In Flames - Whoracle Review

By now you should know my feelings on In Flames. They are an amazing band whos first two albums created and revolutionized a genre of metal and in 1997 it seems In flames could go nowhere but up, and up they went with the release of "Whoracle" a concept album which has become my favourite In Flames release. Yes folks thats right, a concept album. Once I get reviews of "The Wall", "Metropolis: Part 2", and "Operation:Mindcrime" up you'll realize that concept albums are some of my favourite albums ever and also some of my least favourite. So I was going into this album very tentativley seeing as The Jester Race was so good. But obviously as ive said above this album blew me away! The whole story of this concept album is looking at the past, present, and future of planet earth and In Flames do a mighty fine job of getting their point across. The album opens with Jotun which could be the single best In Flames sing ever. This song is amazing and again from the opening notes you can tell this album is going to be good. Then epic tracks like "Food for the Gods", "Gyroscope", and "Dialouge with the Stars" follow closley behind and trust me you will be blown away by the percision and accuracy of the music. Yet it still retains great musicality and songcraft like other In Flames releases. The diversitey on this album is alot like on "The Jester Race", with acoustic guitars being added in with the heavy guitars. Seriously if I had to pick one bad song I dont think I could do it. While the song "Morphing into Primal" is a little weaker than the other songs it is still amazing! There is not a single note placed wrong on this album. The guitars sound great. The mixing sounds in your face and precise. The vocals shine through at the perfect times and the lyrics are brilliant delivering the message of the album with poinnient accuracy. This album is perfect. There I said it PERFECT! There is nothing wrong at all and it goes above and beyond taking you on a journey you wont easily forget. I recomend this album to anyone. If you like In Flames, if you like concept albums, if you like Melodic Death Metal, and even if you like Power Metal or Thrash Metal or any type of Metal or Rock this album is amazing! What else could i give it other than a perfect 10/10.