''Steelbath Suicide'' is the debut studio album by the Swedish

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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 ...

. It was released on 20 May 1998 through Listenable and

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labels. It is the only album to feature guitarist Ludvig Svartz and drummer Jimmy Persson. The original release has two Japanese bonus tracks, "Disintegrated Skies" and "

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cover. Century Media re-released the album in 2000 with different cover art and a live track of "Sadistic Lullabye". This album is a firm example of the band's immediate roots in Swedish melodic death metal. The song "Demon in Veins", is a revised version of "Wake Up Call" off their demo; the lyrics changed are in the chorus.

Track listing

Credits

* Björn "Speed" Strid – vocals *

Peter Wichers Peter Wichers is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and record producer best known as one of the founding members of melodic death metal band Soilwork. From 1995 until late 2005, when he announced his departure from the band, and again from 2008 un ...

– guitar * Ludvig Svartz – guitar * Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg – keyboards, synthesizer, programming * Ola Flink – bass * Jimmy Persson – drums

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1998 debut albums Century Media Records albums Soilwork albums Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström