SOILWORK — Beyond the Infinite (review)

SOILWORK — Beyond the Infinite album cover EP · 2014 · Melodic Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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"Beyond the Infinite" is an EP release by Swedish metal act Soilwork. The limited edition EP was released through Avalon/Marquee Records in September 2014 and is exclusive to the Asian market. "Beyond the Infinite" features five outtakes/unreleased tracks from "The Living Infinite (2013)" sessions. Believe it or not, but there were actually leftover tracks from that double album release.

Stylistically the five tracks on the 21:49 minutes long EP are pretty much in line with the melodic death metal tracks featured on "The Living Infinite (2013)", but with a little twist here and there, which makes it understandable but not wildly obvious that it was these five tracks which weren´t included on the album. There are just some small details, and in some cases a slightly less infectious chorus melody than usual for Soilwork, which points in the direction that the tracks on "Beyond the Infinite" were outtakes. Musically this is melodic death metal with both raw semi-growling/screaming vocals and many clean vocal parts, melodic lead guitar work and heavy and fast death/thrashy riffing, very fast precision drumming, and keyboards used for effect and atmosphere. In other words, the sound of Soilwork.

And that´s about it, because overall the material is very well written, incredibly well performed, and as well produced as the material on "The Living Infinite (2013)". So if you´re a fan of that album, "Beyond the Infinite" is definitely worth your time and money. a 4 star (80%) rating is deserved.
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