# Come Clarity

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.3/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
| Punknews.org | |
Come Clarity is the eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in February 2006. It was originally going to be called Crawl Through Knives but was changed during development.
The album features the artwork of Derek Hess, who is popular among metal bands and has produced artwork for Converge and Sepultura amongst others. Specifically the artwork of Sepultura's album Roorback has a lot of similarities.
The songs "Take This Life" and "Come Clarity" feature accompanying music videos. "Take This Life" is also a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

## Musical style

Stylistically the album borrows from the band's earlier, heavier roots, with elements of the later style still present. It features the return of the guitar harmonies and solos of the band, and can be described as a combination of their older and newer sound.
The song "Dead End" is the fourth In Flames song to feature female vocals (the others are "Everlost, Pt. 2" from Lunar Strain, "Whoracle" from Whoracle, and "Metaphor" from Reroute to Remain).

## Sales and awards

The album debuted at number 1 in Sweden and number 58 on the American Billboard 200; it sold almost 25,000 copies in the US in its first week and 50,000 in its first month. Since its release, the album has sold more than 110,000 copies in the United States and over 400,000 copies worldwide.
The album won the award for "Best Hard Rock Album" at the 2007 Swedish Grammis, over other nominated albums such as The Haunted's The Dead Eye and HammerFall's Threshold.
Come Clarity was named the best Swedish album of the past decade by readers of Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Anders Fridén, Björn Gelotte, and Jesper Strömblad

## Release history

Come Clarity was intended for release during summer or early fall 2005, but was delayed.
Alongside the standard version, a special plexiglass box, limited to 1,000 copies, was also released. It features the album split onto two discs and includes a certificate picture on a foil, as well as a DVD. The DVD features the band playing the album in its entirety, except for the final track of the album. However, the audio is not actually live, and is actually a studio recording played over the video. The DVD also features a photo gallery of the recording sessions of Come Clarity.
| Region | Date | Format | Catalog | Label |
| Germany | 2006 | CD, Album | NB 1309-2 | Nuclear Blast |
| Germany | 2006 | Limited Box, 3xCD + DVD | NB 1643–2, NB 1644–2, NB 1645–2, NB 1637-5 | Nuclear Blast |
| United States | 7 February 2006 | CD, Album | F062 | Ferret Music |
| Ukraine | 2006 | CD, Album | MR 1848-2 | Moon Records |
| Russia | 2006 | CD, Album | IROND CD 06-1121 | Irond |
| Russia | 2006 | CD, Album, Dig + DVD | IROND CD 06-1121 DL | Irond |
| United States | 2006 | CD, Album, Dig + DVD | F962 | Ferret Music |
| Germany | 2006 | CD, Album, Dig + DVD-V, Dig | NB 1309–0, NB 1637-5 | Nuclear Blast |
| United States | 2006 | CD, Album, Promo | F062-2ADV | Ferret Music |
| Germany | 2006 | CD, Album, Promo | NB 1613-2 | Nuclear Blast |
| Germany | 2006 | LP, Album, Cle | NB 1309–1, 27361 13091 | Nuclear Blast |
| Germany | 2010 | CD, Album, RE | FSR 007 | FS Records (2), Tonpool |

## Personnel

The drums, vocals, keyboards and programming were recorded at Dug Out Studio in Uppsala, and guitars and bass were recorded at The Room in Gothenburg. The album was mixed and mastered at Tonteknik Recording in Umeå, Sweden.
In Flames
* Anders Fridén – vocals
* Björn Gelotte – lead guitar
* Jesper Strömblad – rhythm guitar
* Peter Iwers – bass
* Daniel Svensson – drums
Additional musicians
* Örjan Örnkloo – keyboards and programming
* Uppsala Poker HC Crew – additional vocals on "Scream"
* Lisa Miskovsky – additional vocals on "Dead End"

### Production

* Eskil Lövstrom – mixing
* Pelle Henricsson – mixing and mastering
* Magnus Lander – tracking
* Patric Ullaeus – photography
* Derek Hess – artwork