{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Mcn|date=June 2025}}{{Infobox album | name = The Early Chapters | type = ep | artist = Soilwork | cover = Earlychapters.jpg | alt = | released = 20 January 2004 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Melodic death metal | length = 24:35 | label = Listenable | producer = Daniel Bergstrand | prev_title = Figure Number Five | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Stabbing the Drama | next_year = 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''.
It was given a rating of one and a half stars by AllMusic.<ref>{{Citation |title=Early Chapters - Soilwork {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/early-chapters-mw0000696562 |access-date=2025-06-30 |language=en}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | title1 = Burn | note1 = Deep Purple cover | length1 = 5:44 | title2 = Disintegrated Skies | length2 = 3:59 | title3 = Egypt | note3 = Mercyful Fate cover | length3 = 5:22 | title4 = Shadow Child | note4 = demo version | length4 = 4:50 | title5 = The Aardvark Trail | note5 = live | length5 = 4:40 }}
==Credits== * Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals * Peter Wichers − guitars * Ola Frenning − guitars * Ola Flink − bass * Sven Karlsson − keyboards * Henry Ranta − drums
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Early Chapters}} Category:Soilwork albums Category:2004 EPs