Formed: 1996
From:
Helsingborg,
Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Soilwork News
Below is our complete Soilwork news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Darkane Recaps Soilwork Tour
Darkane has issued the following update:
"We're back in Sweden from what we believe was a very successful tour in North America together with Soilwork, Warbringer and Swallow the Sun. Thanks a lot to the other bands, crew and all the fans that showed up and made us feel welcome. Playing 50 shows in 52 days was kinda tough but we're very happy we managed to pull it through without any bigger issues. Now we are focusing on writing new material for the next album but before that we have a show at The Tivoli in our home town Helsingborg tomorrow (Saturday April 4th), and then we have the Roskilde festival and Nuclear Assault festival booked for this summer, and hopefully more will show up. Next week Peter Wildoer will head out on a European tour with Pestilence for three weeks."
"I am also very proud to announce that I am now officially endorsed by Steve Clayton guitar picks. I have been using Clayton pics (1.26 mm) since the middle of the nineties. Since Darkanes music is based on accurate playing I need a pick that feels steady and that I can count on when I hit my strings very hard. With the Clayton picks I get a very good and reliable grip allowing me to alter between fast and rhythmic playing without having to think about what my right hand is doing. See you out there!"
Soilwork To Cut Back On Touring
Guitarist Peter Wichers of Swedish metal band Soilwork recently did an interview with MetalSucks.net. When the topic of what effect family has on touring here's what he had to say:
"I've seen most of the guys in Darkane who all have kids. They are able to make this happen, so I don't see a reason why I won't be able to do that. I think that when I came back, we did talk a little bit about how we're going to do the touring in the future. I think everybody agrees that Soilwork might have done too many tours that probably they didn't have to do. I think that we're all in the same understanding that we're not going to do as much touring as we did before. We won't over-tour the records. That also made my decision a lot easier to make when I knew that that's what the guys wanted to do. A lot of the guys now are married and have wives and stuff. When I was in the band 4 years ago, everything was kind of up in the air a bit more. Since then a lot of people have settled down, and they have something to come back to at home instead of just spending a lot of time on the road."
Read the full article at MetalSucks.
Soilwork Posts Behind The Scenes Tour Video Online
Swedish metal act Soilwork has posted a new video showing what goes on behind the scenes of their tour of North America. You can check it out below. More...
Soilwork Launches Tour Video Blog
Swedish metal band Soilwork has issued the following update about launching a new video blog of their tour:
"Sweden's SOILWORK and Royal Artist Club (powered by Nokia!) have teamed up to bring you, the fans, regular video and picture updates from the road (on the bands current North American tour) exclusively here.
"Tune in regularly to view the bands latest updates from the road!"
Lion's Share Reveals New Album Cover art
Swedish melodic heavy metallers LION'S SHARE have unveiled the cover art for their upcoming album, "Dark Hours."
LION'S SHARE will release the new album in late March 2009 via Blistering Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Emotional Coma" was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (OPETH, SYMPHONY X, PARADISE LOST, AMON AMARTH) and features guest appearances by SYMPHONY X guitarist Mike Romeo (guest solo on "Behind The Curtain"), and drummers Conny Pettersson (from Earache Records death metal act ANATA) and Richard Evensand (CHIMAIRA, SOILWORK). More...
Soilwork Posts "20 More Miles" Video Online
Swedish heavy metallers Soilwork has posted their new video online for the song "20 More Miles." You can check it out below. The song comes from the bands latest album, "Sworn To A Great Divide." The band will be touring North America as of January 30th along with Darkane, Warbringer and Swallow The Sun. More...
Demonoid Issues Update
DEMONOID, the Swedish old-school death/thrash metal project featuring ex-THERION members Kristian Niemann (guitar) and Johan Niemann (bass) along with former SOILWORK / CHIMAIRA drummer Richard Evensand, and DARK FUNERAL's Caligula on vocals offers the following update:
"Updates have been few and far between the last couple of months and recording has been on hold because well....life sort of got in the way. The family moved in November and it took just about two months to get everything sorted and up and running again. I also had to start earning more money; meaning working more; meaning more time spent with guitar students and less on the new record. Not exactly what I had planned but you gotta do what you gotta do." More...
Darkane Issues Pre-tour Update
Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish metal band DARKANE has issued the following update:
"I realized that it's only 3.5 weeks left until we leave for our massive U.S. tour with SOILWORK, DAYLIGHT DIES, WARBRINGER and SWALLOW THE SUN. This tour will be interesting. We will play two shows, then have a day off, and then play like 35 days in a row without a break. I hope everyone will stay healthy because this will be rough. Then we have a day off again. All in all, we are going to play 50 shows in 52 days. 41 shows in the U.S. and nine in Canada. But the bottom line is that we are all looking forward to this VERY much!" More...
Soilwork Announces Tour Setlist Poll Results
Swedish metal act Soilwork has issued the following update about their tour set list poll:
Finally, here are the results you've all been waiting for! Below you can discover the top 10 songs as selected by YOU during our exclusive set list poll!!!
We will perform these songs every night on our upcoming North American Headlining Tour starting January 30th, 2009:
Stabbing The Drama
As We Speak
Follow The Hollow
Nerve
Rejection Role
Soilworker's Song Of The Damned
The Chainheart Machine
Shadowchild
Distortion Sleep
Needlefeast More...
Soilwork Cancels French Shows
Soilwork has posted the following tour report online:
"Howdy y'all, here's a little Soilwork update straight from Bilbao, Spain. So far, this European Tour with ONE-WAY MIRROR and ANANTA has been a total blast, filled to the brim with sweat, beers and heavy-ass riffage. Here's a big HAIL to all of you who came out to see us so far! You rock!!!
"Alas, we also have some bad news. For reasons beyond our control, we're forced to cancel the last of our three French shows, initially in Lyon and recently moved to Luynes (Aix-En-Provence). We sincerely apologize to our French fans for this unfortunate situation, and we promise to come back for a full-fledged French tour as soon as we can.
"On another note, since Ananta have to leave us after the Swiss show next Saturday, we've added on some different opening bands wherever possible. For the four shows in Germany, the opener will be DEADLOCK and for the three shows in Sweden it will be SCARPOINT.
Cheers!"
Deadlock To Support Soilwork on Tour
DEADLOCK will support SOILWORK and ONE WAY MIRROR on the following dates:
12/05 - DE – Jena @ F-Haus
12/06 - DE – Muenchen @ Metropolis
12/07 - DE – Karlsruhe @ Substage
12/08 - DE – Koeln @ Underground
Soilwork Vocalist Bjorn "Speed" Strid Checks In
Soilwork vocalist Bjorn "Speed" Strid has posted the following update online:
"As you might know, we're currently out on tour in Europe. I'm writing to you from Glasgow, Scotland. The rain has been just as unstoppable as the beer drinking on the tourbus, but today the sun is actually shining and everybody is in a great mood!
"We're now ten days into this European trek and things are going smoothly. Peter (Wichers) and Sylvain (Coudret) are tearing it up; I'm telling you people, they're a murderous guitar duo! Just you wait and see! Crowds have been great as well, noisy and roudy, just the way we like it! Luckily, my twisted flipper is back on track after falling into the drumkit while doing some of that old school pogo dancing on stage... However, my stage shirt is pink after a head-shaving accident right before the Birmingham show last night...
"Anyways, we're doing some tracks that we haven't played live in a very long time, and even some tracks that we've never played at all like 'Black Star Deceiver'. I gotta say it's working out really good! The only thing missing is DEVIN TOWNSEND doing his trade off vocals with me. I guess I'll just have to fly him to Europe... You there Devin? More...
Soilwork Allowing Fans To Choose Their Setlist
Soilwork will be doing a final tour to support their latest album, "Sworn To A Great Divide" and has decided to allow their fans to choose the bands setlist for their upcoming American tour. The closing date is December 12th and you can vote by clicking here.
Soilwork's Classic Albums To Be Re-Released
LISTENABLE RECORDS is set to re-release the classic first albums from Swedish metal band SOILWORK. Both classic "Steelbath Suicide" and "The Chainheart Machine" will be re-released in deluxe super jewelcases with revamped artwork and contain various bonus tracks. Both albums have been out of print for a while.
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Zimmer's Hole Plays The Underground in Calgary, AB
Zimmer’s Hole descended into The Underground in Calgary, AB. on Sept. 29 for a high-octane onslaught of comedic thrash. Those who arrived early enough were in for a treat when local act Kilyakai got things started around 9:30. More...
Watch Contraband Candy's Wacken Assault Part 1
Contraband Candy recently released their Wacken Open Air 2008 video report, entitled Wacken Assault 2008 Part 1. It's jam-packed with interviews from Soilwork, The Rotted, exciting Thrash newcomers Warbringer and a chat with Mercenary. You can watch the video on Contrabandcandy.com or below (after the jump).
Part 2 will feature interviews with Watain, The Berzerker, Unearth, Evocation, plus influential Swedish producer/musician Peter Tägtgren. More...
Zimmers Hole Launchs Old Man's Child Cover Song
ZIMMERS HOLE has secured a slot on the 20th anniversary compilation of Century Media Records, entitled "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which is available throughout Europe now. It contains 32 mostly exclusive recordings where Century Media artists cover songs from other acts within the label's repertoire and the result is a fascinating journey through the label's impressive musical spectrum.
Until the end of the year, Century Media will share some of these tracks on their MySpace page in weekly turns and you can now check out the ZIMMERS HOLE version of "Doommaker," a song by Norwegian black metal outfit OLD MAN'S CHILD, which was originally released on the "The Pagan Prosperity" album in 1997.
Furthermore, ZIMMERS HOLE will hit the UK as direct support of Swedish metallers Soilwork. This extensive tour kicks off in early November and is the band's first European run for their current album "When You Were Shouting At The Devil…We Were In League With Satan."
Here are the tour dates with Soilwork, Zimmers Hole and One-Way Mirror: More...
Ex-Soilwork Guitarist Returns To The Band
Soilwork has announced that their former guitarist, Peter Wichers will be returning to the band. A statement from the group reads as follows:
“The past two years have been great although sometimes a bit turbulent. We made another killer album and did several amazing tours around the world; and today it is with sheer joy and excitement that we announce the return of Peter Wichers as a guitarist in SOILWORK. He’s been missed both as a bandmate and as a songwriter.
“We know that we can come back even stronger, and it definitely gives us a feeling of inspiration and completion to have Peter, one of the founders of SOILWORK, come back to the fold. We feel that we can look into the future with greater confidence and musical creativity. Having Peter back will complete the circle and the final line up of the band. More...
Warbringer Gives Finntroll Tour Report
Warbringer has issued the following tour report along with the announcement that they will be supporting Soilwork on their upcoming tour:
"So we're back in N. America touring the US and Canada with FINNTROLL. It was quite a rush as we flew directly in from Amsterdam (as Holland was our last European show with Sworn Enemy/All Shall Perish) into Philadelphia and had to get our butts down to Jaxx in Springfield the next day to start this tour. It was a bit chaotic but we want to thank everyone who responded to our post for a ride.
"This tour has been great! It feels good to be back home and playing in front of metal audiences and sharing a bus with the 'Trolls has been awesome. It's been some time since we played the US, as we pretty much spent all summer in Europe, and it's nice to feel the energy of the audience every night. Merch sales have been good too - thanks! More...
Soilwork Announces North American Tour
Sweden’s melodic death/thrash champions, SOILWORK, will return to North American shores once more starting in late January. After a successful arena tour with LAMB OF GOD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and DEVILDRIVER, followed by a direct support slot to THROWDOWN, the band will tour once again with a proper headlining tour. The two month endeavor promises to leave almost no stone unturned and to deliver what the fans have been waiting for over a year now, a longer SOILWORK set.
Joining them will be their good friends in DARKANE (Sweden), new-wave-of-old-school-thrashers WARBRINGER (U.S.A.), and the new kings of melodic doom/death SWALLOW THE SUN (Finland). Confirmed tour dates so far are as follows: More...
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