rules

thought that was night flight orchestra at first

a little cheese but I can fuck with it, might need to revisit this band a bit

drinking in a beautiful forest with two cute Swedish girls? sounds fun to me. i already spend time in the forest drunk, anyway.

Meh, as B-side as it gets

Old stuff is better

Go back to Stabbing the Drama or Sworn to a Great Divide. Those are their best albums

you must be trolling

They should stop releasing music so fast (including Night Flight Orchestra) and focus a bit on the songwriting because the new stuff is clearly lacking imo

they should also establish a clear line between nfo and this because it looks like they are starting to have an identity crisis (jeez I'm using that phrase for the second time today, gotta hit that thesaurus)

i also think stabbing the drama is their best

what O_O

wtf lmao

underwelming even by Verkligheten standarts

I cant remember anything about Verkligheten.

ye same, even though i spun it like 10 times

This band just keeps putting out music at a torrid pace. Not an incredible song, but still a respectable effort.

jesus christ Nuclear Blast has the ugliest logo and their marketing/promos always look worse for it

Damn good

Not crazy about this one and I actually really enjoyed their last album.

I've also definitely noticed that this band's favorite new thing is clean vocals over blast beats.

credit to Soilwork they're kind of carving out a signature sound.

clean vocals over blast beats


They've been doing that for ages

Wish Strid would at least attempt something harsher though.

I dig their hair melodeath sound haha

I like every single Soilwork record with the exception of Sworn to a Great Divide (just pure shit). But that era around like A Predator's Portrait especially is so dope

A Predator's Portrait is my favourite record by them

Natural Born Chaos is awesome too. But I also equally enjoy what they did during the Panic Broadcast - Ride Majestic era. And I actually dig Great Divide more than Stabbing the Drama.

underwelming even by Verkligheten standards [2]

really hope they have something better cookin' on their next record cuz TLI and TRM own and this (and Verkligheten) does not

I liked Verkligheten a lot, but this is pretty boring

Intersting, Pika. I don't honestly listen to Soilwork anymore, but if I was going to it'd be either Predator's or Natural Born. Those 2 records are definitely my favorite by them agreed. Some of the first albums of like "real metal" I got into actually (meaning beyond Metallica, etc.).

Don't like it

Steelbath / Chainheart: Good start
Predators / Natural Born Chaos: peak Soilwork
Figure / Stabbing / Sworn: decline to rock bottom
Panic / Living Infinite / Ride Majestic: resurgence
Verkligheten: small dip

It really ebbs and flows with these guys.

Chainheart is their best

I liked Verkligheten and I liked this so take that for what it's worth

this and Verk are perfectly likeable, they're just a definite step down from the previous two albums

The solo on machine gun majesty is one of the best things ever

Song is okay, the video is hilariously bad as usual by their standards.

I agree with Scheumke's assessment, only that I'm not quite as enthusiastic about NBC as most here are. But not because it's bad, it's simply something in the melodies on taht album that doesn't do it for me

Agree that the panic broadcast was the beginning of the resurgence though

This song is good, but not as good as helsinki

of course helsinki is better, totally different style

they really lost a lot with dirk verbeuren

I find it hard to fathom how people think that anything other than TLI / TRM is their peak, and I love 80% of their albums. I think those 2 are genre staples and leagues above any of the others. That being said, they really lost a lot with Dirk's departure. Hopefully they can bounce back, but he was such a crucial part of what they did it unfortunately just has not been as good without him

TLI / TRM was their second peak. For me they peaked first with NBC. NBC and TLI are really on the same level for me, the rest doesn't even come close to those two, though yes TRM is a good number 3.

TRM is number 1, actually.

no

These guys definitely had a second peak with TLI/TRM. They sort of seemed like they were trending in the In Flames direction for a bit in terms of trying to appeal to a more mainstream crowd but I think they actually came back stronger than ever with those two albums. Verkligheten has some fantastic songs too but overall it's not quite as good as TLI/TRM. Definitely excited to see what these dudes do next though.

TRM is peak yes