''A Predator's Portrait'' is the third full-length studio album released by the Swedish

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band,

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to ...

. It was released on 19 February 2001, and was reissued on 15 October 2013 in the U.S. and 18 October 2013 in Europe. This is the last album to feature Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg on keyboards. According to

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, the album sold 6.326 copies in the US as of 2002. This is the first album where Björn "Speed" Strid started utilizing clean vocals mixed with his traditional

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style and the first Soilwork release to be on

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. The album was recorded at the same studio and at the same time that Opeth recorded their album ''

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''. "Shadowchild" is a rerecording from their reissue of ''The Chainheart Machine''.

Track listing

Personnel

Soilwork

* Björn "Speed" Strid −

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* Peter Wichers −

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the feature ...

* Ola Frenning −

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guita ...

* Henry Ranta −

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

* Ola Flink −

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* Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg − keyboards,

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Guests

* Mattias Eklundh −

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on "Needlefeast" *Jens Broman (ex-

Darkane Darkane is a Swedish Heavy metal music, metal band that originated in Helsingborg in 1998. Their music contains ample Thrash metal, thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in-studio use of synth ...

) – co-writer * Eskil Simonsson − samples on "Grand Failure Anthem" *

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− co-vocals on "A Predator's Portrait"

Additional Personnel on the Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

*Sven Karlsson – keyboards *Dirk Verbeuren – drums *Sylvain Coudret – guitar *David Andersson – guitar

Production

* Mixed at Studio Fredman * Drums recorded in DHS-Studios * Mastered at The Mastering Room

References

External links

''A Predator's Portrait''
on

's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Predators Portrait, A Soilwork albums 2001 albums Nuclear Blast albums Albums recorded at Studio Fredman Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström