IN FLAMES - 'SOUNDS OF A PLAYGROUND FADING' OUT NOW!

Fans around the globe have been waiting for the latest IN FLAMES release and the time is now! 'Sound of a Playground Fading' is finally out and it is the best IN FLAMES record in recent memory. Fans have already shown their approval of the first single "Deliver Us" with the video receiving more than a half-million views online since it's premiere. IN FLAMES are now finally making the album available for all this week so make sure you pick up a copy in stores or online at outlets like iTunes and AmazonMP3. Fans also have the option of picking up an exclusive t-shirt, vinyl and digipack versions of the record exclusively at CMDistro.com.

IN FLAMES is also now premiering 'Sounds of a Playground Fading' via AOL Listening Party at the followinglocation. IN FLAMES will soon be giving US fans the opportunity to hear their latest material live as they hit the road on the main stage of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival from July 9th to August 14th alongside heavyweights such as Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, Machine Head, Suicide Silence and more! 

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IN FLAMES DELIVER US SINGLE OUT NOW; 2ND STUDIO VIDEO UPDATE POSTED

Head to YouTube to check out the second of several webisodes that IN FLAMES filmed during the recording of 'Sounds Of A Playground Fading' for an intimate and in depth insight into their work and life in the studio. 

'Sounds Of A Playground Fading' will be out on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 and was recorded in the band's own IF Studios together with producer Roberto Laghi, Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnkloo.

"Deliver Us", the 1st single off "Sounds Of A Playground Fading", is OUT NOW! Fans can purchase from iTunes, AmazonMP3 or anywhere you buy music online.

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"Deliver Us" is the first single from their latest album and marks the band's Century Media debut since signing to the indie powerhouse label earlier this year. The band produced the effort with Roberto Laghi inside their own IF Studios in Sweden. 'Sounds of a Playground Fading' is most certainly one of the most anticipated albums in recent memory and sees the band at their strongest in years.

IN FLAMES will also soon be landing on American soil to set the summer ablaze as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival alongside heavyweights such as Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, Machine Head, Suicide Silence and more.

 

IN FLAMES POST FIRST STUDIO WEBISODE

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Check out the first of several webisodes that IN FLAMES filmed during the recording of 'Sounds Of A Playground Fading' for an intimate and in depth insight into their work and life in the studio. 

'Sounds Of A Playground Fading' will be out on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 and was recorded in the band's own IF Studios together with producer Roberto Laghi, Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnkloo.

"Deliver Us", the 1st single off "Sounds Of A Playground Fading", will be out on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.

Around the time of its release IN FLAMES will play some of the most important European summer festivals (Sonisphere, Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park, Nova Rock, Hellfest, and more), followed by the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Tour throughout North America in July and a European tour in Fall/Winter 2011.

IN FLAMES SIGN TO CENTURY MEDIA!

Century Media Records  announced the signing of IN FLAMES. "We are very happy to make IN FLAMES part of the Century Media Family. The band has a very loyal international fan base and has found a partner with an international set up," says Antje Lange, Century Media Records. 

"This is number 10..... Album number 10!!!!! That we even made it this far, that is amazing. Then, to deliver the album of our career, that is something else..... It's fast, slow, heavy and mellow. It's happy, sad, angry and calm. 'Sounds of a playground Fading' is everything we ever done on crack (it's a metaphor boys and girls), it's cask strength whisky when it's THAT perfect moment. Use and abuse!!!!!

By the way, we are happy to be in bed with Century media. They know the business, we know the music, a perfect match. What can possibly go wrong....ha, ha, ha!!!!!!" - Anders Fridén/In Flames

IN FLAMES was founded 1990 in Gothenburg and soon became one of the most successful Swedish Metal bands since the release of their break-through album "The Jester Race" in 1996. Like many of the predecessors, their last album "A Sense Of Purpose" (2008) charted all over the world including the band¹s highest ever entry on the American Billboard top 200 with an amazing #28. Other notable chart entries: Sweden #1, European Billboard top 100 #7, Canada Billboard top 200 # 7, Germany #6, UK (top 200) #54, Finland #3, Japan #14, and Norway# 17. "A Sense Of Purpose" was at the time of release the 7th most sold album in the whole of Europe.

In September 2010 IN FLAMES once again entered their own IF Studios together with Roberto Laghi, Daniel Bergstrand and Örjan Örnkloo to start the recording of the new album. The album 'Sounds Of A Playground Fading' is planned for a June 2011 release. Around that time, IN FLAMES will play some of the most important European summer festivals (Sonisphere, Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park, Hellfest, and more), followed by the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival US tour in July and an European tour in Fall/Winter 2011.

Expect nothing but the maximum when one of biggest metal bands teams up with one of biggest worldwide metal labels.

In Flames

In Flames

Genre(s)
Melodic Death/Gothenburg (early), Alternative Rock/Metal (later)
Lyrical theme(s)
Astronomy, Fantasy (old) / Inner Struggles (now)
Origin Formed in Current label Status
Sweden (Gothenburg) 1990 Nuclear Blast / Koch Records Active
Current line-up
Anders Fridén - Vocals (1995-) (Ceremonial Oath, Dark Tranquillity, Passenger, Nuclear Blast Allstars)
Jesper Strömblad - Guitar (1990-) (also Drums on "Lunar Strain", Keyboards until 1997) (Dimension Zero, Hammerfall, Sinergy, Ceremonial Oath, All Ends)
Björn Gelotte - Guitar (1998-) (Drums 1995-1998) (Sights, All Ends)
Peter Iwers - Bass (1997-) (Chameleon, Mrs. Hippie (Live))
Daniel Svensson - Drums (1998-) (Sacrilege (Swe)/Sacrilege GBG, Dream Evil, Diabolique (Swe))

Live session member:
Niklas Engelin - Guitar (Engel (Swe), Gardenian, Idiots Rule, Passenger, Sarcazm)
Former/past member(s)
Vocals:
Mikael Stanne (1994) (Septic Broiler/Dark Tranquillity, Hammerfall)
Henrik 'Henke' Forss (1994) (Dawn (Swe), Circle Six, Retaliation (Swe), Niden Div. 187, Funeral Feast (Swe))
Robert Dahne (1994) (Ancient Slumber)
Joakim 'Jocke' Göthberg (1995) (Wolfpack/Wolfbrigade, Darkified, Moment Maniacs, Dimension Zero, Marduk (Swe), Grimorium (Swe), Cardinal Sin (Swe), Miscreant (Swe))

Guitar:
Anders Iwers (1990-1992) (Desecrator (Swe), Ceremonial Oath, Tiamat, Cemetary, Mercury Tide)
Carl Näslund (1993-1994)
Glenn Ljungström (1990-1997) (Dimension Zero, Hammerfall)

Bass:
Johan Larsson (1990-1997) (Carrion Carnage, Purgamentum, Carnal Grief, Hammerfall)

Drums:
Daniel Erlandsson (1994) (Eucharist, Arch Enemy, Armageddon (Swe), The End (Swe), Liers in Wait, Revengia, Carcass)
Anders Jivarp (1995) (Dark Tranquillity, Hammerfall)
Additional notes
Compilation appearance(s):
"Eye of the Beholder" on Metal Militia: A Tribute to Metallica, 1994
"World of Promises", originally by Treat, on Power from the North, 2000
"Abnegation (Early Version)" - Viva La Bands compilation, 2007

Niklas Engelin filled in on tour for In Flames in place of Jesper Strömblad in the 90s, then again between 2006 and 2007 while he was "taking a break" from the band, and is currently taking Strömblad's place onstage again while he receives treatment for alcohol addiction.

Jesper Strömblad appears on the Annihilator album 'Metal,' collaborating with a solo on the song, "Haunted."

Birth dates:
Anders Fridén (25th March 1973, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Jesper Strömblad (28th November 1972, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Björn Gelotte (1975, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Peter Iwers (15th May 1975, Stockholm, Sweden)
Daniel Svensson (1977, Gothenburg, Sweden)
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