''Battles'' is the twelfth studio album by Swedish
heavy metal band
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal.
During t ...
. It was released on 11 November 2016 in the United States via
Eleven Seven Music. It is the last album to feature longtime bassist
Peter Iwers and the first of two albums
to feature former
Red drummer
Joe Rickard, who replaced longtime drummer
Daniel Svensson, who left the band in 2015. Music videos were made for the tracks "Here Until Forever" and "The End".
Track listing
Personnel
;In Flames
*
Anders Fridén –
vocals
*
Björn Gelotte –
lead guitar
*
Niclas Engelin –
rhythm guitar
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*
Peter Iwers –
bass
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*
Joe Rickard –
drums
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, drum programming
;Additional musicians
*
Örjan Örnkloo
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– keyboards, programming
*Marc Vangool – pedal steel guitar
;Other personnel
*
Howard Benson – production
* Mike Plotnikoff – engineer, mixing
* Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineering
* Carl Stoodt – engineering assistance
* Shaun Ezrol – engineering assistance
*
Tom Coyne – mastering
* Randy Merrill – mastering assistance
* Paul Decarli – editing
* Mark Vangool –
guitar technician
* Blake Armstrong – artwork, design
* Andy C. Fellows – design
Charts
References
External links
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2016 albums
In Flames albums
Nuclear Blast albums
Eleven Seven Label Group albums