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.
The album features the artwork of Derek Hess, who is popular among metal bands and has produced artwork for Converge and Sepultura amongst others.
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 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.
Come Clarity was named the best Swedish album of the past decade by readers of Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
Track listing
Release history
Come Clarity was intended for release during summer or early fall 2005, but was 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 Germany 2006 CD, Album NB 1309-2Nuclear Blast Germany 2006 Limited Box, 3xCD + DVD NB 1643–2, NB 1644–2, NB 1645–2, NB 1637-5 Nuclear Blast United States 7 February 2006 CD, Album F062 Ferret Music Ukraine 2006 CD, Album MR 1848-2 Moon Records Russia 2006 CD, Album IROND CD 06-1121 Irond Russia 2006 CD, Album, Dig + DVD IROND CD 06-1121 DL Irond United States 2006 CD, Album, Dig + DVD F962 Ferret Music Germany 2006 CD, Album, Dig + DVD-V, Dig NB 1309–0, NB 1637-5 Nuclear Blast United States 2006 CD, Album, Promo F062-2ADV Ferret Music Germany 2006 CD, Album, Promo NB 1613-2 Nuclear Blast Germany 2006 LP, Album, Cle NB 1309–1, 27361 13091 Nuclear Blast Germany 2010 CD, Album, RE FSR 007 FS Records (2), Tonpool
Personnel The drums, vocals, keyboards 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 Anders Fridén – vocals Björn Gelotte – guitar Jesper Strömblad – guitar Peter Iwers – bass Daniel Svensson – drums
Additional musicians Örjan Örnkloo – keyboards and programming Uppsala Poker HC Crew – additional vocals on "Scream" Lisa Miskovsky – additional vocals on "Dead End"
Production Eskil Lövstrom – mixing Pelle Henricsson – mixing and mastering Magnus Lander – tracking Patric Ullaeus – photography Derek Hess – artwork
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak positionJapanese Albums (Oricon)17
Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 66
References
External links Come Clarity album details
Peter Iwers speaks about Come Clarity