Soilwork - The Living Infinite (2013)

Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork are ready to release their ninth studio album ‘The Living Infinite’ on March 1st in Europe and March 5th in the US via Nuclear Blast, and this is an album that’s perhaps as important for the band’s career as anything they’ve previously put out, for a number of reasons. This is their first ever double album, with 20 brand new original tracks on two discs.When it comes to melodic extreme metal, particularly Soilwork with their unbeatable clean vocals, I almost think of it as pop music for metalheads, and I say that as a compliment. But lately, heavyweights like Children Of Bodom and In Flames have disappointed fans of this sub-genre with their newer releases even though they continue to thrive as great live bands. Thankfully, we still have Soilwork delivering the goods, and quite honestly, ‘The Living Infinite’ is one of the best melodic extreme metal albums I’ve heard in a very long time, and as a modern-day double album in any kind of heavy music, it’s simply unparalleled.

Tracklist :

Disc 1
1. Spectrum of Eternity
2. Memories Confined
3. This Momentary Bliss
4. Tongue
5. The Living Infinite I
6. Let the First Wave Rise
7. Vesta
8. Realm of the Wasted
9. The Windswept Mercy
10. Whispers and Lights

Total playing time 39:59

Disc 2

1. Entering Aeons
2. Long Live the Misanthrope
3. Drowning With Silence
4. Antidotes in Passing
5. Leech
6. The Living Infinite II
7. Loyal Shadow
8. Rise Above the Sentiment
9. Parasite Blues
10. Owls Predict, Oracles Stand Guard

Total playing time 44:01