Soundtrack to Your Escape by In Flames

Soundtrack to Your Escape, In Flames' seventh studio album, came out on Nuclear Blast on 29 March 2004, and it pushed the Gothenburg band further down the road Reroute to Remain had opened. Daniel Bergstrand produced, and the band tuned down to drop A# for the first time, so the riffs from Björn Gelotte and Jesper Strömblad land lower and heavier, with Peter Iwers' bass and Daniel Svensson's drums locked tight underneath and Anders Fridén switching between roar and melody.

Longtime fans grumbled about the change; Metal Hammer and Kerrang! heard growth instead. "The Quiet Place" and "My Sweet Shadow" show why: big, chugging songs with hooks you can actually hum. It went to number 3 in Sweden, became the band's first album on the Billboard 200 at number 45, and won the Grammis for Hard Rock/Metal Album of the Year.

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