Swedish metallers
IN FLAMES took part in a press conference earlier today (Friday, June 5) at the
Sweden Rock festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Watch the eight-minute question-and-answer session below.
IN FLAMES is continuing to tour without guitarist
Jesper Strömblad, who recently checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic in order to receive treatment for his alcohol addiction. On this tour,
Niclas Engelin from the Swedish band
ENGEL is filling in on guitar.
Niclas has helped
IN FLAMES on a couple of occasions in the past and is no stranger to the band's songs or the touring life.
The group previously said in a statement: "
Jesper has struggled for some time with alcoholic abuse, and decided to sit this [tour] out in order to seek help and focus on rehabilitation and all that comes with it. We all talked about it and together with
Jesper, we chose to ask our longtime friend
Niclas Engelin, who helped us before, to complete the tour. We are all sad that it needed to come to this, but health comes first. This is something
Jesper needed to do for himself and we wish
Jesper all the best with his recovery and hope to have him back on the road with us again very, very soon!"
IN FLAMES' latest video,
"Delight and Angers", was once again directed and produced by
Patric Ullaeus (
DIMMU BORGIR,
LACUNA COIL) of
Revolver Film Company, who has helmed a number of
IN FLAMES clips in the past, including
"Take This Life",
"My Sweet Shadow",
"The Quiet Place" and
"Alias".
The cover art for the
"Delight and Angers" single was created by
Alex Pardee, who was responsible for all artwork on
IN FLAMES' latest album,
"A Sense of Purpose".