Holy fuck!

In Flames is officially dead to me. This that new fire. 🔥

sweet

I really hope they'll actually release quality stuff and just not be another one of those pointless side-projects

I figured this site would be at least interested in this, even if only Mikael is actively making good music from this group.

The membership is most of the core lineup of the Colony-Clayman years

whoa

Granted the "core lineup of the Colony-Clayman years" is also responsible for a good chunk of the shit albums

I just hope it doesn't sound like reroute to remain with stanne on vox

that would be really disappointing

"Granted the "core lineup of the Colony-Clayman years" is also responsible for a good chunk of the shit albums"

Yea but now they have a superior vocalist that won't shit the bed

I really hope they'll actually release quality stuff and just not be another one of those pointless side-projects (2).

Nice

LMAO WHAT THE FUCK

this is the anders victims self help group we always wished for

well balls

mikael stanne just stanning their like yeah we went there what you gonna do about it

lmao

Please, just PLEASE remember your roots. That's all I ask for. You don't have to write anything mindblowing. Just some solid melodeath would be enough.

In flames

“Supergroup”

what are you trying to say

Criminy.

"The atmosphere of their music ranges from Synthpop to EBM, through Darkwave, with some more experimental passages."

What will the Italians think?

hey that sounds, nice can i join? i'm pretty gosh darn super myself

Who cares about the name of the band? The music is what matters.

this is the anders victims self help group we always wished for

LOL so true

Oh yea

Oh my, oh my yes. Holy fuck, this has unreal potential. You know among all other things, I'm just glad Jesper is still involved with the scene and is on good terms with the guys, the bonds between these guys are what's real special.

oh shit

No one wants to work with Anders Fríden

It’s like what else can Stanne do? Legend!

Exciting news!

sick

i hope this isnt another Cyhra moment

Anders is fine as a vocalist, maybe that's just me but i don't think a song like "The Chosen Pessimist" could be done by Stanne as well as Friden does it, one of my favorite IF songs ever.

also lets not forget that the two in flames albums with engelin were siren charms and battles lol

anders is a very unique vocalist and I like his timbre for the most part. his sense for melody and songwriting is pretty lacking lately though.

"i hope this isnt another Cyhra moment"

more like cyhra around amirite lmao gottem

yeah his writing isnt great, its just hard to imagine The Chosen Pessimist in particular carried by any other In Flames vocalist in past.

i cant imagine IF at all without him, at least not after clayman

Jonathan Davis could easily sub in for him tbh

Davis could definitely carry songs like the one I mentioned so fair

Lana Del Rey too

The best vocalist IF have ever had is Henke Forss

sure grandma

So... are you telling me my previous favorite band ever is coming back in some sort of way? i'm in!

Wait no, the guy from Marduk/Cardinal Sin sang on the Subterranean version of Dead Eternity, he's their best vocalist

I will be shocked if this is good

Damn, Mikael Stanne putting in the work lately. New Grand Cadaver dropped yesterday.

3 members from Colony - omg, it's like a dream come true. Too bad the album will probably be bad.

Whyt it would be bad tho?

Because colony came out over 20 years ago. Imagine mid 40s-50s dudes trying to recapture the lightning in a bottle of their youth and being a part of a movement in European metal… that’s why supergroups rarely function well unless they happen early

what does it mean for a supergroup to happen early tho

I can picture it now... a 3.3 average.

I just want another Dimension Zero album

Like early in their careers, I mean.

"what does it mean for a supergroup to happen early tho"

I guess that would be like...Temple of the Dog or sth?

They all died so young RIP

I'd also be pretty surprised if this ends up being good.

interesting that this was announced i didn't anticipate anything like this would happen

i have high hopes but low expectations

"Mikael Stanne"

Sign me up!

Woow that was unexpected.

Now all we need is an album with Anders on vocals and the old DT guys (Sundin, Henriksson, Johansson, Jivarp...)

wow, good for him. his guitar riffs is 80% recognizable!

bring back the one who wrote/played the december flower solo and then we're talking

Lunar strain pt 2 pls

There was a promotional video floating around FB somewhere with a tiny teaser of a song. It was only 10 seconds or something so cannot really judge anything of that but it sounded a lot more modern than old-school from what I could tell.

New song on November 9th

Ooh nice

Bruhhhh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG5qehCFjpY signed to Nuclear Blast

lovin the hype for this

more inception-esque trailer bassery please

Can't be worse than what the sinking ship is oozing out.

Swedish melodeath musicians are intermingling and cross-breeding to create new side projects?

YOU DON'T SAY!

Must be a day that ends in Y.

lol, yeah, i mean, but come on man, that's a lineup right there

album cover by Adrian Baxter:

https://www.facebook.com/thehaloeffectse/photos/a.247233100764156/247032430784223

Nice the gang is back

Horrible cover, just atrocious

I've seen worse, this is just the bland and boring type.

yeah this is a throwaway cover lmao

It looks like a random Amorphis cover

It's not entirely unlike the Amorphis album cover for their new album... Halo...

Pretty suspect indeed.

Yeah Amorphis has their fair share of bland album covers.