QUOTE(Wolfgard @ Feb 11 2006, 03:29 PM)
I don't think there are any metal bands that play without at least using synths. Even Iron Maiden used synths since their Somewhere in Time album and continued with that trend. I'm more of a power metal fan here so I can't say for sure about the other subgenres in metal.
Anyway, I managed to get an mp3 copy of Come Clarity from a guildmate of mine (before you guys go ballistic, I will be ordering the disk so stop hounding me

). Overall verdict, very interesting music from In Flames. It's definately better than the R2R and STUE but I wouldn't say the style is back to the old IF's from the Whoracle/Colony era. It's more of a cross between Clayman with dibs on R2R and Jester Race. The guitar work ain't that complex (sounds like trash metal imo) but the melodic tunes of the older albums can be found in many tracks. I haven't listened it many times yet so I can't comment on individual tracks, but my favs are:
Take This Life
Reflect The Storm
Crawl Through Knives
Versus Terminus
Our Infinite Struggle
Your Bedtime Story is Scaring Everyone
Come Clarity has been leaked over the Internet about a month before i think, if u have Streamyx and use BT, then u'll know what I'm talking abt, I was too lazy to write a review anyway, but anyway my fav tracks on it are Take This Life,Leeches,Crawl Through Knifes,Dead End, i feel the instrumental track is not really that interesting (their Man-Made God instrumental track is the best

)
Overall i like this album better than STYE (altho i still think My Sweet Shadow is a good track

)
p/s:I saw the 19.90 Clayman album in CM, but it looked like a pirated version (the printing doesn't seem to be clear),I remember buying Shadows Fall War Within for the same price a few months ago & tat wasn't original either (but the distributor is different)