"The Mirror's Truth" is a song by Swedish heavy metal band
In Flames
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from their ninth album, ''
A Sense of Purpose
''A Sense of Purpose'' is the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, first released in Japan on 26 March 2008. It was released on 1 AprilEP on 7 March 2008.
The disc contains the title track and three songs that did not appear on the album, of which two are previously unreleased. The cover artwork was created by
Alex Pardee
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Career
He has also done works for Hurley International, Twenty Twenty Skateboards, Bay Area rapper To ...
, who had designed the artwork for the whole ''A Sense of Purpose'' album. The
music video
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was shot in an abandoned
power plant
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in Scharins,
Skellefteå
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The city is historically industrial, with mining ...
, Sweden, and debuted on
Myspace
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on 18 February 2008.
"The Mirror's Truth" is one of the songs chosen for the ''
Madden NFL 09
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'' video game soundtrack. It is also featured in another video game, '' MX vs. ATV Reflex.'' The same version of "Abnegation" appeared on ''
Viva La Bands, Volume 2
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''.
Track listing
Charts
Personnel
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Anders Fridén
Pär Anders Fridén (born 25 March 1973) is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the melodic death metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and side project Passenger.
Career
Early career
Fridén was ...
– vocals
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Björn Gelotte
Björn Gelotte (born 27 August 1975) is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for melodic death metal band In Flames. He originally joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued in this position during '' The ...
– guitars
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Jesper Strömblad
Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad (born 28 November 1972) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist of the bands The Halo Effect, Dimension Zero and Cyhra, and formerly of In Flames and The Resistance. He is best known as the founder and forme ...
– guitars
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Peter Iwers
Peter Iwers (born on 15 May 1975) is a Swedish musician and the current bass player of the melodic death metal band The Halo Effect. He was a member of the melodic death metal band In Flames from their 1999 album ''Colony'' up until their 201 ...
– bass
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Daniel Svensson
Daniel Svensson (born 20 November 1977) is a Swedish drummer. He is currently a member of the Swedish supergroup The Halo Effect (2021–) and formerly a drummer of the metal bands In Flames, Sacrilege GBG (also the vocalist) and Diabolique. ...