In Flames

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/inflamesgreen.jpg" border="0" /><!--center--></div> <strong>About band:</strong> In Flames was formed by Jesper Strömblad back in 1990. The band as it was at the time consisted of Jesper, Johan Larsson and Glenn Ljungström. A demo was recorded and soon after the band got a record deal and released “Lunar Strain” and it did not take long before the album was a classic in the fast growing Scandinavian death metal scene. With a new line up consisting of Jesper, Johan & Glenn along with two new additions: Anders Fridén on vocals and Björn Gelotte on drums, In Flames signed a license deal with Nuclear Blast Records and soon started recording the follow up: “The Jester Race”. “The Jester Race” quickly became a big hit all across Europe and Japan. After the recording of “Whoracle” in 1997 Johan and Glenn decided to leave the band and Peter Iwers (bass) joined. Niklas Engelin (Gardenian, Engel) was temporarily in the band filling in on guitars. With a fresh line up the band set sails and headed out on tour. Short after a very successful European tour Niklas had to focus on his other projects, and Björn switched from drums to guitar and Daniel Svensson joined the band, and this is the In Flames as we know it today. With the completion of the line up “Colony” was recorded and released in 1999. “Colony” took In Flames to a new level and the band sold out venues across Europe, USA and Japan and quickly became one of the biggest and most popular Melodic Death Metal acts around. “Clayman” which was released in 2000 even topped its predecessor and the awards started pouring in and the band kept growing in popularity. In 2001 “The Tokyo Showdown”, In Flames first live album was released, and gave the public and insight to the band’s live competence. Modern and more mature “Reroute To Remain” (2002) again confirmed the status of In Flames and marked another milestone in their career. Two years later and it was time to take In Flames to a new level. “Soundtrack To Your Escape” did just that and was the logical continuation after “Reroute To Remain”. In Flames continued to tour the world and documented these escapades, which resulted in the release of the phenomenal DVD/CD package “Used And Abused – In Live We Trust” in 2005. With an incredibly successful world tour behind them, In Flames recorded the masterpiece “Come Clarity” which was released in March 2006. “Come Clarity” got an amazing reception in the media and has today sold over 400.000 copies worldwide. The song “Take This Life” from the album is featured on the new “Guitar Hero III” game. A game which has been deemed the bestselling video game of all times and has today sold six million copies. In Flames have sold over 2 million albums worldwide to date!!! In September 2007 In Flames entered IF STUDIOS, in Gothenburg, Sweden, to record what you hold in your hand today. The new album was Recorded and produced by the band together with Daniel Bergstrand (vocals) and Roberto Laghi (Bass, guitar & drums) and mixed by Toby Wright in LA (Metallica, Slayer, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Motley Crue etc) and mixed by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen mastering studios in LA. With this new album there is no doubt that In Flames will take a step up the ladder towards becoming one of the biggest metal bands of all times. From: <a href="http://www.inflames.com/main.html" target="_blank">http://www.inflames.com/main.html</a> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Members:</strong> <img src="http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/3364/unbenannt2kopie4du.jpg" border="0" /> Anders Fridén was originally the lead vocalist for Dark Tranquillity, but left them. Two years later he joined In Flames. Coincidentally Mikael Stanne had left In Flames (being only a session player) and switched from rhythm guitar to lead vocals in Dark Tranquillity, so the two effectively traded places. Anders was also the lead vocalist for another band known as Ceremonial Oath with founding father In Flames bandmate Jesper Strömblad. <img src="http://www.inflames.com/images/myspace/jesper.jpg" border="0" /> Jesper Strömblad began playing music at age 4, with a violin he played until age 12. At age 12, he no longer considered the violin a 'cool' instrument to play and began playing guitar instead. Strömblad is known for having played in and been a founding member of a series of bands and side projects. However, In Flames has remained to date his main band. <img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t81/totaleclipse518/bjorn.jpg" border="0" /> Björn Gelotte is a songwriter and guitarist for the Swedish band In Flames. He joined the band as the drummer in 1995 and continued his position as drummer during The Jester Race and Whoracle. Gelotte switched to his current position on guitars after Niklas Engelin left the band, sharing lead/rhythm guitar work with In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Peter_Iwers2006.jpg/200px-Peter_Iwers2006.jpg" border="0" /> Peter Iwers (born on 18 May 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden) is the current bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. He has played in In Flames along with Daniel Svensson since their 1999 album Colony, replacing Johan Larsson. His bass playing style has been influenced by Toto bassist Mike Porcaro, as well as Geddy Lee from Rush and John Myung of Dream Theater fame [1] He has two daughters and is expecting another child. He also has an ex-wife. His brother Anders is a bass player too, for Tiamat. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Daniel_Svensson2006.JPG/200px-Daniel_Svensson2006.JPG" border="0" /> Daniel Svensson (born on November 20, 1977 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is the current drummer and youngest member of the Swedish band In Flames, and drummer / vocalist for the band Sacrilege GBG. He was also in Diabolique before he joined In Flames in 1998 to fill the position created when Björn Gelotte moved from drums to guitars. In Flames' first album with him as drummer along with Peter Iwers was Colony, and it was released the following year. He rejoined Sacrilege GBG in 2006. Daniel is a good example of a drummer often using the so called Moeller Method. He is also a supporter of the Swedish football team IFK Göteborg. <!--center--></div> Source: <strong>wikipedia.com</strong>