How dare you! you missed Arch Enemy in Stockholm tonight, you could have done coffee with Arch Enemy or at least coffee with Jeff Loomis part 2

R.I.P. DIME...

R.I.P. DIME...

​the thing I don't get is how butt hurt people get when you don't agree with their taste. I think they are looking for validation since they respect you, and when you don't agree they feel betrayed and can't handle it because of wtvr reason. Not everybody likes the same shit and people need to realize that. If everyone was into the same stuff the world, music/art, and life would be fucking boring

:( so sad...I wrote a piece honoring The King!! Hope you watch this my friend!! Cheers & Best Regards!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9WHdrGdyJibo4k.html

I still remember were i was when i heard the terrible news. RIp Dime

I was in the hospital with pneumonia. The nurses couldn't understand why I was crying and breaking down all over the place. They thought something was wrong with me.. something was wrong with me... Dimebag just fucking got shot. I lost it that day. I walked out of the hospital and left with pneumonia.I went to the liquor store and got a bottle of crown Royal and got drunk. Never went back to the hospital but I did get better within a few weeks.

So John Lennon and Dimebag share something eh? Asshat who killed him couldn't even be original.

No point killing himself like

@@M.C.R.SYNTRN couldn't agree more, guy has a lovely family not worth risking that for anything.

What you mean handling all his shit? What's up with Rob?

@@Cheximus runs a guitar company, works with a music school, works for andertons, is in more than one band, does KZfaq stuff including lessons, and has two young kids! I'm tired just thinking about how much shit that is to have on one's plate. I'm probably missing stuff too.

I disagree completely. I have four Chapman guitars, and they are all perfect. Out of the box, they were in tune. Not a single flaw anywhere. They sound amazing. They play like butter. Honestly, they were exactly the guitars I have already been envisioning if I ever justify the price of having a custom-shop guitar made for me, and here they are, being sold stock in the spec I was wanting to build anyway. They are what I use when I record. They are what I use when I play shows every single weekend. I absolutely love them, and plan to buy more of them in the future. As for the lack of quality you mentioned, as I have said before, that is most-often due to the dealers, not necessarily the guitars. For example, if you bought much of anything from Guitar Center, then lack of quality is exactly what you need to expect. Guitar Center is the Walmart of the guitar world. You cannot expect much more than that. Every single Chapman I own came from Riff City Guitars. They were a Mom and Pop shop, so they genuinely cared about what they sold. More importantly, they were very personal and friendly with you. They were also OCD meticulous about setups, inspections, even giving you a certificate detailing that process. I completely trust anything from Riff City. Already, I miss Riff City. Great times, there.

100% agree. Clayman was their last great album, and anything after that really was dismissible.

@@TheHwarangwarrior99 Come Clarity was a great album lol.

Ballard Mayes totally depends on who you ask, my man. Music preference aside, yes it was well written and well produced. But it just doesn’t have the same feel as Jester Race or even Clayman, which is far closer to Come Clarity than otherwise.

The guitar tone on moon shield is one of my favorites of all time.

As there seem to be a lot of In Flames fans in this section, can somebody tell me a band that is equally heavy AND melodic as the Clayman-Album? I love this IF album, the guitar tone, the rhythms, the melodies, the singing... A lot of people told me, At The Gates were similar but to me they were way less focussed on melodies in comparison to IF...or maybe I'm just listening to the wrong album?

Same

Morbid Angel did it to me. One band gets into your system. And then it spreads like an infection and you just get into more and more bands and get addicted to the variety of death metal to be found. Such is the insidious and unstoppable nature of death metal.

Especially if ya didnt get a prenup lol

FOR REAL MAN I still go back to that album and am just blown away, even with today's production (can't believe that album is almost 9 years old already..)

I second this! Such an underrated album.

Yes!

My favorite album from them

Looking back on the whoracle album it was just waaaay tooo simple and lacked luster. Not much for vocals. It was straight forward and boring. It used to be my favorite album. I like the newest shit. When a band goes to being actual artist is where it’s at for me.

Hey. Did Chris Broderick join them? I never really looked at the full story on that

@@tcrane8630 Just live member for now, not officially joined.

@@TheWingsOfErasus that's a really odd choice imo. Surprised it's not like Chris Amott or something.

MaestroJericho Chris is with Dark Tranquillity now. Even better.

@@demonshinji so... not with Droverv

That wasnt meant to be any kind of a link

At night beneath Ola Enterprises, Ola takes on his alter ego to fight crime, Fapman.

Imo the new in flames stuff appeals to a wider crowd and frankly im a big fan. Their older stuff is good but I think it's about time they changed their style. Granted, siren charms wasnt the best album out there but almost everything from the mask is pretty damn good. You can see how they evolved stylistically and I think they are headed in the right direction.

I'm still a whore for Whoracle since it was the first album I heard by them as a teenager. Bands experiment, some people will like it or hate it.

@@rushil8708 I respect your opinion, but there are infinite bands already that attract the mainstream crowd. In Flames was one of a kind, and now they are just like these thousands other bullshit bands that you hear on the radio. I call it "selling out"

@@dokterkarel Name a band that they sound like? I think the way they have managed to produce such a diverse but still original sound is very impressive

@@dokterkarel I see what you mean but at the end of the day the style they choose it's their choice. At this point its either you listen to it or you don't. Take Bring me the horizon for example, they completely changed their sound from metalcore/deathcore to pop/rock. They lost a lot of their die-hard fans but they gained loads of new ones as well. It's the same thing with In flames except In flames has gone the more mainstream metal route. I feel like you can really hear this in the title track of the mask and when I first heard I am Above I lost my shit because I didn't expect that from them. I remember when I first heard Rusted Nail I was a bit confused at first but I got used to it and became an even bigger fan than I was before. I still listen to stuff like Pinball Map (and other stuff from clayman) often but I find that I listen to their new stuff a lot more just because I've heard their 90's and 2000's stuff so much already.

I'm not Ola but i really love Swallow the Sun.

@@emeralddreams5341 And Insomnium, and Wolfheart... Cheers!!!

Here's my ranking of all the In Flames Albums, from best to worst: 1. Colony (killer title track, awesome remake of the first track off Lunar Strain and epic instrumental song) 2. Whoracle (shit tons of melodies) 3. The Jester Race (December Flower, Artefacts of the Black Rain and Lord Hypnos. 'Nuff said) 4. Clayman (Flaying at the edges but still good) 5. Come Clarity (Bleeding heart stuff, but not overwhelming) 6. A Sense of Purpose (A bit poppy but still metal) 7. Soundtrack to Your Escape (What is that snare? Not as bad as St. Anger but still) 8. Reroute to Remain (Too raw for my tastes. I'm a KLEEN boi) 9. Lunar Strain (Great debut album. Once again, not a fan of the raw sound) 10. Subterranean (Never really stuck with me) 11. Sounds of a Playground Fading (The least suckiest of the 2010 albums) 12. I, the Mask (Regaining their edge but still resembles Battles too much to be put higher) 13. Siren Charms (Only three good songs and the rest were fluff) 14. Battles (I mean, come on, dull, uninspired bollocks)

@@lt.branwulfram4794 Reroute to Remain?

@@icedvengence3845 Shit, I forgot about that. OK, I'll edit it.

That'd be awesome. Maybe just start with the $600-700 guitars as in-store or option to purchase Ola's more expensive ones. C'mon +Ola Englund

Thomann sells Solar Guitars

My reason behind the question is that I live in California and have no way of playing a solar guitar before buying, I thought the same thing about strandberg guitars but I drove 2 hours to try the Sarah longfield model at GC Hollywood and now I Kno how a strandberg feels as a player before buying one

btw, im not throwing in the 2 hours travel as a negative thing, i'm saying i'd be more than happy to do the drive plenty of times over to try out any guitar brand i like before buying for a better understanidng of the instrument and peace of mind

I wish they toured the US with like Revocation or something. Came out of nowhere.

That or hes ignoring it now lol

Yeah...... I've asked a time or three. Ola's response: '..........' Seriously, a red Solar V with a maple neck, maple fretboard, black hardware and black inlays would be wicked.

As a bassist it would be great if he started with a variation on his Warwick .

That would be cool. I generally use Loki bass myself cuz I just don't own an actual bass guitar right now.

MetalDad87 A good Ibanez , Jackson bass is available on EBay for 80$ US come man !!!!

Wish they kept making albums.

Bob Yeah I noticed it too. Ola over there trying to get the party on with the beer in his hand, and the rest of the dorks just sitting there totally mesmerized by their phones. Bunch of nerds!

preachercaine If you chase a cat you'll never get it .

@@gilbertspader7974 I can't even catch guinea pigs

I think he said it's more convenient to get around town from the apartment, for the family. He should move to his house and turn the apartment into his office studio. 😉