Stabbing the Drama

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Stabbing the Drama
Studio album by Soilwork
Released	February 28, 2005
Genre	Alternative metal Melodic death metal
Length	42:41 (Original release) 46:55 (Digipak release) 51:13 (Korean release)
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Daniel Bergstrand
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Soilwork chronology
The Early Chapters (2004) Stabbing the Drama (2005) Sworn to a Great Divide (2007)

Stabbing the Drama is the sixth full-length studio album released by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork and the last to feature long-time guitarist Peter Wichers, who left the band after the subsequent tour.

Style-wise, this could be considered a more diverse album than the previous record, Figure Number Five, taking elements of the past and present, and potential future. Most of the song-writing is done by guitarist Peter Wichers, but more input from keyboardist Sven Karlsson is seen. This is also the first album to feature new drummer Dirk Verbeuren, who brings a more technical approach to the band's drumming compared to the previous two albums.

Some pressings of the CD have tracks three and four reversed, with parts of track three still at the start of track four. 1,000 copies were made in a limited collectors metal case in the shape of the Soilworker's logo.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Stabbing the Drama" − 4:34
2. "One with the Flies" − 4:00
3. "Weapon of Vanity" − 4:02
4. "The Crestfallen" − 3:46
5. "Nerve" − 3:38
6. "Stalemate" − 3:28
7. "Distance" − 4:29
8. "Observation Slave" − 4:09
9. "Fate in Motion" − 3:21
10. "Blind Eye Halo" − 2:24
11. "If Possible" − 4:50

Bonus tracks:
12. "Wherever Thorns May Grow" − 4:08 *
13. "Killed by Ignition" − 4:18 **

• * (bonus track for U.S. and Europe limited digipak edition and Japan)
• ** (bonus track for Japanese and Korean edition)

[edit] Credits

• Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals
• Peter Wichers − guitars
• Ola Frenning − guitars
• Ola Flink − Bass guitar
• Sven Karlsson − Keyboards
• Dirk Verbeuren − Drums

Soilwork
Björn "Speed" Strid | Ola Frenning | Daniel Antonsson | Sven Karlsson | Ola Flink | Dirk Verbeuren
Former members
Henry Ranta | Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg | Ludvig Svartz | Jimmy Persson
Discography
Albums Steelbath Suicide | The Chainheart Machine | A Predator's Portrait | Natural Born Chaos | Figure Number Five | Stabbing the Drama | Sworn to a Great Divide
Demos/EPs
In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake | The Early Chapters
Singles
"As We Speak" | "Black Star Deceiver" | "Light the Torch" | "Rejection Role" | "Stabbing the Drama" | "Nerve" | "Exile"