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The Jester Race is the second studio album by melodic death metal band In Flames . It is the first album to feature Anders Fridén as the band's vocalist and Björn Gelotte as the drummer. A video for the song "Artifacts of the Black Rain" was also released. It was also the first album to feature the Jester Head , the band's mascot.
After releasing The Jester Race , the band then toured with Samael , Grip Inc. and Kreator .[ 4] The album was the band's second full-length album released following the more mainstream success of the 1995 EP, Subterranean . The Jester Race was recorded at Studio Fredman by Fredrik Nordström , who also contributed keyboards for the album.
This album ranked #79 on the website Metal Rules ' list of 100 Greatest Metal Albums.[ 5] It is also considered a classic album of the Gothenburg style of metal,[ 6] along with At the Gates ' Slaughter of the Soul and Dark Tranquillity 's The Gallery ,[ 7] exhibiting the dual guitar leads, growled vocals and acoustic sections typical of the genre.
There is a remix of "Moonshield" that is on In Flames' future release Trigger .
Track listing
Title Music 1. "Moonshield" Jesper Strömblad 5:04 2. "The Jester's Dance" (instrumental) Strömblad, Johan Larsson 2:11 3. "Artifacts of the Black Rain" Strömblad, Björn Gelotte 3:17 4. "Graveland" Strömblad, Glenn Ljungström 2:48 5. "Lord Hypnos" Gelotte, Strömblad, Ljungström 4:03 6. "Dead Eternity" Ljungström, Strömblad 5:03 7. "The Jester Race" Ljungström, Strömblad 4:53 8. "December Flower" Strömblad, Ljungström 4:12 9. "Wayfaerer" (instrumental) Strömblad, Gelotte 4:42 10. "Dead God in Me" Strömblad, Ljungström 4:19
Bonus tracks
2002 and 2008 re-releases (These tracks are from Black-Ash Inheritance ) Title Music 11. "Goliaths Disarm Their Davids" Ljungström, Strömblad, Gelotte 4:55 12. "Gyroscope" Strömblad 3:23 13. "Acoustic Medley" (instrumental) Strömblad 2:32 14. "Behind Space" (live) Ljungström, Strömblad 3:36
Japanese Edition (Some tracks are from the 2007 re-release of Subterranean ) Title Music 1. "Dead Eternity" Ljungström, Strömblad 5:03 2. "The Jester Race" Ljungström, Strömblad 4:53 3. "Graveland" Strömblad, Glenn Ljungström 2:48 4. "Moonshield" Jesper Strömblad 5:04 5. "The Jester's Dance" (instrumental) Strömblad, Johan Larsson 2:11 6. "December Flower" Strömblad, Ljungström 4:12 7. "Artifacts of the Black Rain" Strömblad, Björn Gelotte 3:17 8. "Dead God in Me" Strömblad, Ljungström 4:19 9. "Wayfaerer" (instrumental) Strömblad, Gelotte 4:42 10. "Lord Hypnos" Gelotte, Strömblad, Ljungström 4:03 11. "Dead Eternity" (demo) 5:02 12. "The Inborn Lifeless" (demo) 3:22
Personnel
In Flames
Guest appearances
Production and composition
References
External links
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