content: Soilwork is back! After a bit of a step back with the nu-metal scribblings of "Figure Number Five", "Stabbing the Drama" is a very solid effort that boasts compact, well-written songs and a ferocity that will make listeners just want to thrash everything in sight. The production quality is high, which boosts the power of the songs giving them that ferocity that I mentioned before. Similar to Mikael Akerfeldt's vocal progression, Speed's clean vocals have really blossomed and are well used on some of the many clean choruses on this album. My only critique is that most of the songs are very similar and are not as original and memorable as many of the songs on "Natural Born Chaos" or "A Predator's Portrait". Overall, "Stabbing the Drama" delivers what Soilwork fans have come to expect album after album; pure head-banging metal!