Swedish metallers IN FLAMES will release their eleventh album, Siren Charms, in the U.S. on September 9 via Sony/RED. The CD was recorded at Hansa Tonstudios (DAVID BOWIE, DEPECHE MODE, U2) in Berlin, Germany. A single, Rusted Nail, will precede the full-length effort on June 13.
About the new album, the band said, “We recorded in the legendary Hansa Tonstudios in Berlin over the course of six intense weeks. This is IN FLAMES 2014, all for the fans to use and abuse.”
Siren Charms track listing:
1. In Plain View
2. Everything’s Gone
3. Paralyzed
4. Through Oblivion
5. With Eyes Wide Open
6. Siren Charms
7. When The World Explodes
8. Rusted Nail
9. Dead Eyes
10. Monsters In The Ballroom
11. Filtered Truth
The cover artwork was created by Blake Armstrong of Space Boy Comics and can be seen below.
Photos from the studio — courtesy of the German magazine Metal Hammer — available at Metal-Hammer.de.
IN FLAMES lead singer, Anders Fridén recently stated about working at the legendary facility where such milestones as David Bowie’s Heroes and Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life were created: “When I visited Hansa Studios [last] year, I got goose bumps. There is so much history both inside and surrounding the studio and I want to be a part of that. Magic has been created here and hopefully that will affect us.”
IN FLAMES’ Deliver Us single was certified platinum in Sweden for sales in excess of 40,000 copies. (Note: On-demand audio and/or video song streams are now counted towards the threshold required for gold and platinum certifications.)
Sounds Of A Playground Fading (Century Media) sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart.
IN FLAMES’ previous album, A Sense of Purpose (Koch) opened with 20,000 units to land at No. 28. This was slightly less than the opening tally of Come Clarity (Ferret), which shifted just under 24,000 copies in February 2006 to enter the chart at position No. 58.
Sounds Of A Playground Fading was the first IN FLAMES album to be recorded without founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who quit the band in February 2010 in order to continue receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction.
