In Flames Album: “Black-Ash Inheritance”

The CD is shaped like the diamond shaped emblem featured on each of In Flames' covers. Just to look at this "ninja-star" of a CD is cool. Not to mention the opening track: "Goliaths Disarm Their Davids" which I want playing at my funeral. Gyroscope is also another classic track on Black Ash which is also on "Whoracle". The Acoustic Medley and the "Live" version of Behind Space make you want this awesome cd to have more tracks to it.

The first track(and only real new song) Is Goliaths Disarm Their Davids, this is the BEST In flames song ever written. The other songs include Gyroscope which is included on "Whoracle." The Acoustic Medley which is decent but not anything amazing. And a live version of behind space, again decent but not the main attraction. Also this CD is shaped like The band's Jester Head logo which is also really cool.

At the time I bought this (from the now defunct Nightfall Records, Minneapolis, MN), I think I paid $10 for it. It was going out of print (or was already) and I think I bought one of the two remaining in the store. At the time I was really into In Flames and I had basically bought every other album available at the time. I don't own any of the remasters, I have all the original releases with the exception of Lunar Strain and Subterranean (I bought the re-release split from '99). I promptly stopped buying albums after Reroute To Remain. I still think of this little gem fondly though, despite In Flames' "rerouting" of their style. Yes, it doesn't play in car stereos and yes, your average CD changer might spin it wrong but that didn't stop me at the time and completists or collectors shouldn't be thwarted as I would think the vast majority won't be buying it to listen to it. I just ripped mine to MP3 way back when. Nowadays you can just buy the

remaster/split but back then, you had to buy this Jester Head shaped EP if you wanted to listen to Goliaths Disarm Their Davids off of an actual legit piece of media. The song is arguably one of In Flames' best and the fact that it's more readily available now to the newer audience (or the older audience who just missed their chance originally) is a win for us all. Like my review title implies though, in retrospect, it's a novelty item not only because it's an artifact of the In Flames that WAS but also because it's been re-released.

I am a huge in flames fan, this is one of the most sought after cds for any hardcore fan. I 3 copies of each full album, one sealed, one signed, one for playing. I have most of the imports and rare, foreign versions of their albums as well. Black Ash is an amazing CD, I recommend anyone who can get it to do it. And if u want to sell yours, let me know because im buying! Email me if u want to sell your copy please! ...

I found and ordered this at www.gemm.com

That site has anything and everything.