Sweden's SOILWORK have set "Figure Number Five" as the title for their follow-up to last year's acclaimed "Natural Born Chaos" CD, due in North America on May 5 through Nuclear Blast Records. The album will surface in Europe on April 21.

The complete track listing for "Figure Number Five" is as follows:

01. Rejection Role
02. Overload
03. Figure Number Five
04. Strangler
05. Light the Torch
06. Departure Plan
07. Cranking the Sirens
08. Brickwalker
09. The Mindmaker
10. Distortion Sleep
11. Downfall 24

Recording began last December at Queenstreet Recording (THE DEFACED) in SOILWORK's hometown of Helsingborg with Fredrik Nordström (THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY), while drums were tracked at Dug-Out Studio (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES) with Daniel Bergstrand (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARKANE, STUCK MOJO) in Uppsala. Production later moved to Studio Fredman in Gothenburg (AT THE GATES, DIMMU BORGIR) where vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid tracked vocals. Mixing and mastering were finished February 9 by Nordström at Studio Fredman

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