Flaming passions

Nearly a decade ago, the Swedish band In Flames unleashed the death-metal storm whose currents swept the Asian music scene.

Their feverish sounds created a style for the era that had both anger and melancholy. The album The Jester Race, in 1995, took In Flames to their peak and marked a perfection of their style, characterized by the dominance of the guitar over vocals. It was that album that put the band on their tour and got Asian music fans interested in death metal.

The aftershocks can still be felt. On Jan 27, the band will raise the tempo once again with a performance at Star Live.