''The Chainheart Machine'' is the second studio album by the 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 heavine ...
band
Soilwork. It is the first Soilwork release to feature guitarist Ola Frenning and drummer Henry Ranta.
There is an instrumental
hidden track on "Room No 99" as the song ends at 5:00 followed by silence until the 7:00 minute mark where the hidden track begins. The hidden track transitions perfectly into the opening title track.
Track listing
Credits
Soilwork
*
Bjorn "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
*
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
* Ola Frenning − guitar
* Ola Flink − bass
* Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg − keyboards
* Henry Ranta − drums
Guests
*
Mattias Eklundh
Mattias Bernt Johannes Eklundh (born 6 October 1969), also known as IA, is a Swedish guitarist and vocalist. He is known for his work with Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg and Art Metal, and he has also produced several noted solo Freak Guitar ...
− guitar solo on "Machinegun Majesty"
* Mattias Nilsson - 2009 remastering
Release history
References
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Soilwork albums
2000 albums
Century Media Records albums
Concept albums
Albums recorded at Studio Fredman
Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström