Hewing closer to the pummeling Gothenburg end of the extreme metal spectrum, the album was well-received, and landed the group a U.S. Adding bassist Ola Flink and keyboardist Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg, the band landed a recording contract with Listenable Records, with whom they released their first studio long player, Steel Bath Suicide, in 1998. Fusing the country's signature ultra-heavy death metal sound with the power-groove riffs of late-'70s, early-'80s British and European metal, they recorded their first demo, In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal, in 1997.
Subsequent efforts like Sworn to a Great Divide (2007) and The Living Infinite (2013) continued to beat the drum of both melody and might, solidifying Soilwork's reputation as one of Swedish melodic death metal's most versatile and venerable exports.įormed in the Northwestern town of Helsenberg in 1995 around the talents of vocalist Bjorn "Speed" Strid, guitarists Peter Wichers and Ludvig Svartz, and drummer Jimmy Persson, all of whom were veterans of the Swedish heavy metal scene, the group initially operated under the moniker Inferior Breed, before changing over to Soilwork in 1996. Debuting in 1998 with the uncompromising Steel Bath Suicide, the group hit their stride in 2005 with the release of their metalcore-leaning sixth full-length effort, Stabbing the Drama, which saw them crystallize their sound and helped break them overseas. Emerging in the late '90s from a scene populated by pioneering metal acts like In Flames, Arch Enemy, and Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork were instrumental in infusing punishing Gothenburg-style death metal with European power metal majesty.
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