IN FLAMES
IN THE STUDIO
The world’s gone to shit – and it’s giving In Flames their ferocity back, says singer Anders Fridén
WORDS: MATT MILLS
WHEN IN FLAMES released single State Of Slow Decay in June, many people rejoiced. After years of fobbing off the melodeath genre they helped define in favour of metalcore and softer alt metal, they’d re-embraced thrashing rhythms and athletic guitar leads. That juggernaut, which was followed by the anthemic The Great Deceiver, was the world’s first taste of their 14th album, Foregone. Frontman Anders Fridén vows that the rest of the record will follow suit, aggravated by a world-pausing pandemic and humanity’s shithouse behaviour.