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00:00:17:18 And if there is a bunch of bands
00:00:19:18 that are just different in their sounds,
00:00:22:00 and they merge on a tour, come on that's awesome.
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00:00:32:01 We are a melodic metal band to begin with but we try to
00:00:35:05 expand our horizons and always push it.
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00:00:42:00 This tour is awesome, we are having a great time.
00:00:45:18 It's only been on for two days. How do you know it's awesome?
00:00:48:12 Because we hadn't had any merch, so we don't have anything to
00:00:51:15 worry about that at all. It's been stress free.
00:00:53:24 I am merchant, because we don't have any thing for sale.
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00:01:30:28 If there was any great place to film this,
00:01:32:15 it's here.
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00:01:53:18 The younger people haven't turned on us yet.
00:01:59:08 The only ones who have turned on us by now so...
00:02:01:26 I mean they are good about that.
00:02:05:16 But once you get that 21 plus,
00:02:07:21 then they get jaded and they just give bomb,
00:02:11:05 you are singing too much, you are screaming too much.
00:02:15:28 You are not as good as your last record;
00:02:17:10 all your records sound the same.
00:02:19:01 I say what...
00:02:20:20 how did that one work?
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00:02:48:18 We have been playing for a long time,
00:02:49:24 and I think we just try to do whatever it is we do.
00:02:52:04 I don't know...
00:02:54:07 Metal has gotten more popular luckily,
00:02:58:03 so would be around the right time for that.
00:02:59:21 Yeah that's great.
00:03:01:05 We would just kind of hope for the best
00:03:02:28 and things have gone really well,
00:03:05:08 and we have been able to go out on tour with some of the bands
00:03:08:21 that we really like.
00:03:10:05 Here we are, we are in Canada with In Flames
00:03:13:28 and Protest the Hero and BT Band; come on.
00:03:16:26 [Music]
00:03:45:18 Metal seems to reach out the people everywhere,
00:03:47:03 I really don't know what it is, it reached out to me
00:03:50:05 and I don't know why I just liked it.
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00:04:16:28 For me, I mean people see me pretty much the same.
00:04:19:07 In a lot of places,
00:04:22:18 I don't know people are soaked about music,
00:04:24:13 soaked about metal
00:04:27:16 and little tiny differences,
00:04:29:06 but in the end I mean the show is always kind of feel
00:04:30:24 pretty much the same to me.
00:04:32:28 Maybe I am missing stuff.
00:04:34:14 No not at all.
00:04:36:12 There were times where it seemed different but now,
00:04:39:02 it's kind of leveled.
00:04:41:26 [Music]
00:05:02:13 That's kind of the cool thing about
00:05:03:26 touring and getting different bands in,
00:05:07:16 I mean when you get a band that sounds like you
00:05:11:03 or doesn't sound like you and you just bring it all in,
00:05:16:15 that really makes it so much better,
00:05:19:00 just exposing people to different types of music.
00:05:22:15 That's great.
00:05:23:28 I mean don't get me wrong,
00:05:25:27 if we tour with Radiohead that will fail.
00:05:29:17 But seriously when it comes to heavy music, if there is bunch
00:05:33:10 of bands that are just different in their sounds
00:05:37:10 and they merge on a tour, come on that's awesome!
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00:00:27:28 I don't think people know exactly
00:00:29:03 what they are going to get
00:00:30:12 and they know that there is a new In Flames album coming up.
00:00:33:09 That's why there are so many discussions on the internet
00:00:35:24 about whether it's good or bad or whatever.
00:00:39:15 I think it creates interest and I think that's good.
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00:00:54:21 In my eyes, we have done albums that standout,
00:00:57:28 that stand are not fixed in a certain time
00:01:01:14 or in a certain music or genre.
00:01:05:23 I mean, we are a melodic metal band to begin with
00:01:09:03 but we try to expand our horizons and always pushing.
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00:01:33:18 Sweden is a really good country...
00:01:35:21 they really support musicians.
00:01:40:04 It's easy to get a hold of rehearsing spaces and they
00:01:42:29 support you with gear and stuff like that or at least they did
00:01:46:20 back when we started out, so that's a very important thing.
00:01:50:25 But musical influence I don't know,
00:01:53:16 doesn't really matter where you grew up I think.
00:01:56:07 We are not band like that are influenced by our nature,
00:02:01:03 by our history as such,
00:02:03:09 we don't talk about that in our lyrics.
00:02:05:20 So I can't say Sweden as a country that influenced us more
00:02:11:10 than like that it certainly helped us in the beginning.
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00:02:30:20 What attracted me in the beginning;
00:02:32:02 you could do whatever you want.
00:02:33:28 To me it was very open,
00:02:36:18 and then later
00:02:39:05 when I got in contact with the scene becoming within a band,
00:02:42:18 starting doing interviews and meeting people,
00:02:45:00 all of a sudden you realized there were lot of rules,
00:02:48:29 to me that is so against what got me into this to begin with.
00:02:55:09 And what we tried is not have any rules;
00:02:58:18 obviously we have certain things that we think are
00:03:02:07 like the core elements of In Flames.
00:03:04:10 We always try to pick new things as In Flames from all over.
00:03:09:15 [Music]
00:03:28:03 This is how music evolves otherwise it's stagnant.
00:03:31:03 You need to have all different kinds of music
00:03:34:13 and you take pieces here and there,
00:03:36:16 when you form a band you have a favorite band,
00:03:40:16 and then you pick something out of these bands that you like
00:03:43:20 and then you create your own thing and then all these
00:03:47:07 branches grow out, I mean you can't look back then.
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00:04:10:05 I guess you are influenced by changes or by the music scene,
00:04:13:11 no matter what if you are interested in metal
00:04:15:19 and you listen to music
00:04:17:19 and even if it's good or if it's bad,
00:04:19:23 it might influence you somehow
00:04:21:21 the date you write a song or write the album,
00:04:26:13 but as a band I think it's important that you don't
00:04:30:03 aim to become one of those bands that are popular today.
00:04:36:02 That just release one or two albums
00:04:37:20 because then you will always be late,
00:04:39:19 you will be always be after and you will always be...
00:04:41:29 I mean you will be forgotten.
00:04:44:03 [Music]
00:05:06:14 It's harder to sell albums these days,
00:05:08:14 all record companies complain that
00:05:10:18 you sell less and less albums.
00:05:14:13 Well actually here in Canada,
00:05:15:27 we sold more albums that we have ever done before
00:05:17:28 and things are definitely going in the right direction.
00:05:20:11 So yeah, I am happy if people like what we are doing
00:05:24:18 then we can continue to tour and do these things
00:05:29:10 and see us people appreciating.
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00:00:08:22 It has a sound.
00:00:13:06 Where did you learn that from?
00:00:15:04 Where I learned that? You want to know where I learned that?
00:00:17:10 Vanilla Ice.
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00:00:40:25 This tour is awesome, we are having a great time.
00:00:44:21 -It's only been on for two days. -Two days.
00:00:46:19 How do you know it's awesome?
00:00:47:19 Because we hadn't had any merch
00:00:49:18 so we don't have anything to worry about that at all.
00:00:51:21 It's been stress free.
00:00:52:29 I am merchant, because we don't have any to sale,
00:00:56:03 because we are in a fine country here,
00:00:58:07 decided to take our merch hostage at the border
00:01:01:17 and they have yet to release it,
00:01:03:03 but apparently they may release it soon perhaps from custody,
00:01:11:19 and may we will get it in a couple of days.
00:01:13:08 But so far the tour other than that the tour has been awesome,
00:01:16:10 the band seemed really cool.
00:01:17:14 The bands are good, and so we are having a good time.
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00:01:40:26 I personally, I like music that's interesting
00:01:42:25 and music that keeps you on your toes
00:01:44:27 and I think when we write music,
00:01:46:08 we try to create things that
00:01:47:26 I don't know it makes the listener curious
00:01:51:05 of what's going to happen next.
00:01:52:07 I think a lot of bands you know exactly
00:01:53:29 what's going to happen every moment.
00:01:54:29 I don't know there are a lot of bands U2
00:01:57:16 and Mars Volta when you put on the CD,
00:02:00:29 you don't know what to expect
00:02:02:12 and I think with each record we try to achieve that in someway
00:02:05:19 and progress from each record and not repeat ourselves
00:02:08:08 and... we don't want that to ever be like a
00:02:11:24 complete formula where we know
00:02:13:19 what's going to happen when we write and
00:02:15:26 what our fans are going to know when they listen to it.
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00:02:39:06 I don't know I grew up playing guitar.
00:02:40:17 So I didn't really know how to play keyboards at all
00:02:43:14 but I have always been interested in
00:02:45:00 just the sounds they created and kind of use them as a way
00:02:51:08 to make a part bigger rather than like a dominant instrument
00:02:53:19 and I guess as we have gotten
00:02:55:09 as our music has kind of progressed,
00:02:57:28 I have become slowly a better player.
00:03:01:08 It's fun for me to incorporate into our music,
00:03:04:21 and it's just another voice in our songs
00:03:07:22 that add a unique element.
00:03:10:10 Hey Thanks man.
00:03:13:02 I have actually never told Tommy because
00:03:14:28 I wanted to put it on record.
00:03:16:00 I am really proud of the way you have developed as a musician
00:03:17:28 over the years, he has come a long way as a vocalist
00:03:20:22 and as a keyboardist.
00:03:22:01 Probably you have really come a long way as well.
00:03:27:14 Thank you.
00:03:28:17 I think we should probably get together again.
00:03:32:04 [Music]
00:03:58:17 Kind of with each record I think part of our progression,
00:04:01:28 with our sound as a band is pushing ourselves as musicians
00:04:05:18 and we are naturally forced to get better with each record.
00:04:11:07 I am a better bass player today than I was
00:04:14:02 -Yesterday. -Yesterday.
00:04:17:02 I am actually a worst vocalist today than yesterday I think.
00:04:20:08 I think a lot of it too is the chemistry between the five just
00:04:25:01 gets a little better every time, and so kind of get what
00:04:29:13 each other is trying to do may be.
00:04:31:23 [Music]
00:04:49:04 Now for the listener, we don't care.
00:04:50:12 I am mostly concerned about can I play the shit.
00:04:57:09 But I like the challenge and every time we do a record
00:05:01:06 and there is always some stuff, this new record has a lot of
00:05:05:04 stuff that it's hard to execute.
00:05:08:01 So I think that's fun actually to get that down
00:05:12:24 and you feel like you have become better
00:05:14:16 and that's why I think we feel like we are better
00:05:16:16 with every record it's because we do challenge
00:05:18:05 ourselves and so when we actually play the stuff live,
00:05:22:15 we feel accomplished.
00:05:25:05 [Music]
00:05:37:19 Nowadays, especially a lot of bands people just listen to
00:05:42:21 one or two songs in a record.
00:05:44:26 I think music, we need to have a CD on each of this whole thing,
00:05:49:14 and I think that's lost a lot now.
00:05:52:08 So when we write records we want to create an album
00:05:55:00 rather than just a bunch of songs and hopefully,
00:05:58:02 some people will like a few of them.
00:05:59:24 I think we have stated a realm for as long as we have
00:06:03:03 and just for the fact that we have never fallen
00:06:04:28 into trends when we write our music,
00:06:06:28 we have always written what we want to write
00:06:08:28 and I think we have a very long career because of that.
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00:06:24:26 Thank you very much.
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