Whoracle is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released on 18 November 1997. The title of the album is a portmanteau of the English words "whore" and "oracle". It is the final In Flames album to feature Johan Larsson and Glenn Ljungström. It is also the last release with Björn Gelotte playing drums, as he permanently switched to lead guitar in future releases.
In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.
Apart from "Everything Counts", which is a cover of a Depeche Mode song, all songs were composed and arranged by In Flames. The lyrics were translated by Dark Tranquillity guitarist Niklas Sundin, as Anders Fridén was not confident in his English.
Fredrik Nordström noted that it was not easy to record at times, since the band members usually preferred drinking beer and playing Tekken 3.
While some regard Whoracle as a concept album, guitarist Jesper Strömblad denied this. He acknowledged reading reports that Fridén came up with a story around the end and rebirth of the world, but recalled events differently and said the album wasn't solely about that.
Tracklist:
- Jotun 03:54
- Food for the Gods 04:19
- Gyroscope 03:26
- Dialogue with the Stars 03:01
- The Hive 04:03
- Jester Script Transfigured 05:45
- Morphing into Primal 03:05
- Worlds Within the Margin 05:06
- Episode 666 03:45
- Everything Counts (Depeche Mode cover) 03:17
- Whoracle 02:43
- Clad in Shadows '99 02:21
Time: 44:45
Enhanced multimedia section includes a video for the song "Jotun", as well as a photo gallery, lyrics, winamp skins, wallpapers and screensavers.
Everything Counts by Martin Lee Gore.
All songs published by Prophecies Publishing, Hamburg, except Everything Counts, published by Grabbing Hands Music.
Track 12 appeared on the Colony album.
Whoracle comes as a concept album, with lyrics by Niklas Sundin and synopsis by Anders Fridén. It describes the past, present and a hypothetical future of the planet Earth.
Official music videos:
- Jotun
- Food for the Gods
Recording information:
Produced and recorded in the spring of 1997 at Studio Fredman.
Co-produced by In Flames.
Engineered by Anders Fridén and Fredrik Nordström
Mixed by Fredrik Nordström and Anders Fridén
Mastered by Goran Finnberg and Fredrik Nordstrom at the Mastering Room Gbg
Cover artwork by Andreas Marschall
Photos by Kenneth Johansson
All songs published by Prophecies Publishing Hamburg except "Everything Counts"
"Everything Counts" published by Grabbing Hands Music Ltd, sub-published by EMI Music Germany
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