Author Topic: Soilwork Appreciation (Read 49256 times)

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #175 on:** September 06, 2015, 10:03:40 AM »

I always felt like there was some filler in TLI, whereas TRM is tighter. Needless to say I'm very happy with the new one. I'm surprised to not see much love for Enemies In Fidelity.

wolfking · « **Reply #176 on:** September 06, 2015, 03:46:56 PM »

Quote from: Dr. DTVT on September 06, 2015, 10:03:40 AM

I always felt like there was some filler in TLI, whereas TRM is tighter. Needless to say I'm very happy with the new one. I'm surprised to not see much love for Enemies In Fidelity.

My thoughts exactly.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #177 on:** September 07, 2015, 08:03:10 AM »

Quote from: Dr. DTVT on September 06, 2015, 10:03:40 AM

I always felt like there was some filler in TLI, whereas TRM is tighter. Needless to say I'm very happy with the new one. I'm surprised to not see much love for Enemies In Fidelity.

I like EIF, the chorus is really nice. Some say the blast beats at the end are weird but I find it interesting in a good way. It's really hard making a blast beat to sound interesting without music and Dirk being the monster he is makes it feel alive, dynamic and groovy.

ariich · « **Reply #178 on:** September 07, 2015, 09:04:08 AM »

I'm not overly keen on the EIF chorus, but it's pretty good. Might be my least favourite on the album though.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #179 on:** September 13, 2015, 10:51:54 AM »

Here's a bit of a bold statement on a Sunday afternoon but I might goes so far and say that The Phantom might be my favourite song Soilwork has ever writen!

Can't really give a solid answer on why but it just has all those great elements I like about Melodic Death Metal. It's fast, dark, powerful, epic, brutal yet uplifting, melodic, clean vocals but yet contain one of Strids most brutal vocal efforts i've heard. It reminds me of At The Gates and the "old school" Melodic Death Metal genre.

I just can't get that song out of my head!

Scorpion · « **Reply #180 on:** September 14, 2015, 12:25:56 PM »

I'm really digging TRM right now, great stuff. Not sure if I'll end up liking it as much as TLI, but it's definitely a great album in its own right.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #181 on:** September 16, 2015, 06:00:18 AM »

Soilwork - Enemies in Fidelity [Official Music Video]

It's pretty terrible actually.

Ah well, still enjoy the hell out of this album.

LCArenas · « **Reply #182 on:** October 26, 2015, 07:00:07 PM »

I find TRM to be far more consistent and to have fewer weak tracks than TLI.

Also holy shit, Aspire Angelic

wolfking · « **Reply #183 on:** October 26, 2015, 07:15:38 PM »

I think the highs of TLI are higher than TRM, but on a whole, TRM is much more consistent and probably the album I would pick to listen to out of the two.

Scorpion · « **Reply #184 on:** October 28, 2015, 04:44:25 PM »

What are your favourites on TRM?

Mine are definitely Death in General, The Phantom, Aspire Angelic and Father and Son.

wolfking · « **Reply #185 on:** October 28, 2015, 10:50:52 PM »

Well, there's nothing really weak on the album, everything is good and to be honest, I just listen and don't even know some of the names of some of the songs. The ones I do know I like are; both title tracks, Sulphur, Father and Son and Shining Lights I think it is.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #186 on:** October 29, 2015, 06:09:25 AM »

Quote from: Scorpion on October 28, 2015, 04:44:25 PM

What are your favourites on TRM?

I agree with wolfking in that there aren't really any weak songs on the album. The ones that go beyond very good, verging on phenomenal, for me seem to line up in tracks 3 through 7. Especially Petrichor by Sulphur. That's probably my single favorite, if I had to choose right now.

Polarbear · « **Reply #187 on:** October 29, 2015, 06:35:47 AM »

Quote from: Scorpion on October 28, 2015, 04:44:25 PM

What are your favourites on TRM?

Mine are definitely Death in General, The Phantom, Aspire Angelic and Father and Son.

There really are, very few weak moments on TRM. Echoing Paths and Shining Lights are pretty mediocre, but rest is great

My favourites are: Whirl of Pain, Death in General, Petrichor by Sulphur and Father and Son. The bonus track "Ghosts and Thunder" is also excellent.

I really like this album, but it's still nowhere near TLI

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #188 on:** January 06, 2016, 04:08:53 AM »

SOILWORK - Death In General (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

I'm so glad the band is better at pumping out killer songs because this is another mess of a video. Much rather hear a "live in studio" version.

wolfking · « **Reply #189 on:** January 06, 2016, 04:17:04 AM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on January 06, 2016, 04:08:53 AM

SOILWORK - Death In General (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

I'm so glad the band is better at pumping out killer songs because this is another mess of a video. Much rather hear a "live in studio" version.

That would be killer. I still spin this album regulary, amazing album.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #190 on:** January 06, 2016, 06:09:54 AM »

I do wonder why they choose to spend money on a music video like that instead of just video recording a song in studio or on stage while touring, I mean they love to play live so why not do what they do best? I have a feeling more people would have enjoyed that than some random video of Bjorn singing in the desert.

wolfking · « **Reply #191 on:** January 06, 2016, 10:45:45 PM »

They must have missed the memo that videos are irrelevant these days.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #192 on:** March 10, 2016, 05:27:27 AM »

There's this small moment in Petrichor By Sulphur during the last chorus when instead of going high pitch he screams the "Where I can't follow" part and I just love changes like that, in this case it just make the chorus more powerful.

wolfking · « **Reply #193 on:** March 10, 2016, 05:50:56 AM »

Haven't listened to this for quite a few weeks, I should change that.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #194 on:** March 10, 2016, 07:56:48 AM »

I listen to it from time to time and it still a great album. Never thought they could top TLI but this album is more straight to the point and concise then TLI yet with the same song quality so every song seems to be interesting in their own way meaning there's no filler tracks. With that being said they still did an amazing job with TLI because despite having 20 songs I still feel there's no real filler tracks imo, at the very least the quality is better than what I would consider be the standard filler tracks.

wolfking · « **Reply #195 on:** March 10, 2016, 01:28:25 PM »

The more time goes on, the more I like this one over TLI.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #196 on:** June 14, 2016, 04:37:53 PM »

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Visionary Swedish metallers SOILWORK will release a special collection of rarities under the moniker Death Resonance on August 19, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Today, the band reveals the cover art created by MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (VOLBEAT, CARCASS, SCAR SYMMTERY, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) as well as the track list for Death Resonance:

01. Helsinki (new song)
02. Death Resonance (new song)
03. The End Begins Below The Surface (The Ride Majestic Japan bonus track)
04. My Nerves, Your Everyday Tool (Beyond The Infinite Japan-only EP)
05. These Absent Eyes (Beyond The Infinite Japan-only EP)
06. Resisting The Current (Beyond The Infinite Japan-only EP)
07. When Sound Collides (Beyond The Infinite Japan-only EP)
08. Forever Lost In Vain (Beyond The Infinite Japan-only EP)
09. Sweet Demise (The Panic Broadcast Japan bonus track)
10. Sadistic Lullaby (re-recorded, The Panic Broadcast Japan bonus track)
11. Overclocked (2016 mix, Sworn A Great Divide Japan bonus track)
12. Martyr (2016 mix, Sworn A Great Divide Japan bonus track)
13. Sovereign (2016 mix, Sworn A Great Divide Japan bonus track)
14. Wherever Thorns May Grow (2016 mix, Stabbing The Drama Japan bonus track)
15. Killed By Ignition (2016 mix, Stabbing The Drama Japan bonus track)

Commented singer Björn "Speed" Strid: "The cover for Death Resonance is made by Mircea Eftemie and in many ways he managed to capture what we went through while recording The Ride Majestic: the sorrow, the close encounter with death, the aftermath and also the existential cogitation that came with it. It links those albums together, even though Death Resonance contains unreleased material from 2005 and forward. The cover almost seems like a link between life and death and not only captures where the band is right now, but also where we've been and what lies ahead."

Sounds pretty cool actually and the cover is beast!

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #197 on:** June 14, 2016, 04:47:49 PM »

Happy to see more new material and the oddities collected. Hopefully the re-mixed stuff from Stabbing the Drama and Sworn to a Great Divide sound better - the mixes on the newer albums are way better, especially for Dirk's drums.

wolfking · « **Reply #198 on:** June 14, 2016, 06:31:46 PM »

This is worth it alone for the inclusion of the Beyond the Infinite songs.

wolfking · « **Reply #199 on:** June 24, 2016, 03:07:50 PM »

New song Helsinki from the upcoming collection;

https://youtu.be/g5VGQueLuqM

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #200 on:** June 24, 2016, 03:30:24 PM »

I dig it, but the new song really points out the formula they've been using. Basically sounds like every recent Soilwork song.

I feel like TLI went out of its way to make each song different even though they overall used the same approach to the songwriting. This new one just sounds like every song on TRM.

Also, I wanna buy Death Resonance on vinyl, but given the revelation that NB are pressing the new Meshuggah box directly off the CDs, I dunno if I wanna buy any of their vinyl anymore.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #201 on:** July 02, 2016, 06:29:09 AM »

I see what you mean but it's a formula that works great if you ask me. Both TLI and TRM is among my top Soilwork releases. This sounds fresh honestly even though it's a pretty basic song but i'm not expecting them to reinvent their sound for every album especially not when the two latest album have been such a success for them.

gazinwales · « **Reply #202 on:** July 03, 2016, 02:56:51 AM »

Soilwork has their own sound and style and I love it.

TLI has so much variety on it, some songs don't even sound like Soilwork.
I had my ipod on shuffle today in my car, a song came on and I had no idea who it was, and I check and it was a song of TLI.

I hope that Speed will do a side project or solo album one day, he has such an amazing clean voice and can scream with the best of them too.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #203 on:** July 03, 2016, 03:30:22 AM »

Quote from: gazinwales on July 03, 2016, 02:56:51 AM

Soilwork has their own sound and style and I love it.

TLI has so much variety on it, some songs don't even sound like Soilwork.
I had my ipod on shuffle today in my car, a song came on and I had no idea who it was, and I check and it was a song of TLI.

I hope that Speed will do a side project or solo album one day, he has such an amazing clean voice and can scream with the best of them too.

Check out Night Flight Orchestra if you haven't already. There's also Terror 2000, crazy and fun thrash metal.

Polarbear · « **Reply #204 on:** July 03, 2016, 03:46:21 AM »

The Night Flight Orchestra is one of my favorite new discoveries!

I might even like them more than Soilwork, so glad that they got signed by a major label!

That new Soilwork song is pretty great too.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #205 on:** July 14, 2016, 10:17:37 AM »

SOILWORK - These Absent Eyes

Cool intro riff!

wolfking · « **Reply #206 on:** July 14, 2016, 03:36:50 PM »

Great song.

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #207 on:** July 14, 2016, 04:49:20 PM »

Had you guys not heard Beyond the Infinite? It's fantastic! Easily as good as TLI.

wolfking · « **Reply #208 on:** July 15, 2016, 03:24:51 PM »

Quote from: seasonsinthesky on July 14, 2016, 04:49:20 PM

Had you guys not heard Beyond the Infinite? It's fantastic! Easily as good as TLI.

I've had a listen to never picked it up due to it being an expensive Japan item only. I'm so glad they are finally releasing it here.

gazinwales · « **Reply #209 on:** July 15, 2016, 03:32:22 PM »

I actually do not consider Japan CD's to be that expensive.
Compared to a regular AU price CD the Japanese versions are not that more expensive.
Given the choice of only a few dollars I'll always go for the Jap version.

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