New York (Top40 Charts/ Nuclear Blast Records) - Highly influential Swedish metal band IN FLAMES has announced a North American headlining tour in support of its critically acclaimed album, A Sense of Purpose. The U.S. portion of the tour will begin on
September 18th in Spokane, WA and continue through October 6th in Charlotte, NC.
This IN FLAMES tour is the band's first North American headlining tour since their Fall 2008 run. The band was also hand-picked by music legends Megadeth for last year's North American "Gigantour" live dates. IN FLAMES will be joined on this tour by Between the Buried and Me, 3 Inches of Blood and The Faceless.
A Sense of Purpose debuted at No 28 on Billboard's Top 200 and sold over 20,000 units in its first week of release, marking it as the highest charting record in the band's sales history. The album is IN FLAMES' debut release for E1 Music, and ninth full length album overall. Recorded at the band's IF Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden and mixed by Toby Wright (Metallica, Slayer), the album has yielded the explosive single "The Mirror's Truth," which also appears on the soundtrack for the smash hit video game Madden NFL 09 alongside a multi-genre roster of superstar acts. Madden NFL is the biggest-selling sports franchise in videogame history.
IN FLAMES is one of the pioneers of what has become known as "the Gothenburg sound" (also referred to as "melodic death metal") and has influenced scores of metal / hard rock acts since its formation in 1990. The band has won three Grammis Awards (equivalent to Swedish Grammy Awards) and has sold over 2,000,000 albums over the course of its distinguished career.
IN FLAMES features Anders Fride'n (vocals), Bjo"rn Gelotte (Guitar), Peter Iwers (Bass), Jesper Stro"mblad (Guitar) and Daniel Svensson (Drums).
Here's what people have said about A Sense of Purpose:
"every IN FLAMES song is a roaring celestial anthem" - VILLAGE VOICE
"IN FLAMES are one of the best metal bands going right now." - MTV NEWS
"Metal bands have an unfortunate history with altering their sound in an attempt to broaden their audience, only to return to some neutered version of their earlier selves once the crowds dwindle. But where so many have failed, IN FLAMES has succeeded." - PITCHFORK
"Metal masters " - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"Exceptional" - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"Awesome...all around excellence" - DECIBEL
"a vital union of melody and mayhem...IN FLAMES bear out their new record's title and deliver one of the best albums of their influential career." - REVOLVER
IN FLAMES tour dates:
September 18 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
September 19 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
September 20 Sparks, NV New Oasis
September 21 San Francisco, CA Regency Center
September 22 Pomona, CA The Fox Theater
September 23 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
September 25 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete St. Amphitheater
September 26 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
September 27 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
September 29 Knoxville, TN Valarium
September 30 Louisville, KY Club Oasis
October 1 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theater
October 2 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
October 3 Boston, MA House of Blues Boston
October 4 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
October 5 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
October 6th Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
For more information, go to: www.INFLAMES.com OR www.myspace.com/inflames
