Lunar Strain is the first album released by Swedish death metal band In Flames in 1994. In 1999, it was re-released in Japan, including all the tracks of the Subterranean album, under the title Lunar Strain & Subterranean. In this release, vocals were sung by Dark TranquillityMikael Stanne, who was a session musician in the band at the time. vocalist,

The album was re-released, remastered with bonus tracks, in 2005 under Regain Records and Candlelight USA.

This is the album that spawned such classic In Flames songs like Behind Space. This album doesnt really rank among Whoracle and Colony but it is a strong album. If you are a really big in Flames fan like me then this album is deffinately worth the moolah. Good songs on this are Behind Space, Clad in Shadows, Everlost(I & II) and Upon An Oaken Throne. For some reason on my copy of this album the track listing is the same is one here but when you put the cd in the player Clad In Shadows is actually second, so maybe they screwed up the track order on the cover or something.