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In Flames - Battles (2016) Japanese Edition FLAC (image + .cue)

Artist: In Flames | Album: Battles | Released: 2016 | Label: Nuclear Blast Records | Catalog #: GQCS-90248 | Genre: Metal, Alternative Metal

However, unlike most of their previous releases, Battles focuses a lot more on catchy choruses rather than flowing melodies, which is a shame because admittedly enough, there are a few decent moments on the album. ‘Drained’ does open up the album on a rather strong note with a surprising amount of aggression towards the beginning riffs, almost harkening back to Sounds of a Playground Fading. Unfortunately though, it’s the best song on the record and the rest of the album is completely unable to keep that amount of aggression in full view. Every other song on the record manages to borderline towards the mainstream alternative rock sound, which is further exploited by the auto-tuned Chester Bennington improvisation of Anders Friden’s vocal performance, especially on ‘Here Until Forever’ and ‘Underneath My Skin’. The attempts at the over-the-top choruses are nothing more than laughable attempts at bringing out some form of emotion, while Anders grating harsher vocals only cancels out those attempts. The only song that manages to somewhat get it right is ‘The End’, but even then with its admittedly catchy chorus, there little to no substance or inspiration to be found in it. Even the songs where they actually try to sound genuinely emotional or ambitious, a la ‘Wallflower’, are ultimately bogged down by Howard Benson’s (go figure) incredibly dull production.

Tracklisting:

01. Drained 04:06
02. The End 03:58
03. Like Sand 03:43
04. The Truth 03:04
05. In My Room 03:25
06. Before I Fall 03:27
07. Through My Eyes 03:50
08. Battles 02:58
09. Here Until Forever 04:19
10. Underneath My Skin 03:30
11. Wallflower 07:06
12. Save Me 04:12
13. Greatest Greed (Bonus Track) 04:08
14. Us Agains The World (Bonus Track) 03:40
15. Here Until Forever (Alternate Version) (Bonus Track) 03:58