 | Soilwork Natural Born Chaos
3.9
excellent
| Ranking: #118 for 2002 | |
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| 3.0 good | zaruyache | November 6th 18 |
This is where Soilwork started to blend into the alt metal movement of the time, rubbing the edges off their melodic death metal sound in favor of something with more mainstream appeal (which to say, less harsh harsh vox and more cleans). Got about halfway through and was bored to tears, though. Definitely the beginning of the lull period in the band's history.
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| 4.0 excellent | FlurpSensei | August 15th 15 |
A worthy successor to APP with all of the grit, evil and harshness while beginning to flesh out Bjorn's clean vocals to make them the awesomeness that they are now.
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| 4.5 superb | Jared Floryan | February 18th 15 |
Whenever I find myself thinking about "transitional" music releases, Natural Born Chaos is an example that comes up in my mind the easiest. Released in the year 2002, Swedish metal ensemble Soilwork's fourth studio album is a melodeath record at its core, albeit with an alternative undercurrent which would gain more prominence come later records. This album does so much right in the span of virtually 42 minutes, amalgamating brutality with softness whilst avoiding coming off as forced along the way. An overall tight vocal performance from Bjorn Strid, striking compositions, vigorous instrumental chops, and a consistent flow altogether make Natural Born Chaos essential listening.
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| 1.5 very poor | OmairSh | October 4th 12 |
There are interesting musical ideas like the instrumental break of "The Bringer", the chorus and instrumental break of "Natural Chaos" and of course the glorious "Song of the Damned", but these are so scarce and short lived that one wonders if they could've been elaborated upon, maybe that would've put this album to memorable status.
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| 3.0 good | XfingTheSullen | December 5th 11 |
The album's fairly enjoyable, but has its dose of the ailments that soilwork would continue having for all their following albums - bad melodies, subpar instrumentation and overal so-so-ness.
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| 3.5 great | CrazyFool84 | January 15th 10 |
This one shows Soilwork trying things a little on the accessibility angle, with their songs a little more stripped down and a little easier on the bugeoning metal-listeners ears. For that I can give this record some props, and there are definitely a few gems here (hear: Follow the Hollow, As We Speak, the title-track, Song of the Damned...) to keep the average fan happy. This seemed to be precede the start of a wave of polarization for Soilwork's followers, though luckily this record doesn't pray folly to that too much. I'd give 'er a 3.3/5
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| 0.0 | Blurry | August 18th 07 |
Natural Born Chaos sees Soilwork arriving at their full-blown alternative metal sound. While their influences are still somewhat noticeable, they have by now a fully-formed, individual and identifiable sound. With Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) behind the boards, the production was always going to be strong, and so it is here. New keyboard player Sven Karlsson features prominently in the mix, the entire album wrapped in a swathe of lush synths. The overall endeaviour is less guitar driven (the guitars are generally pinning down grooves more than riffs) and much more focused on Bjorn Strid's increasingly accomplished clean vocals. While he was no slouch to begin with, his growth within a year is quite impressive. Unfortunately, despite all of these new additions, Soilwork's songwriting hasn't really improved enough to make full use of them, and the end result while solid and listenable, seems like it should've been so much more.
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