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Natural Born Chaos
Studio album by
Released25 March 2002
RecordedOctober 2001 - February 2002
StudioStudio Fredman
GenreMelodic death metal, alternative metal
Length41:57
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerDevin Townsend & Fredrik Nordström (Co-Produced)[1]
Soilwork chronology
A Predator's Portrait
(2001)
Natural Born Chaos
(2002)
Figure Number Five
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Natural Born Chaos is the fourth full-length studio album released by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork.

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.TitleMusicLength
1."Follow the Hollow"Peter Wichers4:02
2."As We Speak"Wichers3:43
3."The Flameout"
  • Wichers
  • Ola Frenning
  • Henry Ranta
4:18
4."Natural Born Chaos"Wichers4:08
5."Mindfields"Frenning3:29
6."The Bringer"Wichers4:43
7."Black Star Deceiver"Wichers4:42
8."Mercury Shadow"Wichers3:49
9."No More Angels"Frenning4:01
10."Soilworker's Song of the Damned"
  • Wichers
  • Karlsson
5:02
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
11."Kvicksilver" (Swedish version of "Mercury Shadow")Wichers3:48

Personnel

Soilwork

Guests

References

  1. ^ "The Official Soilwork website". www.soilwork.org. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. ^ Allmusic review