Length 84:19 Release date 27 February 2013 Label Nuclear Blast | Artist Soilwork Producer Jens Bogren | |
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Released March 1, 2013 (2013-03-01) The Living Infinite
(2013) Beyond the Infinite
(2014) Genres Melodic death metal, Alternative metal Similar The Ride Majestic, The Panic Broadcast, Stabbing the Drama, Natural Born Chaos, Sworn to a Great Divide | ||
Soilwork spectrum of eternity official track
The Living Infinite is the ninth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, released on 27 February 2013 in Asia, 1 March 2013 in Europe, on 4 March 2013 in the UK and on March 5, 2013 in the US. It is the band's first double album. It is also the first Soilwork release to feature new guitarist David Andersson; founding guitarist Peter Wichers left Soilwork for the second time in 2012, making this the second album to not feature him. This also marks the band's last album with longtime bassist Ola Flink who parted ways with the band right before the recording of the next album The Ride Majestic.
Contents
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Critical reception
The album received high acclaim. Trey Spencer of Sputnikmusic gave the album a "Superb" rating of 4.3/5, praising the album's heavier sound, dynamic songwriting and melodic, progressive content. Calling it Soilwork's "strongest, most consistent album to date", he stated that the band "have simultaneously stepped back to their past while maintaining their current sound, but they have also diversified their formula more than ever before – and they did so without a single filler track." However, writing for Decibel Magazine, Adrien Begrand stated that "the primary flaw of The Living Infinite is its lack of variety, the cookie-cutter nature of the songwriting wearing thin after the halfway point".
Public reception
The Living Infinite was quite well received by the public. On Rate Your Music the album has an average rating of 3.56 of 5, based on more than 700 ratings, and on Sputnikmusic the album has an "excellent" average rating of 4.1 of 5, based on more than 750 ratings.
Commercial performance
In the United States, the album debued at No. 60 on the Billboard 200, and No. 20 on the Top Rock Albums, selling 7,800 copies in its first week. The album has sold 26,000 copies in the US as of August 2015.
Track listing
All music arranged by Soilwork.
Credits
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Personnel
Studios
Songs
1Spectrum of Eternity4:02
2Memories Confined3:26
3This Momentary Bliss3:46