Natural Born Chaos

Natural Born Chaos
Studio album by Soilwork
Released	25 March 2002
Recorded	October 2001 – February 2002
Studio	Studio Fredman
Genre	Melodic death metal, alternative metal
Length	41:57
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Devin Townsend & Fredrik Nordström (Co-Produced)[1]
Soilwork chronology
A Predator's Portrait (2001) Natural Born Chaos (2002) Figure Number Five (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Natural Born Chaos is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. According to Nielsen Soundscan, the album sold 2.267 copies in the US as of 2002.[3]

The album comes in a limited vinyl version and features two lps with this album and Figure Number Five in white and the other black. The album was voted the number one album by BW and BK magazine in 2002. A video was also made for "As We Speak".

This is the first album with current keyboardist Sven Karlsson.

This is also the first release from the band to include elements such as alternative metal, a style that would become more evident in the band's following release, Figure Number Five.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Björn "Speed" Strid, except "Soilworker's Song of the Damned" written by Strid and Jens Broman

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Follow the Hollow"	Peter Wichers	4:02
2.	"As We Speak"	Wichers	3:43
3.	"The Flameout"	Wichers Ola Frenning Henry Ranta	4:18
4.	"Natural Born Chaos"	Wichers	4:08
5.	"Mindfields"	Frenning	3:29
6.	"The Bringer"	Wichers	4:43
7.	"Black Star Deceiver"	Wichers	4:42
8.	"Mercury Shadow"	Wichers	3:49
9.	"No More Angels"	Frenning	4:01
10.	"Soilworker's Song of the Damned"	Wichers Karlsson	5:02

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Music	Length
11.	"Kvicksilver" (Swedish version of "Mercury Shadow")	Wichers	3:48

Personnel

Soilwork

• Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals
• Peter Wichers − guitar
• Ola Frenning − guitar
• Ola Flink − bass
• Sven Karlsson − keyboards
• Henry Ranta − drums

Guests

• Mattias Eklundh − guitar solo on "No More Angels"
• Devin Townsend − co-vocals on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned"

References

1. "The Official Soilwork website". www.soilwork.org. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
2. AllMusic review
3. Blabbermouth (30 April 2002). "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 18 November 2022.