Whoracle

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Whoracle
Studio album by In Flames
Released	October 27, 1997
Recorded	Spring 1997
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	44:29
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Fredrik Nordström In Flames
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In Flames chronology
Black-Ash Inheritance (1997) Whoracle (1997) Colony (1999)

Whoracle is the third album by Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames. The album was released through Nuclear Blast on October 27, 1997. Apart from "Everything Counts", which is a cover of a Depeche Mode song, all songs were composed and arranged by In Flames. The lyrics are translated by Dark Tranquillity guitarist Niklas Sundin, after Anders Fridén had written them in Swedish. Whoracle is the final album to have Johan Larsson & Glenn Ljungström.

Concept

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Whoracle is a concept album which describes the past, present, and a hypothetical future of the planet Earth. "Jotun" is a foreshadowing of the main concepts where a society is crushed and broken after an apocalyptic event. "Episode 666" seems to be the narration of this apocalyptic event which is, perversely, televised. The songs leading up to this tell a story of the rise and fall of a global society. "The Hive" and "Jester Script Transfigured" describe this technologically advanced society and a utopian new world order which is demolished by human nature in the next two songs. The inclusion of the Depeche Mode cover, "Everything Counts", is a poignant way to imply that the people who built then destroyed their society realized their folly after it was too late.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Deluxe Edition

Japanese & Korean Edition

LP Bonus Track

Personnel

Musicians

• Anders Fridén - vocals, percussion
• Jesper Strömblad - lead and acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Glenn Ljungström - rhythm guitar
• Johan Larsson - bass guitar
• Bjorn Gelotte - drums, percussion
• Ulrika Netterdahl - female vocals on "Whoracle"

Other personnel

• The Whoracle concept conjured and verbalized by Niklas Sundin and Anders Fridén.
• Lyrics written by Niklas Sundin following original synopsis by Anders Fridén.
• All music composed and arranged by In Flames except "Everything Counts" by Martin Lee Gore.
• Recorded and produced by Fredrik Nordström with assistance from In Flames.
• Engineered by Anders Fridén and Fredrik Nordström.
• Mixed by Fredrik Nordström and Anders Fridén.
• Mastered by Goran Finnberg and Fredrik Nordstrom at the Mastering Room Gbg.
• Cover artwork by Andreas Marschall.
• Photos by Kenneth Johansson.
• All songs published by Prophecies Publishing Hamburg except "Everything Counts".
• "Everything Counts" published by Grabbing Hands Music Ltd, sub-published by EMI Music Germany.
• All the song lyrics were written in, except "Episode 666" in which the lyrics for "Morphing Into Primal" were listed again under that title.^{[clarification needed]}