The Jester Race
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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.
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.<ref>"The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums". Metal-Rules. Retrieved 2 January 2012.</ref> It is considered a classic album of the melodic death metal genre,<ref>"In Flames". BNR Metal, Version 3. Retrieved 2 January 2012.</ref> along with At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul and Dark Tranquillity's The Gallery,<ref>"Melodic Death Metal". About.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.</ref> 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."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Track listing
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Personnel
In Flames
- Anders Fridén − lead vocals
- Jesper Strömblad − electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards
- Glenn Ljungström − electric guitars
- Johan Larsson − bass guitar, backing vocals
- Björn Gelotte − drums, additional guitars
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
- Produced by Fredrik Nordström and In Flames
- Lyrical concept and song titles collaborated by Niklas Sundin and Anders Fridén
- Lyrics on "Dead Eternity" by Jocke Göthberg
- Engineered by Fredrik Nordström and Patrik Hellgren
- Mastered by Staffan Olofsson
- Logo by Glenn Ljungström
- Artwork by Andreas Marschall
- Photos by Kenneth Johansson
- Layout by M&A Music art