Battles (album)

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Battles
In Flames Battles Album Cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Released11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)
RecordedFebruary–April 2016
StudioWest Valley Studios, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Genre Alternative metal [1]
Length47:38
Label Eleven Seven, Nuclear Blast
Producer Howard Benson
In Flames chronology
Siren Charms
(2014)
Battles
(2016)
I, the Mask
(2019)
Singles from Battles
  1. "The Truth"
    Released: 26 August 2016
  2. "The End"
    Released: 26 August 2016
  3. "Through My Eyes"
    Released: 14 October 2016
  4. "Save Me"
    Released: 4 November 2016
  5. "Here Until Forever"
    Released: 12 May 2017
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Loudwire Positive [2]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Battles is the twelfth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. [5] [6] It was released on 11 November 2016 in the United States via Eleven Seven Music. It is the last album to feature longtime bassist Peter Iwers and the first of two albums [7] to feature former Red drummer Joe Rickard, who replaced longtime drummer Daniel Svensson, who left the band in 2015. Music videos were made for the tracks "Here Until Forever" and "The End".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drained"4:06
2."The End"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Engelin
3:58
3."Like Sand"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Engelin
  • Sean Bowe
  • Lenny Skolnik
  • Bob Marlette
3:43
4."The Truth"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Bowe
  • Skolnik
3:04
5."In My Room"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
3:25
6."Before I Fall"
3:27
7."Through My Eyes"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Bowe
  • Skolnik
3:50
8."Battles"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
2:58
9."Here Until Forever"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Engelin
4:19
10."Underneath My Skin"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Bowe
  • Skolnik
3:30
11."Wallflower"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Engelin
7:06
12."Save Me"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
4:12
Total length:47:38
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Greatest Greed"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Engelin
4:09
14."Us Against the World"
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
3:40
Total length:55:27
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Here Until Forever" (alternate version)
  • Fridén
  • Gelotte
  • Benson
  • Engelin
3:58
Total length:59:25

Personnel

In Flames
Additional musicians
Other personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 38
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 58
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [12] 19
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [13] 3
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 101
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [17] 83
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 13
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 75
US Billboard 200 [21] 60

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