Cries from the Quiet World: octubre 2026

sábado, 31 de octubre de 2026

In Vain "Currents (Trifold Digisleeve, Norway, Indie Recordings, INDIE177CDL)"

Currents is the fourth album by Norwegian progressive death metal band In Vain. It was released on January 26, 2018 by Indie Recordings. This is the first album to feature bassist Alexander Lebowski Bøe and the only album to feature drummer Baard Kolstad, known for performing with bands like Leprous and Borknagar.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Johnar Håland except where noted.

Seekers of the Truth 05:11
Soul Adventurer 05:09
Blood We Shed 06:00
And Quiet Flows the Scheldt 08:05
Origin 05:44
En forgangen tid (Times of Yore Pt. II) 06:26 Sindre Nedland (lyrics)
Ghost Path 05:56
As the Black Horde Storms 06:35
Standing on the Ground of Mammoths 07:20

Time: 56:26

Recording information:

Drums recorded at Urban Sound Studio.

Vocals and strings recorded at Strand Studio, Stabbek, Norway.

Guitars, saxophone, bass, organs and additional vocals recorded in private facilities.

Additional orchestrations by Midas Productions.

Mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios.

Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering

Marius Strand – vocal recording

Thomas Wang – drum recording

Costin Chioreanu – cover design

Jorn Veberg – photography

Marcelo Vasco – layout

In Vain "Ænigma (Norway, Indie Recordings, INDIE102CD)"

Ænigma is the third album by Norwegian progressive death metal band In Vain. It was released on March 11, 2013 by Indie Recordings. The album was recorded at the Strand Studio, in Kristiansand, between September and December 2012. The album was mixed and mastered in Fascination Street Studios in Sweden.

The special edition of the album contains the bonus track "Rise Against". This is the first album to feature guitarist Kjetil D. Pedersen as a full-time member, as he was featured as a guest on Mantra.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Johnar Håland with co-writers listed.

"Against the Grain" 7:05
"Image of Time" 5:38
"Southern Shores" (instrumental) Kjetil D. Pedersen 1:59
"Hymne til havet" 5:04
"Culmination of the Enigma" 8:23
"Times of Yore" Andreas Frigstad 7:19
"Rise Against" (bonus track) Frigstad 5:54
"To the Core" 6:27
"Floating on the Murmuring Tide" 9:14

Total length: 57:03

Recording information:

Recorded at the Strand Studio, Stabbek, Norway, September-December 2012.

Mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden.

Jens Bogren – mixing, production

Tony Lindgren – mastering

Marius Strand – engineering, production

Robert Høyem – cover art

Jorn Veberg – photography

Simen H. Pedersen – vocal recording

In Vain "The Latter Rain (Norway, Indie Recordings, INDIE004CD)"

The Latter Rain is the debut album by Norwegian progressive death metal band In Vain, released on March 29, 2007, in Europe by Indie Recordings. The album was recorded at the Dub Studio, in Kristiansand, between June and October 2006, except from the Organ, recorded in Kristiansand Symfoniorkesters studio in Marvika, Kristiansand.

The album features a lot of guests, including producer Endre Kirkesola on organs, Jan Kenneth Transeth on vocals, and George Wright on spoken words. It gained a small, but positive, fan base and have currently a rating of 4.5/5 stars on allmusic.com and sputnikmusic. Some rare pressings of this record includes a bonus track "Epilogue: Alene" which was first released on their EP, "Wounds". Both bassist/vocalist Kristian Wikstøl and guitarist Even Fuglestad were credited as band members on this record, even though they were not a part of the band when the album was recorded. Kristian Wikstøl sang some hardcore vocals as a guest. This is the last and only album to feature guitarist Magnus Olav Tveiten and bassist Ole Vistnes.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Johnar Håland, arranged by in Vain.

"The Latter Rain" (instrumental) 1:45
"In the Midnight Hour" 9:41
"Det Rakner!" 8:27
"October's Monody" 6:33
"Their Spirits Ride with the Wind" 8:47
"I Total Triumf" 6:04
"The Titan" 7:09
"As I Wither" 7:39
"Morning Sun" (instrumental) 2:20
"Sorgenfri" 6:33

Total length: 01:04:58

Norwegian titles translations:

3. It Dissolves! / It Disbands!

6. In Total Triumph

10. Sorrow-free / Free of Sorrow

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Dub Studio in June - October 2006.

Mastered at Tailor Maid Prod., Stockholm, Sweden.

Church organ recorded at Marvika in Kristiansand, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester.

Endre Kirkesola – producer, engineering, mixing, samples

Johnar Håland – producer, engineering, mixing, samples

Peter in de Betou – Mastering

Andreas Frigstad – art direction

Øyvind Råmunddal – cover art, art direction

Tor Erik Schrøder – photography

In Vain "Will the Sun Ever Rise? (EP, Demo, Independent, Norway)"

In Vain is a Norwegian metal band from Kristiansand. Their music is described as progressive death metal, melodic death metal, and black metal. The band has released five albums, and toured Europe with Solefald in 2013 and My Silent Wake in 2010. In Vain has also played concerts in Norway, and also played at the Inferno Metal Festival in 2013.

The band was formed by guitarist Johnar Haaland and vocalist Andreas Frigstad in 2003. They were shortly joined by keyboardist and vocalist Sindre Nedland. In 2004 they recorded their first release, a three track EP Will the Sun Ever Rise?. The EP featured guest Joakim Sehl on bass guitar, while the drums were sampled. The following year, 2005, they released another EP named Wounds. This EP featured several guests, two of them being bassist/vocalist, Kristian Wikstøl, lending both his bass and vocal skills to this release and drummer Anders Haave. Anders joined the band shortly after the release, but was soon replaced by Stig Reinhardtsen. Their music had then moved in a more diverse and progressive direction.

Tracklist:

As I Wither 06:28
Caught Within 07:37
A Vision by Night 08:19

Time: 22:24

"As I Wither" was re-recorded for the 2007 "The Latter Rain" album.

Recording information:

Recorded at Ansgar Studios between May and August 2004.

In Flames "Foregone (USA, Nuclear Blast Records, NBR 65142)"

Foregone is the fourteenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. The album was released on 10 February 2023 through Nuclear Blast and was produced by Howard Benson. It is the first album by the band to feature guitarist Chris Broderick, who replaced Niclas Engelin, and the only to entirely feature drums performed by Tanner Wayne. It is also the last album to feature the band's bassist Bryce Paul before he left the band in June 2023.

On 13 June 2022, In Flames announced they were re-signing with Nuclear Blast and released the single "State of Slow Decay"; the song was noted for having a sound similar to the band's earlier melodic death metal tracks. On 1 August, the band released the single "The Great Deceiver". On 15 September, In Flames announced their fourteenth album, Foregone, would be released on 10 February 2023. The same day as the album's announcement, the band released a visualizer for a third single, "Foregone, Pt. 1". "Foregone, Pt. 2" was released as the album's fourth single on 7 November along with a music video. On 16 January 2023, one month before the album release, they unveiled the fifth single "Meet Your Maker" and its corresponding music video.

The album has received critical acclaim from numerous publications. AllMusic gave the album a positive review saying, "Foregone [...] has a raw, bass-heavy, crunchy sound, with their usual highly melodic lines and harmonic solos present and correct, and a philosophical tone engendered by the imposed isolation of the COVID-19 lockdown." Dom Lawson from Blabbermouth.net gave the album 8.5 out of 10 and said: "Foregone is the finest album to bear the band's name since at least Come Clarity. Don't be surprised if they make an ambient jazz record next, but right now this sounds like the best of all possible worlds and a late-career triumph." Graham Ray of Distorted Sound scored the album 9 out of 10 and said: "In Flames have finally created an album that mixes their old and new styles together organically. Nothing sounds forced and everything works to almost perfection. Foregone is the best album the band have produced in the last 15-20 years and it's a pleasure to see them back with a fire well and truly lit beneath them." Kerrang! gave the album 4 out of 5 and stated: "Foregone is a reminder that when In Flames are at the peak of their powers, they really are untouchable. This is a record that will see them finally reassert their dominance, and ring in their next colossal era." Metal Injection rated the album 9 out of 10 and stated, "Foregone is a gift to fans who have stuck it out with In Flames all these years, as well as the new fans they've picked up along the way who might be ready for something heavier. It covers every genre and style the band has ever messed around with, bringing them into one cohesive whole. Don't skip any songs on Foregone. There aren't any bad tracks. The album's second half is marginally better than its first, but both are so good it feels unfair to compare them. It will all depend on which era of the band the listener prefers."

MetalSucks rated the album 4.5 out of 5 and said: "While the last few years have been turbulent for those waiting for In Flames to reclaim their mojo, they needn't worry any further. Foregone is a stick of dynamite with a first-place ribbon attached; a sensational rejuvenation that even the staunchest doomsayers will have a hard time picking apart. Even with the faults present, it blends what made the band so good in their prime with the unique components of the current line-up to make an album that stands well within the territory of the best they've put out before it. Rejoice, people, for In Flames have returned – and how." The reviewer for Rock Hard wrote that "Melodic death metal tracks like 'State of Slow Decay', 'Meet Your Maker', 'Foregone, Pt. 1' or 'The Great Deceiver' emphatically point out with their qualities why In Flames are counted among the founders of the typical Gothenburg sound. Tempo, heaviness, riffing and melody are perfectly balanced here and invoke some cozy memories of the early 2000s, which is even enhanced by a few folky excursions." Rock 'N' Load praised the album saying, "Foregone is a high-class album that might not bring anything new to its discography, but what it does do is show others just how good an album can be from front to back. I'm not convinced that this album falls into the Death Metal arena, more of a Metal offering for the masses to enjoy." Tasha Brown of Rock Sins rated the album 7 out of 10 and said: "Foregone may well become one of those cult albums for some and remain a point of vexation for others. For the moment, however, we fall tentatively within the latter." Wall of Sound gave the album a positive review saying: "The balancing act In Flames have pulled off is pretty impressive, giving just enough of the 'old In Flames' while continuing their evolution beyond the confines of generic death metal. The fact is the band have consistently delivered albums, even with lineup changes, that are damn heavy and progress their connection with their audience."

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Anders Fridén and Björn Gelotte; all music is composed by Anders Fridén, Björn Gelotte, and Howard Benson.