Verkligheten

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The recording sessions for this album have been different from anything we've done before. Everyone's been very involved in the whole process, and we've allowed ourselves to experiment more and take more chances sonically. Our drummer Bastian Thusgaard, who hasn't recorded with us previously, brought another dimension to our sound, and he made the rest of us step up our game as well. And working with producer Thomas "PLEC" Johansson (The Panic Room) has been a real pleasure. Even though we've been through a lot over the past years, we feel more like a unit than we've done for a long time. On this new album we have gone back to classic heavy metal basics but with a twist of our own legacy of sound, with soaring melancholic melodies at a sometimes-furious tempo and great diversity. People will recognize the vibe that we've had on the latest two albums, but we feel that we've taken our sound even further, with more energy, darker elements but uplifting structure. [14]

Release

On 4 October 2018, the band posted an official teaser video for "Arrival", the first single of the new album. [15] On 12 October 2018, the band revealed the title, tracklist and artwork of their new album Verkligheten, which would be released on 11 January 2019 via Nuclear Blast. A visualizer clip of "Arrival" was also available for streaming on the same day. [1] On 26 October 2018, the band released the music video for the song "Full Moon Shoals". [2] An animated music video directed by Elia Cristofoli for the song "Stålfågel" was released on 21 December 2018. [3] The music video for the song "Witan" was available for streaming on 11 January 2019. [16]

Track listing

Verkligheten
Soilwork Verkhligheten cover art.jpg
Digital and vinyl edition cover
Studio album by
Soilwork
Released11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)
RecordedApril–August 2018
Studio
Genre Melodic death metal
Length50:17
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Thomas "PLEC" Johansson
Soilwork chronology
Death Resonance
(2016)		Verkligheten
(2019)		 Övergivenheten
(2022)
Alternative cover
Soilwork Verkhligheten digipak cover art.jpg
Digipak edition cover
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Verkligheten" (instrumental) David Andersson1:44
2."Arrival" Björn "Speed" Strid Andersson3:47
3."Bleeder Despoiler"AnderssonAndersson3:36
4."Full Moon Shoals"StridStrid4:46
5."The Nurturing Glance"AnderssonAndersson5:24
6."When the Universe Spoke"AnderssonAndersson5:22
7."Stålfågel"AnderssonAndersson4:25
8."The Wolves Are Back in Town"AnderssonAndersson3:24
9."Witan"AnderssonAndersson3:48
10."The Ageless Whisper"StridAndersson5:01
11."Needles and Kin" (featuring Tomi Joutsen)AnderssonStrid4:57
12."You Aquiver" (featuring Dave Sheldon)StridStrid4:03
Total length:50:17
Underworld – Limited digipak, vinyl and Japanese edition bonus EP
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Summerburned and Winterblown"AnderssonAndersson4:15
2."In This Master's Tale"StridStrid5:03
3."The Undying Eye"AnderssonAndersson4:33
4."Needles and Kin" (original version)AnderssonStrid4:59
Total length:18:50
iTunes edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
7."Stålfågel" (featuring Alissa White-Gluz)AnderssonAndersson4:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 187
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] 120
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [20] 35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 10
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [22] 86
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 25

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