The Ride Majestic

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The Ride Majestic is the upcoming tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band, Soilwork. The album is currently scheduled for release on August 28, 2015. This is the final album with longtime bassist Ola Fink, who parted ways with the band two months before the album's release.

Background

On December 5, 2014, Soilwork frontman Strid confirmed that work had begun on a new album when he posted a picture on Facebook of him listening to new demos. Strid also stated that Soilwork are sounding "better than ever." It was also confirmed that Soilwork has teamed up with Testament frontman Chuck Billy's Breaking Bands LLC management company for the album. In June 2015, Soilwork announced that longtime bassist Ola Flink and the band had parted ways and that he would be replaced by new bassist Markus Wibom.

On July 8th, the band released the title track as the album's first single. On August 13th, the album teaser was released.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ride Majestic"	4:09
2.	"Alight in the Aftermath"	3:47
3.	"Death in General"	4:59
4.	"Enemies in Fidelity"	4:16
5.	"Petrichor by Sulphor"	5:11
6.	"The Phantom" (feat. Pascal Poulsen of Odium)	3:57
7.	"The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angellic)"	4:46
8.	"Whirl of Pain"	5:01
9.	"All Along Echoing Paths"	4:21
10.	"Shining Lights"	3:43
11.	"Father and Son, Watching the World Go Down" (feat. Nathan James Biggs of Sonic Syndicate)	5:40
Total length:		49:48

DIGI Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Of Hollow Dreams"	4:08
13.	"Ghosts and Thunder"	5:17
Total length:		59:13

Personnel

Soilwork

• Björn Strid – vocals
• David Andersson – guitar, bass
• Sylvain Coudret – guitar
• Sven Karlsson – keyboards
• Dirk Verbeuren – drums

Guest Artists

• Pascal Poulsen, guest vocals on 'The Phantom'
• Nathan James Biggs, guest vocals on 'Father and Son, Watching the World Go Down