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Scottish Sun
5 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Legendary metal band shock fans as member exits after seven years
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) MUSIC fans have been left reeling following one member's shock departure from a legendary metal band. Supporters of the group are in shock after the drummer downed his sticks and walked away just days before their massive European tour. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 5 In Flames has parted ways with its drummer Credit: Getty 5 Tanner Wayne has quit the band after seven years Credit: Instagram In Flames announced the news on the band's social media accounts, telling fans they had "parted ways" with Tanner Wayne. In a statement released on Instagram, In Flames said: "It is with profound gratitude and and appreciation that we announce our creative decision to part ways with Tanner Wayne. "His dedication and musicianship over the past several years has left, and will continue to leave, a lasting mark on this band. "We wish him nothing but the best." The Swedish band, which was formed 35 years ago, concluded: "We appreciate your support and understanding at this time and hope to see you all on tour this summer." Tanner, 37, joined In Flames in July 2018 when he replaced drummer Joe Rickard. The US musician had begun his drumming career in the hardcore punk band Underminded in 2006, but only featured on one album. He went on to drum for Chiodos and Suicide Silence before his seven-year stint with In Flames. Tanner's shock exit from the band came just days before they kicked off their European tour in Estonia. For the next month, the group - consisting of Björn Gelotte, Anders Fridén, Chris Broderick and Liam Wilson - will be performing across central Europe, eventually wrapping up Sweden. Kneecap perform surprise gig in London hours after rapper Liam O'Hanna, 27, charged with terror offence But despite Tanner walking away, the shows will go on. In Flames has already recruited a new drummer who accompanied them on their opening night in Tallin, Estonia, on Monday. Jon Rice has stepped in for the band's high profile tour and appears to have slotted right in. Alongside a photo of himself playing on stage, Jon wrote on Instagram: "Show #1 done. Thank you for the warm welcome, Tallinn. "And thank you to @inflames for having me and trusting me with your tunes." In Flames was originally formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg out of the Swedish death metal scene in 1990. The lineup has changed multiple times over the past three decades, however vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte have remained consistent since 1995. 5 US drummer Tanner's departure came days before In Flames' European tour Credit: Instagram 5 The opening night in Estonia still went ahead on Monday Credit: Getty
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Legendary metal band shock fans as member exits after seven years
MUSIC fans have been left reeling following one member's shock departure from a legendary metal band. Supporters of the group are in shock after the drummer downed his sticks and walked away just days before their massive European tour. 5 In Flames has parted ways with its drummer Credit: Getty 5 Tanner Wayne has quit the band after seven years Credit: Instagram In Flames announced the news on the band's social media accounts, telling fans they had "parted ways" with Tanner Wayne. In a statement released on Instagram, In Flames said: "It is with profound gratitude and and appreciation that we announce our creative decision to part ways with Tanner Wayne. "His dedication and musicianship over the past several years has left, and will continue to leave, a lasting mark on this band. "We wish him nothing but the best." READ MORE ON MUSIC The Swedish band, which was formed 35 years ago, concluded: "We appreciate your support and understanding at this time and hope to see you all on tour this summer ." Tanner, 37, joined In Flames in July 2018 when he replaced drummer Joe Rickard. The US musician had begun his drumming career in the hardcore punk band Underminded in 2006, but only featured on one album. He went on to drum for Chiodos and Suicide Silence before his seven-year stint with In Flames. Most read in Music Tanner's shock exit from the band came just days before they kicked off their European tour in Estonia. For the next month, the group - consisting of Björn Gelotte, Anders Fridén, Chris Broderick and Liam Wilson - will be performing across central Europe, eventually wrapping up Sweden. Kneecap perform surprise gig in London hours after rapper Liam O'Hanna, 27, charged with terror offence But despite Tanner walking away, the shows will go on. In Flames has already recruited a new drummer who accompanied them on their opening night in Tallin, Estonia, on Monday. Jon Rice has stepped in for the band's high profile tour and appears to have slotted right in. Alongside a photo of himself playing on stage, Jon wrote on Instagram: "Show #1 done. Thank you for the warm welcome, Tallinn. "And thank you to @inflames for having me and trusting me with your tunes." In Flames was originally formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg out of the Swedish death metal scene in 1990. The lineup has changed multiple times over the past three decades, however vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte have remained consistent since 1995. 5 US drummer Tanner's departure came days before In Flames' European tour Credit: Instagram 5 The opening night in Estonia still went ahead on Monday Credit: Getty 5 Jon Rice has stepped in as Tanner's replacement
The Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Legendary metal band shock fans as member exits after seven years
MUSIC fans have been left reeling following one member's shock departure from a legendary metal band. Supporters of the group are in shock after the drummer downed his sticks and walked away just days before their massive European tour. 5 5 In Flames announced the news on the band's social media accounts, telling fans they had "parted ways" with Tanner Wayne. In a statement released on Instagram, In Flames said: "It is with profound gratitude and and appreciation that we announce our creative decision to part ways with Tanner Wayne. "His dedication and musicianship over the past several years has left, and will continue to leave, a lasting mark on this band. "We wish him nothing but the best." The Swedish band, which was formed 35 years ago, concluded: "We appreciate your support and understanding at this time and hope to see you all on tour this summer." Tanner, 37, joined In Flames in July 2018 when he replaced drummer Joe Rickard. The US musician had begun his drumming career in the hardcore punk band Underminded in 2006, but only featured on one album. He went on to drum for Chiodos and Suicide Silence before his seven-year stint with In Flames. Tanner's shock exit from the band came just days before they kicked off their European tour in Estonia. For the next month, the group - consisting of Björn Gelotte, Anders Fridén, Chris Broderick and Liam Wilson - will be performing across central Europe, eventually wrapping up Sweden. But despite Tanner walking away, the shows will go on. In Flames has already recruited a new drummer who accompanied them on their opening night in Tallin, Estonia, on Monday. Jon Rice has stepped in for the band's high profile tour and appears to have slotted right in. Alongside a photo of himself playing on stage, Jon wrote on Instagram: "Show #1 done. Thank you for the warm welcome, Tallinn. "And thank you to @inflames for having me and trusting me with your tunes." In Flames was originally formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg out of the Swedish death metal scene in 1990. The lineup has changed multiple times over the past three decades, however vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte have remained consistent since 1995. 5 5
CBS News
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Oakland metal greats Machine Head play the Fox Theater
Influential '90s Bay Area metal outfit Machine Head brings its current co-headlining tour with In Flames to the Fox Theater in Oakland Saturday night. Founded in 1991 by Robb Flynn, the former guitarist with thrash-metal act Vio-Lence, Machine Head would become one of the most influential new metal bands to emerge from the Bay Area during the 1990s. Teaming with bassist Adam Duce, guitarist Logan Mader and drummer Tony Costanza. Flynn developed a groove-heavy style of metal informed by the aggression of thrash and the socially conscious vitriol of punk that got Machine Head signed to Roadrunner Records on the strength of their first demo. New drummer Chris Kontos -- a founding member of the crossover thrash-punk band Attitude Adjustment who also played with Verbal Abuse -- would join the fold just as the band started recording its debut album Burn My Eyes . One of the seminal efforts of '90s metal, the 1994 recording quickly established the group as a new force with such corrosive anthems as opening salvo "Davidian" (referencing the Waco Siege), "Old" and "A Thousand Lies." A European tour supporting Slayer after the album's release expanded Machine Head's fanbase on a global scale; by early 1995, they were headlining the same arenas they had played as openers only months before. Though Kontos would depart that year (he was eventually replaced by drummer Dave McLain) band continued to refine its downtuned groove metal on sophomore album album The More Things Change... in 1997, building on its already substantial following. The group would see more changes between that effort and its next with Mader leaving Machine Head during the initial touring for the album (guitarist Ahrue Luster would take his place) prior to the quartet's collaboration with nu-metal producer Ross Robinson (Korn, Limp Bizkit) on The Burning Red in 1999. Another commercial hit, the recording had some detractors among fans over the shift in vocals that incorporated rapping and a more melodic, clean delivery as well as the late '90s image the band adopted. Machine Head would struggle to find its footing over the next few years, parting ways with Roadrunner after the lackluster Supercharger in 2001 and the in-concert document Hellalive in 2003. The band eventually returned to it's earlier, more aggressive approach after Flynn's former Vio-Lence partner Phil Demmel joined for the recording of Through the Ashes of Empire . The quartet reached new creative heights in 2007 with The Blackening , an ambitious album full of complex, epic metal tunes that many critics hailed as its greatest achievement yet. Flynn and company have kept up a steady output of quality metal ever since, even with founding bassist Duce leaving in 2013 and the more recent departures of Demmel and McLain. While he has convened a new line-up of the band featuring guitarist Wacław Kiełtyka (of the Polish death metal band Decapitated), British drummer Matt Alston (Devilment, Eastern Front) and longtime bassist Jared MacEachern and has released a pair of new songs, in 2019, Flynn and the group launched the unique Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary Tour in Europe. The marathon shows featuring Machine Head's current line-up bashing out an array of the band's hits for a full set prior to Flynn and MacEachern being joined by Mader and Kontos to perform Burn My Eyes in its entirety played sold-out arenas across the UK and Europe before returning to the U.S. for a successful tour in early 2020. While the group released an ambitious concept album Of Kingdom and Crown in 2022 that was built around the post-apocalyptic story of a blood feud set in the future, its forthcoming new effort Unatoned set for release in April takes on a decidedly more pop-minded sheen with its production. The band brings its current co-headlining tour with Swedish melodic death-metal pioneers In Flames that includes support from Lacuna Coil and Unearth to the Fox in Oakland Saturday night . Machine Head and In Flames Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m. $39.50-$49.50 Fox Theater
Express Tribune
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Not all men, but always a man
Zarrar Khan's In Flames delivers a gripping narrative of what it's like to be a woman in Karachi, through its sound design, characters, and spatial scenery, offering a true soundscape of terror. The first day of the 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) on Friday 7th February, concluded appropriately around 10:15 pm with the screening of Zarrar Khan's 2023 directorial debut In Flames, a film that left me and my friend hyper-aware about having to travel back home in a ride with a stranger. As I watched Ramesha Nawal and Bakhtawar Mazhar play mother-daughter duo Mariam and Fariha on screen, navigating the onslaught of creepy, abusive or simply annoying men in their lives, I couldn't help but reflect on my own relationship with my amma. There are so many things that are left unsaid between us, things we know affect and shape a big part of who we are, such as the reality of existing as a woman in this world, and more specifically, in this city of Karachi. This reality is projected onto us both externally, through our bodies—how we perceive our own limbs—and internally, through our subconscious gestures. The hand we place across our neck when we feel a pair of eyes on our flesh, the desperate grip of our shawl as we pull it tighter around our chest (we anticipate the betrayal of a strong gust of wind). My amma never sat me down to tell me what I should expect living as a woman in this world. Neither did her mother before her, and neither did Fariha do so for Mariam. We are made aware of what we are in for solely through our experiences and confrontations with the unfiltered and screaming face of the world. We live this reality every day, and we are living manifestations of it - in our bones, the lines on our face, the fists of our hands. Characters Mariam and Fariha not only confront the things unsaid between them, but confront the one character in the film that leaves no stone unturned in making us realise the frailty of our existence—Karachi. Karachi, as a spirited, potent, and dynamic entity, emerges as the film's main antagonist. It is the current against which all the characters, even the perverted men, are flowing. The sensorial depiction of the city is, for me, the film's most captivating element. The fervent sound design perfectly captures the ghutan—the acute suffocation we feel, as if a boulder sits on our chest, living in this vast, open-mouthed, overflowing city. The eerie resonating whistle of a security guard patrolling the area at ungodly hours of the night is symbolic of the ironic terror that the image represents i.e. no guard can protect you from the horrors that haunt you from within, be it within your house or your mind. Sometimes, the guard himself is part of the problem. Moreover, the film beautifully portrays the city's gluttonous appetite to overload our senses. The haunting shadows cast by the lights—the green light blinking over Mariam's head as she stands on the balcony, tormented by images of her deceased father, her deceased boyfriend's hands choking her, and the deviant rickshaw driver revealing his perverse intentions—are all symbolic of the overwhelming nausea induced by this environment. Despite the bleakness and apprehension that all of us would undoubtedly feel once we confront the absurd caricatured dangers of our world, In Flames reminds us that hope exists. Hope exists in love—in Fariha's arms as she embraces her daughter after saving her from a traumatic experience with the twisted rickshaw driver. It lies in a mother's silent observation of the subtle worry lines between her child's eyes, the hand that brushes the sweaty, matted hair from her fevered little one's face. Here's hoping we can stop hiding someday, drowning our sorrows in the ocean, sending our woes up in flames, their red-hot embers burning a formidable memory in their wake.
