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The Living Infinite
Studio album by Soilwork
Released	1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	84:19
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Jens Bogren, Soilwork
Soilwork chronology
The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998-2008 (2010) The Living Infinite (2013) Beyond the Infinite (2014)

The Living Infinite is the ninth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, released on 27 February 2013 in Asia, 1 March 2013 in Europe, on 4 March 2013 in the UK and on 5 March 2013 in the US. It is the band's first double album. It is also the first Soilwork release to feature guitarist David Andersson; founding guitarist Peter Wichers left Soilwork for the second time in 2012, making this the second album to not feature him. This also marks the band's last album with longtime bassist Ola Flink who parted ways with the band right before the recording of the next album The Ride Majestic.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com
Allmusic
Blabbermouth	9.5/10
Decibel Magazine
Exclaim!	9/10
Metal Forces	9/10
Metal Hammer	favorable
Metal Storm	favorable
Sputnikmusic	4.3/5

The album received high acclaim. Trey Spencer of Sputnikmusic gave the album a "Superb" rating of 4.3/5, praising the album's heavier sound, dynamic songwriting and melodic, progressive content. Calling it Soilwork's "strongest, most consistent album to date", he stated that the band "have simultaneously stepped back to their past while maintaining their current sound, but they have also diversified their formula more than ever before – and they did so without a single filler track." However, writing for Decibel Magazine, Adrien Begrand stated that "the primary flaw of The Living Infinite is its lack of variety, the cookie-cutter nature of the songwriting wearing thin after the halfway point".

Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debuted at No. 60 on the Billboard 200, and No. 20 on the Top Rock Albums, selling 7,800 copies in its first week. The album has sold 26,000 copies in the US as of August 2015.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Björn Strid, except where noted

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Soilwork

• Björn Strid – vocals
• Sylvain Coudret – guitars
• David Andersson – guitars
• Ola Flink – bass
• Sven Karlsson – keyboards
• Dirk Verbeuren – drums

Guest musicians

• Justin Sullivan – vocals on "The Windswept Mercy"

Additional musicians

• Hanna Carlsson – cello on "Spectrum of Eternity", "The Living Infinite II"; piano on "Spectrum of Eternity"

Production

• Soilwork – production
• Jens Bogren – production, mixing, mastering
• Johan Örnborg – production assistance
• Linus Corneliusson – production assistance

Artwork and design

• Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (Mnemic, eftemie.com) – album cover
• Hannah Verbeuren (hannahvphotography.com) – photography

Studios

• Fascination Street – mixing, mastering

Charts

References

1. The Living Infinite at Metacritic
2. Bowar, Chad. "Soilwork - The Living Infinite Review". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
3. Heaney, Gregory. The Living Infinite - Soilwork at AllMusic
4. Van Horn, Jr., Ray (10 March 2013). "CD Reviews - The Living Infinite Soilwork". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
5. ^ Begrand, Adrian (April 2013). "Soilwork, The Living Infinite". Decibel Magazine (102): 84.
6. Deneau, Max (5 March 2013). "Soilwork The Living Infinite". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
7. Fisher, Mark. "SOILWORK – The Living Infinite (2013)". www.metalforcesmagazine.com. Metal Forces. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
8. Dome, Malcolm (27 March 2013). "Soilwork: The Living Infinite". metalhammer.teamrock.com. Team Rock Limited. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
9. Train, Dane (12 March 2013). "Soilwork - The Living Infinite review". www.metalstorm.net. Metal Storm. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
10. ^ Spencer, Trey (3 March 2013). "Review: Soilwork - The Living Infinite". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
11. "Billboard 200: March 23, 2013". Billboard.
12. "Rock Albums: March 23, 2013". Billboard.
13. "SOILWORK: 'The Living Infinite' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 13 March 2013.
14. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on 19 August 2015.
15. The Living Infinite (liner notes). Soilwork. Nuclear Blast. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
16. "Austriancharts.at – Soilwork – The Living Infinite" (in German). Hung Medien.
17. "Ultratop.be – Soilwork – The Living Infinite" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
18. "Ultratop.be – Soilwork – The Living Infinite" (in French). Hung Medien.
19. "Soilwork: The Living Infinite" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
20. "Lescharts.com – Soilwork – The Living Infinite". Hung Medien.
21. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
22. "リヴィング・インフィニット – ソイルワーク – ORICON STYLE".
23. "Swedishcharts.com – Soilwork – The Living Infinite". Hung Medien.
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25. "Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2013".
26. March 2013/131/ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
27. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
28. "Soilwork Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
29. "Soilwork Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
30. "Soilwork Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
31. "Soilwork Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.

External links

• The Living Infinite at AllMusic
• The Living Infinite at Nuclear Blast

• 2013 albums
• Nuclear Blast albums
• Soilwork albums
• Albums produced by Jens Bogren