Soilwork is a Swadish melodic daith metal baund frae Helsingborg. They are currently signed tae Nuclear Blast. Formit in late 1995 bi Björn Strid an Peter Wichers, oreeginally unner the name Inferior Breed, the baund chyngit their name in late 1996 tae Soilwork (meanin "wirkin frae the grund up").

Soilwork
Soilwork performin at Festimad in Madrid, 2007.
Background information
Forby kent asInferior Breed
OreiginHelsingborg, Swaden
GenresMelodic daith metal, alternative metal
Years active1995−present
LabelsNuclear Blast, Century Media, Listenable
Associate actsAborted, Dark Tranquillity, Darkane,
Dimension Zero, Disarmonia Mundi,
Embraced, Evergrey, Kayser,
Lyzanxia, One-way Mirror, Scarve,
Terror 2000, Yyrkoon, In Flames,
Faithful Darkness, Coldseed
Wabsteidwww.soilwork.org
Members(see belaw)

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 introduced elements frae ither genres an aa, like blues rock an alternative metal, an adoptit a mair melodic soond. Their maist recent wirk haes mair sangin an lichter melodies than their earlier wirk, as weel as a mair polished production.

Baund memmers

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Discografie

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Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak chairt positions
SWE
[1]
AUT
[2]
CHE
[3]
FIN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
UK
[7]
US
[8]
US
Heat.

[8]
US
Ind.

[8]
1998 Steelbath Suicide
2000 The Chainheart Machine
  • Released: 8 Februar 2000
  • Label: Listenable/Century Media
2001 A Predator's Portrait
2002 Natural Born Chaos
  • Released: 25 Mairch 2002
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
2003 Figure Number Five
  • Released: 6 Mey 2003
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
59 23 125 52 43 32
2005 Stabbing the Drama
  • Released: 8 Mairch 2005
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
14 63 19 143 52 12 21
2007 Sworn to a Great Divide
  • Released: 19 October 2007
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
25 57 74 19 136 37 148 2
2010 The Panic Broadcast
  • Released: 2 Julie 2010
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
29 47 60 14 141 24 42 88 7
2013 The Living Infinite
2015 The Ride Majestic
2019 Verkligheten
2022 Övergivenheten
"—" denotes a release that didna chart.

Demo albums

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Year Album details
1997 In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake
  • Released: 1997

Extendit plays

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Year Album details
2004 The Early Chapters
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Listenable


Singles

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Year Title FIN
[9]
Album
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 didna chart.

Muisic videos

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Year Title Director
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"

References

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  1. Swedish albums chart
  2. Austrian albums chart
  3. Swiss albums chart
  4. Finnish albums chart
  5. French albums chart
  6. "German albums chart". Archived frae the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  7. British charts
  8. a b c Billboard charts[deid airtin]
  9. Finnish singles chart