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Colony
Metal · 1999 · 13 tracks

Colony

In Flames

High-octane Swedish metal defined by dual-guitar harmonies, spiritual inquiry, and a relentless rhythmic drive. Aggressive yet remarkably melodic.

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It's the album where the riffs are as catchy as the choruses and the energy never dips below a gallop.

A high-tension fusion of existential searching and aggressive, triumphant melodicism.

Colony · vs · In Flames
Basement Show+2.5σ

Basement Show saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Embody the Invisible
3:38
02
Ordinary Story
4:17
03
Scorn
3:38
04
Colony
4:39
05
Zombie Inc.
5:05
06
Pallar Anders Visa
1:41
07
Coerced Coexistence
4:14
08
Resin
3:22
09
Behind Space ’99
3:59
10
Insipid 2000
3:45
11
The New Word
3:20
12
Clad in Shadows ’99
2:23
13
Man Made God
4:12
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the soaring, melodic bridge of Zombie Inc. that shifts the entire song's gravity
The clean, melancholic piano and vocal opening of Ordinary Story before the distorted guitars crash in
The relentless double-bass drumming and harmonized leads that kick off Embody the Invisible
The sudden acoustic reprieve of Pallar Anders Visa providing a brief, folk-inspired breath
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