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- Summary: The Swedish metal band that is considered to be the founders of the Gothenburg Metal sound releases its first album since guitarist Jesper Stromblad left the band.
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- Record Label: Century Media
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Scandinavian Metal
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Top Track
Fear Is the Weakness | |
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At least you could have tried It is way past time and we're scattering ashes You take everything in sight, please hear me now You, you are leaving me... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Jul 12, 2011With the constant variation found on the record--and what is probably Friden's most comfortable vocal performance of his career--they sound like a brand-new outfit, and you wouldn't bet against the Swedes gaining a whole new lease of life as a result.
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Kerrang!Jul 12, 2011This certainly proves that they are still a formidable force in contemporary metal. [11 Jun 2011, p.50]
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Jul 12, 2011Sounds of a Playground Fading hews closely to the melodic-death-metal-meets-alt-rock style these guys have spearheaded since 2002's Reroute to Remain, with crunchy riffs regularly giving way to soaring choruses that could seduce a Muse fan.
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Jan 13, 2012On their tenth studio album, In Flames officially complete their transition from Swedish melodic death metal pioneers to unpredictable Swedish progressive pop/rock/neo-classical metal innovators... It's as epic as Scandinavia is cold.
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Jul 12, 2011Basically, fans of In Flames' last four albums are sure to find plenty to enjoy on Sounds of Playground Fading as it is easily better than a lot of what they've done recently, but it could have been so much more if the vocals could be anything more than adequate.
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Q MagazineAug 8, 2011The album's late lurch into electro and stadium rock is plain bizarre. [Aug. 2011, p. 119]
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