In Flames - Sense of Purpose
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Free Music Review: 5 Stars because it is still In Flames and they still own
Hit: 5 Stars
I can some what understand the people who wish for them to remake Jester or Whoracle. And I totally understand newer fans who didn't know about them till roughly the Reroute or Soundtrack days. I first heard IF in freddy vs. jason's soundtrack and I can honestly say I have never liked any song more than I like Trigger, that song made me a rock/metal fan. As I got more into IF I found Whoracle to be an amazing record and blew my mind. I love Clayman, Soundtrack for the most part and still jam to Come Clarity on a regular basis.
ASOP is not Come Clarity 2, but it does have more of a classic IF album feel. The guitar solos are what reminded me of old school IF. Yes the lyrics are different but they are still damn good, Anders is awesome, anyone who says he sounds whiney must enjoy the sound of animals being tortured or something because he has a very aggressive voice even when hes singing. The rest of the band sounds great as always.
Without making this review too long I will say that if you consider yourself an In Flames fan and you think post Clayman was still good, you will enjoy this CD I can almost guarantee it, if you were wishing for pre-Clayman you should have known by now thats not gunna happen, let it go. I don't think it would be possible for IF to make a CD I didn't like but this one is exactly what I was hoping for and then some. Don't believe the negative reviews they're just bitter people living in the past, give this album a shot...at the very least it's In Flames so its better than 90% of the crap that comes out these days.
Free Music Review: In Flames Rule
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of In Flames best Albums. Its a lot better than come clarity, and soundtrack to your escape. No its not as heavy as the Jester Race or Colony, but the album has a grat flow to it. The best songs are, The Mirrors Truth, Sleepless Again, I am The Highway, Sober and Irrelevant, and March to the Shore.Free Music Review: A Sense of Purpose is great!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm sick and tired of reading reviews for this band. I'm making mine short and sweet.
The band sounds as good as ever-- if you've been following the band and its changes, yes it DOES sound different from their other stuff. Of course it does, thats what bands DO, they mix it up and change it up. I wouldn't still be listening to In Flames if they always sounded the same. It gets boring.
If you've liked all their other stuff, buy this album, you'll love it. Trust me. "Alias" is one of the best songs.
Free Music Review: Everything that goes up must come down.
Hit: 1 Stars
When In Flames released Reroute to Remain, I considered it the equivalent to Metallica's Black Album, half-hearted and watered down, yet tolerable. When Come Clarity was released, I had hope that In Flames was moving in the right direction and maybe one day be a mix of pre-Clayman and post-RTR may be able to co-exist. Now with A Sense of Purpose, my hope is lost.
This album is a textbook example of what happens when a band gets fat, lazy and overconfident in their success and The songs are nothing but repetitive and uninspired. Whats worse is that anyone who has heard anything released before 2002 KNOWS they can do better, but for some reason, they just wont. The guitar work sounds like a jumble of possible riffs that never get fully developed and are easily forgotten, as is the drumming. The song arrangements are predictable and amateur at best, but the worst by far are the vocals. Anders Friden has created a niche for himself by having unique and recognizable harsh vocals in the metal world a la Tomas Lindberg or George Fisher, however he manages to botch that up by trying to sing clean vocals. If he was any good at it, more power to him, but unfortunately hes not. Anders comes off as whiny and incapable of holding a note. It amazes me that neither his bandmates or his produces haven't been honest with him and flat out said "Dude, you just cant sing".
Calling this a musical "evolution" is a complete cop-out. Megadeth, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest have all managed to evolve and change musically while still remaining the same at the core. If they can do it, why can't In Flames? The term "musical evolution" is just another way to justify putting out a bad album, and A Sense of Purpose is prime example of it.
Overall, this album will appease the generation of new and younger fans that are looking for something a little harsher and faster than their standard Atreyu or Avenged Sevenfold albums and this will further divide the older fans and drive them to look for the next band that they can hang their had on. The next Metallica has arrived, its just a shame it had to be this band.
Free Music Review: solid production
Hit: 4 Stars
I have been an inflames fan right from the beginning, the jesters race was the first album that i bought, and apart from a stumble for reroute to remain thay have gone from strength to strength. for a start you cannot compare albums to previous releases, any musician knows that a writting is a reflection of the thoughts and feelings of the creator at that present time. fair enough that their sound, timbre, tempo and feel has changed from album to album, but thier overall talent and quality has not ceased to improve. The drums are tighter with more flair, the melody on the guitar laced with fitting solos are more prevelent, bass is strong and the vocals are more ranged and expanded. my favourite part of inflames has been their lyrical prowess, this album is thier strongest example to date. it is difficult to find bands with lyrics that aren't negative, in flames makes you self aware, with such lines as a king in my own mind, the mirrors truth, and reroute to remain. this is the best quality production of in flames to date, solid all the way through, for those who don't like it because their earlier productions were thrashier of faster are missing the bigger picture of a high class recording