Album Rating: 3.0

It's not a bad album at all.

Yes, it is. It's boring, unoriginal, no creativity..... it's a nothing album by a once great band that decided money and fame was more important that being themselves.

Album Rating: 3.0

Whatever. I'm leaving now, too tired to feed the troll anymore.

Because I have a different opinion than you, I'm a troll? That makes so much sense.

I'm pretty sure that IF weren't raking in the cash on this particular album. Generally I try to not acknowledge people like you, but you should lighten up a little. Did you want them to keep making the same album over and over again?

There's a difference between CHANGING YOUR WHOLE STYLE and maturing. This wasn't maturing. This was changing your whole style to attract a bigger fan base.

I don't want any band/artist to make the same album over and over again. I want them to mature and keep making great music. This isn't maturing, as I said. This was pandering to the masses. It fortunately didn't work.

Thanks for that pointless lecture, but you're missing the point here. Yes it's a drastic change in sound, but they do it well and
with grace. It's not uncommon for bands to try to appeal to a larger demographic for financial reasoning as well ss
expanding their fan-base. Their changed sound on here is still a progression, whether you can connect the dots or not.

Edit: "It fortunately didn't work"

Not only is that axiomatically incorrect, but that's an incredibly ignorant thing to say

Don't be sarcastic and say "Thanks for the lecture" and then post a two-paragraph response in rebuttal. That's hypocritical.

How is it a progression? Please explain. A change in sound =/= progression.

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks 4 feedback guys. RtR wasnt selling out. It may have aimed to attract a bigger fanbase, but STYE was selling out. And sorry magnus, but i didn't like Transparent at all

How was it not selling out? It's practically the same thing STYE.

I said "pointless lecture" actually, but that aside- this album is a progressive leap forward from Clayman, and it's pretty damn easy to see. The most noteworthy progression would be the vocals

I'm laughing harder and harder the more you post. Keep it up.

Isn't it funny when two people have diverging opinions?

Isn't it funny when you're opinion doesn't make any sense?

Lol, okay that last post was just too idiotic... I'm done with this, have fun being sour

I'm not sour, I'm pretty sweet. You just haven't seen my chocolate side yet.

Cloud Connected is definitely my favourite In Flames song.

Album Rating: 4.0

Quite a good album, IMO. Definitely not their best, but underrated. A fun listen. Doesn't match The Jester Race, Whoracle, Colony or Clayman, but it certainly isn't as far behind as many would think. StyE and ASoP, on the other hand...

gay album gay band

Album Rating: 4.5

@ GrgonzolaCheese1



ok, you want to know how is it a progression? Here, let me tell you: 1. The album has a very "full" sound, and it has great, notable performances from all band members. Why can that be counted as progression? Because previously only the guitarists, Gelotte and Strömbland, stole the spotlight, whereas RtR exhibits all the band members' skills. It has some solid drumming, great vocals from Friden (possibly the best of his career, as his cleans actually match the quality of his rasps here), and you can even hear the bass (well, at least I can hear it on my original copy).



2. In Flames tried to experiment here (or sell out, depending on the perspective I guess) and they pulled it off. Sure, this is debatable, but besides the lack of solos, what do you really feel is missing here? I mean, the album's got solid vocals, drumming, guitar work, songwriting, and catchiness - what else do you want?



3. Really, I think they should deserve props because they themselves realized they can't make the same album for the rest of their career and decided to move away from the sound that, quite frankly, would have become tired quickly enough. Yes, they moved quite far away from their roots, and yes, a bulk of their fans didn't enjoy this move, but let's face it, if they would've created a few more Claymans or Jester Races, people would've have started complaining anyway that their sound is old and they should do something new and exciting already. This doesn't necessarily make RtR a revolutionary and excellent record by default, but it at least shows that the band were trying to come up with something new (and it's not like they just thought that "yeah, we should rip off the american alt.metal scene and make a few good bucks", because they combine their own trademark melodic metal sound with metallic alternative metal here, and that, in my opinion, is rather original, as at least I can't tell a lot of albums that sound exactly like Reroute To Remain)