Lunar Strain

Lunar Strain
Studio album by In Flames
Released April 1st, 1994
Recorded Autumn - Winter 1993
Studio Fredman
Genre Melodic death metal, death metal
Length Original: 36:43
Remastered re-release: 49:15
Label Wrong Again
Regain
Candlelight
Producer In Flames
In Flames chronology
Demo '93
(1993)		 Lunar Strain
(1994)		 Subterranean
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Lunar Strain is the debut album by Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames. 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. Three of the songs are re-recorded versions of tracks from the band's 1993 demo.[2][3] In 1999, it was re-released in Japan and included all the tracks of the Subterranean album, under the title Lunar Strain & Subterranean.

In the 2003 Regain Records version of the re-release, the songs order differs slightly with "Clad in Shadows" being the second track shifting the rest down by one. However, the discrepancy is not apparent in album track listing, being mislabeled as the below.

The album was re-released, and remastered with bonus tracks in 2005 under Regain Records and Candlelight Records USA with the same artwork but the more modern logo seen from the album Reroute to Remain to Come Clarity. The bonus tracks are actually from In Flames' 1993 Promo, which contained "alternative mixed versions of the album recordings."

Contents

Track listing

1994 Original release
No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Behind Space"   Stanne 4:55
2. "Lunar Strain"   Stanne 4:05
3. "Starforsaken"   Stanne 3:10
4. "Dreamscape"   (Instrumental) 3:45
5. "Everlost (Part I)"   Stanne 4:17
6. "Everlost (Part II)"   Stanne 2:57
7. "Hårgalåten"   (Instrumental) 2:26
8. "In Flames"   Stanne 5:33
9. "Upon an Oaken Throne"   Stanne 2:49
10. "Clad in Shadows"   Stanne 2:49
2005 Rerelease/Remastered
No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Behind Space"   Stanne 4:55
2. "Clad in Shadows"   Stanne 2:49
3. "Lunar Strain"   Stanne 4:05
4. "Starforsaken"   Stanne 3:10
5. "Dreamscape"   (Instrumental) 3:45
6. "Everlost (Part I)"   Stanne 4:17
7. "Everlost (Part II)"   Stanne 2:57
8. "Hårgalåten"   (Instrumental) 2:26
9. "In Flames"   Stanne 5:33
10. "Upon an Oaken Throne"   Stanne 2:49
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

(Note: Track 10 on the original release "Clad In Shadows" became Track 2 on this re-release (this was not shown on the tracklist)so each track after track 2 ended up being credited as the track before, it, e.g. "Clad In Shadows", Track 2, was still credited as "Lunar Strain", "Lunar Strain" was credited as "Starforsaken", and so on).

Release history

Region Date Format Label
World December 1993[4] CD Wrong Again Records
Japan 1999 CD Toy's Factory
World 2003 CD Regain Records / Candlelight Records
World 2005 CD Regain Records / Candlelight Records

Personnel

In Flames

Guests

Production credits

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r447331
  2. ^ In Flames - Lunar Strain review - Metal Storm
  3. ^ http://www.metalcoven.com/review_inflames_lunar.html
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdwJBl8etAs

External links

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