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I’m not exactly off-board (is that a thing?) with this song. The choir of children is perhaps the largest factor preventing me from liking this song a bit more. The repeated chanting of “We are, we are, we are” reminds me a great deal of “Youth of the Nation” by the now presumably long-forgotten Christian rock band, P.O.D. Did you like “The Truth”? If so, not to worry – that song is a rather good depiction of what the album will offer.įor me, I can’t say I was a big fan of “The Truth.” If “The End” was the track I immediately liked, “The Truth” is the one that rubbed me the wrong way. However, there aren’t that many songs on the album that hit the standard “The End” set as a single.
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I think it’s one of the better songs on the album, which throws me back to “A Sense of Purpose,” which I think was the last truly decent IN FLAMES album (which, incidentally, was the last album to feature Jesper Strömblad on guitars – coincidence?). Why do I feel this way? Let’s put it this way – did you like “The End”? Cool, I agree. I came into it with the most open mind I could muster, however, I’m very sorry to admit that you IN FLAMES fans from the older and middle eras are probably not going to be much more satisfied with this album than you were with “Siren Charms” or “Sounds of a Playground Fading.” I really, really, really wanted to like this album. With two very different-sounding songs released in quick succession, I was curious to know what would fall in between the two extremes on “Battles.” While the modern era has had its moments with songs like “Fear is the Weakness” and “Through Oblivion,” the newer material has, as a whole, failed to impress me. While I’m not big on the first three albums, “Whoracle” and “Colony” have some great material, and if you want to put me in one of the eras, most of the IF music I like comes from the middle era, with songs like “Clayman,” “System,” “Evil in a Closet,” “Come Clarity,” and “Delight and Angers” ranking amongst the many, many favorite IN FLAMES tracks. On the whole, I’m more of a song-enjoyer than an album-enjoyer when it comes to IN FLAMES.
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Before IN FLAMES, I didn’t consider growling to be a legitimate form of singing, but after that one song, I was a changed kid, and they’re on my list of favorite live bands, regardless of my feelings on their material. This is maybe the generic path, but I discovered IN FLAMES via “Only for the Weak” and it was the first song with death metal growls that I fell in love with.