SOILWORK: 'Steelbath Suicide', 'The Chainheart Machine' Reissue Bonus Tracks Detailed

March 26, 2009

Listenable Records will re-release the classic first albums from Swedish metallers SOILWORK. "Steelbath Suicide" (1998) and "The Chainheart Machine" (1999) will be reissued in deluxe super jewelcases with revamped artwork and contain bonus tracks. Out of print for a while, these re-releases are a "must-have for any SOILWORK fan who missed the originals while the various bonus materials make it worth for die-hard fans to get these gems again," the label says in a press release.

"Steelbath Suicide" bonus tracks:

01. Sadistic Lullabye (Live in Tilburg, 1999)
02. The Aardvark Trail (Live in Tilburg, 1999)

"The Chainheart Machine" bonus tracks:

01. Machinegun Majesty (Live in Tilburg, 1999)
02. Neon Rebels (Live in Tilburg, 1999)

Vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and drummer Dirk Verbeuren of SOILWORK were interviewed for the "Rock Circus" video show on February 18, 2009 at the Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Watch the eight-minute chat below.

In a recent interview with SuicideGirls.com, SOILWORK guitarist Peter Wichers spoke about what direction the band might take musically with its next album. "We talked about maybe taking a little bit of a different approach for the next record," he said. "Having me and Sylvain [Coudret, guitar] back in the band, I think that we're probably going to try to do stuff that might be a little more technical. We want to keep the element of the catchy chorus but at the same time maybe have bit more guitar solos than on "Sworn to a Great Divide" and also let Dirk [Verbeuren, drums] get more space on the record for drumming. That was one of the things I think that "Sworn to a Great Divide" was lacking a little bit. It's a good record but I think that with such talented musicians the next album definitely needs to have more performance."

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