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===Transitional period and continued popularity (2007β2015)=== In early March 2007, Soilwork began recording tracks for their seventh album, ''[[Sworn to a Great Divide]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68588 |title=Soilwork: Drums for New CD Completed; Photos, Video Available |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=23 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223449/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68588 |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> Late in June, Ola Frenning announced that the album was complete.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75599 |title=SOILWORK Completes Work On New Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=23 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808223743/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75599 |archive-date=8 August 2007 }}</ref> Soilwork toured in the fall alongside [[Caliban (band)|Caliban]], [[Sonic Syndicate]], and [[Dark Tranquillity]] on the '[[Eastpak]] Antidote' tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75905|title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET - CHIMAIRA, SOILWORK, CALIBAN, SONIC SYNDICATE: More 'Eastpak Antidote' Dates Announced|date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225127/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75905|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> The album was released on 19 October 2007, through Nuclear Blast. The album featured a sound closer to [[thrash metal|thrash]] than their previous works, though still incorporating their signature synth elements. The band also took part in an American tour with co-headliners [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] and [[Killswitch Engage]], as well as [[DevilDriver]]. The tour began on 28 November 2007, at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, and concluded at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, on 17 December 2007. Dubbed The Clash of the Titans Tour 2007, the tour made a stop at the Nokia Live Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX, on 8 December 2007, to perform for the entire Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. On 12 February 2008, an official statement was posted on Soilwork's website announcing that Ola Frenning and the band had parted ways. His replacement was Sylvain Coudret. In another statement on 18 September 2008, it was revealed that guitarist [[Daniel Antonsson]] would be replaced with the return of former guitarist and founding member [[Peter Wichers]], and that Sylvain Coudret of [[Scarve]], who had been performing session work as the second guitarist during the 2008 Summer festivals, became the band's permanent guitarist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soilwork.org/index.php |title=The Official Soilwork website |website=Soilwork.org |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113082507/http://www.soilwork.org/index.php |archive-date=13 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band returned to the studio in early 2010 to write and record their eighth album, with Strid announcing in a [[MySpace]] bulletin on 22 January 2010, that the new album would be titled ''[[The Panic Broadcast]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11970182&blogId=526768176 |title=SPEED REVEALS NEW SOILWORK ALBUM TITLE van Soilwork op Myspace |website=Blogs.myspace.com |date=22 January 2010 |access-date=30 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127210539/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11970182&blogId=526768176 |archive-date=27 January 2010 }}</ref> On 30 June 2010, ''[[The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998β2008]]'' greatest hits compilation album was released, followed shortly by the band's new album, ''The Panic Broadcast,'' on 2 July in Europe and 13 July in North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11970182&blogId=533118162 |title=SOILWORK - Unveil THE PANIC BROADCAST Artwork! van Soilwork op Myspace |website=Blogs.myspace.com |date=20 April 2010 |access-date=30 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archive-date=7 February 2009 }}</ref> On 26 June 2012, Soilwork announced that Peter Wichers had left the band for the second time. Following his departure, Wichers was replaced by David Andersson. During a 2011 tour, Strid began considering the band's next album as a double album. He sought to challenge himself, opting to release a double album rather than a single one after Wichers' departure. He also aimed to demonstrate that the band could still produce a great album without one of their main composers. By the end of the year, Strid had written two songs and began collaborating with the band in March 2012. Soilwork announced they would begin recording on 23 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=178435 |title=Soilwork To Enter Studio This Week |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=21 August 2012 |access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> The album, titled ''[[The Living Infinite]]'', was released on 27 February 2013, in Asia, 1 March in Europe, 4 March in the UK, and 5 March in North America. On 24 September 2014, Soilwork released an EP, ''[[Beyond the Infinite (Soilwork EP)|Beyond the Infinite]]'', exclusively in Asia. The EP features 5 unreleased tracks from the band's ''The Living Infinite'' album sessions. On 5 December 2014, Soilwork frontman Strid confirmed that work had begun on a new album when he posted a picture on Facebook of himself listening to new demos.<ref name="metalhammer" >{{cite web |url=http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2014-12-05/soilwork-are-better-than-ever |title=Soilwork are better than ever - Metal Hammer |website=Metalhammer.teamrock.com |date=5 December 2014 |access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Strid also stated that Soilwork were sounding "better than ever".<ref name="metalhammer" /> It was also confirmed that Soilwork had teamed up with [[Testament (band)|Testament]] frontman [[Chuck Billy (vocalist)|Chuck Billy]]'s Breaking Bands LLC management company for the album.<ref name="metalhammer" /> In June 2015, Soilwork announced that longtime bassist Ola Flink had parted ways with the band and would be replaced by new bassist Markus Wibom.<ref>{{Cite web|title = SOILWORK - welcome new bassist Markus Wibom! - Nuclear Blast|url = http://www.nuclearblast.de/fr/label/music/band/news/details/3911595.70960.soilwork-welcome-new-bassist-markus-wibom.html|website = www.nuclearblast.de|access-date = 16 December 2015|date = 17 June 2015}}</ref> Soilwork supported [[Soulfly]] on their 2015 We Sold Our Souls to Metal Tour. [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]] and [[Shattered Sun]] also joined the tour, which was scheduled for a 27-concert trek beginning on 30 September and concluding in Albuquerque, NM on 30 October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://concerttournewshub.com/Rock-Music/Soulfly-Concert-Tour-Schedule.php|title=Soulfly 2015 We Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour Schedule With Decapitated, Soilwork & Shattered Sun|date=9 May 2015|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soulfly-archangel-release-date-revealed-tour-with-soilwork-decapitated-announced/|title=SOULFLY: 'Archangel' Release Date Revealed; Tour With SOILWORK, DECAPITATED Announced|date=4 May 2015|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=113311|title=Soulfly Announces North American Tour Dates With Soilwork|date=8 May 2015|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soulfly.com/|title=Official Soulfly Website|website=Soulfly|access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> Then, Soilwork went on a European tour as headliners with [[Hatesphere|HateSphere]] and French band T.A.N.K.
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