Influence

Along with Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, At The Gates and Sentenced, In Flames are widely thought of as some of the first practitioners, if not inventors of the melodic death metal genre, although it is true that Carcass's Heartwork, which precedes In Flames' noteworthy album The Jester Race, features some excellent examples of this subgenre as well. Other pioneers could be Ceremonial Oath and Septic Broiler. Advocates of this theory claim that is notable in its best form on songs such as "Episode 666" and "Jotun". In any case, bands such as Arch Enemy name In Flames as a vital influence. It should also be known that In Flames have been disliked by a large number of fans of their previous works for "softening" their music in the recent years. The album "Soundtrack to Your Escape" is a prime example of this. However this move has been welcomed by some others who believe they are expanding their music to include more of their talent, especially Anders Friden's vocals.

Awards

In Flames were honored with the "Swedish Music Export" prize at Sweden's "Grammis" awards, which were held Tuesday night, February 7, 2006 at Cirkus in Stockholm. In Flames were the first metal band ever to win this award. "Thanks to In Flames, Sweden now has a metal band in the absolute world elite," the Swedish economy minister Thomas Östros said of the award.

Line-up

• Anders Fridén - Vocals (1995-present)
• Jesper Strömblad - Guitar (1990-present)
• Björn Gelotte - Guitar (1998-present; behind drum-kit in 1995-1998)
• Peter Iwers - Bass (1997-present)
• Daniel Svensson - Drums (1998-present)

Former members

Vocals

• Mikael Stanne (1993-1994)
• Henke Forss (1994-1995)
• Joakim Göthberg (1994-1995)

Guitars

• Anders Iwers (1990-1992)
• Martin Mathisen (1993-1994)
• Carl Näslund (1993-1994)
• Glenn Ljungström (1990-1997)
• Niklas Engelin (touring 1997-1998)

Bass

• Johan Larsson (1990-1997)

Drums

• Anders Jivarp (1995)
• Daniel Erlandsson (1995)

Session Members

• Shaffer (Supreme Bass God)

Guest Artists

• Christopher Amott (2000 album Clayman)
• Lisa Miskovsky (vocals on Dead End / Come Clarity)

Discography

Albums

Singles

• Come Clarity (2006)
• Take This Life (2006)
• Borders and Shadings (2004)
• Evil In A Closet (2004)
• F(r)iend (2004)
• Like You Better Dead (2004)
• My Sweet Shadow (2004)
• Touch of Red (2004)
• The Quiet Place (2004)
• Trigger (EP) (2003)
• System (2002)
• Cloud Connected (2002)
• Pinball Map (2000)
• Only For the Weak (2000)
• Ordinary Story (1999)
• Jotun (1997)
• Food For The Gods (1997)
• Artifacts of the Black Rain (1996)

Videos

• Come Clarity (2006)
• Take This Life (2006)
• Borders and Shadings (2004)
• Evil In A Closet (2004)
• F(r)iend (2004)
• Like You Better Dead (2004)
• My Sweet Shadow (2004)
• Touch of Red (2004)
• The Quiet Place (2004) (For single CD info, visit The Quiet Place) (2004)
• Trigger (2003) (For single CD infor visit Trigger (EP))
• System
• Cloud Connected (2002) (For single CD info, visit Cloud Connected)
• Pinball Map (2000)
• Only For the Weak (2000)
• Ordinary Story (1999)
• Jotun (1997)
• Food For The Gods (1997)
• Artifacts of the Black Rain (1996)

DVDs

• Come Clarity Bonus DVD (1 DVD, 2006)
• Used and Abused: In Live We Trust (2 DVD [+ 2 CD] set, 2005)
• Soundtrack To Your Escape Bonus DVD (1 DVD, 2004)

Trivia

• The video for Trigger is a reverse of Soilwork's video for Rejection Role. Both of which are filmed in the same location, and includes the performing band being heckled by the other. The two bands at one point in both videos confront eachother for a fight on a set of steps. While the fight itself is not shown, the winner of the fight is assumed to be the performing band in each video. This is shown by one member of the other band having a black eye afterwards.

• The video for Cloud Connected contains elements from the TV series and movie Stargate.