''Övergivenheten'' (English: ''The Abandonment'') is the twelfth studio album by Swedish

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...

band

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...

, released on 19 August 2022 via

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. It marks the first album with new bassist Rasmus Ehrnborn who joined as a touring member for the previous album ''

Verkligheten ''Verkligheten'' (English: ''The Reality'') is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, released on 11 January 2019 via Nuclear Blast. It is the first album to feature drummer Bastian Thusgaard as the replacement o ...

'' cycle and became a permanent member in 2022, also making this album the first recorded as a six-piece since 2013's '' The Living Infinite''. This was the last album to feature guitarist David Andersson who died on 14 September 2022.

Track listing

Personnel

Soilwork *

Björn "Speed" Strid Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

– vocals * Sylvain Coudret – guitars * David Andersson – guitars, bass, piano * Sven Karlsson – keyboards * Bastian Thusgaard – drums * Rasmus Ehrnborn – bass

Charts

References

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