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The veteran Swedish metal group's tenth studio long-player, Verkligheten arrives via its cinematic title track, a slow-burn instrumental that evokes Bring Me the Horizon by way of Ennio Morricone. Soilwork have been infusing punishing Gothenburg-style death metal with European power metal majesty since the mid-'90s, and Verkligheten doesn't disappoint on the latter end of the equation, delivering a meaty 12-track set that's spilling over with soaring guitarmonies and horned hand-soliciting choruses. While vocalist Bjorn Strid and guitarist David Andersson's retro hard rock side project Night Flight Orchestra looms large over the proceedings, the band can still turn out unholy slabs of seismic Scandinavian melodic death metal, as evidenced by the terrific blastbeat-basted "When the Universe Spoke" and the sleek groove metal banger "Bleeder Despoiler." That said, Verkligheten leans significantly harder on the AOR side of the hard rock spectrum, with only cursory nods to the band's metalcore-leaning sixth full-length effort -- and biggest commercial success -- Stabbing the Drama. Embracing the pomp of power and neo-classical metal via stadium-ready rockers like "Full Moon Shoals," the Tomi Joutsen- (Amorphis) assisted "Needles and Kin," and the powerhouse "Nurturing Glance," Soilwork have crystallized their sound into something unapologetically familiar and over the top, yet refreshingly sanguine.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
Björn Strid, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
Björn Strid, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
David Andersson, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
Björn Strid, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Tomi Joutsen, FeaturedArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
Björn Strid, Composer, Lyricist - Soilwork, Producer, MainArtist - Dave Sheldon, FeaturedArtist - Thomas „Plec“ Johansson, Producer
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
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The veteran Swedish metal group's tenth studio long-player, Verkligheten arrives via its cinematic title track, a slow-burn instrumental that evokes Bring Me the Horizon by way of Ennio Morricone. Soilwork have been infusing punishing Gothenburg-style death metal with European power metal majesty since the mid-'90s, and Verkligheten doesn't disappoint on the latter end of the equation, delivering a meaty 12-track set that's spilling over with soaring guitarmonies and horned hand-soliciting choruses. While vocalist Bjorn Strid and guitarist David Andersson's retro hard rock side project Night Flight Orchestra looms large over the proceedings, the band can still turn out unholy slabs of seismic Scandinavian melodic death metal, as evidenced by the terrific blastbeat-basted "When the Universe Spoke" and the sleek groove metal banger "Bleeder Despoiler." That said, Verkligheten leans significantly harder on the AOR side of the hard rock spectrum, with only cursory nods to the band's metalcore-leaning sixth full-length effort -- and biggest commercial success -- Stabbing the Drama. Embracing the pomp of power and neo-classical metal via stadium-ready rockers like "Full Moon Shoals," the Tomi Joutsen- (Amorphis) assisted "Needles and Kin," and the powerhouse "Nurturing Glance," Soilwork have crystallized their sound into something unapologetically familiar and over the top, yet refreshingly sanguine.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:17
- Main artists: Soilwork
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nuclear Blast
- Genre: Metal
2019 Nuclear Blast 2019 Nuclear Blast
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