Reroute to Remain

This CD was actually the CD that got me into in flames, with the song Trigger. Since then I picked up all the other In flames CDs and I decided to write a review now that I have all of In Flames’ stuff. Listening to it again was a major chore and I didn’t see how I liked it before.

The first song is the title track. The song starts off great sounding like regular in flames. The verse is pretty good but is shortly ruined by a shitty clean vocal chorus that makes me want to kill my self. That asshole Anders has a way of fucking up perfectly good songs with his use of clean vocals. Pretty good except for clean vocals, probably the best song on the album 6/10

Next is System, which starts promptly with distorted vocals under noise of techno. Then Anders comes in with his horrible clean vocals. The clean vocals on this annoy me more than Soundtrack to your Escape. The clean vocals completely ruin this song like any other time Anders tries to use them. 3/10

Drifter is next, it starts out promising but turns into nu metal heaven with distorted vocals. The chorus is funny on this song. This song has a solo on it but it is just a cheap ass 5 second one. 3/10

Trigger… the song that started me on In Flames. It starts out nicely but comes in with distorted vocals and nu metal ensues. This song’s clean vocal aren’t as bad as the rest on the album, but most the song is clean vocals. There is a decent solo here followed by like the 5th chorus. 5/10

Now we get into the total shit of this album with Cloud Connected. This song sounds just like a techno song with In Flames dubbed on. Unfortunately, this song was a single so people had to suffer thought it more than they should have to. There is nothing good to say about this song except there is like a 3 second solo. 1/10

Next is Transparent. It starts off with a heavy into and the verse sounds promising. Then time for distorted vocals and clean vocals. You cant help but laugh when you here Anders moan “you know you’re lost” during the chorus. This song has a nice solo on it, a change from the other stuff so far. 4/10

Next is a shitty ballad type song called Dawn of a New Day. Anders is a fucking crazy bastard for making this song. This song sounds like it is ripped strait from a linkin park song. I bet Anders is taking tips from Chester on how to be a whiny little girl. This song fucking sucks horribly, but its not the worst on the CD. 1/10

Egonomic is next. It has a nice intro to it and the initial verse sounds good. Then the chorus comes in and damn does it suck. This song is unfortunately very catchy and will likely get in your head. 3/10

Minus is the next song. The verse is a whiny scream that Anders seems to have mastered. The chorus is clean vocals like usual. This song has a nice solo to it, not a cheap ass 3 second one, about 10-12 seconds. This song would be ok if it weren’t for Anders’ goddamn clean vocals 4/10

Next we have Dismiss the Cynics. It has a real good intro to it and then nothing but Anders. Then at the chorus Anders kicks in with his clean vocals. They seem to be extra shitty on this song. The saving grace of this song is a decent solo. 4/10

Free Fall is next. This song is a techno song all from the start. Mix with Anders’ shitty clean vocals and you get one fucking bad song. This song sounds exactly like Korn. Techno nu metal song… next! 1/10

Dark Signs starts out pretty good. This is very quickly changed when you hear the chorus. The chorus is so fucking bad its hilarious. 1/10

Metaphor is easily the worst song In Flames has done. He doing his emo kid shit here. This song wants to make me bash Anders’ face in with a baseball bat. “the sickness that you ahr, the plague that made me stahrve, do you think you can show me how I’ve come this fahr.” It seems Anders is trying to do the Arnold impersonation with this song. 0/10

Well Black and White is better than the last song , but that doesn’t take anything at all. In fact that is the only thing positive about this song I can say. The rest is jut nu metal distorted and clean vocals. 2/10

I don’t see how I like this album when I first bought it. This album sucks pretty badly but it isn’t god-awful. This CD has some of the worst songs In Flames has ever recorded, as does Soundtrack to Your Escape. In flames is going to go further and further into nu metal and shittness.