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Formed by Björn “Speed” Strid and Peter Wichers with the intention of emulating bands like Pantera, Meshuggah and Carcass, Soilwork formed in 1995 under the name Inferior Breed. Speed and Winchers spent most of 1996 putting together the rest of the bands line-up while working on songs together, however, the songs they were writing became progressively more melodic as time went on. In response, they decided to change the name of the band to Soilwork, just as they finished putting together the band’s first line-up. The band recorded their first demo soon afterwards, and in a chance encounter with Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott, the band gave him a copy of it.
This proved to be a great move for the band, and Amott started championing the band, leading them to be signed to Listenable Records. The band spent most of 1997 honing their live act by touring, along with writing and recording whenever they weren’t on the road. In 1998 they recorded and released their debut album “Steelbath Suicide”, a record which made a name for them across the metal world. It wasn’t until their second record, 1999’s “The Chainheart Machine”, that the band truly came into their own, however. Their sophomore effort was rapturously received, and secured the band a record contract with the legendary Nuclear Blast Records.
Ever since then the band have been one of the most vital metal bands around. Along with In Flames, they have made melodic death metal one of the most succesful styles of extreme metal in the world. They’ve toured with everyone from Killswitch Engage to Cannibal Corpse, Lamb Of God to Anthrax, and have even charted on the Billboard albums charts, with 2010’s “The Panic Broadcast” hitting the top ten of the Independent Album Charts. After twenty years and six guitarists, they remain one of the top death metal bands in the world, and for that, they come highly recommended.
Live-Bewertungen
Sweden are renowned for producing epic Death Metal bands, and Soilwork maintain this reputation by bringing something entirely fresh and exciting to the table with their melodic alternative metal. Their name reflects their attitude, as these guys have really had to work hard for where they are today, and ‘working from the ground up’ so to speak, has paid off a hundredfold for the band.
With nine albums under their belt with release dates spanning from 1998 right up to 2013, I was incredibly excited to see which tracks I would get the chance to see performed live. It was awesome how they structured the evening, with songs from every year dotted amongst each other, but still maintaining a solid structure.
Their stage presence is something that you can’t learn. The guys are born performers, and even whilst singing at the top of their lungs, they were still able to throw themselves around the stage in true metal fashion. Their interaction with the audience was great, and their energy was contagious. I was exhausted by the end of the show from screaming, dancing, and jumping around for over 90 minutes. This show was epic – I’ll definitely be going back again if I get the chance.
yazhow
Just saw Soilwork live in Brisbane, Australia.
GREAT performance by the band. Speed is an incredible singer live. He sounds just like on the records.
BUT... what a short concert, and what a shitty setlist!
They were the headliners of the night, with 2 local bands opening for them, so you'd expect around 90 minutes, right? No, just 1h08m (yeah I counted). Way too short.
And the setlist was too focused on new stuff. They played only 4 songs that aren't from the last three albums. All other songs were released in the last 6 years, even though they have a career that's over 20 years long.
I don't know, that kind of bugged me. I was waiting for this show for over a year (literally! They announced it in October 2018 for a March 2019 performance, but it got postponed, so I've been waiting ever since) and those things made it lacklustre. But like I said, the band was great, especially Bjorn!
poisongodmachine
EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!! EPIC!!!
misty-porter
Soilwork put on a great show. I have been wanting to see them for a very long time and no other venues promoted this kind of unique metal scene like Empire. This is a band I certainly recommend seeing!
cstevens78676
Great show! They were the third band on a bill of 5 headlined by Soulfly here in Albuquerque, NM. Lets just say if Max hadn't thrown in his Sepulura hits, it would have been a blow out for Soilwork!!!
Metalhead1442c
Soilwork was as great as ever! I only wish the sound guy at the Summit Music Hall wouldn't just leave everything maxed out while he's texting. He really did a disservice to the guitars.
alex-mancero
That was a very good show!I enjoyed the concert very much!!!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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