Natural Born Chaos
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Natural Born Chaos is the fourth full-length studio album released by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. It was produced by Devin Townsend who also sings on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Song of the Damned". Another guest on the album is Mattias IA Eklundh from Freak Kitchen who plays lead guitar on "No More Angels".
The album comes in a limited vinyl version and features two vinyls 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.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Follow the Hollow" | Björn Strid | Peter Wichers | 4:02 |
| 2. | "As We Speak" | Strid | Wichers | 3:43 |
| 3. | "The Flameout" | Strid | Frenning, Wichers, Henry Ranta | 4:18 |
| 4. | "Natural Born Chaos" | Strid | Wichers | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Mindfields" | Strid | Frenning | 3:29 |
| 6. | "The Bringer" | Strid | Wichers | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Black Star Deceiver" | Strid | Wichers | 4:42 |
| 8. | "Mercury Shadow" | Strid | Wichers | 3:49 |
| 9. | "No More Angels" | Strid | Frenning | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Soilworker's Song of the Damned" | Strid, Broman | Karlsson, Wichers | 5:02 |
| 11. | "Kvicksilver (Mercury Shadow - Swedish Version)" (Bonus) | Strid | Wichers | 3:48 |
Personnel
Band members
- Björn "Speed" Strid − Vocals
- Peter Wichers − Guitar
- Ola Frenning − Guitar
- Ola Flink − Bass
- Sven Karlsson − Keyboards
- Henry Ranta − Drums
Guest musicians
- Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen) − lead guitar on "No More Angels"
- Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Band) − guest vocals on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned"
References