Colony (album)
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| Studio album by In Flames | ||||
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Publication |
1999 |
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admission |
1999 |
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
41 min 31 s |
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Studio (s) |
Studio Fredman |
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Colony is the fourth album by the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames . The album was released in 1999 by Nuclear Blast .
History of origin
Colony is the first album that In Flames recorded with the line-up that lasted until 2011. Daniel Svensson took the place behind the drums after Björn Gelotte switched to guitar. Niklas Engelin got out before the recordings to devote himself entirely to his own band Gardenian.
The music was written by Björn Gelotte and Jesper Strömblad and arranged by the band. All texts were written by Anders Fridén . The album was produced and mixed by Frederik Nordström and the band in Studio Fredman. The album was mastered by Göran Finnberg.
Concept and meaning
The album is about different aspects of religion and spirituality . Both the positive ( Embody the Invisible or The New World ) and negative sides ( Zombie, Inc. or Scorn ) are shown.
Music genre
Musically, the album is harder and faster than its direct predecessor Whoracle , even if the songwriting is similar. As a guest musician, Kee Marcello , who contributed the second guitar solo to Coerced Coexistence, was hired . For the album In Flames have re-recorded the song Behind Space , originally from the album Lunar Strain .
The Metal Hammer named Colony album of the month .
Track list
- Embody the Invisible - 3:37
- Ordinary Story - 4:16
- Scorn - 3:37
- Colony - 4:39
- Zombie Inc. - 5:05
- Pallar Anders Visa - 1:41
- Coerced Coexistence - 4:14
- Resin - 3:21
- Behind Space '99 - 3:58
- Insipid 2000 - 3:45
- The New World - 3:18
- The title of the song is not clear. On the back of the 1999 release, on the official In Flames page and in the printed lyrics, the song title "The New Word" is displayed. However, reference is made to the title "The New World" on the 2004 re-release and on the official Nuclear Blast website.
Republication
In 2004 Nuclear Blast re-released the album as a so-called "Deluxe edition". In addition to two bonus songs that were previously only available on the Japanese version of the album, there is the video clip for Ordinary Story , a screen saver , a picture gallery, a wallpaper and a Winamp skin.
- Clad in Shadows '99 - 2:24
- Man Made God - 4:12