Sounds of a Playground Fading

Sounds of a Playground Fading
Studio album by In Flames
Publication (s)	June 17, 2011 (See publications )
Label (s)	Century Media , raid
Format (s)	CD , Digipak , Picture Disc , Boxset
Genre (s)	Melodic death metal , modern metal
Title (number)	13
running time	53:58
occupation	Singing : Anders Fridén Guitar : Niclas Engelin Guitar: Björn Gelotte Bass : Peter Iwers Drums : Daniel Svensson
production	Roberto Laghi, Anders Fridén
Studio (s)	IF Studios, Gothenburg
chronology A Sense of Purpose (2008) Sounds of a Playground Fading Siren Charms (2014)

Sounds of a Playground Fading ( ger .: Verstummende playground sounds , or Dwindling sounds of a playground is) the tenth studio album of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames . The album was released on June 17, 2011 in Germany via Century Media . It is the first in-flames album without founding member Jesper Strömblad .

Emergence

The musicians have been working on the songs for the new album since 2008. From the riffs collected during this time, the songs that were ultimately used for the album were created during the studio stay. In February 2010, the band separated from guitarist Jesper Strömblad because of his alcohol problems. His successor was Niclas Engelin , who had previously helped out several times as a live guitarist at In Flames. Engelin wasn't involved in the songwriting for Sounds of a Playground Fading , however.

The album was recorded in the band's own IF studios in Gothenburg . The recordings lasted from October to Christmas 2010. In contrast to previous albums, singer Anders Fridén was present in the studio from day one and worked out vocal melodies. Most of the songs on the new album were written by guitarist Björn Gelotte .

Was produced Sounds of a Playground Fading by Roberto Laghi. The band and Daniel Bergstrand appeared as co-producers. The album was mixed by Roberto Laghi, Anders Fridén and Hans Asteberg. The mastering was done by Dragan Tasaskovic.

With the album title, singer Anders Fridén expresses his concern about the current state of the earth.

“Humanity is at a point where time is slowly running out. There are only a few untouched places on this planet [...] that will eventually disappear. I have the impression that more and more terrible things are happening on earth. "

- Fridén is different

For the first single Deliver Us one was music video rotated. The video was shot in the Göteborgshjulet ferris wheel in Gothenburg . The director was Patric Ullaeus . The video for the second single Where the Dead Ships Dwell was presented on October 18, 2011.

Track list

#	title	length	comment
1	Sounds of a Playground Fading	4:44	Humanity has played itself off and is destroying the world.
2	Deliver Us	3:31	first single
3	All for Me	4:31
4th	The puzzle	4:34
5	Fear is the weakness	4:07
6th	Where the Dead Ships Dwell	4:27	second single
7th	The Attic	3:18
8th	Darker Times	3:25
9	Ropes	3:42	third single
10	Enter Tragedy	3:59
11	Jester's Door	2:38
12	A New Dawn	5:52
13	Liberation	5:10

reception

The album was rated differently by the trade press. The German magazine Metal Hammer named Sounds of a Playground Fading album of the month. Thorsten Zahn wrote in his review that In Flames easily put the pressure on their shoulders after so many successful albums and compensated for Jesper Strömblad's departure with flying colors. Zahn gave the album six out of seven points. Frank Albrecht from Rock Hard magazine praised the album for “ refrains with high recognition value ” and described the new songs as “cleverly arranged modern rock music”, for which he gave 8 out of ten points. Katharina Neuert from the online magazine The Pit also awarded 8.5 out of ten points for a “fresh sounding, definitely brilliant [sic!] Album”.

The album was rated negatively by the online magazine Metal.de . For the reviewer Peter, who gave the album five out of ten points, Björn Gelotte “cannot even come close to reaching the compositional class of Jesper Strömblad”. Stephan Möller described the album as "boring" and criticized the lack of variety for which he awarded three out of ten points. But metal.de rated Sounds of a Playground Fading not all bad: The author Jens gave the album 7 out of 10 points. Lothar Hausfeld from the online magazine Musikreviews described the album as a "small disappointment because the band could do more" and awarded nine out of 15 points.

Publications

region	date
Sweden	06/15/2011
Germany , Austria , Switzerland & Norway	06/17/2011
Europe (except Spain , Italy , Finland , Hungary )	06/20/2011
North America , Spain & Italy	06/21/2011
Finland & Hungary	06/22/2011
Australia & New Zealand	06/24/2011

Where the Dead Ships Dwell

"Where the Dead Ships Dwell" was released on November 11, 2011 as a download. In addition to the original, the single contains three remix versions. For this, Casper , The Qemists and Kristof Bathory ( Dawn of Ashes ) , among others , were called in .

Track list

1. Where the Dead Ships Dwell (album version) - 4:26
2. Where the Dead Ships Dwell ( Casper Remix) - 4:05
3. Where the Dead Ships Dwell ( The Qemists Remix) - 5:15
4. Where the Dead Ships Dwell (Kristof Bathory - Dawn of Ashes Remix) (iTunes exclusive track) - 4:44

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IN FLAMES Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
2. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: The revolution fails . In: Metal Hammer , June 2011, page 24.
3. ↑ Conny Schiffbauer: I am very proud . In: Rock Hard , July 2011, page 23.
4. ↑ Conny Schiffbauer: After the big bang . In: Rock Hard , July 2011, page 20.
5. ↑ IN FLAMES: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Deliver Us' Video Shoot  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
6. ↑ metal-hammer.de: In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
7. ↑ Rock Hard, July 2011, p. 96
8. ↑ Katharina Neuert: In Flames: Sounds of a Playground Fading .
9. ↑ metal.de: In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading: This is what the editors think ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
10. ↑ musikreviews.de: In Flames: Sounds of a Playground Fading
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} In Flames: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed . In: Blabbermouth.net . Roadrunner Records . April 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 13, 2011. 
12. ^ Century Media: In Flames Biography . Retrieved February 11, 2014.