The Jester Race
by In Flames

The Jester Race by In Flames
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 8,304th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 79 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (153rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,327th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,304th)

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The Jester Race is ranked as the best album by In Flames.

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Overall rank: 8,304th | 1990s rank: 1,327th | 1996 rank: 153rd

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 79 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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From 09/29/2022 02:51 | #290037 | TOP COMMENT
Being termed as Melodic Death Metal was what drew me to this. First of their albums I've heard and owned. In a similar vein as Opeth but with hints of early Maiden but with guttural vocals. Overall not earth moving but good enough to make me want to explore their other albums.
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From 03/12/2018 09:35 | #210730
En plena explosión de lo que más tarde se conocería como Sonido Gotemburgo, apareció un grupo de Melodic Death Metal con ganas de comerse a todo el que se pusiera por delante. Hablamos, por supuesto, de los polémicos In Flames, que elevaron el listón hacia cotas prácticamente inalcanzables para el resto de los mortales. La crudeza propia del Death Metal se da cita con melodías de guitarra que nos recuerdan a cualquier grupo puntero de Heavy Metal tradicional. Anders Fridén, que debutaba para este disco con In Flames, luce en un estado de forma espectacular. Los suecos cimentaron su éxito sobre 'The Jester Race', uno de los mejores discos de Metal de la historia y cuya escucha recomiendo a todo buen amante de la música. Alcanzaron su pico de genialidad demasiado pronto y ni ellos mismos pudieron igualar esta obra maestra.
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From 10/21/2017 16:10 | #199882
Two songs are missing
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From 01/17/2017 18:49 | #183031 | TOP COMMENT
Definitely the best In Flames album. It is their most brutal and heavy. The songwriting is very good. Moonshield is one of my all-time favorite metal songs, the acoustic in that is so good.
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From 11/06/2012 00:03 | #54343 | TOP COMMENT
Heavy music speeding away in the distance that I should really have reminded myself about. I want to listen to more from this group. They played fantastic music.
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