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Natural Born Chaos
Natural Born Chaos
Studio album by Soilwork
Released	25 March 2002
Recorded	October 2001 – February 2002
Studio	Studio Fredman
Genre	Melodic death metal, alternative metal
Length	41:57
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Devin Townsend & Fredrik Nordström (Co-Produced)
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Natural Born Chaos is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. According to Nielsen Soundscan, the album sold 2.267 copies in the US as of 2002.^[3]

The album comes in a limited vinyl version and features two lps with this album and Figure Number Five in white and the other black. The album was voted the number one album by BW and BK magazine in 2002. A video was also made for "As We Speak".

This is the first album with current keyboardist Sven Karlsson.

This is also the first release from the band to include elements such as alternative metal, a style that would become more evident in the band's following release, Figure Number Five.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Björn "Speed" Strid, except "Soilworker's Song of the Damned" written by Strid and Jens Broman

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Follow the Hollow"	Peter Wichers	4:02
2.	"As We Speak"	Wichers	3:43
3.	"The Flameout"	Wichers Ola Frenning Henry Ranta	4:18
4.	"Natural Born Chaos"	Wichers	4:08
5.	"Mindfields"	Frenning	3:29
6.	"The Bringer"	Wichers	4:43
7.	"Black Star Deceiver"	Wichers	4:42
8.	"Mercury Shadow"	Wichers	3:49
9.	"No More Angels"	Frenning	4:01
10.	"Soilworker's Song of the Damned"	Wichers Karlsson	5:02

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Music	Length
11.	"Kvicksilver" (Swedish version of "Mercury Shadow")	Wichers	3:48

Personnel

Soilwork

Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals
Peter Wichers − guitar
Ola Frenning − guitar
Ola Flink − bass
Sven Karlsson − keyboards
Henry Ranta − drums

Guests

Mattias Eklundh − guitar solo on "No More Angels"
Devin Townsend − co-vocals on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned"

References

^ "The Official Soilwork website". www.soilwork.org. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ AllMusic review
^ Blabbermouth (30 April 2002). "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[1] "The Official Soilwork website". www.soilwork.org. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

[2] AllMusic review

[3] Blabbermouth (30 April 2002). "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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 This is the first album with current keyboardist Sven Karlsson.
+This is also the first release from the band to include  elements such as [[alternative metal]], a style that would become more evident in the band's following release, ''[[Figure Number Five]]''.
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-== Personnel ==
+==Personnel==
-=== Band members ===
+===Soilwork===
-* [[Björn Strid|Björn "Speed" Strid]] − [[Vocals]]
+* [[Björn Strid|Björn "Speed" Strid]] − [[vocals]]
-* [[Peter Wichers]] − [[Electric guitar|Guitar]]
+* [[Peter Wichers]] − [[Electric guitar|guitar]]
-* Ola Frenning − [[Electric guitar|Guitar]]
+* Ola Frenning − guitar
-* Ola Flink − [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
+* Ola Flink − [[Bass guitar|bass]]
-* Sven Karlsson − [[Electronic keyboard|Keyboards]]
+* Sven Karlsson − [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]]
-* Henry Ranta − [[Drum kit|Drums]]
+* Henry Ranta − [[drums]]
-=== Guest musicians ===
+===Guests===
 * [[Mattias Eklundh]] − [[guitar solo]] on "No More Angels"
-* [[Devin Townsend]] ([[Strapping Young Lad]], [[The Devin Townsend Band]]) − co-vocals on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned"
+* [[Devin Townsend]] − co-vocals on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned"
-== References ==
+==References==
-{{Reflist|2}}
+{{Reflist}}
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+{{Authority control}}
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-[[Category:Nuclear Blast Records albums]]
+[[Category:Nuclear Blast albums]]
 [[Category:2002 albums]]
+[[Category:Albums produced by Devin Townsend]]
+[[Category:Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)]]
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v t e Soilwork
Björn Strid Sven Karlsson Sylvain Coudret Bastian Thusgaard Rasmus Ehrnborn Simon Johansson Mattias Nilsson Carl-Gustav Döös Ludvig Svartz Jimmy Persson Carlos Holmberg Henry Ranta Ola Frenning Daniel Antonsson Peter Wichers Ola Flink Dirk Verbeuren Markus Wibom Taylor Nordberg David Andersson
Studio albums	Steelbath Suicide (1998) The Chainheart Machine (2000) A Predator's Portrait (2001) Natural Born Chaos (2002) Figure Number Five (2003) Stabbing the Drama (2005) Sworn to a Great Divide (2007) The Panic Broadcast (2010) The Living Infinite (2013) The Ride Majestic (2015) Verkligheten (2019) Övergivenheten (2022)
EPs	The Early Chapters (2004) Beyond the Infinite (2014)
Compilation albums	The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998–2008 (2010) Death Resonance (2016)
Live albums	Live in the Heart of Helsinki (2015)
Related articles	Discography Band members