NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - KOCH Records announces the signing of In Flames, the innovative and influential Swedish metal band. The band's new album, "A Sense Of Purpose," was mixed by Toby Wright (Metallica, Ozzy, Slayer) and will be released on April 1st, 2008.
In Flames - Bjorn Gelotte (Guitar), Daniel Svensson (Drums), Peter Iwers (Bass Guitar), Jesper Stromblad (Guitar) and Anders Friden - was formed in 1990 and has won three Grammis Awards (equivalent to Swedish Grammy Awards). The band's most recent album, "Come Clarity," peaked at No 58 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, and has sold 400,000 copies worldwide.
In Flames is one of the pioneers of what has become known as "melodic death metal" and has influenced countless rock bands, including As I Lay Dying, Darkest Hour and countless others.
KOCH Records VP of Metal Scott Givens says, "Adding a band at the level of In Flames to the KOCH roster shows our commitment to the metal genre. They are poised to be one of the biggest metal bands in the world and we are thrilled to be chosen to help them make it happen."
In Flames will be touring this spring as part of Gigantour, the annual tour headlined by Megadeth, in the U.S. The bands on Gigantour are hand-picked by Dave Mustaine, and the strong line-ups have made this one of the leading metal tours since its inception. Other acts on the tour are Children of Bodom, Job For a Cowboy, and High on Fire.
The tour dates are as follows:
April 12 Denver, CO The Fillmore
April 13 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
April 15 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
April 16 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Pavilion
April 17 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
April 19 Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens
April 20 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
April 22 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
April 24 Worcester, MA Palladium
April 26 Baltimore, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
April 28 Quebec City, QC Pavilion De La Jeunesse
April 29 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
April 30 Toronto, ON Arrow Hall
May 1 London, ON John Labatt Centre
May 3 Detroit, MI DTE Music Center
May 4 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
May 6 Chicago, IL Aragon
May 7 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
May 9 Minneapolis, MN Myth
May 10 Winnipeg, MB Convention Center
May 11 Saskatoon, SK Prairieland Exhibition Hall
May 12 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Center
May 14 Calgary, AB The Corral
May 16 Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum
May 17 Salem, OR Salem Armory
May 19 San Jose, CA Event Center @ San Jose State
May 20 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
May 21 Los Angeles, CA Long Beach Arena
May 22 Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
