Övergivenheten (English: The Abandonment) is the twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, released on 19 August 2022 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the first album with new bassist Rasmus Ehrnborn who joined as a touring member for the previous album Verkligheten cycle and became a permanent member in 2022, also making this album the first recorded as a six-piece since 2013's The Living Infinite. This was the last album to feature guitarist David Andersson who died on 14 September 2022.
Track listing
Personnel Soilwork Björn "Speed" Strid – vocals Sylvain Coudret – guitars David Andersson – guitars Sven Karlsson – keyboards Bastian Thusgaard – drums Rasmus Ehrnborn – bass Additional musicians
Rachel Hall – violin, cello Johan Randén – acoustic guitar, banjo Hanna Carlsson – cello Morgan Schrantz – voice Nils Karlsén – voice on track 14 Daniel Fäldt – kaval
Charts + Chart performance for Övergivenheten Chart (2022) Peakposition Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA) 6 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 66 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 87
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