Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity and Matt Heafy of Trivium joined In Flames for their headline show on Saturday, August 22, at the Göteborg Brinner festival at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, the band’s hometown, as per Blabbermouth. Heafy performed “Artefacts Of The Black Rain,” a song from In Flames’ second album, “The Jester Race,” in 1996. Meanwhile, Stanne and In Flames frontman Anders Fridén sang “Behind Space,” a song from In Flames’ debut album, “Lunar Strain,” in 1994.
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Mikael Stanne also shared something on his social media about the event:
Such an amazing time last night Göteborg Brinner . Sharing the stage with andersfridn was awesome and hanging with the lovely Matthew kiichichaos Heafy didn’t hurt either. Fantastic show and the most incredible hometown crowd. The emotional hangover is real
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Recently, In Flames recorded their fifteenth studio album in the studio. The Swedish/American metallers once again collaborated with engineer Mike Plotnikoff at the Los Angeles studio of Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson, who has previously worked with bands like Motörhead, Body Count, and Sepultura. Benson and In Flames have been working together since 2016’s “Battles,” the group’s thirteenth studio album. It appears that drummer Jon Rice, who has been performing with In Flames since May 2025, will make his recording debut with the band on the impending follow-up to “Foregone” from 2023. Rice had previously performed with Scorpion Child, The Red Chord, Behemoth, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, and Job For A Cowboy.