you think that reroute to come clarity is the shit,then I can see why you would love this. If you Are like me and were off put by the change in direction with reroute and completely jumped off ship with soundtrack; this will not bring you back. Besides, They already tried this direction once. Let's mix the old with the new! That album was called come clarity. This is the sequel. Nothing more.
I will give it this... It's the best I've heard so far from the stupid scratch logo with korn-y, Tim Burton- esque artwork era of inflames. Except, March to the shore. March to the shore is better than this.
P.S. Chris Broderick is a welcome edition to Any band. Endgame is the best modern Megadeth album.
I got to see him live when he was with Nevermore.
The only two records i can't find anything good in is Battles and Siren Charms. To me those are wierd EDM Metal experiments.
FOREGONE is gonna be UP THERE with the Come Claritys of the world and the Reroutes, love everything I've heard so far. Whiskey and listen through on friday 🥃
Glad to hear more positive stuff about the new IF. The last several albums have been so bad, nothing worth listening to since Come Clarity. Stoked to hear it now since I didn't even give the singles a chance, just figuring they'd be more Siren Charms type b.s.
Lmao fair assumption but nah the singles have been great, some of the best songs In Flames have released in years.
@@themetalmeltdownofficial dang, feeling like a young excited melodeath fan again. In Flames, At The Gates and Soilwork all have quality recent output? Hell yeah.
I’ve preordered the album on iTunes
The 5 tracks I have access to are Michelin Star level quality
Friday I’ll get the whole buffet 😋
@@joshjohnson1699 Honestly even that last Arch Enemy album was great, and don't forget The Halo Effect. Been a good couple of years for Swedish melo-death for sure.
I just heard "in the dark" off the record. This will make old in flames fans happy, im confident of this.
Wrong. The singles were incredible, the rest of the album is pretty shit.
In the Dark was not even close to old school In flames, not sure what you’re talking about.
@@mobeenrehman2379 There's the Gothenburg style melody in both the chorus and bridge. The bridge also has a classic clayman type melody too. Relax dude.
I'm glad they've actually improved for once. I'm kind of over the Gothenburg sound, though. It's just been so oversaturated throughout the years between all the melodeath bands who've come about since IF's heyday and all the metalcore bands who ripped off their sound and added breakdowns to it. The entire genre went from being original and unique to being derivative and predictable.
So I haven't been a fan of almost everything In Flames has put out since probably 2006. In the 90's and early 200's this band was putting out good album after good album until they started drifting out of their melodic death metal roots into more "radio friendly" what I would probably call a "Pop Metal" commercial sound. Especially the albums released from 2010 - 2016 which were just uninspired and boring....this new one is rebirth of sorts, the best studio album they have put out since 2002's Reroute to Remain. Back are the aggressive vocals and riffs that longtime fans never thought they would hear again! I believe this has a lot to do with now permanent member, guitarist - Chris Broderick. There are still some songs that aren't quite "there" for my taste, but overall this record is full of heavy guitars and vocals and catchy chorus verses. A decent return to form that was long past due! I will definitely give this some "proper" listening when my wife is at work🤘
A lot of bands these days spoil albums these days it’s annoying
I honestly thought we’d get Time 2 from Wintersun before in flames ever made good album again.
homestly???.... same
Best album since Sounds of a Playground Fading.
Best album in years, better check it out quick.
i was going into this with extremely low expectations since everything from sounds of a playground fading has been either absolute shit or just somewhat mediocre,this is a huge improvement over those last 4 or 5 albums
I don’t know, I thought Sounds of a Playground Fading was pretty awesome.
Can't go wrong with Chris Broderick
I don't want to slide the idea that we, the fans, are responsible foe this album but i think the very deserved backlash that unnecessary Rerecording of Clayman got is what pushed In Flames to explore those Gothemburg waters they abandoned 20 years ago. They understood they fled too close to the sun and so this album, for what i could hear in the singles, feels like a sort of apology for their fanbase.
Let's see how those songs feel in the context of a full album so i can give it a proper score.
Apology semi-accepted, they get the full apology when I know this isn't just a phase for them lmao
The Great Deceiver is a good song but this is Reroute Part 2. Which is when they lost me.
I have greatly disliked inflames since “come clarity” I even disliked CC when it first came out but eventually came to appreciate it more since the following albums were absolutely doodie.
All the singles on this album so far has been pretty promising
Really disappointed in the NON singles. Bleeding out and a dialogue in b flat minor have some of the most cringe / embarrassing lyrics I've ever heard.
COVID is the reason bud...
Look at Disturbed
Look at Ozzy's last album
Shit even parkway drive put out a good ..not great album
All of those albums were hella mid though
I will never understand the love for early In Flames it’s just so boring for the most part anyways, I just cannot for the life of me find myself ever returning to that stuff over their 2000s era or most of their 2010s stuff but hey at least this album seems to be making everyone happy I’m happy this albums good 4.5/5 for me
You’re kidding right? The 2010s is garbage. All their albums post come clarity are just so bad. They sold out big time. But can’t blame them. It what brings them money. The more palatable poppy arena alt rock metal they do now. Only good stuff from in flames was when they we’re actually Melodic death metal. So the first 5 Albums.
Actually I should say. The 2000’s are hell of a lot better then what they’ve done since 2010 and up. Clayman reroute to remain soundtrack to your escape even come clarity and a sense of purpose. Sooo much better. If we are talking about them completely abandoning their traditional Melodie’s death sound post clayman.
This album is just lol I don’t even know where to begin.
They were trying to appeal to their older fans with 3 maybe 4 songs that had glimpses of that older in flames sound. But even so they ruined it with the poppy over produced vocals and cringy choruses. It just does not work at all.
At least When IF were trending into that ALT metal poppy style of music with soundtrack reroute. Come clarity he’ll even a sense of purpose it was done a hell of a lot better than this. That’s for dam sure
But anyway I could go on and on. I’ve beaten this dead horse too much. In flames chose to go into the direction they went into witch is fine. But for us to sit here and say that this stuff is good. Oh man just no way I can do that.
@@Nall412 Nope I ain’t kidding I find the new stuff way more interesting than the old stuff but I will conced that some of colony and the Jester Race are bangers, I feel the same about both Siren Charms and Battles. All those albums are like 2-2.5/5s for me. I hate Lunar Strain and Whoracle so much but Whoracle is like a 1.5/5 for me Lunar Strain is just -100/5 it sucks dick. I liked I, the Mask and and A Sense of Purpose quite a bit I’d give them like a 3.5 out of 5 though I will agree there’s some terrible or boring songs on them. Clay man is fine I guess I only really like Bullet Ride and Pinball map tbh that’s like a 2.5/5. As for the rest I like a lot every other album gets a 3.5-4 for me. Reroute to Remain is peak In Flames for me and I like this album a lot too. That’s my opinion anyways
How the hell was SOAPF a flop? Sirens Charms and Battles fine, the hell was wrong with SOAPF? Man In Flames fans are weird as hell lmao. It's like people just make shit up about their newer albums.
Siren Charms is their best album.
Bold hot take there!
I agree honestly
😂😂😂
It’s good album honestly.depend on your mood,your day. Whatever \m/
@@PussyMetalguy props man if you like it you like it
They have released some questionable stuff aye however this seems like they stepped it in this album indeed 😋💯🤘
They really did, they haven't sounded this good in a long time.
@@themetalmeltdownofficial yessir 😁 ☝️ agreed ...brutal day to you aye 🤘
Chris did not write really any music. The album was written by bjorn and anders. I keep seeing every talking about chris. He only added a few small bit to one or two solos.