“This whole concept for a more polished and accessible sound doesn’t really work, though. IN FLAMES sound like they want to grow up and evolve musically, but can’t. A big reason for that are Anders Fridén’s vocal moans that anchor the band’s sound in a fog of semi-melancholy, semi-anger that isn’t quite both. IN FLAMES seem unable to get out of it, no matter what kind of songs they write. With a better singer this album could have been something big. Now it is just one big nothing.”
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