In Flames
In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Göteborg, formed in 1990. This band is one of the founders and an example of this type of music. Today, In Flames has sold more than 2,5 millions records worldwide. It has brought out 9 albums, 4 EP (a musical format too short to be a single and too long to be an album ) and one live DVD. They are known all around the world since 2000.
Take this life : One of the best song of In flames, that we can play also on Guitar Hero
The pioners of the melodic death metal are all from the same town. Three friends has founded three different bands : In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, and At the Gates. At first, the founder, Jesper Strömblad, would combined the melodic guitar style of Iron Maiden with the brutality of death metal. Nobody had ever heard any band do it. They also use keyboard, something which was unusual in death metal.
The calmest song I find
In Flames has been awarded four Grammis awards (the Swedish ent of the Grammy awards). They won Grammis twice in the category of Best Hard Rock/Metal Album in 2005 and 2007, the Swedish Export Award in 2006 and finally, they won an Award for “Best Hard Rock“ in 2009.
Sources:
The official site of In Flames
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