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In Flames, along with At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal, or the Gothenburg sound (since all of them came from that city).

In 1990, Jesper Strömblad founded the band to write music that combined the melodic guitar style of Iron Maiden with the brutality of death metal, something which Jesper stated he had never heard any band do.

In 1993, In Flames wrote, recorded, and self-produced their debut studio album, Lunar Strain. Since In Flames did not have a vocalist yet, Jesper asked Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity) to provide vocals. In Flames would eventually need another vocalist for the recording of the EP Subterranean; this time Henke Forss would do the job. However, it wasn't until 1995 that the current vocalist Anders Fridén (Dark Tranquillity) joined the band.

Björn Gelotte originally joined as a drummer, then switched to guitars a few years (and albums) later.

The Jester Race was recorded and became a classic melodic death metal album. Afterward, In Flames got to tour with bands such as Samael and Kreator.

The lineup changed for the tour of 1997, Niclas Engelin joining as a guitarist. However, by the end of that tour in 1998, Niclas left the band. Niclas would rejoin between 2006 and 2007, and then again in 2009 for another tour, this time as Jesper Strömblad's replacement, who couldn't participate due to getting treatment for his alcohol abuse problems.

Strömblad quit In Flames permanently in early 2010, meaning there are no original members left in the band, although all the other members at the time had been in the band since at least 1998 (before the recording of "Colony").

In 2010 In Flames appeared on the Drum n Bass band Pendulum album Immersion on the track Self VS Self (Fridén, Gelotte, and Iwers are credited).

In November 2015, Daniel Svensson announced he would leave the band after finishing touring.

Chris Broderick initially joined the band in 2019 as a fill-in guitarist for Niclas Engelin and eventually replaced him as a full-time member. Niclas claimed in 2020 that he was still in the band; however, according to Anders Fridén, he hasn't been involved with the band after 2019. During that time, Niclas started his new band, which was later revealed to be The Halo Effect.

In 2020, Anders claimed that The Jester Race, Whoracle, and Colony form a conceptual trilogy about "a dystopian future, where mankind succumbs to its own follies and ends up being overtaken by machinery. Jester Race is before, Whoracle is in the middle, and then Colony is after."