“This is going to be one hell of a bill”: Trivium and In Flames announce huge co-headline tour, Paleface Swiss and Vola supporting The two bands will play across Europe and the UK from March to May Metal Hammer · Aug 25
“He felt like a metal uncle, and it’s so sad that he got taken away at such a young age”: Orbit Culture pay tribute to late At The Gates singer Tomas Lindberg The rising stars were part of Lindberg’s final tour before he died of complications in his cancer treatment Metal Hammer · Aug 11
"When we played in America with bands we influenced, their fans were like, ‘Who are you?'" They've inspired generations of huge bands, toured with Slipknot and helped put Swedish metal on the map. This is the story of In Flames How one band helped craft a new sound that changed the fate of metal forever Metal Hammer · May 11
“Something we never could have imagined when this all began”: Songs by melodic death metal pioneers In Flames, At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity to be performed by Gothenburg orchestra Two symphonic celebrations of the Gothenburg Sound will be held in Sweden on December 4 and 5, in tribute to late At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg Metal Hammer · Apr 22
“We played the song and then the earthquake alarms started ringing! They had to move the festival the next year because of that.” How a death metal band ended up writing a song so catchy and bouncy it rocked a 1,600-ton bridge You wouldn't have imagined this band writing something like this in their early days! Metal Hammer · Oct 17, 2025
“This is the band that I always list as my favorite band”: Nita Strauss on the Swedish melodic death metal group she considers her “Beatles” The guitar hero selected one of the band’s tracks while running through the five riffs that changed her life Guitar World · Mar 5, 2025
Heavy metal, classic rock, prog and beautiful Mediterranean sunshine collide at Spain’s Rock Imperium - one of the most stunning and unique festivals in the world Scorpions, The Cult, King Diamond, Till Lindemann, In Flames, Blind Guardian and Stryper are just some of the names confirmed for this year’s amazing lineup Louder · Feb 28, 2025
The Halo Effect have crafted the first great melodic death metal album of 2025 with March Of The Unheard Former In Flames men unite once more to create another blistering set of classic-sounding melodeath anthems Metal Hammer · Jan 6, 2025
“I wanted to explore melody even more than we have in the past”: Employed To Serve’s next album inspired by In Flames The UK metalcore bruisers have pulled influence from Gothenburg metal for their hotly anticipated fifth album Metal Hammer · Jan 3, 2025
“The world my kid is going into is insane. I can’t write positive lyrics”: How In Flames defied the haters and the apocalypse to make A Sense Of Purpose The end of the world? That was just inspiration for In Flames’ ninth album, A Sense Of Purpose Metal Hammer · Jan 2, 2025
Prog metal heroes Nevermore tease reunion with cryptic social media vignette The American band’s ranks have included Jeff Loomis (ex-Arch Enemy), Chris Broderick (In Flames/ex-Megadeth), Pat O’Brien (ex-Cannibal Corpse) and late singer Warrel Dane Metal Hammer · Dec 30, 2024
“A Wu-Tang Clan-level thrash collaboration!” Machine Head release all-star song featuring In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth; quietly announce new album for 2025 These Scars Won’t Define Us will appear on the groove metal gods’ next album, out next year Metal Hammer · Nov 15, 2024
Rock For People 2025 announces first bands: Slipknot and Linkin Park to headline, Fontaines D.C., Idles, Spiritbox, In Flames and more also confirmed Czechia's coolest rock and metal festival has just unveiled its first lineup announcement for 2025 Metal Hammer · Nov 14, 2024
“We thought ‘the Gothenburg sound’ was an insult. Everything we set out to do was new and original.” We asked Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne to name the greatest Gothenburg metal album. This is what he said. When we asked the singer of Dark Tranquillity and The Halo Effect to name the Gothenburg sound’s greatest achievement, he challenged the idea of ‘the Gothenburg sound’ itself Metal Hammer · Nov 7, 2024
Metal Hammer · Oct 24, 2024 The Prodigy, In Flames, Spiritbox and dozens more added to Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park 2025 lineups 70 of the 100 bands that will play Germany’s two monster metal weekenders have now been named
Metal Hammer · Oct 17, 2024 Arch Enemy release new single Liars & Thieves, following debut during UK tour The track, featuring rare melodic vocals from Alissa White-Gluz, is a snapshot of upcoming album Blood Dynasty
Metal Hammer · Oct 7, 2024 "A true celebration of heavy metal greatness." Arch Enemy, In Flames and Soilwork bring melodeath magic to the Hammersmith Apollo A generational bill brings equal parts nostalgia and cutting edge excellence to London
Metal Hammer · May 24, 2024 How are there so many Swedish metal bands? A Swedish metal band explains Avatar singer Johannes Eckerström explains how his homeland has given us Opeth, Arch Enemy, Sabaton, In Flames, Meshuggah, Amon Amarth, Bathory and much, much, much, much more
Metal Hammer · May 6, 2024 Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect (ex-In Flames, Dark Tranquillity) announce headline UK and Europe tour Gothenburg’s melodic death metal stars will be joined by industrial outfit Pain in 2025
Metal Hammer · Mar 11, 2024 “This will be one of those concerts that people fiercely envy you for attending.” Orbit Culture reaffirm their standing as metal’s next big thing at a sweaty, sold-out London Underworld During their first-ever headline tour, Swedish up-and-comers Orbit Culture rocked the Underworld’s foundations with a groove metal/melodeath armada
Metal Hammer · Feb 9, 2024 In Flames just released a new song, Become One, on streaming services without telling anybody A melodeath banger from the deluxe edition of In Flames’ latest album, Foregone, has finally become available online
Metal Hammer · Jan 24, 2024 "We've had sex a lot to HIM": Atreyu's Brandon Saller shares the 10 records that changed his life From Misfits to HIM, In Flames to Traveling Wilburys, Atreyu vocalist Brandon Saller picks out the ten records that changed his life
Metal Hammer · Jan 11, 2024 "We learned so much from In Flames": Orbit Culture have toured with some of metal's most legendary names, now they're ready to conquer the world on their terms Orbit Culture have toured with everyone from Trivium and Meshuggah to In Flames and Machine Head, but a decade into their careers they are ready to step up as one of metal's hottest up-and-coming bands
Guitar World · Jan 2, 2024 “Things had to change for everyone involved”: Arch Enemy part ways with Jeff Loomis and announce his replacement The Nevermore guitarist has stepped down after nine years
Metal Hammer · Nov 20, 2023 "It’s been a long time coming." In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork are teaming up for the ultimate melodeath tour across Europe Three of Sweden's most legendary melodic death metal bands are touring Europe together next year!