1990년에 스웨덴에서 결성된 In flames는 93년에 와서야 스웨덴 인디 레이블인 Wrong again records와 계약을 맺게 되고 이후 94년에 이들의 데뷔앨범 「Lunar strain」을 발표한다. 여타의 앨범보다는 다소 정리되지 못한 데스메탈의 원초적인 사운드가 들리지만 다른 데스메탈 밴드에서 맛볼 수 없었던 In flame만의 멜로디 감각을 느낄 수 있는 앨범이다. 이때의 멤버는 Jesfer stromblad(g, key, dr), Johan larsson(b), Glenn ljungstrom(g), Carl naslund(게스트g)와 현재 Dark tranquility의 보컬인 Mikael stane가 게스트로 참가하였다. 당시 Black sun record에서 발표한 메탈리카 트리뷰트 앨범인 「Metal militia」에서도 In flames는 메탈리카 4집「and justice for all」에 수록된 'Eye of the beholder'를 제공하였다. (보컬은 스웨덴의 록밴드 Ancient slumber의 Robert dahn과 드러머는 현 Dark tranquility의 Anders jivarp이다.) 95년에는 미니앨범 「Subterranean」을 발표하는데 이때도 보컬과 드러머자리는 게스트 뮤지션으로 채워졌다.(드라마틱한 멜로딕 블랙메탈 밴드인 Dawn의 보컬 Henke F , 현 Arch enemy의 드러머인 Daniel erlandsson이 참여하였다.) 바로 이 앨범에는 자타가 공인하는 멜로딕 데스계의 명곡 'Stand ablaze'가 수록되어 있다.
이번에 뒤늦게 발매되는 In flames 1집에는 「Lunar strain」10곡, 「Subterranean」5곡, 미발표곡 데모 트랙 2곡, 보너스 메탈리카 커버곡 'Eye of the beholder'까지 런닝타임 73분에 모두 수록되어 있다. 이 앨범은 한국팬들의 성원과 In flames 멤버들의 적극적인 요청에 의하여 발매하게 되었으며, 이로 말미암아 In flames의 모든 앨범이 발매되는 위업을 이루었다는 것에 의의를 두고 있다. .... ....
Call me by my astral name Breeding fear through wordless tounge Heavenly thirst - unspeakable pain Emptied from all human motion Confront the faceless wrath
Beckoning silent from a sphere behind space Through twisted ruins of uncompleted dreams Sights of towers reaching for the moon Clawing at the skies - they gonna pull it down
Intensity - I feel the lava rushing through my veins Stars are reforming - to enter the fourth dimension
Beyond all galaxies through timeless eaons of frost Unearthly hunger - angels descent
We are entering dimensions behind space ...
Beyond all galaxies through timeless eaons of frost
For there is a purpose and reason Beyond all human apprehension The shrieking silence in the blackness of space
For there is a knowledge more complex Than life on this planet A knowledge in tune with the progress of stars
Lunar strain
All across the milky way Life suffers defeat Life that once was treasured
What once was nothing Has blossomed into form Once it was I that was nothing But now they say I will die
All across the galaxy Life suffers defeat
Lunar strain
From nothingless to reality As we see it From nothingless to life My dismal tears of anguish Bleed into one with the songs of my heaven Loneliness is pain
Emptiness is power, loneliness is pain Serenity is might Yet we shall be honoured In the starforsaken night
Astral strain All around my silent moon Life suffers defeat
Astral strain
For there is a purpose and reason Beyond all human apprehension The shrieking silence in the blackness of space
Through seven songs of rejoice His name relives his solar voice
Falling into the unknown Yet he shall feel no harm
Lights shine upon his face Night exists no longer
In unknown colours they confront him In soundless tounge they speak is name Moonred - reaching for life through eternity Starblack - the brooding silence is frightening me
One elderly custom in timeless guise In ceremonies of old one, dove now flies Fly through time
Behold the heart of mine in flames A top the highest mountain Below the darkest depths In the valley of hate I wander My frost bitten heart is set ablaze, set ablaze
Ravage my soul Plunder my mind Branded by thunder, fire and ice
Trampled in fury by hordes of the light I am crushed by the hand of my sky My sky has forsaken me
Rivers of crimson lead me now Trail of fire In a place of fire ethernal Left in flames
Scattered in a world of thorns Torn from my earthly self Aggreived in tears and bitterness I fall beyond stars, beyond stars
Ravage my soul Plunder my mind Branded by thunder, fire and ice
Trampled in fury by hordes of the light My firey heart is stronger than ever It's stronger than ever before
"I see then nightshade grow" he spoke And southern hounds awoke at dawn Sought for the ever-liquid of our craving Caught by the all embracing nightly sun Admass - I laugh at your feeble lies - trash
Hatred in my eyes and in my blood A scream across the fields - the rivers weep A vanquished lord upon an oaken throne Grief inside my flame - grasp at my existence The seal of dawn is broken - fury
Wildfire
A windswept thought Out in the perimeter where laughts are No longer heard, screams no longer seen And life is always lost Gaze into the skies for they are blind Blinded by the nightshade of our lust Grinded to dust The wolves are here
The beast of the savage lands They drink my blood They feast upon my remains The tears in their eyes betry
Reach for your razor Cut through the dawn See through your inner wrath Keys shan't open the doors
Behold my heart has stopped My lungs are laid the final rest And still I see and do I feel Yes, but to earthly eyes I am gone To the land where legends never die Take me to the twilight land tonight
Again and again and again in every night The darkness climbs through my walls Ever screaming silent to the corrupted ears
Never to any man I will spear My speach it has no value Eyes that have seen the sights Bleed through the ages eternal
I ask no more A life has just begun Never will I see the sun And do I miss it No, my eyes are black Emotions fled through eyelids closed Throne of thorns Clad in shadows
My tears fall like rain From the longlasting pain When I look at your eyes My heart just dies Beauty divine I hope you'll be mine Open your arms For all time
All dressed in white Bringer of light Spend time with me All through the night
Beauty divine Your tears taste like wine Come to me For all time
My spine shivers with the touch of your lips... My pale skin turns red when we kiss... Piercing your nails deep into my back... As I slowly kiss your ivory neck...
I started to cry after hours of joyful sin... My tears turned to roses as they embraced your skin... I gathered them to a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers... A bouquet of the most secret and ancient powers...
My amber heart started to glow as I died really slow...
Slowly the winter wind tears my skin Blood freezes in my veins I wish you were here beside me To release me from my pain Last night you promised me You were still in love with me Please come set me free From my misery
I love you Truth be told I'm completely numb It got this way I don't know how I just can't figure it out
Please talk to me What do you want me to be?
Last night you promised me You were still in love with me Please come set me free From my misery
I love you Truth be told I'm completely numb It got this way I don't know how I just can't figure it out
Please talk to me What do you want me to be?
Slowly twists my pride Freezing as I die Coldly I fade away My life cannot be saved Slowly the winter wind tears my skin Blood freezes in my veins I wish you were here beside me To release me from my pain
Please try to remember me Lord please send help for me Trying, can't you see? Why must this be?
I bid you welcome to my world They call me existence You have just entered through the gate to your journey towards eternity This part I control In the beginning you'll fear nothing As I climb beside you Time will be your master in this laborious part of human subsistence This part I control Black clouds embraces your soul Slowly passing through repeating lacunas of anguish When time takes your life I wil transfer you into the bare grip of thinking tranquillity Voices frilling the emptiness of the dead floating Seamless across the surface into chilling stillness Nothing can help you now
You'll never be along again You'll never die again You'll never be born again You'll forever be, stuck here in eternity
Close your eyes and pray the wind will take me far away Life is like a stone behind my back of a second degree Start
Life is a feather of fall between the monument tear Like a powder fragile the one that blows behind the Faithful dead
All the doors of eternal gray This weakness take beyond the dream With a silent void you're left while you can hardly breathe Vastly they destroy the tears of my lies Fears are fading away, robbed to face the bitterness In search for my dear Castle burries the bite of a queen Wherever the sorrow rises from distance like a rainbow I'll be there again, to weep behind with my tears
Do you see what I see? Truth is an offence Your silence for your confidence Do you hear what I hear? Doors are slamming shut Limit your imagination, keep you where they must Do you feel what I feel? Bittering distress Who decides what you express? Do you take what I take? Endurance is the word Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd
Doesn't matter what you see Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say
Independence limited Freedom of choice is made for you my friend Freedom of speech is words that they will bend Freedom with their exception
Do you fear what I fear? Living properly Truths to you are lies to me Do you choose what I choose? More alternatives Energy derives from both the plus and negative Do you need what I need? Boundaries overthrown Look inside, to each his own Do you trust what I trust? Me, myself, and I Penetrate the smoke screen, I see through the selfish lie
Doesn't matter what you see Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say
Independence limited Freedom of choice is made for you my friend Freedom of speech is words that they will bend Freedom with their exception
Do you know what I know? Your money and your wealth Your silent just to hear yourself Do you want what I want? Desire not a thing I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom's ring
Doesn't matter what you see Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say
Independence limited Freedom of choice is made for you my friend Freedom of speech is words that they will bend Freedom no longer frees you
Doesn't matter what you see Or into it what you read You can do it your own way If it's done just how I say