In Flames's Reviews
Reroute To Remain (Average Rating: 8.04 out of 10)
Enforcing their rule over the genre. (Rated this album with 10 out of 10)
Reviewed by
child_of_the_jester_race
from Atchison, KS
I am one of the greatest In Flames Fans. Actually I'm a great fan of Melodic Death Metal. In Flames introduced me to this genre and I was completely blown. They have been my favourite band ever since I was subjected to the immortal "The Jester Race". That was about 5 years ago. In Flames is definitely one of the greatest bands that the world has ever seen.I have already reviewed all of In Flames' releases and left this one for last. I was surprised to see that other In Flames Fans are going as far as to say that they have sold out, and that they are losing their intensity by changing style. Hey, have you guys heard this cd. It is extremely intense and powerful, and the melodies are always present. So what makes this album different? Well the sound is definitely changed. Additional sounds were added by keyboards and programming. I guess that people refer to the songs "Metaphor", and "Dawn Of A New Day" when they mention the word sell out. Well I believe that they don't know what they are talking about. If I were able to write a song as brilliant as "Metaphor", there is no ways in hell that I will not release it. Those kind of songs only come around once every 10 years. Amature reviewers would not not know that though. I realised we are dealing with children complaining, well children, let the wiser men comment on this masterpiece, this isn't your playground. The album starts off with the title track. Again subjecting us to a powerful song at the beginning of another immortal record. The main difference between this album and their previous ones can be heard in the second track "System". One of the best songs here. The brutal chorus at the end of the song will definitely blow you off wherever you are. The third song "Drifter" is written in a similar style to their previous works, a mighty powerful song. "Trigger" and "Cloud Connected" are probably the most famous songs here. Both have been released as singles and videos have been made for them. Really good songs. Their melodies perfectly combine with these songs. "Transparent", "Egonomic", "Minus", "Dismiss The Cynics", and "Black & White" are all powerful songs. This kind of brutality is not present in the previous effort "Clayman". None of these are weak songs. In fact what distingiushes this album from the previous is that there are no average songs here. "Clayman" I believe was an inbetween step to achieve the perfection we have in this album. I have to mention that my 3 favourite songs in this album are "Egonomic", "Dysmiss The Cynics" and "Free Fall". The latter starts of with a tune that seems to come from an old music box and is then elaborated on by the godly In Flames Guitars. "Day Of A New Dawn" and "Metaphor" show us a different aspect to In Flames that we were not exposed to before. "Metaphor" like I said before is a song that very few bands can accomplish composing and it is indeed a blessing for us. I love this band. They always give you something more, everytime. If you are new to this band, buy this record, or if you prefer start with the earlier releases, either way once you listen to them, you will get all their albums. In Flames is a gift from the gods.
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