GRASPOP METAL MEETING

Fan-filmed video footage of IN FLAMES' June 30 performance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium can be seen below. IN FLAMES guitarist Niclas Engelin is sitting out a few of the band's shows this summer. His temporary replacement for those gigs is Patrik Jensen from THE HAUNTED. IN FLAMES' tenth album, "Sounds Of A Playground Fading" (Century Media), sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart. IN FLAMES' previous CD, "A Sense of Purpose" (Koch) opened with 20,000 units to land at No. 28. This was slightly less than the opening tally of "Come Clarity" (Ferret), which shifted just under 24,000 copies in February 2006 to enter the chart at position No. 58. "Sounds Of A Playground Fading" was the first IN FLAMES album to be recorded without founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who quit the band in February 2010 in order to continue receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction.