Soilwork

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 as	Inferior Breed
Oreigin	Helsingborg, Swaden
Genres	Melodic daith metal, alternative metal
Years active	1995−present
Labels	Nuclear Blast, Century Media, Listenable
Associate acts	Aborted, Dark Tranquillity, Darkane, Dimension Zero, Disarmonia Mundi, Embraced, Evergrey, Kayser, Lyzanxia, One-way Mirror, Scarve, Terror 2000, Yyrkoon, In Flames, Faithful Darkness, Coldseed
Wabsteid	www.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

Main airticle: Leet o Soilwork baund memmers

• Björn "Speed" Strid – singin (1995–present)
• Ola Flink – bass guitar (1998–present)
• Sven Karlsson – keybuirds (2001–present)
• Dirk Verbeuren – drums (2005–present)
• Sylvain Coudret – guitar (2008–present)
• David Andersson – guitar (2012-present)

Discografie

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chairt positions
		SWE	AUT	CHE	FIN	FRA	GER	UK	US	US Heat.	US Ind.
1998	Steelbath Suicide Released: 20 Mey 1998 Label: Listenable/Century Media	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	The Chainheart Machine Released: 8 Februar 2000 Label: Listenable/Century Media	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	A Predator's Portrait Released: 20 Februar 2001 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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

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

Extendit plays

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

Singles

Year	Title	FIN	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

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"