SOILWORK’s New Material “Has More Sort Of Like A Metallic Vibe Over It”

Soilwork is engaged on the follow-up to their 2022 report Övergivenheten and, given the heavier path of the brand new single “Spirit Of No Return”, it looks like we’re in for one thing consistent with their older materials. Although do not take my phrase for it – Soilwork vocalist Björn “Velocity” Strid mentioned the identical factor in an interview with Moshpit Ardour.

Strid additionally famous that new guitarist Simon Johansson contributed to the brand new materials. Johansson joined in 2023 and changed longtime guitarist David Andersson, who died in 2022.

“Nicely, onerous to say. I imply, we determined to only method issues fairly slowly this time round as a result of we have been via quite a bit, as I am certain you realize,” mentioned Strid. “Simon joined the fold now and he is an important man and a improbable guitar participant. He is been enjoying with us dwell for a reasonably very long time, however he contributed with this new music and it has a bit of little bit of a thrashier aspect to it and type of like extra Soilwork rootsy type of really feel, but in addition nonetheless blended with the extra present parts that we’re recognized for.

“So it is actually onerous to say precisely the place we’re gonna go, however I’d say that the sound is gonna be barely extra metallic, no matter which means, however I additionally really feel that we found so many wonderful issues via once we did A Whisp Of The Atlantic, with Verkligheten and with Övergivenheten, and people parts we wanna take with us. However I feel there’s additionally perhaps previous issues that we need to revisit and produce again once more. And I feel this new one, it has extra type of like a metallic vibe over it, however we carry on evolving, and I by no means wanna fall into some type of cliché or making an attempt to rehash issues. So I am as curious as you’re the place we’re gonna go.

“However I feel this music is perhaps providing you with a bit of little bit of a touch the place we’re going. However we all the time attempt to experiment as properly. Nevertheless it’s too early to say if there’s gonna be a full album anytime quickly. I feel we’re approaching issues slowly. We’re getting shut to start out performing some songwriting. And it’d occur on this tour. I’ve the guitars proper right here. So who is aware of what’s gonna occur?!”