- alternative metal, melodic death metal
- 54 min
- 13 tracks
- Century Media
Sounds of a Playground Fading is the tenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released on 15 June 2011. It is the first album recorded by In Flames without founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who left the band in February 2010, making it also the only In Flames release not to have two guitarists. The album was reissued in 2014, featuring five additional tracks.
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Grave, classical in form, spare and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 68/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Kerrang!4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Sounds of a Playground Fading4:44
- 2Deliver Us3:30
- 3All for Me4:31
- 4The Puzzle4:34
- 5Fear Is the Weakness4:07
- 6Where the Dead Ships Dwell4:27
- 7The Attic3:18
- 8Darker Times3:25
- 9Ropes3:42
- 10Enter Tragedy3:59
- 11Jester’s Door2:38
- 12A New Dawn5:52
- 13Liberation5:10
13 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- In Flames
- Label
- Century Media
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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