Soilwork – Verkligheten

[schema type=”review” name=”Soilwork – Verkligheten” description=”Label: Nuclear Blast” author=”Sabine van Gameren” pubdate=”2019-01-11″ ]Swedish band Soilwork needs no introduction. They have made their name quite clear. A new album from their hands hits the market of which they took their time to make it, “Verkligheten” is available now.

A couple of months ago we received an album of Hespera, a small Soilwork old-style reunion was there and brought back the golden days of “Natural Born Chaos”. However Soilwork self is not too much nostalgic as their latest release does not come too close to that.
What you can expect, like always, is a great amount of energy in the music. Melodics are even more present than before and everything seems a bit more structured and has slightly more time to shine. Songs like “The Ageless Whisper” are quite catchy but when the guys introduce Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis into the album on the song “Needles and Kin” they have a great moment full of power to give. Perhaps one of the greatest moment in the album.

The band has a new drummer, Bastiaan Thusgaard which has the tough job to fill the shoes of Dirk. He does it well, but never goes overboard with it, seems like a good fit to the band. It seems a bit like the band is to reinvent themselves, but with many years on the counter they are delivering a quite fine album while doing that.

Line up:
Björn “Speed” Strid – Vocals
Sven Karlsson – Keyboards
Sylvain Coudret – Guitars
David Andersson – Guitars
Bastian Thusgaard – Drums

01. Verkligheten 02. Arrival 03. Bleeder Despoiler 04. Full Moon Shoals 05. The Nurturing Glance 06. When the Universe Spoke 07. Stålfågel 08. The Wolves Are Back In Town 09. Witan 10. The Ageless Whisper 11. Needles And Kin 12. You Aquiver

Links:
Soilwork Official