A Predator's Portrait

Studio album by Soilwork

Released

19 February 2001

Recorded

September-October 2000
Studio Fredman and DHS-Studios

Genre

Melodic death metal

Length

45:43

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Fredrik Nordström, Soilwork

Soilwork chronology

The Chainheart Machine
(2000)

A Predator's Portrait
(2001)

Natural Born Chaos
(2002)

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A Predator's Portrait is the third full-length studio album released by the Swedish melodic death metal band, Soilwork. It was released on 19 February 2001 and will be reissued on 15 October 2013 in the U.S. and 18 October 2013 in Europe.^[1] This is the last album to feature Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg on keyboards.

This album is considered by many as the band's finest hour, possibly their most popular (followed closely by their follow-up Natural Born Chaos), and the transitional album that set them apart from other Swedish death metal bands. This is the first album where Björn "Speed" Strid started utilizing clean vocals mixed with his traditional screaming style and the first Soilwork release to be on Nuclear Blast. The album was recorded at the same studio and at the same time that Opeth recorded their album Blackwater Park.^[2]

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bastard Chain"	Strid & Wichers	4:02
2.	"Like the Average Stalker"	Wichers, Ranta & Broman	4:30
3.	"Needlefeast"	Strid, Wichers & Frenning	4:06
4.	"Neurotica Rampage"	Strid	4:43
5.	"The Analyst"	Strid, Wichers & Frenning	4:42
6.	"Grand Failure Anthem"	Strid, Wichers & Frenning	5:20
7.	"Structure Divine"	Strid, Wichers & Frenning	4:06
8.	"Shadowchild"	Strid, Wichers, Frenning, Ranta & Holmberg	4:38
9.	"Final Fatal Force"	Strid, Wichers & Frenning	4:59
10.	"A Predator's Portrait"	Strid, Wichers & Frenning	4:31

Japanese CD Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Asylum Dance"	Strid	4:16

Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Additional Notes	Length
11.	"Asylum Dance"	Japanese edition bonus track on original release	4:16
12.	"Like The Average Stalker"	Live from the "2013 North American Infinity Tour"
13.	"Final Fatal Force"	Live from the "2013 North American Infinity Tour"

Personnel

Soilwork

Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals
Peter Wichers − lead guitar
Ola Frenning − rhythm guitar
Henry Ranta − drums
Ola Flink − bass guitar
Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg − keyboards, artwork

Guests

Mattias Eklundh − guitar solo on "Needlefeast"
Jens Broman (ex-Darkane) – co-writer
Eskil Simonsson − samples on "Grand Failure Anthem"
Mikael Åkerfeldt − 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

↑ "Soilwork: Deluxe Edition Of 'A Predator's Portrait' Due In October". Blabbermouth.net. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
↑ Åkerfeldt, Mikael. "Blackwater Session Diary". Opeth.com. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

External links

A Predator's Portrait on Soilwork's official website

Soilwork

Björn "Speed" Strid David Andersson Sylvain Coudret Sven Karlsson Ola Flink Dirk Verbeuren Peter Wichers Daniel Antonsson Henry Ranta Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg Ludvig Svartz Jimmy Persson Ola Frenning

Studio albums	Steelbath Suicide The Chainheart Machine A Predator's Portrait Natural Born Chaos Figure Number Five Stabbing the Drama Sworn to a Great Divide The Panic Broadcast The Living Infinite

Demos and EPs	In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake The Early Chapters Beyond the Infinite

Compilation albums	The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998 - 2008