Soilwork
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Soilwork is a Swedish band from Helsingborg. The band was formed on 1995 originally under the name Inferior Breed but later changed to Soilwork on 1996 that means "working from the ground up". The meaning strongly speaks of their group.
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About
Formation
Formed on 1995 under the name Inferiro Breed, after deciding to make their music more medlic they changed the band name to Soilwork. That time they began to work on a demo CD entitled "In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake". Upon a chance encounter with record executive Michael Amott of Arch Enemy fame, the group gave him a copy of the demo which impressed the executive. This led them to be signed to Listenable Records and released their debut album Steelbath Suicide. To promote the album the band toured with Naglfar, Darkane, and Krisium.
On 1999, their second full length album The Chainheart Machine was released which was highly acclaimed. The event resulted in them signing a major record deal with Nuclear Blast touring with Cannibal Corpse and Defleshed in promotion of their album.
A Predator's Portrait and Natural Born Chaos
In 2001, after exhausting themselves on tour they released their third full length album A Predator's Portrait. The album put them in front of the melodic death music scene and has played at the Wacken Open Air Festival. To follow up the success they are having, their fourth album Natural Born Chaos was released 2002. This was also the first time they toured United States extensively with some other famous acts.
Figure Number Five and Stabbing the Drama
Their fifth full length album is Figure Number Five released on June 2003. Again, in promotion they toured extensively with Chimaira and Unearth. And also have a brief tour in Australia.
Stabbing the Drama was released on 2005. The album peaked at 19 on the Finnish charts and gained commercial in the United States entering at 12 and 21 on the Billboard Heatseeker and Independent albums chart respectively.
Their seventh full length album will soon be released on late 2007. The album entitled Sworn to Great Divide.
Current Members
- Björn "Speed" Strid - Vocals
- Ola Frenning - Guitar
- Daniel Antonsson - Guitar
- Ola Flink - Bass
- Sven Karlsson - Keyboard
- Dirk Verbeuren - Drums
Chart Toppers
Albums
| Year | Title | Top Heatseekers | Top Independent |
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| 2005 | Stabbing The Drama | 12 | 21 |
| 2003 | Figure Number Five | - | 32 |
News
Tours & Concerts
September 30, 3007 Concorde 2, Brighton
October 1, 2007 Wolverhampton Civic Hall - Wulfrun - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
October 2, 2007 Cockpit, Leeds
October 3, 2007 Carling Academy Islington, London
October 4, 2007 Rock City, Nottingham
Announcements
- Soilwork will have a series of tour on 2007. To see the complete tour information visit Billboard.
Discography
Comprehensive list of the recordings made.
Albums
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Singles
| Date | Title | Label |
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| 2002 | As We Speak | Nuclear Blast |
| 2002 | Black Star Deceiver | Nuclear Blast |
| 2003 | Light the Torch | Nuclear Blast |
| 2003 | Rejection Role | Nuclear Blast |
| 2005 | Stabbing the Drama | Nuclear Blast |
| 2005 | Nerve | Nuclear Blast |
| 2007 | Exile | Nuclear Blast |
EP's & Demo
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Other artists
Similar artists
Influences
Trivia
- The bands original name was Inferior Breed.
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