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Tue, July 21, 2009
Mon, July 20, 2009 E1 Music: Sweden's IN FLAMES Announce North American Headlining Tour
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - July 20, 2009) - Highly influential Swedish metal band IN FLAMES has announced a North American headlining tour in support of its critically acclaimed album, "A Sense of Purpose." The U.S. portion of the tour will begin on September 18th in Spokane, WA and continue through October 6th in Charlotte, NC.
This IN FLAMES tour is the band's first North American headlining tour since their Fall 2008 run. The band was also hand-picked by music legends Megadeth for last year's North American "Gigantour" live dates. IN FLAMES will be joined on this tour by Between the Buried and Me, 3 Inches of Blood and The Faceless.
"A Sense of Purpose" debuted at #28 on Billboard's Top 200 and sold over 20,000 units in its first week of release, marking it as the highest charting record in the band's sales history. The album is IN FLAMES' debut release for E1 Music, and ninth full length album overall. Recorded at the band's IF Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden and mixed by Toby Wright (Metallica, Slayer), the album has yielded the explosive single "The Mirror's Truth," which also appears on the soundtrack for the smash hit video game Madden NFL 09 alongside a multi-genre roster of superstar acts. Madden NFL is the biggest-selling sports franchise in videogame history.
IN FLAMES is one of the pioneers of what has become known as "the Gothenburg sound" (also referred to as "melodic death metal") and has influenced scores of metal / hard rock acts since its formation in 1990. The band has won three Grammis Awards (equivalent to Swedish Grammy Awards) and has sold over 2,000,000 albums over the course of its distinguished career.
IN FLAMES features Anders Fridén (vocals), Björn Gelotte (Guitar), Peter Iwers (Bass), Jesper Strömblad (Guitar) and Daniel Svensson (Drums).
Here's what has been said about "A Sense of Purpose":
"every IN FLAMES song is a roaring celestial anthem" - VILLAGE VOICE
"IN FLAMES are one of the best metal bands going right now." - MTV NEWS
"Metal bands have an unfortunate history with altering their sound in an attempt to broaden their audience, only to return to some neutered version of their earlier selves once the crowds dwindle. But where so many have failed, IN FLAMES has succeeded." - PITCHFORK
"Metal masters" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"Exceptional" - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"Awesome... all around excellence" - DECIBEL
"a vital union of melody and mayhem... IN FLAMES bear out their new record's title and deliver one of the best albums of their influential career." - REVOLVER
IN FLAMES tour dates: --------------------- September 18 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory September 19 Boise, ID Knitting Factory September 20 Sparks, NV New Oasis September 21 San Francisco, CA Regency Center September 22 Pomona, CA The Fox Theater September 23 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater September 25 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete St. Amphitheater September 26 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit September 27 New Orleans, LA House of Blues September 29 Knoxville, TN Valarium September 30 Louisville, KY Club Oasis October 1 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theater October 2 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom October 3 Boston, MA House of Blues Boston October 4 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero October 5 Washington, DC 9:30 Club October 6 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
For more information, go to: [ www.INFLAMES.com ] OR [ www.myspace.com/inflames ].
To speak to the band, request music or attend one of the shows, please contact: Giovanna Melchiorre at 516-484-100x279 or [ gmelchiorre@e1ent.com ]
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