The Jester Race

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The Jester Race is a landmark 1996 album by Swedish band In Flames that helped define the Gothenburg melodic death metal sound with its blend of aggressive riffing and harmonized melodies.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Jester Race canonical 4
The Jester’s Dance 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist In Flames ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sweden ⓘ
coverArtDesigner Andreas Marschall ⓘ
followedBy Whoracle ⓘ
follows Subterranean ⓘ
format CD ⓘ
digital audio ⓘ
vinyl ⓘ
genre Gothenburg metal ⓘ
death metal ⓘ
melodic death metal ⓘ
hasContribution bass by Johan Larsson ⓘ
drums by Björn Gelotte ⓘ
guitars by Glenn Ljungström ⓘ
guitars by Jesper Strömblad ⓘ
vocals by Anders Fridén ⓘ
hasPart Artifacts of the Black Rain ⓘ
Dead Eternity ⓘ
Dead God in Me ⓘ
December Flower ⓘ
Graveland ⓘ
Lord Hypnos ⓘ
Moonshield ⓘ
The Jester Race (song) ⓘ
The Jester’s Dance ⓘ
linked to: The Jester Race

Wayfaerer ⓘ
hasSubgenreInfluence metalcore ⓘ
modern melodic death metal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 40 minutes ⓘ
musicalStyleCharacteristic aggressive riffing ⓘ
harmonized melodies ⓘ
notableFor helping define the Gothenburg melodic death metal sound ⓘ
performer In Flames ⓘ
placeOfRecording Gothenburg ⓘ
producer Fredrik Nordström ⓘ
In Flames ⓘ
publicationYear 1996 ⓘ
recordedAt Studio Fredman ⓘ
recordLabel Nuclear Blast ⓘ
releaseDate 1996-02-20 ⓘ
significance considered a landmark album in melodic death metal ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

In Flames → hasReleased → The Jester Race ⓘ
In Flames → notableAlbum → The Jester Race ⓘ
The Jester Race → hasPart → The Jester’s Dance ⓘ
linked to: The Jester Race
Whoracle → precededBy → The Jester Race ⓘ