Natural Born Chaos
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2002 |
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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10 |
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41 min 54 s |
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Studio (s) |
Studio Fredman, Gothenburg |
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Natural Born Chaos is the fourth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork . It was released on March 25, 2002 via Nuclear Blast .
Emergence
The recordings for Natural Born Chaos took place between October and December 2001 in the Fredman studio in Gothenburg . The album was produced by the Canadian Devin Townsend . The guitarist Peter Wichers made contact with Townsend. Wichers asked Townsend if he wanted to produce the new Soilwork album and sent him a copy of the previous album, A Predator's Portrait . A short time later, Townsend gave his approval. Townsend contributed background vocals for the songs "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned" . Another guest musician was Mattias Eklundh , who contributed a guitar solo to the song "No More Angels".
The owner of Fredman Studios, Frederik Nordström, acted as co-producer. Mixed was Natural Born Chaos by Devin Townsend, Frederik Nordström and Peter Wichers, while Goran Finnberg the mastering took over. The cover was designed by Travis Smith. The band shot their first music video for the song "As We Speak" . The shooting took place in Gothenburg.
background
According to singer Björn Strid, the album title describes the chaos of today:
“It looks like chaos is born naturally today. Either you are born into a chaotic life or you grow up in a chaotic life. There are so many people who don't even get the chance to lead a decent life. "
Strid got his inspiration for the lyrics while working at a school for children with behavioral problems who have mental and family problems. He let his experiences flow into the texts.
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“Follow the Hollow” deals with the question of whether it is right or wrong to follow something that doesn't exist. “The Flameout” is about a young man who constantly has problems and does not realize how he harms his environment. "Black Star Deceiver" is about a person who controls the life of his friends and forces them to do cruel things against their will. "Mercury Shadow" describes the search for an antidote to hatred . The song "No More Angels" should encourage you to go your own way and not follow others.
The theme song was used for the soundtrack of the Playstation / Xbox game Splashdown 2 .
reception
Natural Born Chaos received mostly positive reviews from the trade press. The German magazine Metal Hammer named Natural Born Chaos “Album of the Month” in the April 2002 issue. According to Petra Schurer, “the album combines all the qualities a modern Metal album should have: originality, directness, complexity, dynamism, aggressiveness, atmospheric Density and catchiness ”, for which she gave the album a top grade of seven. Uwe “Buffo” Schnädelbach from Rock Hard magazine described Natural Born Chaos as “one of the most intense sound experiences of the last few months” and gave the album nine out of ten points. Pedro Azevedo from the online magazine Chronicles of Chaos expressed himself negatively, who criticized the pop choruses , which remind him too much of advertising jingles . Azevedo gave the album five out of ten points.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b vampster.com: Soilwork: A phone call from Devin Townsend and an email from the metal god himself
- ↑ metalkings.com: Soilwork
- ↑ Gunnar Sauermann: "Überflieger". In: Metal Hammer, April 2002 issue, page 120
- ↑ blabbermouth.net: SOILWORK: New Album Pushed Back To May
- ^ Metal Hammer, April 2002 issue, p. 88
- ↑ rockhard.de: Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
- ↑ chroniclesofchaos.com: Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos