Battles (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Battles

| type = studio

| artist = In Flames

| cover = File:In Flames Battles Album Cover.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2016|11|11|df=y}}

| recorded = February–April 2016

| venue =

| studio = West Valley Studios, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.

| genre = Alternative metal{{cite web |last1=Weaver |first1=James |title=In the studio with In Flames as they work on their new album |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/in-the-studio-with-in-flames-as-they-work-on-their-new-album |website=Metal Hammer |date=17 July 2018 |accessdate=7 September 2018}}

| length = 47:38

| label = Eleven Seven, Nuclear Blast

| producer = Howard Benson

| prev_title = Siren Charms

| prev_year = 2014

| next_title = I, the Mask

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Battles

| type = studio

| single1 = The Truth

| single1date = 26 August 2016

| single2 = The End

| single2date = 26 August 2016

| single3 = Through My Eyes

| single3date = 14 October 2016

| single4 = Save Me

| single4date = 4 November 2016

| single5 = Here Until Forever

| single5date = 12 May 2017

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Loudwire

| rev1score = Positive{{cite magazine|magazine=Loudwire|last=Bowar|first=Chad|url=http://loudwire.com/in-flames-battles-album-review/|title=In Flames, 'Battles'|date=11 November 2016|accessdate=18 December 2016}}

| rev2 = Metal Hammer

| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Metal Hammer|last=Barbour|first=Rob|url=http://teamrock.com/review/2016-10-31/in-flames-album-review-battles|title=In Flames album review – Battles|date=31 October 2016|accessdate=18 December 2016}}

| rev3 = Sputnikmusic

| rev3score = {{rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web|publisher=sputnikmusic.com|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/72177/In-Flames-Battles/|title=In Flames – Battles (album review)|date=11 November 2016|accessdate=23 January 2019}}

}}

Battles is the twelfth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KRT3C04|title=Siren Charms|date=8 September 2014|publisher=|accessdate=19 September 2016|via=Amazon}}{{cite web|url=http://inflames.com/newalbum/|title=In Flames|accessdate=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818035643/http://inflames.com/newalbum/|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead}} It was released on 11 November 2016 in the United States via Eleven Seven Music. It is the last album to feature longtime bassist Peter Iwers and the first of two albums{{cite web|url=https://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/discography/details/5732618.70926.i-the-mask.html|title=I, the Mask|date=1 March 2019|accessdate=27 July 2019}} to feature former Red drummer Joe Rickard, who replaced longtime drummer Daniel Svensson, who left the band in 2015. Music videos were made for the tracks "Here Until Forever" and "The End".