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UNBELIEVABLE: In flames | History Defined

"When we played in America with bands we influenced, their fans were like, ‘Who are you?'" They've inspired generations of huge bands, toured with Slipknot and helped put Swedish metal on the map. This is the story of In Flames

How one band helped craft a new sound that changed the fate of metal forever

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“Something we never could have imagined when this all began”: Songs by melodic death metal pioneers In Flames, At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity to be performed by Gothenburg orchestra

Two symphonic celebrations of the Gothenburg Sound will be held in Sweden on December 4 and 5, in tribute to late At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg

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“We played the song and then the earthquake alarms started ringing! They had to move the festival the next year because of that.” How a death metal band ended up writing a song so catchy and bouncy it rocked a 1,600-ton bridge

You wouldn't have imagined this band writing something like this in their early days!

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“This is the band that I always list as my favorite band”: Nita Strauss on the Swedish melodic death metal group she considers her “Beatles”

The guitar hero selected one of the band’s tracks while running through the five riffs that changed her life

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Heavy metal, classic rock, prog and beautiful Mediterranean sunshine collide at Spain’s Rock Imperium - one of the most stunning and unique festivals in the world

Scorpions, The Cult, King Diamond, Till Lindemann, In Flames, Blind Guardian and Stryper are just some of the names confirmed for this year’s amazing lineup

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The Halo Effect have crafted the first great melodic death metal album of 2025 with March Of The Unheard

Former In Flames men unite once more to create another blistering set of classic-sounding melodeath anthems

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“I wanted to explore melody even more than we have in the past”: Employed To Serve’s next album inspired by In Flames

The UK metalcore bruisers have pulled influence from Gothenburg metal for their hotly anticipated fifth album

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“The world my kid is going into is insane. I can’t write positive lyrics”: How In Flames defied the haters and the apocalypse to make A Sense Of Purpose

The end of the world? That was just inspiration for In Flames’ ninth album, A Sense Of Purpose

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Prog metal heroes Nevermore tease reunion with cryptic social media vignette

The American band’s ranks have included Jeff Loomis (ex-Arch Enemy), Chris Broderick (In Flames/ex-Megadeth), Pat O’Brien (ex-Cannibal Corpse) and late singer Warrel Dane

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“A Wu-Tang Clan-level thrash collaboration!” Machine Head release all-star song featuring In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth; quietly announce new album for 2025

These Scars Won’t Define Us will appear on the groove metal gods’ next album, out next year

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Rock For People 2025 announces first bands: Slipknot and Linkin Park to headline, Fontaines D.C., Idles, Spiritbox, In Flames and more also confirmed

Czechia's coolest rock and metal festival has just unveiled its first lineup announcement for 2025

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“We thought ‘the Gothenburg sound’ was an insult. Everything we set out to do was new and original.” We asked Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne to name the greatest Gothenburg metal album. This is what he said.

When we asked the singer of Dark Tranquillity and The Halo Effect to name the Gothenburg sound’s greatest achievement, he challenged the idea of ‘the Gothenburg sound’ itself

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The Prodigy, In Flames, Spiritbox and dozens more added to Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park 2025 lineups

70 of the 100 bands that will play Germany’s two monster metal weekenders have now been named

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Arch Enemy release new single Liars & Thieves, following debut during UK tour

The track, featuring rare melodic vocals from Alissa White-Gluz, is a snapshot of upcoming album Blood Dynasty

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"A true celebration of heavy metal greatness." Arch Enemy, In Flames and Soilwork bring melodeath magic to the Hammersmith Apollo

A generational bill brings equal parts nostalgia and cutting edge excellence to London

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How are there so many Swedish metal bands? A Swedish metal band explains

Avatar singer Johannes Eckerström explains how his homeland has given us Opeth, Arch Enemy, Sabaton, In Flames, Meshuggah, Amon Amarth, Bathory and much, much, much, much more

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Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect (ex-In Flames, Dark Tranquillity) announce headline UK and Europe tour

Gothenburg’s melodic death metal stars will be joined by industrial outfit Pain in 2025

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“This will be one of those concerts that people fiercely envy you for attending.” Orbit Culture reaffirm their standing as metal’s next big thing at a sweaty, sold-out London Underworld

During their first-ever headline tour, Swedish up-and-comers Orbit Culture rocked the Underworld’s foundations with a groove metal/melodeath armada

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In Flames just released a new song, Become One, on streaming services without telling anybody

A melodeath banger from the deluxe edition of In Flames’ latest album, Foregone, has finally become available online

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"We've had sex a lot to HIM": Atreyu's Brandon Saller shares the 10 records that changed his life

From Misfits to HIM, In Flames to Traveling Wilburys, Atreyu vocalist Brandon Saller picks out the ten records that changed his life

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"We learned so much from In Flames": Orbit Culture have toured with some of metal's most legendary names, now they're ready to conquer the world on their terms

Orbit Culture have toured with everyone from Trivium and Meshuggah to In Flames and Machine Head, but a decade into their careers they are ready to step up as one of metal's hottest up-and-coming bands

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“Things had to change for everyone involved”: Arch Enemy part ways with Jeff Loomis and announce his replacement

The Nevermore guitarist has stepped down after nine years

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"It’s been a long time coming." In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork are teaming up for the ultimate melodeath tour across Europe

Three of Sweden's most legendary melodic death metal bands are touring Europe together next year!

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Every In Flames album ranked from worst to best

From their game-changing melodeath classics to their polished, arena metal offerings, here's every album by In Flames in reverse order of awesomeness

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A beginner’s guide to Nuclear Blast records in five essential albums

Nuclear Blast has risen from an underground German label to one of metal’s most powerful institutions. Here’s how it did it – boiled down to just five albums.

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