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The Ride Majestic is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. It was released on 28 August 2015 and is the last album to feature longtime drummer Dirk Verbeuren, who left the band in July 2016 to join Megadeth.

The Ride Majestic
Studio album by Soilwork
Released	August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)
Recorded	February–June 2015
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	49:52
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	David Castillo, Soilwork
Soilwork chronology
Live in the Heart of Helsinki (2015) The Ride Majestic (2015) Death Resonance (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	9/10[2]
Exclaim!	7/10[3]
Metalsucks	[4]
New Noise Magazine	[5]
Revolver	4/5[6]

Background

On 5 December 2014, Soilwork frontman Björn Strid confirmed that work had begun on a new album when he posted a picture on Facebook of him listening to new demos.[7] Strid also stated that Soilwork are sounding "better than ever".[7] It was also confirmed that Soilwork has teamed up with Chuck Billy's Breaking Bands LLC management company for the album.[7] In June 2015, Soilwork announced that longtime bassist Ola Flink and the band had parted ways and that he would be replaced by Markus Wibom.

On 8 July, the band released the title track as the album's first single. On 13 August, the album teaser was released. On 20 August, the band released "Enemies in Fidelity" as a promotional single.

Track listing

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[8][9]

Personnel

Soilwork

• Björn Strid – vocals
• Sylvain Coudret – guitars, bass
• David Andersson – guitars, bass
• Sven Karlsson – keyboards
• Dirk Verbeuren – drums
• Markus Wibom – bass (credited, but did not perform)

Guest musicians

• Pascal Poulsen (Odium) – vocals on "The Phantom"
• Nathan James Biggs (Sonic Syndicate) – vocals on "Father and Son, Watching the World Go Down"

Additional musicians

• Hanna Carlsson – cello on "The Ride Majestic", "Enemies in Fidelity" and "The Phantom"; piano on "The Ride Majestic"

Production

• David Castillo – production, recording, mixing (tracks 12-13)
• Soilwork – production
• Björn Strid – vocal production and recording
• Linus Corneliusson – additional recording, mix assistance, additional editing
• Rickard Gustafsson – drum tech
• Per Burström – drum tech
• Jens Bogren – mixing (tracks 1-11), mastering
• Tony Lindgren – mastering assistance

Artwork and design

• Róbert Borbás (theartofgrindesign.com) – cover art
• Hannah Verbeuren (hannahvphotography.com) – photography
• Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (eftemie.com) – layout, additional art
• Carlos Holmberg – Soilwork logo
• Tobias Green – Soilwork emblem a.k.a. The Sledgehammer Massiah

Studios

• Fascination Street Studios 1, Stockholm, Sweden – recording
• Black-out in the Red Room, Landskrona, Sweden – vocals recording
• Fascination Street Studios 2, Örebro, Sweden – mixing, mastering

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]	60
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11]	37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	91
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	112
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14]	12
French Albums (SNEP)[15]	107
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17]	22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18]	49
US Billboard 200[19]	103

References

External links

• The Ride Majestic at AllMusic
• The Ride Majestic at Nuclear Blast

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