Lunar Strain

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Lunar Strain
Lunar Strain cover
Studio album by In Flames
Released 1994, 1999 (re-release), 2005 (remastered)
Recorded Autumn - Winter 1993
Studio Fredman
Genre Melodic death metal
Length Original: 36:43
Re-release: 76:43
Remastered re-release: 49:15
Label Wrong Again
Regain
Candlelight
Producer In Flames
In Flames chronology
DEMO '93
(1993)		 Lunar Strain
(1994)		 Subterranean
(1995)

Lunar Strain is the debut album released by Swedish, melodic death metal band In Flames, in 1994. In this release, vocals were sung by Mikael Stanne, the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity, who was a session musician for In Flames at the time. The album is known for its "folky elements" with the inclusion of violins and acoustic guitars.[1][2][3]

In 1999, it was re-released in Japan, instead with Anders Fridén on vocals, including all the tracks of the Subterranean album, under the title Lunar Strain & Subterranean.

The album was re-released, and remastered with bonus tracks in 2005 under Regain Records and Candlelight Records USA. The bonus tracks are actually from In Flames' 1993 Promo, which contained "alternative mixed versions of the album recordings."

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Behind Space" – 4:54
  2. "Lunar Strain" – 4:05
  3. "Starforsaken" – 3:09
  4. "Dreamscape" – 3:45
  5. "Everlost, Part I" – 4:16
  6. "Everlost, Part II" – 2:58
  7. "Hårgalåten" – 2:26
  8. "In Flames" – 5:33
  9. "Upon an Oaken Throne" – 2:49
  10. "Clad in Shadows" – 2:50

With the Lunar Strain & Subterranean re-release in 1999, the following tracks had been added:

  1. "Stand Ablaze" – 4:35
  2. "Ever Dying" – 4:23
  3. "Subterranean" – 5:47
  4. "Timeless" – 1:46
  5. "Biosphere" – 5:11
  6. "Dead Eternity" – 5:02
  7. "The Inborn Lifeless" – 3:22

With the Lunar Strain re-release in 2005, four bonus tracks were added. The 2005 remastered re-release's tracklist is as follows:

  1. "Behind Space" – 4:54
  2. "Lunar Strain" – 4:05
  3. "Starforsaken" – 3:09
  4. "Dreamscape" – 3:45
  5. "Everlost, Part I" – 4:16
  6. "Everlost, Part II" – 2:57
  7. "Hårgalåten" – 2:26
  8. "In Flames" – 5:33
  9. "Upon an Oaken Throne" – 2:50
  10. "Clad in Shadows" – 2:53
  11. "In Flames (1993 Promo Version)" – 5:49
  12. "Upon an Oaken Throne (1993 Promo Version)" – 3:05
  13. "Acoustic Piece (1993 Promo Version)" – 0:38
  14. "Clad in Shadows (1993 Promo Version)" – 2:47

In the 2003 Regain Records version of the re-release, the song order differs slightly. However, the discrepancy is not apparent in album track listing, being mislabeled as the above. The correct order of tracks is the following:

  1. "Behind Space" – 4:54
  2. "Clad in Shadows" – 2:53
  3. "Lunar Strain" – 4:05
  4. "Starforsaken" – 3:09
  5. "Dreamscape" – 3:45
  6. "Everlost, Part I" – 4:16
  7. "Everlost, Part II" – 2:57
  8. "Hårgalåten" – 2:26
  9. "In Flames" – 5:33
  10. "Upon an Oaken Throne" – 2:50
  11. "In Flames (1993 Promo Version)" – 5:49
  12. "Upon an Oaken Throne (1993 Promo Version)" – 3:05
  13. "Acoustic Piece (1993 Promo Version)" – 0:38
  14. "Clad in Shadows (1993 Promo Version)" – 2:47

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Production credits

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=107&page=&message_id=
  2. ^ http://www.metalcoven.com/review_inflames_lunar.html
  3. ^ http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=3773

[edit] External links

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