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A Sense of Purpose
A Sense of Purpose is the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. As the band's first album with no death metal hallmarks whatsoever, it first released in Japan on 26 March 2008. It was released on 1 April and 4 April 2008 in North America and Europe respectively. A Sense of Purpose is the final In Flames album with founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, at this point the last original member, as he quit in February 2010, ending the lineup that had stayed together since Colony. The album debuted at number 1 on the official Swedish album chart. On 21 May 2009, the song "Disconnected" became available to download for the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
Similar to previous In Flames albums, A Sense of Purpose showcased the band's ability to combine many elements such as rich keyboard use and distinct melodies, with thrash and heavy metal sounds. A Sense of Purpose contains the band's longest recorded song to date, "The Chosen Pessimist".
In an interview, Björn Gelotte said this about the album:
"It's awesome. It's energetic, melodic, pretty much in the same vein. But we always try to mix it up a bit and try to put some dynamics into the songs, even though they are very intense. If you've heard the previous ones, you pretty much know what vein we're going to be. It's just a matter of small experiments in different songs."
A Sense of Purpose was released in a limited edition box set version, of which only 1500 copies were made. This release became available on the same day as the European release. A limited edition digipak came with a making-of DVD. In the documentary, it is stated that the band recorded 17 songs and used 12 for the album, and another three for the single. This makes two previously unknown songs that have not been released yet.
Before the album's release, In Flames launched a special fansite called jesterhead.com, which featured exclusive content from the band.
The album received a Parental Advisory label, making it the only In Flames album to have explicit lyrics since Lunar Strain. The artwork for the album cover was done by Alex Pardee, who has created all the cover art for The Used and Aiden's album Conviction. A Sense of Purpose is the first studio album since Clayman to feature the band's icon, the "Jester Head", on the cover art.
The lead single, "The Mirror's Truth", was officially released on 7 March 2008 and was featured in the video game Madden NFL 09. In Flames released two other singles from A Sense of Purpose: "Alias" and "Delight and Angers".
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A Sense of Purpose
A Sense of Purpose is the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. As the band's first album with no death metal hallmarks whatsoever, it first released in Japan on 26 March 2008. It was released on 1 April and 4 April 2008 in North America and Europe respectively. A Sense of Purpose is the final In Flames album with founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, at this point the last original member, as he quit in February 2010, ending the lineup that had stayed together since Colony. The album debuted at number 1 on the official Swedish album chart. On 21 May 2009, the song "Disconnected" became available to download for the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
Similar to previous In Flames albums, A Sense of Purpose showcased the band's ability to combine many elements such as rich keyboard use and distinct melodies, with thrash and heavy metal sounds. A Sense of Purpose contains the band's longest recorded song to date, "The Chosen Pessimist".
In an interview, Björn Gelotte said this about the album:
"It's awesome. It's energetic, melodic, pretty much in the same vein. But we always try to mix it up a bit and try to put some dynamics into the songs, even though they are very intense. If you've heard the previous ones, you pretty much know what vein we're going to be. It's just a matter of small experiments in different songs."
A Sense of Purpose was released in a limited edition box set version, of which only 1500 copies were made. This release became available on the same day as the European release. A limited edition digipak came with a making-of DVD. In the documentary, it is stated that the band recorded 17 songs and used 12 for the album, and another three for the single. This makes two previously unknown songs that have not been released yet.
Before the album's release, In Flames launched a special fansite called jesterhead.com, which featured exclusive content from the band.
The album received a Parental Advisory label, making it the only In Flames album to have explicit lyrics since Lunar Strain. The artwork for the album cover was done by Alex Pardee, who has created all the cover art for The Used and Aiden's album Conviction. A Sense of Purpose is the first studio album since Clayman to feature the band's icon, the "Jester Head", on the cover art.
The lead single, "The Mirror's Truth", was officially released on 7 March 2008 and was featured in the video game Madden NFL 09. In Flames released two other singles from A Sense of Purpose: "Alias" and "Delight and Angers".