Soilwork
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Soilwork is a Swadish melodic daith metal baund frae Helsingborg. They are currently signed tae Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 bi Björn Strid an Peter Wichers, oreeginally unner the name Inferior Breed, the baund chynged their name in late 1996 tae Soilwork (meanin "wirkin frae the grund up").
Their soond is a fusion o the classic Gothenburg metal soond wi pouer-groove riffs o late 1970s, early 1980s Breetish, an European metal. Housomeivver, in their maist recent albums, Soilwork haes an aa introduced elements frae ither genres such as blues rock an alternative metal, an adoptit a mair melodic soond. Their maist recent wirk haes more sangin an lichter melodies than their earlier wirk, as well as a mair polished production.
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[edit] Band members
- Main airticle: Leet o Soilwork baund members
- Björn "Speed" Strid – vocals (1995–present)
- Peter Wichers – guitar (1995–2005, 2008–present)
- Ola Flink – bass guitar (1998–present)
- Sven Karlsson – keyboards (2001–present)
- Dirk Verbeuren – drums (2005–present)
- Sylvain Coudret – guitar (2008–present)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
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| SWE [1] |
AUT [2] |
CHE [3] |
FIN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
UK [7] |
US [8] |
US Heat. [8] |
US Ind. [8] |
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| 1998 | Steelbath Suicide
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| 2000 | The Chainheart Machine
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| 2001 | A Predator's Portrait
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| 2002 | Natural Born Chaos
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| 2003 | Figure Number Five
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59 | — | — | 23 | 125 | 52 | — | — | 43 | 32 | ||||
| 2005 | Stabbing the Drama
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14 | 63 | — | 19 | 143 | 52 | — | — | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 2007 | Sworn to a Great Divide
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25 | 57 | 74 | 19 | 136 | 37 | — | 148 | 2 | — | ||||
| 2010 | The Panic Broadcast
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29 | 47 | 60 | 14 | 141 | 24 | 42 | 88 | — | 7 | ||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||
[edit] Demo albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 1997 | In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake
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[edit] Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
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| 2004 | The Early Chapters
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[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | FIN [9] |
Album | ||
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| 2002 | "As We Speak" | — | Natural Born Chaos | ||
| 2003 | "Light the Torch" | — | Figure Number Five | ||
| "Rejection Role" | — | ||||
| 2005 | "Stabbing the Drama" | 7 | Stabbing the Drama | ||
| "Nerve" | — | ||||
| 2007 | "Exile" | — | Sworn to a Great Divide | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||
[edit] Muisic videos
| Year | Title | Director |
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| 2002 | "As We Speak" | |
| 2003 | "Rejection Role" | |
| 2004 | "Light the Torch" | |
| 2005 | "Nerve" | |
| "Stabbing the Drama" | ||
| 2007 | "Exile" | |
| 2009 | "20 More Miles" | Olle Carlsson |
| 2010 | "Deliverance Is Mine" |