Watch: IN FLAMES Joined By DARK TRANQUILLITY's MIKAEL STANNE And TRIVIUM's MATT HEAFY At GÖTEBORG BRINNER Festival

Swedish/American metallers IN FLAMES were joined by DARK TRANQUILLITY's Mikael Stanne and TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy during their headlining performance Saturday (August 22) at the Göteborg Brinner festival at Frihamnen in the pioneering band's hometown of Gothenburg. Heafy came up on stage for "Artifacts Of The Black Rain", a song from IN FLAMES' second album, 1996's "The Jester Race", while Stanne shared the vocals with IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén on "Behind Space", a track that originally appeared on IN FLAMES' debut LP, 1994's "Lunar Strain", which featured Stanne as the singer.

The day after the concert, Stanne took to his social media to share a photo of him with Fridén and Heafy, and he included the following message: "Such an amazing time last night Göteborg Brinner. Sharing the stage with Anders Fridén was awesome and hanging with the lovely Matt Heafy didn't hurt either. Fantastic show and the most incredible hometown crowd. The emotional hangover is real. #inflames #darktranquillity #trivium".

According to Setlist.fm, the setlist for IN FLAMES' performance was as follows:

01. Colony
02. Deliver Us
03. In The Dark
04. Voices
05. Paralyzed
06. The Quiet Place
07. Meet Your Maker
08. The Chosen Pessimist
09. Cloud Connected
10. Artifacts Of The Black Rain (with Matt Heafy)
11. Gyroscope (first time since 2012)
12. Behind Space (with Mikael Stanne)
13. Trigger
14. Only For The Weak
15. Foregone Pt. 2
16. State Of Slow Decay
17. Alias
18. The Mirror's Truth
19. I Am Above
20. Take This Life
21. My Sweet Shadow

IN FLAMES recently spent time in the studio recording the band's fifteenth studio album. The Swedish/American metallers once again worked at the Los Angeles studio of Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson — who has previously worked with MOTÖRHEAD, BODY COUNT and SEPULTURA, among others — as well as engineer Mike Plotnikoff. IN FLAMES has been collaborating with Benson since the group's twelfth studio album, 2016's "Battles".

In an interview with Paolo Phoenix of Magenta TV, Fridén was asked if he and his IN FLAMES bandmates were aware that they were helping shape the sound of melodic death metal when they first formed the group more than three and a half decades ago. Anders said: "No, no, no, no, not at all. We were just fans of music, and we just wanted to create our way of what we thought heavy metal was… We were just having fun creating what we loved and took inspiration from tons of other bands. I'm really honored and humbled to hear those things, but I don't let it get to my head. It's not good for you."

Anders went on to say that he has heard some riffs from newer metal bands which are "very similar" to IN FLAMES, "but it's fine. We did it too," he admitted. "If IRON MAIDEN is listening right now, then we stole some of your riffs. And that's just the truth.

"It's so difficult to be super, super, super original," Anders explained. "And then that's how this music evolves, too. You take bits and pieces, and you throw in some of your own ideas and it just keeps the music moving forward. And I think that's wonderful. It should not be, 'This is ours, this is ours, this is ours.' And, to be fair, when we create an album, and when we're done, we give it to the fans, and it's out of our hands. We can't do anything anymore. It's just up to everyone else. We can't control it. It's yours. And if someone wants to take those ideas and be inspired to create their own band or in an already existing band, feel free."

Fridén also talked about the fact that heavy metal fans can often be very vocal about their opinions when it comes to their favorite bands. "I love that people are passionate," he said. "I mean, heavy metal fans, they will judge you left and right, but they're also super passionate, and that's what I love about the genre. That's why I wanna be in it. It took me by surprise that, all of a sudden... 'Cause I wanted to be part of heavy metal because I thought there were no rules whatsoever. You can do whatever you want, right? Like, scream and play lloud music, and that's fine. And years later, I found out, 'Oh, you can't do this, can't do that, can't do that.' But fuck that. Do whatever you want."

IN FLAMES' upcoming follow-up to 2023's "Foregone" will apparently mark the recording debut with the band of drummer Jon Rice, who has been touring with IN FLAMES since May 2025.

Rice had previously played with BEHEMOTH, UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS, THE RED CHORD, JOB FOR A COWBOY and SCORPION CHILD.

In May 2025, IN FLAMES parted ways with their drummer of seven years, Tanner Wayne.

Wayne, who was previously best known for his work with UNDERMINDED, SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS and CHIODOS, joined IN FLAMES in time for the band's summer 2018 tour.

Wayne stepped into IN FLAMES following the departure of Joe Rickard, who played on the band's 2016 album "Battles".

Tanner made his live debut with IN FLAMES on July 4, 2018 in Brno, Czech Republic.

IN FLAMES is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "Foregone", which was released in February 2023 via Nuclear Blast. According to a press release, the LP "combines the greatest aggressive, metallic, and melodic strengths of their landmark records with the seasoned songwriting of their postmodern era."

"Foregone" was the second IN FLAMES album with bassist Bryce Paul and Wayne, the first with ex-MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick, and the third with Benson. Plotnikoff (ALL THAT REMAINS, WARBRINGER) engineered at Benson's West Valley Recording Studios. Joe Rickard (10 YEARS, STARSET, DIAMANTE),who played drums for IN FLAMES from 2016 through 2019, handled mixing duties.

In 2023, IN FLAMES parted ways with Paul and replaced him with Liam Wilson (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN).

Wilson made his live debut with IN FLAMES on June 7, 2023 at the Release Athens festival in Athens, Greece.