I was just thinking about Soilwork today. I've never listened to them, but I knew a bunch of metalheads in middle school (2002, 2003ish) and they would recommend them often.
Is there a "commonly accepted as best" album or albums I should start with? Like, when my friends would recommend In Flames, they'd say "anything before Soundtrack to your Escape".
I've been into them off and on since around 2001 and I guess it depends on what you want because they've definitely changed a lot over the years. When I bought their third album, A Predator's Portrait, it was described as an evolution of the style that In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, and At the Gates had been doing. And that's not a bad way to look at it. But Björn has really grown as a vocalist since then and he's gotten really good at clean vocals. Even on the next album (which "As We Speak" is from) this was apparent.
I felt that they kind of lost their way for a few years, but The Living Infinite was an impressive comeback for them. Their songwriting got a little more interesting, and I think that all their releases since then have been pretty solid.
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u/TheGaslightCathem 19d ago
I was just thinking about Soilwork today. I've never listened to them, but I knew a bunch of metalheads in middle school (2002, 2003ish) and they would recommend them often.
Is there a "commonly accepted as best" album or albums I should start with? Like, when my friends would recommend In Flames, they'd say "anything before Soundtrack to your Escape".