A Little Swedish Metal

In the past few years I've come to love Swedish metal as much as IKEA. I struggle with how something from a foreign place can engender nearly as much excitement in me as incredible Midwestern bands like Slipknot. In particular I enjoy the Swedish band In Flames' tune "Take this Life". It's a great song to blast while tooling down the highway in a Smart car, with just a bit of irony, as the clerk at my favorite Kwik Trip reminds me weekly how I'm taking my life in my hands driving a Smart on the highway. My dream is to someday vacation in Scandinavia and check out the black metal scene there.