# The Early Chapters

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{{Mcn|date=June 2025}}{{Infobox album
| name       = The Early Chapters
| type       = ep
| artist     = [Soilwork](/source/Soilwork)
| cover      = Earlychapters.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 20 January 2004
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Melodic death metal](/source/Melodic_death_metal)
| length     = 24:35
| label      = [Listenable](/source/Listenable_Records)
| producer   = [Daniel Bergstrand](/source/Daniel_Bergstrand)
| prev_title = [Figure Number Five](/source/Figure_Number_Five)
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [Stabbing the Drama](/source/Stabbing_the_Drama)
| next_year  = 2005
}}

'''''The Early Chapters''''' is the first [EP](/source/Extended_play) by Swedish [melodic death metal](/source/melodic_death_metal) band [Soilwork](/source/Soilwork). It was released by [Listenable Records](/source/Listenable_Records) on 20 January 2004. It features two cover songs of the bands [Deep Purple](/source/Deep_Purple) and [Mercyful Fate](/source/Mercyful_Fate), the original demo recording of "Shadow Child," the bonus track from their [second album](/source/The_Chainheart_Machine), 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](/source/Steelbath_Suicide), Egypt was a bonus track on some versions of ''[The Chainheart Machine](/source/The_Chainheart_Machine)''.

It was given a rating of one and a half stars by [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/Burn_(Deep_Purple_song))
| note1 = [Deep Purple](/source/Deep_Purple) cover
| length1 = 5:44
| title2 = Disintegrated Skies
| length2 = 3:59	
| title3 = Egypt
| note3 = [Mercyful Fate](/source/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](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_%22Speed%22_Strid) − vocals
* [Peter Wichers](/source/Peter_Wichers) − guitars
* Ola Frenning − guitars
* Ola Flink − bass
* Sven Karlsson − keyboards
* Henry Ranta − drums

== References ==
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Category:Soilwork albums
Category:2004 EPs

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