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The Jester Race

1996 studio album by In Flames

The Jester Race is the second studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in February 1996. It is the first album to feature Anders Fridén as the band's vocalist, Björn Gelotte as the drummer, and Jester Head as the band's mascot.

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The album was the band's second full-length album released following the more mainstream success of their 1995 EP, Subterranean. The Jester Race was recorded at Studio Fredman by Fredrik Nordström, who also contributed keyboards for the album.

The song "Dead Eternity" was originally on the Subterranean (EP) and the song "Dead God in Me" was also originally on the Subterranean (EP) but with a different title, "The Inborn Lifeless". Although, the version on The Jester Race has different lyrics, a different ending, and a slightly different solo.

The Jester Race ranked No. 79 on Metal Rules' list of the Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums.[4] It is considered a classic album of the melodic death metal genre,[5] along with At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul and Dark Tranquillity's The Gallery,[6] exhibiting the dual guitar leads, growled vocals and acoustic sections typical of the genre.

A remixed version of the song "Moonshield" was released on the EP Trigger. A video for the song "Artifacts of the Black Rain" was also released.

Trivium frontman Matthew K. Heafy said in an interview with Wall of Sound that The Jester Race is "the one metal album you should have heard by now."[7]

Track listing

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Personnel

In Flames

Guest appearances

  • Fredrik Nordström − keyboards
  • Oscar Dronjak − vocal appearance on "Dead Eternity"
  • Fredrik Johansson − lead guitar on "December Flower"
  • Kaspar Dahlqvist − keyboards on "Wayfaerer"

Production and composition

References

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    "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums". Metal-Rules. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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    "Melodic Death Metal". About.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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    Story, Ebony (16 November 2021). "Educate Ebony Episode 22 Feat. Matthew K. Heafy (Trivium)". Wall Of Sound. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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    "In Flames = イン・フレイムス* - The Jester Race = ザ・ジェスター・レース". Discogs. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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    "In Flames - The Jester Race - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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