Taking Down The Titans With TANNER WAYNE From IN FLAMES

Interview by Kris Peters
As Australia prepares for a massive influx of international touring
bands in the first three months of this new year, punters are
becoming increasingly torn over which shows they will go to - borne
purely out of financial reasons.
While many upcoming events are struggling to sell as many tickets
as they should or would like, one tour that has not been cast into
the 'maybe' pile is the Klash Of The Titans Tour, which sees
heavyweights In Flames and Kreator head Down Under for a string of
shows in February.
On their own each band is a formidable live unit, but when thrust
together on one stage for a co-headlining tour, the promise of
something special magnifies exponentially.
With the tour only one month away, HEAVY caught up with In Flames
drummer Tanner Wayne to find out what the band has planned for us.
We start by asking if this will be In Flames' first live
performances in 2024.
"Yes sir," he replied."And what a crazy one. Before we get to
Australia we do Indonesia, Japan, China, Singapore, Bangkok, India…
maybe I'm missing one… so it's gonna be where am I? I look at some
weathers, and it's all over the place, so it's gonna be a journey
for sure."
We press Tanner as to what fans can expect from the shows.
"We've discussed playing a different set list than we have been,"
he offered, "so we're gonna pull some songs out from the first
records as well as the newer ones. We're just gonna go out there
and have a blast as we always do. We're excited to see the fans. I
have never done a club tour with them in Australia and some of the
parts of Asia, so I'm looking forward to seeing a literal
representation of the work we did at the festivals. See who from
the festivals as well as who already knew the band we are gonna
bring out to these shows."
In the full interview, Tanner talks about what the band expects
from the crowds at their shows, playing with Kreator, the reception
afforded recent album Foregone, how much of that they will be
playing live, what he considers In Flames' contribution to metal
music is, future plans