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| Dangerdog Music Reviews | |
| Kerrang! | |
| Sea of Tranquility | |
| Lords of Metal | (81/100) |
| Blistering | |
| AltSounds | (80/100) |
| Metal Storm | |
The Flame Within is Stream of Passion's second studio album, released on 27 May 2009 by Napalm Records. It is the follow-up to their debut album, Embrace the Storm.
It is the first album with guitarists Eric Hazebroek and Stephan Schultz and keyboardist Jeffrey Revet, who are replacing three members who departed in 2007, including Stream of Passion's founder and original composer Arjen Anthony Lucassen, who left as he was planning since its creation. It is also the last album with Davy Mickers on drums.