Official: Nuclear BlastSingle
The Swedish melodic death metal band pulled the song from their vaults to celebrate three decades, halfway through a European arena run.
The story
Soilwork have released “Night Whispers & Shining Lights”, a new single from Nuclear Blast, in the middle of their European tour with Amon Amarth and Orbit Culture.
Vocalist Björn “Speed” Strid says the song is “a hidden gem” that has been in the band’s vaults for a couple of years, and that it celebrates both the band’s 30th anniversary and the start of the tour.
The band formed in Helsingborg in late 1995 as Inferior Breed and became Soilwork in 1996. The tour, which opened at the Zenith in Paris on 13/10/2026, runs through Germany, Scandinavia, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland and Spain, and ends at Sala Tejo in Lisbon on 15/11/2026.
Image: Soilwork / Nuclear Blast
Our take
Soilwork sit at the melodic end of what we cover, but thirty years in, they remain one of the defining Swedish melodic death metal bands, and an unreleased song is news for anyone who grew up on them.
A stand-alone vault track during an arena tour is a celebration piece rather than an album announcement. Nuclear Blast’s post does not mention a new record.
Bottom line
Stream it now. No South African dates are part of this run.
Fact sheet
| Band | Soilwork (Helsingborg, Sweden) |
| Single | “Night Whispers & Shining Lights” |
| Label | Nuclear Blast |
| Tour | With Amon Amarth and Orbit Culture, Europe, 13/10 to 15/11/2026 |
| Milestone | 30 years as Soilwork |
The original
SOILWORK release new single “Night Whispers & Shining Lights” amid 30th anniversary celebrations
Issued by Nuclear Blast
