Title: Clayman
Artiste: In Flames
Genre: Heavy Metal
Familiarity: Sounds of a Playground Fading
Track 1(Love) Great powerful kickoff, vocals are low and muttered first, then loud and screamy but I can always understand them, which is important.
Track 2(Love) Energy level stays high, though there seems to be less melody in this than in the other track, at least in the verses. Good chorus though. Flies along nicely. Pretty bitchin' really.
Track 3(Love) This has more of a kind of marching beat about it, vocal is really good, very effective. A real anthem.
Track 4(Love) Really like the way this one rocks along. Great solo.
Track 5(Love) A ballad? I doubt it, the way that guitar keeps trying to break through... no, I thought not. Great track though. Nice bit of introspective guitar there.
Track 6(Love) This one just goes for it, heads-down breakneck speed. Cool.
Track 7(Love) and talking of introspective guitar, here's a lovely piece opening this track. Course, it soon fires up, but it's a nice start. Actually sounds a little ballady for parts of it, but rocks back up for the chorus. Like the sort of swaying rhythm.
Track 8(Love) Another fast hard rocker
Track 9(Love) Oddly enough, this has a touch of Boston in the guitar. Kind of a semi-classical tint to it too.
Track 10(Love) Like this one too
Track 11(Love) Yeah. Great powerful closer.
End result: A different In Flames record to the one I reviewed originally for Metal Month, but very enjoyable nonetheless, and quite possibly a band whose material I'll be checking out more of.
So, Love or Hate? This would be a
Love.
Chances of a full review: 5/10