In Flames's Reviews
Whoracle (Average Rating: 8.98 out of 10)
Godly Food (Rated this album with 10 out of 10)
Reviewed by
child_of_the_jester_race
from Atchison, KS
In Flames never ceases to amaze me. When I first heard "The Jester Race" (The album before Whoracle)I was so impressed that I had to get all their albums. However, I was always asking myself HOW ARE THEY EVER GOING TO RELEASE ANYTHING THAT COMES CLOSE TO THE JESTER RACE. Well... they must have used some kind of magic because when I listen to Whoracle I am subjected to spells beyond comprehension. Whoracle is an amazing record.
At times (because I am also a musician) I think to myself that it is unfair that a band can release gem after gem of albums. In Flames seems to do it with ease. It seems like In Flames accomplishes defining their style with this album. Their first 2 albums "Lunar Strain" and "The Jester race" make the band seem like having a keen interest in atracting a black metal crowd, the latter not as much as the former. Of course their roots have always been in bands like "At The Gates", which are tremendously close to black metal. With Whoracle, In Flames seem to focus more on the melody of the songs. With more emphasis on melody In Flames are now put in a category of their own. A unique and original sound that no band can immitate. The album starts of with "Jotun". Again putting one of the strongest tracks ever written first in this unbelievable sequence. When I listen to it I feel this energy entering my body and quickly enchants my soul. This feeling carries on throughout the songs "Food For The Gods" and "Gyroscope" only to be briefly slowed by the beautiful instrumental "Dialogue With The Stars". This instrumental shows how capable In Flames is at writting timeless music.
Other songs worth telling you about are "The Jester Script Transfigured" wich is the longest song in the album close to 6 minutes. I believe that if I were to chose a favourite song in this album, this would be it. It starts with a slower rhythm and acoustic guitars. The singing is perfect. The heavy parts that come in after the clean only make the anger in this song reflect from sadness. A truly beautiful song. "Episode 666" is a crowd pleaser and one of those songs that gets the moshpit going crazy. Another solid track from In Flames while "Everything Counts" (another favourite of mine), is a track that stands out from the rest of this album, partly because of the chorus where clean vocals are used simultaneouly with screams. A combination that is very affective but hard to reproduce live. To end this album In Flames gives us the track "Whoracle". This is a beautiful acoustic instrumental with lots of percussion which gets heavy at the end. This album is a masterpiece that duplicates the genius from their previous two albums and which is only reproduced by In Flames' next gems. In other words, get yourself all of In Flames' albums right now. No questions, just go. What are you doing still reading this... GO BUY WHORACLE.
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