Övergivenheten (English: The Abandonment) is the twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, released on 19 August 2022 via Nuclear Blast.[8] 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 passed away on 14 September 2022.[9]
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Released | 19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) | |||
Recorded | January – December 2021 | |||
Studio | Nordic Sound Lab (Skara, Sweden) | |||
Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
Length | 65:19 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Thomas "PLEC" Johansson | |||
Soilwork chronology | ||||
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Singles from Övergivenheten | ||||
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Distorted Sound | 8/10[5] |
Metal Injection | 7.5/10[6] |
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Övergivenheten" |
| Björn "Speed" Strid | 5:46 |
2. | "Nous sommes la guerre" ("We Are the War") | Andersson | Andersson | 6:53 |
3. | "Electric Again" | Andersson | Andersson | 4:23 |
4. | "Valleys of Gloam" | Strid | Strid | 4:11 |
5. | "Is It in Your Darkness" | Strid | Strid | 4:05 |
6. | "Vultures" | Andersson | Sven Karlsson | 5:48 |
7. | "Morgongåva / Stormfågel" (“Morning Gift/Stormbird”, instrumental) | Andersson | 1:33 | |
8. | "Death, I Hear You Calling" | Andersson | Andersson | 4:41 |
9. | "This Godless Universe" | Andersson | Andersson | 4:42 |
10. | "Dreams of Nowhere" | Strid | Strid | 4:29 |
11. | "The Everlasting Flame" (instrumental) | Strid | 1:07 | |
12. | "Golgata" (featuring Dave Sheldon) | Andersson | Andersson | 4:59 |
13. | "Harvest Spine" (featuring Dave Sheldon) | Strid | Strid | 5:10 |
14. | "On the Wings of a Goddess Through Flaming Sheets of Rain" | Andersson | Andersson | 7:32 |
Total length: | 65:19 |
Soilwork
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[10] | 6 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] | 35 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] | 123 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] | 115 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] | 15 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] | 15 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] | 66 |
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[17] | 87 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] | 86 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 29 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 20 |
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[21] | 69 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[22] | 20 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[23] | 7 |
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