I, the Mask

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I, the Mask
In Flames - I, the Mask.png
Studio album by
In Flames
Released1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)
StudioWest Valley Recording (Woodland Hills, California)
Genre Alternative metal
Length50:48
Label
Producer Howard Benson
In Flames chronology
Battles
(2016)		I, the Mask
(2019)		 Foregone
(2023)
Singles from I, the Mask
  1. "I Am Above"
    Released: 14 December 2018
  2. "(This Is Our) House"
    Released: 14 December 2018
  3. "I, the Mask"
    Released: 10 January 2019
  4. "Burn"
    Released: 8 February 2019
  5. "Follow Me"
    Released: 17 September 2019

I, the Mask is the thirteenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released on 1 March 2019. [1] [2] [3] It is the band's first release since Whoracle (1997) without longtime bassist Peter Iwers, [4] and the last to feature Joe Rickard on drums. [5] It is the debut album for bassist Bryce Paul and drummer Tanner Wayne. [6] It is also the last album to feature guitarist Niclas Engelin.

Contents

A chiptune reimagined version of the album (programmed by Sam Brown) was released in March 2020 through Better Noise Music to celebrate the album's first anniversary. [7]

Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019. [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anders Fridén, Björn Gelotte and Howard Benson, except "In This Life" (written by Fridén, Gelotte, Benson, Seann Bowe and Lenny Skolnik)

No.TitleLength
1."Voices"4:47
2."I, the Mask"3:41
3."Call My Name"3:33
4."I Am Above"3:49
5."Follow Me"4:55
6."(This Is Our) House"4:18
7."We Will Remember"4:04
8."In This Life"3:52
9."Burn"3:43
10."Deep Inside"4:21
11."All the Pain"4:29
12."Stay with Me"5:16
Total length:50:48
Digipak edition bonus track & Japan bonus track [9]
No.TitleLength
13."Not Alone"4:04
Total length:54:52

Personnel

In Flames

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 48
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 34
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 84
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 4
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 2
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [19] 21
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [20] 9
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 15
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [22] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 66
US Billboard 200 [25] 121

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