Viele kritisieren gerade Sänger Anders Friden als Schwachpunkt. Ich muss für den Herren mal meine Hand ins Feuer legen: Natürlich ist er technisch ziemlich schwach, aber so viel Emotion wie er hat kaum ein Sänger und gerade diese Authenzität berührt mich immer sehr. Seine Stimme trägt unglaublich viel zur Atmosphäre der Band bei und er ist für mich absolut unwegdenkbar aus der wegweisenden Göteborg-Kapelle. Dazu kommen melodische Gitarrensoli à la Iron Maiden, hin und wieder durchaus passende und dynamische Synthesizer und jede Menge Energie. Wer seine Vorurteile einmal ablegt und dem negativen Hype keinen Glauben schenkt wird hier eine vielseitige, mutige und doch einzigartige Band entdecken, die viel drauf hat.
Hier mal eine kurze Werkschau zu ihren Studio-Alben (Ich möchte anmerken, dass auch die EPs meist sehr empfehlenswert sind):

Lunar Strain - 1993
1. "Behind Space" 4:55
2. "Lunar Strain" 4:05
3. "Starforsaken" 3:10
4. "Dreamscape" (Instrumental) 3:45
5. "Everlost (Part I)" 4:17
6. "Everlost (Part II)" 2:57
7. "Hårgalåten" (Instrumental) 2:26
8. "In Flames" 5:33
9. "Upon an Oaken Throne" 2:49
10. "Clad in Shadows" 2:49
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The Jester Race - 1996
1. "Moonshield" 5:02
2. "The Jester's Dance" (Instrumental) 2:09
3. "Artifacts of the Black Rain" 3:15
4. "Graveland" 2:47
5. "Lord Hypnos" 4:01
6. "Dead Eternity" 5:02
7. "The Jester Race" 4:51
8. "December Flower" 4:11
9. "Wayfaerer" (Instrumental) 4:41
10. "Dead God in Me" 4:16
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Whoracle - 1997
1. "Jotun" 3:53
2. "Food for the Gods" 4:21
3. "Gyroscope" 3:26
4. "Dialogue with the Stars (instrumental)" 3:00
5. "The Hive" 4:03
6. "Jester Script Transfigured" 5:46
7. "Morphing into Primal" 3:05
8. "Worlds Within the Margin" 5:06
9. "Episode 666" Strömblad 3:45
10. "Everything Counts" (Depeche Mode cover) 3:17
11. "Whoracle" 2:44
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Colony - 1999
1. "Embody the Invisible" 3:37
2. "Ordinary Story" 4:16
3. "Scorn" 3:37
4. "Colony" 4:39
5. "Zombie Inc." 5:05
6. "Pallar Anders Visa" (Instrumental) 1:41
7. "Coerced Coexistence" 4:14
8. "Resin" 3:21
9. "Behind Space '99" 3:58
10. "Insipid 2000" 3:45
11. "The New Word" 3:18
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Clayman - 2000
1. "Bullet Ride" 4:42
2. "Pinball Map" 4:08
3. "Only for the Weak" 4:55
4. "...as the Future Repeats Today" 3:27
5. "Square Nothing" 3:57
6. "Clay Man" 3:28
7. "Satellites and Astronauts" 5:00
8. "Brush the Dust Away" 3:17
9. "Swim" 3:14
10. "Suburban Me" 3:35
11. "Another Day in Quicksand" 3:56
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Reroute To Remain - 2002
1. "Reroute to Remain" 3:53
2. "System" 3:39
3. "Drifter" 3:10
4. "Trigger" 4:58
5. "Cloud Connected" 3:40
6. "Transparent" 4:03
7. "Dawn of a New Day" 3:40
8. "Egonomic" 2:36
9. "Minus" 3:45
10. "Dismiss the Cynics" 3:38
11. "Free Fall" 3:58
12. "Dark Signs" 3:20
13. "Metaphor" 3:39
14. "Black & White" 3:33
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Soundtrack To Your Escape - 2004
1. "F(r)iend" 3:27
2. "The Quiet Place" 3:45
3. "Dead Alone" 3:43
4. "Touch of Red" 4:13
5. "Like You Better Dead" 3:23
6. "My Sweet Shadow" 4:39
7. "Evil in a Closet" 4:02
8. "In Search for I" 3:23
9. "Borders and Shading" 4:22
10. "Superhero of the Computer Rage" 4:01
11. "Dial 595-Escape" 3:48
12. "Bottled" 4:17
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Come Clarity - 2006
1. "Take This Life" 3:35
2. "Leeches" 2:55
3. "Reflect the Storm" 4:16
4. "Dead End (featuring Lisa Miskovsky)" 3:22
5. "Scream" 3:12
6. "Come Clarity" 4:15
7. "Vacuum" 3:39
8. "Pacing Death's Trail" 3:00
9. "Crawl Through Knives" 4:02
10. "Versus Terminus" 3:18
11. "Our Infinite Struggle" 3:46
12. "Vanishing Light" 3:14
13. "Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone" 5:25
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A Sense Of Purpose - 2008
1. "The Mirror's Truth" 3:02
2. "Disconnected" 3:37
3. "Sleepless Again" 4:12
4. "Alias" 4:53
5. "I'm the Highway" 3:46
6. "Delight and Angers" 3:41
7. "Move Through Me" 3:08
8. "The Chosen Pessimist" 8:16
9. "Sober and Irrelevant" 3:24
10. "Condemned" 3:36
11. "Drenched in Fear" 3:32
12. "March to the Shore" 3:30
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Sounds Of A Playground Fading - 2011
1. "Sounds of a Playground Fading" 4:44
2. "Deliver Us" 3:31
3. "All for Me" 4:31
4. "The Puzzle" 4:34
5. "Fear Is the Weakness" 4:07
6. "Where the Dead Ships Dwell" 4:27
7. "The Attic" 3:18
8. "Darker Times" 3:25
9. "Ropes" 3:42
10. "Enter Tragedy" 3:59
11. "Jester's Door" 2:38
12. "A New Dawn" 5:52
13. "Liberation" 5:10
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