In Flames Inspired By Van Halen On Latest Album

. (TeamRock Radio) Anders Friden says In Flames guitarist Bjorn Gelotte brought a Van Halen vibe to their latest album. Siren Charms, their 11th studio outing, launched last year via Sony, and Friden says Gelotte brought a classic rock feel to the record thanks to the guitarist's love of Eddie Van Halen's style of playing.

He tells Yell Magazine: "His main influences are Dio, Rainbow, Deep Purple and stuff. He listens to some new stuff but he's very old school. He has a very loose playing style sort of like Eddie Van Halen and those guitar players like Ritchie Blackmore - not super technical as I sometimes think super technical players are amazing but there's no soul in it.

"Niclas Engelin and Bjorn compliment each other very well because Niclas has more of a riffy, picky, attack type of playing, where Bjorn is way more loose." Stream the full interview here.

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