Sworn to a Great Divide

Sworn to a Great Divide
Soilwork studio album
Publication (s)	October 19, 2007
Label (s)	Nuclear Blast
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Melodic Death Metal
Title (number)	11
running time	41:57
occupation	Singing: Bjørn "Speed" Strid Guitar: Daniel Antonsson Guitar: Ola Frenning Bass: Ola Flink Drums: Dirk Verbeuren Keyboard: Sven Karlsson
production	Ola Frenning, Peter Wildoer, Devin Townsend
Studio (s)	Not Quite Studios, Helsingborg
chronology Stabbing the Drama (2005) Sworn to a Great Divide The Panic Broadcast (2010)

Sworn to a Great Divide is the seventh studio album by the Swedish Gothenburg - or modern metal band Soilwork . It is also the first album without guitarist Peter Wichers, who left the band in 2005.

useful information

After the great success of the previous album Stabbing the Drama and the departure of original guitarist Peter Wichers, there was uncertainty as to whether Soilwork could maintain their level. On this album mostly Ola Frenning wrote the guitar parts. Except for the vocal parts, it was recorded at Not Quite Studios, Helsingborg . The vocal parts were produced by Devin Townsend . The album is considered to be the band's greatest commercial success to date, and it was able to enter the US charts for the first time. It also came with an additional DVD.

reception

Thom Jurek wrote on Allmusic.com that Sworn to a Great Divide felt like the “natural extension” of albums like Stabbing the Drama . The heavy, almost orchestral sound destroys the “heaviness” of earlier releases like Natural Born Chaos . But there is no reason to complain about the album. Jurek rated it three and a half stars out of five.

Track list

1. Sworn to a Great Divide - 3:33
2. Exile - 3:49
3. Breeding Thorns - 3:55
4. Your Beloved Scapegoat - 3:58
5. The Pittsburgh Syndrome - 2:46
6. I, Vermin - 3:38
7. Light Discovering Darkness - 3:50
8. As the Sleeper Awakes - 4:18
9. Silent Bullet - 3:26
10. Sick Heart River - 4:12
11. 20 More Miles - 4:38
12. Martyr - 4:17 (bonus track of the limited and Japan editions)
13. Sovereign - 4:26 (bonus track of the limited and Japan editions)
14. Overclocked (Limited Edition)

Web links

• Sworn to a Great Divide on Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.metal-hammer.com: Information on the album  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} www.allmusic.com: Review of Stabbing the Drama by Thom Jurek