The Tokyo Showdown
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| Live album by In Flames | ||||
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
15th |
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running time |
1:00:32 |
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Studio (s) |
Studio Fredman, Gothenburg , Sweden |
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The Tokyo Showdown is the first live album by the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames . It was released by Nuclear Blast in September 2001 .
Emergence
The Tokyo Showdown was recorded in November 2000 during In Flames' Japan tour for the album Clayman at the Tokyo show . When they performed Scorn , they built in a small cover of Raining Blood , one of the most famous songs by the thrash metal band Slayer . However, only one track from the 1995 album The Jester Race was played.
reception
On Laut.de , Michael Edele wrote that In Flames played very well live, but on this live album "it smells hard after post-processing until you drop". He asked who needed such a record, but gave it three out of five stars "as a compromise". Allmusic's William York thought The Tokyo Showdown gave a good impression of why In Flames was so popular among metal fans. He called the sound "clear and balanced for a live performance". The album is not entirely essential, but he recommended it to fans of the band.
Track list
- Bullet Ride - 4:41
- Embody the Invisible - 3:42
- Jotun - 3:33
- Food for the Gods - 4:24
- Moonshield - 4:25
- Clayman - 3:36
- Swim - 3:21
- Behind Space 3:52
- Only for the Weak - 4:31
- Gyroscope - 3:25
- Scorn - 3:50
- Ordinary Story - 4:15
- Pinball Map - 4:33
- Colony - 4:47
- Episode 666 - 3:37
Bonus CD
The LP version and the 2 CD version contain five more tracks.
- Clad in Shadows '99 - 2:24
- Strong and Smart - 2:33
- Man Made God - 4:11
- Behind Space - 3:37
- Goliaths Disarm Their Davids - 4:55
Web links
- The Tokyo Showdown on Allmusic (English)