Soilwork "The Living Infinite (2CD, Nuclear Blast, European Edition, Digipak, NB 2995-0 / 27361 29950)"

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 5 March 2013 in the US. It is the band's first double album. It is also the first Soilwork release to feature 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.

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".

In the United States, the album debuted 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 lyrics are written by Björn Strid, except where noted

Disc 1

1. "Spectrum of Eternity" Strid/David Andersson   4:01
2. "Memories Confined" Sven Karlsson 3:25
3. "This Momentary Bliss" Strid/Andersson  3:45 
4. "Tongue" Andersson 4:17
5. "The Living Infinite I" Strid 3:50
6. "Let the First Wave Rise" Andersson Andersson 2:52
7. "Vesta" Strid 4:18
8. "Realm of the Wasted" Sylvain Coudret 4:29
9. "The Windswept Mercy" Strid 4:14
10. "Whispers and Lights" Andersson 5:09

Total length: 40:20

Disc 2

1. "Entering Aeons" (instrumental) Andersson 2:34
2. "Long Live the Misanthrope" Andersson 5:26
3. "Drowning with Silence" Andersson 4:28
4. "Antidotes in Passing" Andersson 4:15
5. "Leech" Coudret 4:20
6. "The Living Infinite II" Strid 5:39
7. "Loyal Shadow" (instrumental) Coudret 2:34
8. "Rise Above the Sentiment" Strid 4:03
9. "Parasite Blues" Strid/Andersson  5:16
10. "Owls Predict, Oracles Stand Guard" Ola Flink Karlsson 5:24

Total length: 43:59

Release dates: February 27th (Asia), March 1st (Europe), March 4th (United Kingdom), and March 5th (United States).

Official music videos:

- Spectrum of Eternity

- Rise Above the Sentiment

Recording information:

Co-Produced by Soilwork.

All lyrics by Björn "Speed" Strid, except "Owls Predict, Oracles Stand Guard" by Ola Flink and "Let the First Wave Rise" by David Andersson.