''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 have released twelve studio albums. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, the band was originally known as ''Inferior Breed''. In late 1996, they changed t ...
, released on 19 August 2022 via
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast Records is a German record label with subsidiary, subsidiaries located in Germany, the United States and Brazil. It was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Donzdorf. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on ...
. It marks the first album with new bassist Rasmus Ehrnborn who joined as a touring member for the previous album ''
Verkligheten'' 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, Bjorne (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 languages , Scandinav ...
– vocals
* Sylvain Coudret – guitars
* David Andersson – guitars, bass, piano
* Sven Karlsson – keyboards
* Bastian Thusgaard – drums
* Rasmus Ehrnborn – bass
Charts
References
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2022 albums
Nuclear Blast albums
Soilwork albums