Come Clarity

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Come Clarity
Inflamescomeclarity.jpg
Studio album by
In Flames
Released3 February 2006
Genre
Length48:06
Label
Producer
In Flames chronology
Soundtrack to Your Escape
(2004)		Come Clarity
(2006)		 A Sense of Purpose
(2008)
Singles from Come Clarity
  1. "Take This Life / Leeches"
    Released: February 2006
  2. "Come Clarity"
    Released: 13 December 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
Pitchfork Media 7.3/10 [4]
PopMatters 8/10 [5]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Come Clarity is the eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in February 2006. It was originally going to be called Crawl Through Knives but was changed during development.

Contents

The album features the artwork of Derek Hess, who is popular among metal bands and has produced artwork for Converge and Sepultura amongst others. Specifically the artwork of Sepultura's album Roorback has a lot of similarities.

The songs "Take This Life" and "Come Clarity" feature accompanying music videos. "Take This Life" is also a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock .

Musical style

Stylistically the album borrows from the band's earlier, heavier roots, with elements of the later style still present. It features the return of the guitar harmonies and solos of the band, and can be described as a combination of their older and newer sound.

The song "Dead End" is the fourth In Flames song to feature female vocals (the others are "Everlost, Pt. 2" from Lunar Strain , "Whoracle" from Whoracle and "Metaphor" from Reroute to Remain).

Sales and awards

The album debuted at number 1 in Sweden [7] and number 58 on the American Billboard 200; it sold almost 25,000 copies in the US in its first week, and 50,000 in its first month. Since its release, the album has sold more than 110,000 copies in the United States and over 400,000 copies worldwide.

The album won the award for "Best Hard Rock Album" at the 2007 Swedish Grammis , over other nominated albums such as The Haunted's The Dead Eye and HammerFall's Threshold . [8]

Come Clarity was named the best Swedish album of the past decade by readers of Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anders Fridén, Björn Gelotte, and Jesper Strömblad

No.TitleLength
1."Take This Life"3:35
2."Leeches"2:55
3."Reflect the Storm"4:16
4."Dead End" (feat. Lisa Miskovsky)3:22
5."Scream"3:12
6."Come Clarity"4:15
7."Vacuum"3:39
8."Pacing Death's Trail"3:00
9."Crawl Through Knives"4:02
10."Versus Terminus" (Titled "End of Things" on EU plexi special edition. SE track list from Discogs)3:18
11."Our Infinite Struggle"3:46
12."Vanishing Light"3:14
13."Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone"5:25
Total length:48:06

Release history

Come Clarity was intended for release during summer or early fall 2005, but got delayed.

Alongside the standard version, a special plexiglass box, limited to 1,000 copies, was also released. It features the album split onto two discs and includes a certificate picture on a foil, as well as a DVD. The DVD features the band playing the album in its entirety, except for the final track of the album. However, the audio is not actually live, and is actually a studio recording played over the video. The DVD also features a photo gallery of the recording sessions of Come Clarity.

RegionDateFormatCatalogLabel
Germany2006CD, AlbumNB 1309-2Nuclear Blast
Germany2006Limited Box, 3xCD + DVDNB 1643–2, NB 1644–2, NB 1645–2, NB 1637-5Nuclear Blast
United States7 February 2006CD, AlbumF062Ferret Music
Ukraine2006CD, AlbumMR 1848-2Moon Records
Russia2006CD, AlbumIROND CD 06-1121Irond
Russia2006CD, Album, Dig + DVDIROND CD 06-1121 DLIrond
United States2006CD, Album, Dig + DVDF962Ferret Music
Germany2006CD, Album, Dig + DVD-V, DigNB 1309–0, NB 1637-5Nuclear Blast
United States2006CD, Album, PromoF062-2ADVFerret Music
Germany2006CD, Album, PromoNB 1613-2Nuclear Blast
Germany2006LP, Album, CleNB 1309–1, 27361 13091Nuclear Blast
Germany2010CD, Album, REFSR 007FS Records (2), Tonpool

Personnel

The drums, vocals, keys and programming were recorded at 'Dug Out Studio' in Uppsala, and guitars and bass were recorded at 'The Room' in Gothenburg. The album was mixed and mastered at 'Tonteknik Recording' in Umeå, Sweden.

In Flames

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

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