Siren Charms

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Siren Charms
In Flames - Siren Charms (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
In Flames
Released9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)
RecordedDecember 2013
Studio Hansa Studios, Berlin
Genre Alternative metal
Length44:43
Label Sony Music
Producer
  • Daniel Bergstrand
  • Roberto Laghi
  • In Flames
In Flames chronology
Sounds of a Playground Fading
(2011)		Siren Charms
(2014)		 Battles
(2016)
Singles from Siren Charms
  1. "Rusted Nail"
    Released: 13 June 2014
  2. "Through Oblivion"
    Released: 2014
  3. "Paralyzed"
    Released: 2015

Siren Charms is the eleventh studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. [1] [2] It was released on 5 September 2014 and 9 September in the United States via Sony Music Entertainment. Siren Charms is the first album to feature guitarist Niclas Engelin and the last album to feature long time drummer Daniel Svensson before his departure in 2015.

Contents

The eighth track on the disc, "Rusted Nail", was the album's lead single, released on 13 June 2014. Shortly after this release, the band briefly streamed a second track, "Through Oblivion", online. On 9 September 2014, In Flames released an additional music video for the song "Everything's Gone". Finally, a video for "Paralyzed" was released on 15 February 2015.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 52/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Blabbermouth.net 7/10 [5]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Siren Charms received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 52, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 4 reviews. [3] Gregory Heaney of AllMusic described Siren Charms as "a bit too casual". However he stated it as "a solidly written and executed metal album" and that fans of the band's latest material will likely enjoy it. Kyle Ward of Sputnikmusic however panned the album, describing it as "an unforgivable misstep containing oversights in both songwriting and execution that such a veteran band should be able to spot and correct." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anders Fridén and Björn Gelotte

No.TitleLength
1."In Plain View"4:05
2."Everything's Gone"3:24
3."Paralyzed"4:15
4."Through Oblivion"3:37
5."With Eyes Wide Open"3:58
6."Siren Charms"3:05
7."When the World Explodes" (feat. Emilia Feldt)4:39
8."Rusted Nail"4:55
9."Dead Eyes"5:23
10."Monsters in the Ballroom"3:53
11."Filtered Truth"3:31
Total length:44:43
iTunes Edition
No.TitleLength
12."The Chase"4:57
Record Store Day Edition Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
12."The Chase"4:57
13."Become the Sky"4:01

Personnel

In Flames
Additional musicians
Other personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 33
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 62
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 68
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 12
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [12] 28
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [13] 1
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 87
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI) [16] 89
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [17] 23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [18] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 38
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [20] 60
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 9
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 52
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [24] 4
US Billboard 200 [25] 26
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [26] 6
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [27] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [28] 6

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