Whoracle

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Whoracle is the third album by Swedish melodic death metal band In Flame. The album was released through Nuclear Blast on 27 October 1997. Apart from Everything Count, which is a cover of a Depeche Mode song, all songs were composed and arranged by In Flame. The lyrics are translated by Dark Tranquillity guitarist Niklas Sundin, after Anders Fridén had written them in Swedish. Whoracle is the final album to have Johan Larsson & Glenn Ljungström. The album was recorded during the spring of 1997, and the title is a portmanteau of the English words "whore" and "oracle". Fredrik Nordström noted that this album was not easy to record at time, relating that the band members usually preferred drinking beer and playing Tekken 3 to recording the album. This is the last In Flames release with Björn Gelotte playing drum, as he permanently switched to lead guitar in future release. Whoracle is a concept album which describes the past, present, and a hypothetical future of the planet Earth. Jotun is a foreshadowing of the main concepts where a society is crushed and broken after an apocalyptic event. Episode 666 seems to be the narration of this apocalyptic event which i, perversely, televised. The songs leading up to this tell a story of the rise and fall of a global society. The Hive and Jester Script Transfigured describe this technologically advanced society and an utopian world which is demolished by human nature in the next two song. The inclusion of the Depeche Mode cover, Everything Count, is a poignant way to imply that the people who built then destroyed their society realized their folly after it was too late. .

via Last.fm

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