Lunar Strain

Studio album by In Flames

Released

April 1, 1994

Recorded

Autumn - Winter 1993
Studio Fredman

Genre

Melodic death metal, folk metal

Length

36:43

Label

Wrong Again, Regain, Candlelight

Producer

In Flames

In Flames chronology

Lunar Strain
(1994)

Subterranean
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Lunar Strain is the debut album by Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames.

In this release, it was the last time where vocals were sung by Mikael Stanne, who is the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and was a session musician for In Flames at the time. He had sung with this band previously on "Demo '93".

The album is known for its "folky elements" with the inclusion of violins and acoustic guitars.

The songs "Behind Space" & "Clad in Shadows" were rerecorded with the future lineup of this bands' future release Colony - the songs were released on the album, although both songs were renamed with '99 at the end of the titles and both songs ended up on different version of the album with "Behind Space '99" on the standard and "Clad in Shadows '99" on the reissue. "Clad in Shadows '99" was also released on another reissue of this band's future album, Whoracle.

Reissues

In 1999, it was re-released and included all the tracks from once again another of this bands' future release, Subterranean under the title Lunar Strain - Subterranean.

In the 2003 Regain Records version of the re-release, the songs order differs slightly with "Clad in Shadows" being the second track shifting the rest down by one. However, the discrepancy is not apparent in album track listing, being mislabeled as the below. For Example, Track 10 on the original release "Clad In Shadows" became Track 2 on this re-release (this was not shown on the tracklist) so each track after track 2 ended up being credited as the track before, it, e.g. "Clad In Shadows", Track 2, was still credited as "Lunar Strain", "Lunar Strain" was credited as "Starforsaken", and so on.

The album was re-released, and remastered with bonus tracks in 2004 under Regain Records and in 2005 under Candlelight Records USA with the same artwork but the more modern logo seen from the album Reroute to Remain to Come Clarity. The bonus tracks are actually three songs re-recorded from the band's 1993 demo,^[2]^[3] which contained "alternative mixed versions of the album recordings."

Track listing

1994 Original release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Behind Space"	Stanne	4:55
2.	"Lunar Strain"	Stanne	4:05
3.	"Starforsaken"	Stanne	3:10
4.	"Dreamscape"	(Instrumental)	3:45
5.	"Everlost (Part I)"	Stanne	4:17
6.	"Everlost (Part II)"	Stanne	2:57
7.	"Hårgalåten"	(Instrumental)	2:26
8.	"In Flames"	Stanne	5:33
9.	"Upon an Oaken Throne"	Stanne	2:49
10.	"Clad in Shadows"	Stanne	2:49

Lunar Strain - Subterranean^[4]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Stand Ablaze"	4:33
12.	"Everdying"	4:23
13.	"Subterranean"	5:46
14.	"Timeless"	1:46
15.	"Biosphere"	5:07
16.	"Dead Eternity"	5:01
17.	"The Inborn Lifeless"	3:23

2005 Remastered Rerelease
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Behind Space"	Stanne	4:55
2.	"Clad in Shadows"	Stanne	2:49
3.	"Lunar Strain"	Stanne	4:05
4.	"Starforsaken"	Stanne	3:10
5.	"Dreamscape"	(Instrumental)	3:45
6.	"Everlost (Part I)"	Stanne	4:17
7.	"Everlost (Part II)"	Stanne	2:57
8.	"Hårgalåten"	(Instrumental)	2:26
9.	"In Flames"	Stanne	5:33
10.	"Upon an Oaken Throne"	Stanne	2:49
11.	"In Flames" (1993 Promo Version)	Stanne	5:49
12.	"Upon an Oaken Throne" (1993 Promo Version)	Stanne	3:05
13.	"Acoustic Piece" (1993 Promo Version)	(Instrumental)	0:38
14.	"Clad in Shadows" (1993 Promo Version)	Stanne	2:47

Personnel

In Flames

Mikael Stanne – lead vocals
Jesper Strömblad – guitar, keyboards, drums
Glenn Ljungström – guitar
Johann Larsson – bass
Carl Näslund - Guitar

Guests musicians

Ylva Wåhlstedt – violins, viola
Jennica Johansson - vocal appearance
Oscar Dronjak – vocal appearance

Technical personnel

All music by Jesper Strömblad and Glenn Ljungström (except "Hårgalåten", traditional song).
All lyrics by Mikael Stanne.
Produced by In Flames.
Engineered by H. Bjurkvist, Fredrik Nordström and J. Karlsson.
Mixed by In Flames and Fredrik Nordström.
Premastered by StageTech.
Cover art and photos by Kenneth Johansson.
Earth photo by NASA.
Additional photos by Henrik Lindahl.
Sculpture by M. Olofgörs, installed at Näsholmen, Gotland, 1993.
Layout by Local Hero Music.
Distribution in Scandinavia by House of Kicks.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
World	1 April 1994	CD	Wrong Again Records
Japan	1999	CD	Toy's Factory
World	2003	CD	Regain Records / Candlelight Records
World	2005	CD	Regain Records / Candlelight Records

References

↑ Lunar Strain at AllMusic
↑ In Flames - Lunar Strain review - Metal Storm
↑ "metalcoven.com". metalcoven.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
↑ http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=381232

External links

Lunar Strain information

In Flames

Anders Fridén Björn Gelotte Niclas Engelin Peter Iwers Mikael Stanne Glenn Ljungström Johan Larsson Jesper Strömblad Daniel Svensson

Studio albums	Lunar Strain The Jester Race Whoracle Colony Clayman Reroute to Remain Soundtrack to Your Escape Come Clarity A Sense of Purpose Sounds of a Playground Fading Siren Charms

Live albums	The Tokyo Showdown

EPs	Subterranean Black-Ash Inheritance Trigger Come Clarity The Mirror's Truth

Singles	"The Quiet Place" "Come Clarity" "The Mirror's Truth"

Videos	Used & Abused: In Live We Trust

Related articles	Discography A Sense of Purpose Tour Members

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