Trigger

I miss the days when In Flames used to make good albums and EP's rather than rehash garbage like this. This is by far the worst EP In Flames has produced. Black Ash Inheritance has the good Goliath's Disarm their Davids and Acoustic Melody and the 5 songs on Subterranean are all around excellent. Unlike Trigger EP however does not have anything on it that makes it a worthwhile purchase.

1. Trigger [Radio Edit]- I absolutely hated this song on RtR so its no surprise I hated it here. The song has an ok maybe 10 seconds or so before it starts to go downhill and just doesn't stop. The pop influenced chorus is absolutely annoying and to make matters worse, the chorus is beat into the ground as about 75% of the song is just the chorus being repeated over and over again with little variation. It's boring, annoying and repetitive. The video that goes along with it is hilarious because there is no way people would actually jump around to this song like they do in the video. The only positive thing I could say about this song is that its cut down in this EP so its over quicker than the album. 1/10

2. Watch Them Feed- A new song. Don't get excited because it sounds like it could fit right on RtR. It starts off with a slipknot-ish riff then some other mallcore-like riff then finally Anders comes on spouting the simplistic the lyrics. More mallcore riffs ensue. Anders comes back on screaming some more simplistic lyrics then shifts over to his weird distorted vocals that were on RtR. The song then shifts to more mallcore riffs then back to Anders distorted vocals and finally breaks out into a chorus which sounds exactly like half of the ones on RtR. A very weak solo follows the chorus and then goes back into Anders distorted vocals followed by the RtR chorus again. After that listeners are then subjected to the mallcore riffs again and the song then thankfully closes out. Overall this song would be mediocre even on RtR. 1/10

3. Land Of Confusion- An interesting song but as with this case interesting doesn't necessarily mean good. The is a cover of a song by Genesis. I never heard the original so I can't comment on how much they butchered it but I can't say I overly enjoyed Anders crappy distorted vocals which are used quite a bit on this track. 0.5/10

4. Club Connected- What the fuck is this? They took the most pop influenced song on RtR and actually turned into a pop techno song. However, even far as pop music goes, this song still sucks. This song would never ever be played at any club anywhere. As much as I hate pop music to listen to, it works good at clubs. This song just wouldn't not work well in a club setting. Anders whiny vocals certainly don't inspire me to start dancing and while there is a semi catchy beat to the song I still wouldn't feel inclined to dance to it. Overall it is a stupid idea exexcuted badly which makes it the all around horrible song which it is. 0.5/10

5. Moonshield (C64 Karaoke Version)- Another moronic idea. Who would ever consider singing a metal song karaoke? Granted its no longer a metal song as they ruined the original song by turning it into some horrible NES song but then that brings up the question, who sings karaoke to damn nintendo music? 0.5/10
This EP is just full of stupid ideas. A useless radio edit, a techno remix, and a horrible karaoke song are just wasted space for what could have been good material. Who am I kidding? If they didn't put those on it there would have just been more RtR wannabe songs like Watch them Feed. It would most likely be a lose-lose situation either way. Overall, this EP is a pile of shit. Go buy The Jester Race/Black Ash Inheritance and get some value for your money.

Score 7%