''The Chainheart Machine'' is the second studio album by Swedish
melodic death metal
Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...
band
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They have released twelve studio albums. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, the band was originally known as ''Inferior Breed''. In late 1996, they changed t ...
. It is the first Soilwork release to feature guitarist Ola Frenning and drummer Henry Ranta.
There is an instrumental
hidden track
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a ghost track, secret track or unlisted track) is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record, or other recorded medium, in such a way as t ...
on "Room No 99" as the song ends at 5:00 followed by silence until the 7:00 minute mark where the hidden track begins. The hidden track transitions perfectly into the opening title track.
Track listing
Credits
Soilwork
*
Bjorn "Speed" Strid − vocals
*
Peter Wichers − guitar
* Ola Frenning − guitar
* Ola Flink − bass
* Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg − keyboards
* Henry Ranta − drums
Guests
*
Mattias Eklundh − guitar solo on "Machinegun Majesty"
* Mattias Nilsson – 2009 remastering
Release history
References
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Soilwork albums
2000 albums
Century Media Records albums
2000s concept albums
Albums recorded at Studio Fredman
Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström