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Sworn to a Great Divide

Soilwork
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 23, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: October 22, 2007
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
  • ASIN: B000VT2OHC
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,243 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Sworn to a Great Divide
2. Exile
3. Breeding Thorns
4. Your Beloved Scapegoat
5. Pittsburgh Syndrome
6. I, Vermin
7. Light Discovering Darkness
8. As the Sleeper Awakes
9. Silent Bullet
10. Sick Heart River
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Disc: 2
1. Not Quite Studio; The Devlab [*][Multimedia Track] - Ray Charles
2. Exile
3. Official Bootleg -- Live @ Z7 -- Pratteln, Switzerland [DVD][*]

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good redemption, October 30, 2007
By Eric (USA) - See all my reviews
Firstly, it's very clear that the Steelbath Suicide-Chainheart Machine days are over so save your money and look elsewhere if that's the type of music you're looking for. This album and those ones are incomparable for the most part.

I just got this album in the mail today and after listening to it a few times, I feel that Soilwork have redeemed themselves from Stabbing the Drama (which I thought was a poor excuse for a Soilwork album). Sworn to a Great Divide is a mash of melo and aggressive music and the majority of songs have at least some clean vocals in them. My problem with Stabbing the Drama was that I found almost all of the songs to be not catchy, boring, and lacking the overall quality of Soilwork's previous work. This album majorly improves on those aspects. I'd put it over Figure Number Five as well since there were only 5 songs I liked on that one. Sworn to a Great Divide is more melo and relaxed than Natural Born Chaos but the quality is still there and I believe it lives up to its Soilwork name. This is the first album since Natural Born Chaos where I enjoy more than half of the songs on it.

If you enjoy any of Soilwork's newer work, you should definitely buy this album.


Songs I liked:

2. Exile
3. Breeding Thorns
4. Your Beloved Scapegoat
6. I, Vermin
7. Light Discovering Darkness
10. Sick Heart River
11. 20 More Miles
12. Martyr

The 4 songs I didn't list, I give them a rating of "eh" and "so-so". Their sounds are mostly reminiscent of the songs on Stabbing the Drama which I didn't like. But hey, if you liked that album then you'll probably like those ones too.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweden's finest have returned, October 23, 2007
By Michael "F*** off!" (FL United States) - See all my reviews
When chief songwriter/lead guitarist Peter Wichers exited Soilwork, it was a question of how the writing would be affected. Also, whether it would still be a strong lineup after bringing in new guitarist Daniel Antonsson. No worry here. The production is as solid as it was on Natural Born Chaos, you have all of the best elements from the previous albums, and a strong vocal performance from Bjorn (whose vocals were produced by Strapping Young Lad's Devin Townsend). If Stabbing The Drama wasn't the album for you, this might not be either. Give it a listen.

The limited edition comes with a bonus track, and a bonus dvd with footage from the making of the album, Exile music video, and a full live bootleg.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars More great metal from the Swedish masters, October 23, 2007
I've been a fan of Soilwork since their 2002 album "Natural Born Chaos". Maybe it's because it was the first one I heard that it's still my favorite, but since then I've picked up all of their other studio albums from "Steelbath Suicide" to "Sworn to a Great Divide", and I can honestly say they're all great. This latest album is no different, and I would recommend it to both fans and newcomers. If you could only buy one Soilwork album, I would say it'd have to be "Natural Born Chaos", as that still stands in my mind as their best work, but "Sworn to a Great Divide" is a solid entry into their catalog and anyone who likes Swedish Melodic Death Metal (and really, who doesn't?) will like this. Highlight tracks on this album include "Exile", "Your Beloved Scapegoat", and "As the Sleeper Awakes".
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3.0 out of 5 stars not the same
I loved old Soilwork IE (steelbath suicide, predators portrait) though this album is better than Stabbing the Drama, it is not the soilwork that I have grown to love. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Godpuppet

5.0 out of 5 stars a new soilwork
i've been a soilworker from way back, and this is a new sound. at first i didn't care for it. but, after listening a couple times i began to hear a maturity that lacked before... Read more
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Published 13 months ago by Jeremy Brackeen

4.0 out of 5 stars soilwork continues to produce great melodic metal
sworn to a great divide is the new album of soilwork and this cd is very similar to their previous two albums, but still they deliver great melodic metal for the fans of the band... Read more
Published 13 months ago by G. Alberti

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME
first time I listened to this I wasnt really impressed. it took a few listens before I really got into it and now it rarely leaves the CD player. Read more
Published 15 months ago by D. Flynn

1.0 out of 5 stars Another Example of Comformity Metal
What are these guys doing!!!!!! This is killing me. Stop trying to sound like KillSwitch Engage. Let KSG be KSG. This album is so predictable. Read more
Published 15 months ago by T. Reid

4.0 out of 5 stars Intricate, Heavy And Melodic Swedish Metal
After a few years of hearing about Soilwork and picking up the excellent "Natural Born Chaos", I had sort of lost track of this band, other than reading about lineup changes, some... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Joel Israel

2.0 out of 5 stars They are Slowly pulling out of their rut 3 STARS, (NOT TWO)
Soilworks latest effort, "Sworn to a Great Divide" is showing us that Soilwork is slowly starting to pull out of their rut of genric metal, something that started on the dismal... Read more
Published 17 months ago by T. Gore

5.0 out of 5 stars New Soilwork, same great music!
When I heard that Peter Wichers was leaving as many fans I was worried what the new album would be like. All along there was nothing to worry about. Read more
Published 17 months ago by C. Manzella

4.0 out of 5 stars If you liked Stabbing The Drama, that's a good record.
This is a good album, with very catchy and strong songs, and sounds like a natural evolution from STD. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Danilo Nicoletti

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