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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 ...
, a Swedish heavy metal band formed in the early 1990s, consists of fourteen
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s, two
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, eight
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s, thirty-one
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, two video albums, and forty-six
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s. Signed with
Wrong Again Records Regain Records was a Swedish-based independent record label. The label predominantly released death metal and black metal albums. Regain Records was founded from what remained of the former label, Wrong Again Records, by Per Gyllenbäck in 1997 ...
, In Flames released their full-length debut, ''
Lunar Strain ''Lunar Strain'' is the debut studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in April 1994. The album is known for its " folky elements", with the inclusion of violins and acoustic guitars. It is the only In Flames album to not ...
'' (1994), followed by the EP ''
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'' (1995). After signing to
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, they released ''
The Jester Race ''The Jester Race'' is the second studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in February 1996. It is the first album to feature Anders Fridén as the band's vocalist, Björn Gelotte as the drummer, and Jester Head as the ban ...
'' (1996). The following year, they issued their second EP, ''
Black-Ash Inheritance ''Black-Ash Inheritance'' is the second EP by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in 1997. It was released as a preview of their upcoming album ''Whoracle''. Its tracks were later included in the Japanese release of ''Whoracle'' as wel ...
'', and the full-length album ''
Whoracle ''Whoracle'' is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released on 18 November 1997. The title of the album is a portmanteau of the English words "whore" and " oracle". Apart from "Everything Counts", which is a cover o ...
''. The band's fourth studio album, ''
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'' (1999), reached the top 30 in Sweden and Finland. ''
Clayman ''Clayman'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released via Nuclear Blast on 3 July 2000. It has a dark theme, with most of the lyrics dealing with depression and internal struggles. ''Clayman'' is the final In Fl ...
'' followed in the same vein the next year, reaching the top 20 in the same countries. The tour to promote it was released as '' The Tokyo Showdown'' (2001) live album, which also charted in Sweden and Finland, breaking the top 40. ''
Reroute to Remain ''Reroute to Remain'' (subtitled: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Insanity'', and on reissue: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Madness'') is the sixth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in September 2002. The album saw a ma ...
'' (2002) peaked at number 5 on the Swedish and Finnish charts, and number 10 on the ''
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''
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chart. The album was accompanied by the band's first single, " Cloud Connected", which failed to chart. In 2003, In Flames released ''
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'', an EP that features the title track backed with a remix, a cover of
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' " Land of Confusion", and two music videos. It was followed by '' Soundtrack to Your Escape'' in 2004, which peaked at number 3 in Sweden, and number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Independent Albums chart. The album produced a single for "
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", which followed the success of the album and reached number 2 in their home country. '' Used & Abused: In Live We Trust'' (2005), was the band's debut video album, and their first release to top the Swedish chart. Following the same blueprint, ''
Come Clarity ''Come Clarity'' is the eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in February 2006. It was originally going to be called ''Crawl Through Knives'' but was later changed to its current title. The album features the artw ...
'' (2006) topped the Finnish and Swedish charts, and reached number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums, number 6 in Germany, as well as the top 30 in three additional European countries. The album was backed by the single "Come Clarity", which was released in a
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that reached number 52 in their home country. Before they released their ninth studio album, In Flames issued the single " The Mirror's Truth", which peaked at number 5 in Finland. Their ninth studio album, '' A Sense of Purpose'' (2008), topped the Swedish and ''Billboard'' Independent Albums charts, and reached top 10 in Austria, Finland, and Germany. In Flames were featured on
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's 2010 album '' Immersion'', on a song called "Self vs Self". In Flames signed with
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after completing their recording contract with Nuclear Blast in 2011. ''
Sounds of a Playground Fading ''Sounds of a Playground Fading'' is the tenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released on 15 June 2011. It is the first album recorded by In Flames without founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who left the band in February ...
'' was then issued as the band's tenth studio album, peaking at number 1 in Germany. It debuted and peaked at number 27 on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming their highest-charting album in the United States, with a single, " Where the Dead Ships Dwell", reaching number 35 on the ''Billboard''
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chart. As of 2011, In Flames have sold over 2.5 million albums worldwide.


Albums


Studio albums


Live albums


Extended plays


Singles


Videos


Video albums


Music videos


Notes


References

General * In Flames – Discography ** ** ** * Specific


External links

* * {{featured list Heavy metal group discographies Discography Discographies of Swedish artists