The “Metal Tour of The Year,” leg two, featuring some of the biggest bands in metal, Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames, is just about to wrap up today in Canada. We were fortunate to catch it in its second to last week, as it hit Portland, Maine’s Cross Insurance Arena on May 12, 2022, to play before a nearly sold-out audience! One of the godfathers of melodic death metal, Gothenburg’s In Flames started the night off strong, with a set that would include material both old and new! Right from the get-go, they threw in the golden oldie “Cloud Connected” off of 2006’s Come Clarity. Although the band has seen some lineup changes over the years, the old material still hits hard, and the newer stuff also seemed to go over very well. During a wholesome moment in their set, frontman An...