IN FLAMES frontman Anders Friden is featured in a new interview with Blistering.com. An excerpt is available below:

Blistering.com: Compare the Anders today of say, 1996, around The Jester Race.

Friden: "I’ve become better [laughs]. I think I don’t pretend or I’m not trying to aim to sound like someone else in the beginning. You want to become your heroes; you don’t find your own sound. Today we’re more influenced by ourselves or what’s around us. In the early days, it was like, 'You have to do this. You have to sound like this. You have to be part of the scene.' Even though that’s what we wanted, we were a little more unsure of our place in the world. It’s a part of growing up. I’m super-proud of those albums and they are fucking amazing for what they are. I’d never be here without them. But The Jester Race Part II will never happen and if we tried, it would sound terrible."

Blistering.com: You know, it is the 15th year anniversary of The Jester Race and the big trend is for bands to perform one of their classic albums in its entirety. Has any thought been given to that, even though you have a new album coming out?

Friden: "It’s not likely and if you know In Flames, we try not to do the most typical things. I see a lot of bands doing a whole album from their career where people said they were at their best. I can’t see us doing that. It would be impossible to make those albums again. I keep on saying that Operation: Mindcrime is one of the best metal albums I’ve ever heard."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

As previously reported, In Flames have confirmed more dates for the first leg of their European Tour 2011. Confirmed European dates now include:

September

13 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
14 - Santiago, Spain - Sala Capitol
16 - Madrid, Spain - Riviera
17 - Bilbao, Spain - Rockstar Live
18 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
20 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
21 - Zurich, Switzerland - Komplex 457
22 - Hohenems, Austria - Event Centre
24 - Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
25 - Budapest, Hungary - Petofi Hall
26 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo Club
27 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
28 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kino Siska
30 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Hristo Botev Hall

October

1 - Bucharest, Romania - Arnele Romane
3 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club
4 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters Of Rock Club
5 - Krakow, Poland - Klub Studio
6 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola Club
7 - Prague, Czech Republic - Factory Meet
26 - St Petersburg, Russia - Glavclub
27 - Moscow, Russia - Milk Club
28 - Yekaterinburg, Russia - Tele Club
30 - Kiev, Ukraine - DK Nau

In Flames' complete live itinerary can be found at this location. The band's new album, Sounds Of A Playground Fading is out now via Century Media Records.

Sounds Of A Playground Fading tracklisting:

'Sounds Of A Playground Fading'

'Deliver Us'

'All For Me'

'The Puzzle'

'Fear Is The Weakness'

'Where The Dead Ships Dwell'

'The Attic'

'Darker Times'

'Ropes'

'Enter Tragedy'

'Jester’s Door'

'A New Dawn'

'Liberation'