On December 4th, Soilwork released their new EP, A Whisp Of The Atlantic, via Nuclear Blast. BraveWords caught up with guitarist David Andersson to discuss the record. Following is an excerpt from the story.

On the progressive nature of the EP compared to the trademark Soilwork melodoc death metal sound:

"It's always really easy to criticize stuff," says Andersson. "People say 'Soilwork sold out after Steelbath Suicide...' - that album and Chainheart Machine - but those two albums were written and performed by a bunch of 18 to 20 year-olds. It's really hard to capture that same energy when you're in your 40s. You're not a rebel anymore, you're part of the system, but you can still be emotional and try to express your feelings to rebel in your own way. If you compare what we do now in Soilwork to Steelbath Suicide it's not the same band, but we've never been about being the same band. I do this because I like all the people in the band and because we have fun creating music together. That takes us to new and different places. Of course I want people to love what I do but at the same time, if they don't I can still be proud that I pulled it off. It's easy to sit at a computer and complain about what someone else is doing than to do something yourself."

Watch for the complete feature, coming soon.

The new Soilwork masterpiece sees the light accompanied by the video for the title track. Check it out below.

Soilwork's musical and their philosophical approach on the new EP does not only close the circle of the The Feverish Trinity, but also invites the listener to dive deep into the most primal element: Water.

Starting with "Feverish" and ending with "A Whisp Of The Atlantic", the whole EP is a journey from the rage of individuals to the search for something that replaces religion.

Andersson: “From the desire of 'Feverish', the urge of 'Desperado', the determinism of 'Death Diviner', the insights and questions of 'The Nothingness And The Devil' and the acceptance and spiritual searching of A Whisp of the Atlantic. The whole song and video sequence is like a slightly different take on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s all about realising that we’re all stuck on this rock and that we need to find something more inclusive than religion to get through this together. Because in the end, we’re all outsiders, genetically hunter-gatherers trying to fit in in a world that we created but at the same time wasn’t really made for us. The overarching theme is liberation from the extremely low level of the social and cultural debate these days, and it starts with the fundamentals and ends with the phenomenological. From liberation into ascension.”

The tracklist reads as follows:

"A Whisp Of The Atlantic"
"Feverish"
"Desperado"
"Death Diviner"
"The Nothingness And The Devil"