Artefacts of the Black Rain is a fantastic song. I actually remember having a lot of time for the Jester Race and Clayman too. I'd hardly class myself as a big fan, but they've written some fucking catchy songs.

They're wank. APART FROM Take this Life, which is an absolutely fucking amazing song.

The rest is just awful.

they are horrible

Metal Iain wrote:Artefacts of the Black Rain is a fantastic song. I actually remember having a lot of time for the Jester Race and Clayman too. I'd hardly class myself as a big fan, but they've written some fucking catchy songs.

I completely agree with Iain, imagine that. Artefacts on the Black Rain is indeed a great song. I haven't listened to it in ages and I can still sing the brilliant main riff to myself in my head, that's how memorable it is. The Jester Race is a great album. I don't care what genre it is, it's just great music. Colony, Whoracle and Clayman are all good albums. They turned to absolute shit with Reroute To Remain and continued getting worse ever since, but before they sold out and got all rubbish and shit, they were a good band.

jonny_boy34 wrote:
I completely agree with Iain, imagine that. Artefacts on the Black Rain is indeed a great song. I haven't listened to it in ages and I can still sing the brilliant main riff to myself in my head, that's how memorable it is. The Jester Race is a great album. I don't care what genre it is, it's just great music. Colony, Whoracle and Clayman are all good albums. They turned to absolute shit with Reroute To Remain and continued getting worse ever since, but before they sold out and got all rubbish and shit, they were a good band.

Thats pretty much the opinion I have

jonny_boy34 wrote:

Metal Iain wrote:Artefacts of the Black Rain is a fantastic song. I actually remember having a lot of time for the Jester Race and Clayman too. I'd hardly class myself as a big fan, but they've written some fucking catchy songs.

I completely agree with Iain, imagine that. Artefacts on the Black Rain is indeed a great song. I haven't listened to it in ages and I can still sing the brilliant main riff to myself in my head, that's how memorable it is. The Jester Race is a great album. I don't care what genre it is, it's just great music. Colony, Whoracle and Clayman are all good albums. They turned to absolute shit with Reroute To Remain and continued getting worse ever since, but before they sold out and got all rubbish and shit, they were a good band.

People agree with me all the time on here. It's just not as well a documented phenomenon as it should be because people are scared of being shunned by others for doing so.

Jester race deserves a lot more credit than it gets, everything up to 2001 was pretty spot on. If you like melodic death metal, try early Amorphis or At the Gates' Terminal Spirit Disease.

iiz50p wrote:I just wanted to know what peoples opinions were on the matter
Just a bit of banter really...also no im not expecting anyone to say anything after RRTR

apparently the new album is being streamed on the myspace page if you are interested.

Personally i think they are a terrible band

At The Gates are just the best and piss over every band.

But regarding In Flames, I've got Clayman and don't rate it too highly, but I heard the album with Clad in Shadows + The Inborn Lifeless and thought they were pretty cool songs.

What album are they off?

In Flames are gay. They opened for Motorhead once, so I hid away at the bar till Lemmy came on.
I wish In Flames were dead.

Uuuuhhhh, fuckin' melodic death metal core crust grind porn metal uuuuuhhhhh

Just get any At the Gates album for good melodic death metal .

okay i think the general consensus is to try At The Gates so will probably do so
also so you know The Inborn Lifeless is off the Subterranean EP whilst Clad In Shadows is off The Lunar Strain
both pretty good albums if I'm honest

no we are talking

best in flames album by a foookin mile is "the jester race", has the best in flames track on ever in artifacts of the black rain the live dvd is worth it for the gothenburg gig

1)Jester Race
2)Colony
3)Whoracle
4)Reroute
5)Sub and lunar

and i actually liked sountrack, i remember in my pre thrash days seeing them, soilwork and pain, was fucking class

i can say that with my head held high coz im going to headbangers open air

really wrng place for an in flames discussion anyway, but i love em still

Hate In Flames with a passion. Seen them twice - supporting Motorhead in 2005 and Slayer the following year - and both times, they were shit. Can't get into them, don't want to.