Sweden’s IN FLAMES have been presented with plaques signifying Platinum sales for their single, ‘Deliver Us’, featured on their Sounds Of A Playground Fading album. In Sweden, singles are certified Platinum after sales of 40,000 copies.
After playing the last show of the Sounds Of A Playground Fading cycle at Germany’s Summer Breeze festival, In Flames have just released a video for the title track of the album. The video, that is made of live material, was produced by Patric Ullaeus for Revolver.se.
Frontiers Records is excited to present the world the talents of Swedish singer ANGELICA with the release of her debut album “Thrive” on November 29th in Europe and December 3rd in North America.
Best known for being the singer in The Murder of My Sweet, Angelica Rylin finally decided to pursue her childhood dream and to walk in the footsteps of such amazing singers such as Ann Wilson of Heart, Leigh Matty of Romeo’s Daughter or Robin Beck and record her debut solo album in a true Melodic Rock style.
Some Melodic Rock songwriting luminaries answered the call in order to create the magic harmonies and music displayed on Angelica‘s debut album. “Harry Hess, Daniel Flores, Robert Sall, Alessandro Del Vecchio and Anders Wigelius all contributed“, says Angelica and some excellent guitarists such as Jesper Stromblad (In Flames), Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear), Per Berquist (Smash Into Pieces) also appear on the album. There is also a very special performance by keyboardist Matt Guillory (James LaBrie). Still Angelica wrote or co-wrote several songs on her record, showing another side of her abilities.
“I got the chance to step out of my comfort zone and just focus on being a great singer. I also got to do a couple of amazing co-writes, for instance with Harry Hess of Harem Scarem” continues Angelica “but what I’m most happy about is that I got to include a couple of my own songs too. It’s a great mix of classic but modern AOR love songs”.
Helped by producer, drummer and songwriting partner Daniel Flores (FIND ME, SEVENTH WONDER; THE MURDER OF MY SWEET), Angelica managed to create a superb album which offers soaring and instantly likeable hook lines, solid guitar riffs and a crisp sound. “After releasing two albums with The Murder of My Sweet I get an opportunity to show my fans a slightly different side of me and at the same time have fun and explore another side of rock music that I grew up with and truly love” tells Angelica. “I have pushed my boundaries vocally on this album and grown as a singer, which is very important for me on a more personal level. I guess this is every singer’s dream!”
“Thrive” final track listing includes: Breaking My Heart; I Am Strong; To Your Rescue; Can’t Stop Love; Nothing Else You Can Break; Riding Out The Storm; Rain On My Parade; Losers In Paradise; You Will Never Win; This Kiss Is Just For You; I’m Not Waiting; Take Me To Your Heart. Breaking My Heart (bonus videoclip)
Enjoy the YouTube trailer presentation here:
and listen to the streaming of the single “Breaking My Heart” on the Frontiers Records webradio: www.frontiers.it/webradio
According to Century Media, After playing the last show of the “Sounds Of A Playground Fading” cycle at Germany’s Summer Breeze festival, IN FLAMES have just released a video for the title track of their highly successful album “Sounds Of A Playground Fading”. The video, that is made of live material, was produced by Patric Ullaeus for Revolver.se.
Enjoy “Sounds Of A Playground Fading” and relive some of the amazing times you had on IN FLAMES shows since the album was released in June 2011:
However, there is one very last and unique chance to see IN FLAMES live this year: The amusement park Gröna Lund (Stockholm, Sweden) announced today that IN FLAMES is confirmed for a VERY special show next week, September 27th, 2013. Gröna Lund had in fact closed their park for the season, but when they got word that In Flames was available, they decided to re-open the park, just for this show! Check out Gröna Lunds website here: http://www.gronalund.com.
This week Wikimetal presents an interview with IN FLAMES guitarist Niclas Engelin (ENGEL, PASSENGER, GARDENIAN). Engelin tells listeners what it’s like to be part of a big influence for new metal bands, how it was to grow as a band during the ’90s, and what to expect from In Flames for the near future.
August
8 – Get Away Rock Festival – Gavle, Sweden
9 – Brutal Assault – Josefov, Czech Republic
10 – Rocco del Schlacko – Saarland, Germany
11 – Open Flair Festival – Eschwege, Germany
17 – Summer Breeze Open Air Festival – Dinkelsbühl, Germany
Guitarist Niclas Engelin of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES will sit out a few of the band’s shows this summer. His temporary replacement for those gigs will be Patrik Jensen (pictured below) from THE HAUNTED.
IN FLAMES‘ tenth album, “Sounds Of A Playground Fading” (Century Media), sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart.
IN FLAMES‘ previous CD, “A Sense of Purpose” (Koch) opened with 20,000 units to land at No. 28. This was slightly less than the opening tally of “Come Clarity” (Ferret), which shifted just under 24,000 copies in February 2006 to enter the chart at position No. 58.
“Sounds Of A Playground Fading” was the first IN FLAMES album to be recorded without founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who quit the band in February 2010 in order to continue receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction.
“Ropes”, the new video from Swedish metallers IN FLAMES, can be seen below. The song comes off the band’s tenth album, “Sounds Of A Playground Fading” (Century Media), which sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart.
IN FLAMES started the project “Making Of ‘Ropes'” at the beginning of 2013. The idea was to let fans, worldwide, contribute with video clips of anything related to IN FLAMES, such as live footage, home videos, tribute bands, guitar/vocal/bass/drum videos, or simply fans showing their love for IN FLAMES. The project received massive respons worldwide, since this is one of the few 100-percent-fan-made videos out there.
Says the band: “We do believe in crowdsourcing and giving our fans the same love and support that they show us on a daily basis. This is our way of taking the fans one step closer to us.”
For several months, IN FLAMES posted teasers and artwork on their social media web sites. The Jester’s Curse represents an all-new collaboration combining the musical power of IN FLAMES and the visual language of comic books.
Conceived and illustrated by Blake Armstrong and co-written by Scott Bramble, the series will chronicle the back-story of the band’s enigmatic mascot: The Jesterhead. Each book will follow The Jesterhead‘s journey — exploring the truth behind where he came from and where his destiny will ultimately take him.
The first book, “Lunar Strain: Part 1”, produced and written by Space Boy Comics, will be released this summer.
For more information and a free preview, go to this location.
“Sounds Of A Playground Fading” was the first IN FLAMES album to be recorded without founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who quit the band in February 2010 in order to continue receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction.
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