A few years ago when I started getting into metal, Opeth were one of my favourite bands to begin with.

Although I don’t really see the similarity, a lot of people recommended In Flames to me because of it. Supposedly, ‘The Jester Race’ is an album which epitomises the ‘Gothenburg’ style of metal.

If this is seen as a classic I wouldn’t wanna know how an ‘average‘ Gothenburg album fairs.

Since everyone was making romance explosions over this album, I listened to it keenly trying to hear what exactly was so boner-enducing. Jesus, most of the time I got distracted by my grandpa gardening outside, who managed to be more arousing.

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