In Flames - 'Clayman (20th Anniversary Edition)'

Yet another band with big plans this year. They were planning on releasing remastered version of their most celebrated album and then heading out on the road playing it in its entirety. Like all of our plans, this intenary got bumped, but we still have this polished and pristine sounding version of their masterpiece. The most interesting (but potentially futile) offerings here are the re-recorded versions of ‘Only for the Weak’, ‘Bullet Ride’, ‘Pinball Map’ and ‘Clayman’. They all have new life breathed into them, but if you are only going to give this treatment to a third of the album, it feels a bit of a wasted opportunity in my mind.