The Early Chapters

2004 EP by Soilwork
The Early Chapters
EP by
Soilwork
Released20 January 2004
GenreMelodic death metal
Length24:35
LabelListenable
ProducerDaniel Bergstrand
Soilwork chronology
Figure Number Five
(2003)
The Early Chapters
(2004)
Stabbing the Drama
(2005)

The Early Chapters is the first EP by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. It was released by Listenable Records on 20 January 2004. It features two cover songs of the bands Deep Purple and Mercyful Fate, the original demo recording of "Shadow Child," the bonus track from their second album, plus a live song which was a bonus track from their first album, Burn and Disintegrated Skies are Japanese bonus tracks on their first album, Egypt was a bonus track on some versions of The Chainheart Machine.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Burn" (Deep Purple cover)5:44
2."Disintegrated Skies"3:59
3."Egypt" (Mercyful Fate cover)5:22
4."Shadow Child" (demo version)4:50
5."The Aardvark Trail" (live)4:40

Credits

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  • Björn Strid
  • Sven Karlsson
  • Sylvain Coudret
  • Bastian Thusgaard
  • Rasmus Ehrnborn
  • Simon Johansson
Studio albumsEPs
  • The Early Chapters (2004)
  • Beyond the Infinite (2014)
Compilation albums
  • The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998–2008 (2010)
  • Death Resonance (2016)
Live albumsRelated articles
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