1995년 INFERIOR BREED라는 이름으로 결성된 SOILWORK는, 1997년 현재의 밴드명으로 개명하고 처음으로 그 모습을 드러냈으며, 2001년에 이르러 성공을 거두기에 이르렀다.
두 장의 앨범을 발매한 후 2001년 봄, 3집에 해당하는 "A PREDATOR'S PORTRAIT"를 발매, 전세계 메틀 팬들의 새로운 신으로 추앙 되며, 광폭한 면과 선이 있는 멜로디를 보여줌과 동시에 더 두터운 뮤지션쉽 까지 발휘하며 폭 넓은 지지 세력을 얻기에 이른다.
언론들은 일제히 이에 호응하였으며, 특히 LEGACY매거진은 15점 만점의 15점을 주는 동시에 이 달의 앨범으로 선정하였으며 HEAVY ODER WAS, HAMMER 매거진도 이에 동참하였다. 이들의 정상을 향한 인기몰이는 NEVERMORE와 ANNIHILATOR의 써포트 투어로써 시작되었으며, SOILWORK의 공연을 향한 반응은 가히 기대 이상으로 폭발적이었으며 주객이 전도되는 현상까지 나타나기 시작했다.
현재까지, 이들의 공연에 대한 최고의 하이라이트는 2001년 WACKEN OPEN AIR였으며, 이곳에서 2만 명 이상의 관중이 이들의 환상적인 공연을 직접 눈으로 확인 했을 뿐 아니라, 이들의 관한 관련 상품들은 겨우 3시간도 안돼서 동이 나는 일까지 벌어졌다. 이 페스티발 이후 충만 된 자신감속에 4집 앨범 수록될 곡들의 작업에 들어갔으며 아무런 문제없이 다재 다능한 맴버들은 새로운 곡들은 완성했다.
이어 곧바로 2001년 9월에 IIN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, HAMMERFALL등이 작업하여 좋은 성과를 거두었던 히트제조장소 정도로 알려진 스웨덴의 GOTHERNBURG에 위치한 스튜디오 프레드맨으로 향하였다. 프레드맨 스튜디오에 동참한 이는, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD를 이끌며 STEVE VAI 밴드에서 함께 활동한 경력이 있는 그 유명한 천재 아이디어맨 DEVIN TOWNSEND였으며, 그를 프로듀서로 맞이한 것은 앞으로 나올 음원들의 성공적 결과를 예견케 했다.
얼마간의 시간이 흐르고 "NATURAL BORN CHAOS"라는, 익스트림 씬의 최정상에 위치하게 될 앨범을 완성하였다.
"SOILWORK야 말로 새로운 밀레니엄 시대의 주목받는 위대한 밴드이다! GO GET IT" 라고 말한 헤비메탈의 신 ROB HALFORD의 말이 거짓이 아님을, 그들의 새 앨범 NATURAL BORN CHAOS로 더욱 확고히 해줄 것이다. .... ....
I fought the forces that will bring me down They crawl without a sound They wake me up at night, kill the lights, make it right No time for slumber I'm getting dumber every sigh, Every time I'm standing tall, every time I rise and fall
I think we're closer now, I'm getting nearer I can see it touching ground, it's getting clearer Can't you see I'm way behind, I'm so sincere I believe you'll never find.
Wee out the sun, under the gun Kneel down for the ricochet My future tells no lies to a creature with o rights As for the plans I have in mind I have nothing left to find Please show a sign, who's next in line?
I think we're closer now, I'm getting nearer I can see it touching ground, it's getting clearer Can't you see I'm all denied faith fucked believer I claim you'll never find a better fear
[Chorus] Take a look, take a ride, stay by my side Don't dare to think-let's follow the hollow It kills your pride to be alive Please step a side, cause I follow the hollow!
We head for hell and we do it well, come eat the dust Cause it's all a dirty lie that chokes the sky
I think we're closer now, I'm getting nearer I can see it touching ground, it's getting clearer Can't you see I'm way behind, I'm so sincere I believe you'll never find a better fear
[Chorus]
I think we're closer now, I'm getting nearer I can see it touching ground, it's getting clearer Can't you see I'm all denied faith fucked believer I claim you'll never find a better fear
As we speak... -the stable table turns As we speak... -I should have known we're burned And I guess I'll never never learn which of those faces who makes it all turn As we speak... -I'm going deeper down As we speak... -With a terrible sound a feeble holy bastard son has it only just begun?
[Chorus]
I turn away.....fading out alone Was a lifetime worth it all? ...fading out...fading out alone Ass we speak we turn to stone
As we speak... A young man looses his mind As we speak... He kills what's next in line... A broken down mother ask herself why -Is this the end of her precious time? As we speak... -a conscience leaves without a trace a silent departure to a silent place what do we know about the anger that starts to grow
Don't despair, time will heal your torment Don't you dare, spend your days in hell So beware, faith will bring you treason While you stare... Oh!
[1st Lead Frenning, 2nd Lead Wichers]
I turn away....fading out alone Was a lifetime worth it all? ...fading out...fading out alone As we speak we turn to stone [Repeat] As a lifetime turns to stone...
> Don't look for compassion as long as you Keep turning away It's all that matters to me When I try to puzzle your pain You struggle against yourself by living in the dust Can't you realize there's no one here who you can't trust May the gods have mercy on your bastard brain Hold on one more second my fatal one [Chorus] Feeding angels with despair Flameout's reigning everywhere And you need it so, you just can't let it go away I try hard to pull the strings of your life, adopting my Soul to figure out what's right Deep down I know you can make it shine Save yourself and do not decline An acute manner for an acute self-destructive kind It is structured before your eyes You're so inferior and vile! A creator of demonized stress and steals the crown from The evil ones living in his mess The remnants of his youth lies public Just if someone cares Swallow the bitter pill and justify! [Chorus] So here I stand all alone Where is the face that I used to know Can't believe you never found out why? Why keep on hurting you're self You struggle against yourself by living in the dust Can't you realize there's no one here who you can't trust May the gods have mercy on your bastard brain Hold on one more second my fatal one [Chorus]
Now the bombshell babies See the world with brand new eyes The day they were born They couldn't get it right Leavin' scars and agony Gathered in a fatal colony
We've seen 'em fall one for all Bitter and bright nailed to the wall Closin' in as the terror's goin' blind Ruthless and devastatin' As our time just passes by
We've lost our patience and our belief Dismantled and broken as the sirens shriek (Shriek)
What can we do what can we do What can we say what can we say Our veins are filled with pure dismay
Starin' through the window's Waitin' for all sins to be born Playin' on a mindfield Searchin' like never before
Now that our state of mind Has left us broken and divine We never meant to hurt ourselves Signed sealed completely blind There's a lack of foundation A horrible scream of our nation 'cause
We've seen 'em fall one for all Bitter and bright nailed to the wall
What can we do what can we do What can we say what can we say Our veins are filled with pure dismay
Starin' through the window's Waitin' for all sins to be born Playin' on a mindfield Searchin' like never before
Starin' through the window's Waitin' for all sins to be born Playin' on a mindfield Searchin' like never before
Breakdown of a shadow unknown Tomorrow belongs to no one As I repent the things I've done There is a freeway heading for sorrow Breakdown cause you've had enough You've never felt so strong Steal away, steal away let it all astray It's been so long! When there comes a time With a feast on what used to be mine Sent from the front to the back All in numbers and fellish black [Repeat]
[Chorus]
We know how to spit or swallow Bring out, the Mercury Shadow
Is this the statement that I feel? -Accused to be an unbeliever
Hit the lights and won't you please resign Way down and right on time
Is this the statement that I feel? Acccused to be an unbeliever
Won't you shut all the doors in mind The ones you cannot find There is no way that I can see Why you keep on... haunting me!
[Chorus]
We know how to spit or swallow Bring out, the Mercury Shadow [Repeat]