Artist: Soilwork
Title: Övergivenheten
Label: Nuclear Blast
Cat #: NB59452
Release Year: 2022
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel case

Overgivenheten is the twelfth studio album from the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork.

Unlike the albums before, the creation process of „Övergivenheten“ was very lengthy and a representation of the emotional state of the guys from SOILWORK. Recorded at Nordic Sound Lab in Skara, Sweden again with producer Thomas “Plec” Johansson, who also produced the last two projects, the album was written and recorded over three sessions between January and December 2021. There was no hurry to finish the album, which meant on the other side that the band was able to reflect on their music and savor the process of creating the album. 

Musically, Övergivenheten is the continuation of the SOILWORK legacy of the last years. The approach was to make the album sound as organic as possible. Therefore, among other things, acoustic elements have been incorporated into the songs, which help to make the sound experience as close and genuine as possible. The album is intended to give the feeling of being in the middle of creating the energy and feeling the atmosphere. To build this experience and, above all, to give the listener the feeling of being right in the center of the band’s creative environment, balance was needed, something that the external circumstances made difficult, especially due to the current situation in the world.

Recommended if you like: At the Gates, Arch Enemy, Lamb of God, In Flames, Fear Factory, Children of Bodom, Trivium, Cradle of Filth, My Dying Bride, Opeth

Track Listing:
1. Övergivenheten
2. Nous Sommes la Guerre
3. Electric Again
4. Valleys of Gloam
5. Is It in Your Darkness
6. Vultures
7. Morgongåva/Stormfågel
8. Death, I Hear You Calling
9. This Godless Universe
10. Dreams of Nowhere
11. The Everlasting Flame
12. Golgata
13. Harvest Spine
14. On The Wings Of A Goddess Through Flaming Sheets Of Rain