IN FLAMES Performing 'Come Clarity' At Sweden's "Rockbjörnen" - Video Available
January 31, 2007, 17 years ago
As reported earlier today, Sweden's IN FLAMES was honored with the Swedish "Grammis" award in the "Best Hard Rock" category during a ceremony that was held Tuesday night (January 30) at Hovet in Stockholm. The award marks is the third Swedish Grammy the band has received in their storied history.
In accepting the award, frontman Anders Fridén asked the audience to get up on their feet. "This is the third time In Flames have won a [Swedish] Grammy and it feels extremely good," he said and joked: "Thanks a lot to the Swedish people, [distributor] Sound Pollution and all you people sitting down!"
The distinguished award caps off an extremely busy year for the band in support of Come Clarity, its most recent release. US sales figures for the album have recently surpassed 117,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.
In related award news, a video clip of the band performing the song 'Come Clarity' on the Swedish music awards show "Rockbjörnen" on January 11 in Stockholm, Sweden has been posted online at this location.
In Flames were nominated in three categories at the "Rockbjörnen" awards: "Best Swedish Band", "Best Song" and "Best Album".
