Black-Ash Inheritance

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Black-Ash Inheritance
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Released15 August 1997
Genre Melodic death metal
Length14:34
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Fredrik Nordström
In Flames chronology
The Jester Race
(1996)
Black-Ash Inheritance
(1997)
Whoracle
(1997)
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Black-Ash Inheritance is the second EP by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in 1997. It was released as a preview of their upcoming album Whoracle . Its tracks were later included in the Japanese release of Whoracle as well as the later reissue of The Jester Race.

Contents

The title is a lyric from the song "Dead God in Me" from The Jester Race .

The "Acoustic Medley" is a medley of three In Flames songs; "Artifacts of the Black Rain" (The Jester Race), "Dead Eternity" (The Jester Race) and "Jotun" (Whoracle).

In 2007, Black-Ash Inheritance was re-released as a shaped mini-LP by Night of the Vinyl Dead Records, limited to 555 copies.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Goliaths Disarm Their Davids"Ljungström, Strömblad, Gelotte4:54
2."Gyroscope"Strömblad3:26
3."Acoustic Medley" (instrumental)Strömblad2:32
4."Behind Space" (live)Ljungström, Strömblad3:36
Total length:14:28

Personnel

In Flames

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