- melodic death metal, alternative metal, death metal
- 48 min
- 12 tracks
- Scarecrow Records
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.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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- About.com3.5/5 ★
- Allmusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Press3.5/5 ★
- Blabbermouth.net7/10 ★
- Chronicles of Chaos7.5/10 ★
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- PopMatters7/10 ★
- Sputnikmusic3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Mirror's Truth2:59
- 2Disconnected3:37
- 3Sleepless Again4:10
- 4Alias4:49
- 5I'm the Highway3:41
- 6Delight and Angers3:39
- 7Move Through Me3:06
- 8The Chosen Pessimist8:14
- 9Sober and Irrelevant3:22
- 10Condemned3:34
- 11Drenched in Fear3:30
- 12March to the Shore3:26
12 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- In Flames
- Label
- Scarecrow Records
- Released
- 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- MX
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