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Subterranean
In Flames
Subterranean
Genres: Rock, Metal
 
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Japanese remastered reissue of the Swedish metal act's 1994 EP features 9 tracks including 4 bonus tracks, 'Dead Eternity' (feat. Jocke Gothberg), 'The Inborn Lifeless' (feat. Jocke Gothberg), 'Eye Of The Beholder' (Metall...  more »

     
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All Artists: In Flames
Title: Subterranean
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Regain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 3/31/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Rock, Metal
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Metal, Death Metal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Japanese remastered reissue of the Swedish metal act's 1994 EP features 9 tracks including 4 bonus tracks, 'Dead Eternity' (feat. Jocke Gothberg), 'The Inborn Lifeless' (feat. Jocke Gothberg), 'Eye Of The Beholder' (Metallica cover), & 'Murder In The Rue Morgue' (Iron Maiden). Toy's Factory. 2004.

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Swedish melodic death metal in its early creative stage.
Ben Stubbs | Australia | 05/21/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Swedes clearly figured out what worked well on their first album and decided to work with their strengths. Gone are all the little transitional instrumentation (violin, cello, female vocals) and overkill of experimentation. What we're left with is melodic death metal, filled with hooks and leads along with a more fine tuned aggression. They still run with acoustic interludes and an almost folk influence on occasions, yet the transitions are far better than on their debut album.



The band hadn't yet settled on a line-up, with vocalist Anders Friden yet to join the fray. In fact, only Jesper Stromblad is still with the band today (2006) and he didn't play on the debut. So it's not completely surprising that Subterranean period In Flames is nothing like the albums released since the year 2000. Vocalist Henrik is great (also in Dawn) and Daniel's drumming is awesome, but it's once again the dual guitars of Jesper and Glenn that make this EP so good. Check out "Stand Ablaze" or "Subterranean" for exhibitions of brilliant melodic musicianship.



In Flames are reaching their peak with Subterranean, both as musicians and as songwriters. With only 5 tracks and a running time of just over 20 minutes, it was an excellent teaser for the bands next couple of full length albums that would be the pinnacle of their career. Regain's re-mastered edition of this album released in 2004 has a far superior sound and is well worth purchasing, even for the fans that own the Wrong Again Records CD from the mid nineties, particularly for the bonus tracks and covers that come included.



Overall, a step up in class for In Flames and a fine example of the Gothenburg sound that has been completely bombarded with clones for years since its release."