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Post by lockebox on May 9, 2011 10:51:39 GMT -5
Lead single from the upcoming album, "Sounds of a Playground Fading." Already getting some spins on Active.
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Post by pen on May 9, 2011 14:04:16 GMT -5
Very excited to hear what this band has in store for us.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 9, 2011 18:12:03 GMT -5
Has In Flames ever scored a top 50 on active rock before? I don't recall them ever reaching the top 40 on Billboard.
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Post by rockmaniac on May 9, 2011 18:12:59 GMT -5
Has In Flames ever scored a top 50 on active rock before? I don't recall them ever reaching the top 40 on Billboard. never |
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 9, 2011 18:16:37 GMT -5
Where are you getting your info / how long have you been following mediabase active rock that you're basing your info off of? I'm not saying that you're wrong, but I'm just wondering what your source is.
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Post by rockmaniac on May 9, 2011 18:19:06 GMT -5
i just don't recall
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 9, 2011 18:49:21 GMT -5
Well it's interesting how many stations are testing this one considering they've been around so long and the stations didn't play them. I would have thought "Come Clarity" might have touched the lower regions of the chart, but if that didn't, my guess is that you're right.
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Post by Devin on May 9, 2011 20:42:16 GMT -5
"The Mirror's Truth" was a minor international hit back in 2008. But nothing in the U.S., just Europe basically.
I expect Sounds of a Playground Fading to at least debut in the Top 40 on Billboard 200.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 9, 2011 22:06:38 GMT -5
Hot Darkest Hour remake.
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Post by lockebox on May 13, 2011 17:15:28 GMT -5
Adds date: May 24th.
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Post by American Idiot on May 14, 2011 14:50:59 GMT -5
I always thought In Flames was this super duper very hard rockin' nu-metal band. I remember I first heard of them through this girl that I knew in college since they were her favorite band and she listened to some really hard stuff, but this really isn't anything harder than the typical nu-metal stuff you hear on Active normally.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 14, 2011 15:47:02 GMT -5
In Flames isn't even nu-metal at all, though. ???
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 14, 2011 15:53:10 GMT -5
Yeah AI, as a rule of thumb, a metal band from Sweden can't be nu-metal. In fact I can't think of a European band that would be considered nu-metal.
Skindred, maybe?
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Post by lockebox on May 14, 2011 18:23:08 GMT -5
Yeah AI, as a rule of thumb, a metal band from Sweden can't be nu-metal. In fact I can't think of a European band that would be considered nu-metal. Skindred, maybe? Yeah, In Flames are nothing like nu-metal. European nu-metal? I think there's more than just Skindred. Apartment 26, Guano Apes, (early) Lostprophets, One Minute Silence and... System of a Down ;) come to mind. |
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 14, 2011 19:54:43 GMT -5
I don't count System Of A Down. I mean yes they're Armenian, but they're technically American. They formed here, right? Lostprophets were only really nu-metal on their debut. By the time "Last Train Home" made them famous, they seemed to have lost their metal edge. They were just nu lol. And those other bands are nowhere near as big as In Flames to really be worth mentioning. I guess I should say that big European metal bands as a rule of thumb are not nu-metal. Fake Sound Of Progress is one of the awesomest most underrated albums of the nu-metal era so I'm glad you brought them up.
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Post by American Idiot on May 14, 2011 20:23:35 GMT -5
I had no idea that they were from Sweden, let alone Europe.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 14, 2011 20:26:19 GMT -5
As is the case with many of their Swedish brethren, they are considered Melodic Death Metal, or "melodeath" (pronounced mellow death, which makes it funny).
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Post by rockmaniac on May 14, 2011 20:27:10 GMT -5
As is the case with many of their Swedish brethren, they are considered Melodic Death Metal, or "melodeath" (pronounced mellow death, which makes it funny). so is All That Remains |
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 14, 2011 20:27:48 GMT -5
I'd think that they are more considered metalcore by most people. But you might be right that a big part of that distinction is geographic.
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Post by lockebox on May 15, 2011 10:31:37 GMT -5
I don't count System Of A Down. I mean yes they're Armenian, but they're technically American. They formed here, right? Lostprophets were only really nu-metal on their debut. By the time "Last Train Home" made them famous, they seemed to have lost their metal edge. They were just nu lol. And those other bands are nowhere near as big as In Flames to really be worth mentioning. I guess I should say that big European metal bands as a rule of thumb are not nu-metal. Fake Sound Of Progress is one of the awesomest most underrated albums of the nu-metal era so I'm glad you brought them up. Armenian-American says Wiki, but yeah I was just being clever. Well, I felt they were worth mentioning as you said you couldn't think of ANY European bands that would be considered nu-metal. You didn't say how big they had to be. I mean, those lesser-known bands I mentioned have all charted on Active, which In Flames have failed to do. Yeah, just the one nu-metal album for Lostprophets. Incubus aren't the only former nu-metal band that have lost their edge. The last Lostprophets album was really average. As is the case with many of their Swedish brethren, they are considered Melodic Death Metal, or "melodeath" (pronounced mellow death, which makes it funny). so is All That Remains ... not really. OK, they have the odd aspect of melo-death, but their overall sound is completely metalcore. In Flames actually sound more metalcore these days, too. |
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 15, 2011 15:25:54 GMT -5
^Which is why In Flames will be charting on active for the first time quite soon it appears.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 15, 2011 22:40:57 GMT -5
The last Lostprophets album was really average. Whether you're referring to The Betrayed or Liberation Transmission, you're wrong. Both were great. |
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Post by pen on May 15, 2011 22:56:33 GMT -5
The last Lostprophets album was really average. Whether you're referring to The Betrayed or Liberation Transmission, you're wrong. Both were great. |
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 16, 2011 1:33:29 GMT -5
I'm with lockebox on this one (I don't want to confuse Mat(t)s here). The Fake Sound Of Progress was so much more unique sounding than anything they did after that. Start Something at least had a blend of their more unique sound and their commercialized sound. I didn't like Liberation Transmission at all. "Rooftops" had to be one of the dumbest songs of all time. I didn't bother with the latest album, but maybe I should have because I liked "It's Not The End Of The World" a lot better than anything on LT.
Liberation Transmission was a really cool album title so I ended up being quite disappointed when I didn't end up digging it.
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Post by pen on May 16, 2011 1:44:03 GMT -5
I'm quite disappointed you didn't end up digging it too.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 16, 2011 1:50:11 GMT -5
Did you like The Fake Sound Of Progress?
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Post by pen on May 16, 2011 2:05:28 GMT -5
Did you like The Fake Sound Of Progress? It was the first album I heard from them. Yes, I liked it, and "Shinobi" and "Fake Sound" are among my favorite Lostprophets songs. However, I think their future albums were a lot more immediate and while Fake Sound is maybe more experimental and interesting, it just doesn't hold up as well with me for some reason. My rankings would go like this: 1. Start Something 2. The Betrayed 3. Liberation Transmission 4. The Fake Sound Of Progress |
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 16, 2011 2:16:45 GMT -5
"Shinobi" and "Fake Sound" are also my among my favorites. My other favorites from them (not knowing The Betrayed) would also include "For Sure" and "Ode To Summer" from THSOP and then "Start Something" and "Wake Up (Make A Move)".
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Post by pen on May 16, 2011 2:30:07 GMT -5
My favorite Lostprophets songs in order of album:
"Shinobi Vs. Dragon Ninja"
"The Fake Sound Of Progress"
"We Still Kill The Old Way"
"To Hell We Ride"
"Make A Move"
"Hello Again"
"Start Something"
"Sway"
"Everyday Combat"
"The New Transmission"
"Can't Catch Tomorrow"
"4 A.M. Forever"
"Dstryr/Dstryr"
"It's Not The End Of The World But I Can See It From Here"
"Where We Belong"
"Streets Of Nowhere"
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 16, 2011 3:22:00 GMT -5
Well even if we don't have the same taste in albums, we seem to have similar taste in which songs we dig from each album.
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