Sweden’s leading metal band has never stopped moving forwardduring the more than 20 years they’ve been performing. Themelodic death metal of the band’s early days has since evolved intoa unique expression, manifested in 12 albums like A Sense ofPurpose, Sounds of a Playground Fading, Siren Charms and theirlatest release, Battles, recorded in Los Angeles with multi Grammynominated producer, Howard Benson. 2016’s BATTLES spun offthe band’s first Top 15 track at Active Rock radio and charted Top10 in multiple countries internationally. The globally demanded acthave toured worldwide with acts such as Metallica, Judas Priest andAvenged Sevenfold while inspiring many of our favorite rock andmetal artists today. In Flames is a band that fans around the worldcan rely on, inspiring their fans, the Jesterheads, to live by thephrase, ”In Flames We Trust”.

“People are always trying to figure out which compartment we fit into. They wanna put us on a shelf. But in a world of Sabbaths, we get to be Van Halen.” That’s Torche guitarist and producer Jon Nuñez talking about his band’s uneasy relationship with categorization. Over the last 15 years, Torche—led by the core trio of Nuñez, guitarist/vocalist Steve Brooks and drummer Rick Smith—have often been saddled with one- dimensional niche terms like doom, sludge or stoner rock, but none of them really apply. “That shit is tiresome,” he says. “When people ask me what kind of music we play, I just say, ‘Loud rock n’ roll.’”