IMPERIAL Soen
Album info
Album-Release:
2020
HRA-Release:
29.01.2021
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- 1 Lumerian 05:31
- 2 Deceiver 04:33
- 3 Monarch 04:52
- 4 Illusion 05:10
- 5 Antagonist 06:02
- 6 Modesty 04:34
- 7 Dissident 05:37
- 8 Fortune 05:42
Info for IMPERIAL
The provocative, imperious and engaging Swedish-based metal group Soen will unveil their fifth album, Imperial, via Silver Lining Music on 29 January 2021. Founder members Joel Ekelöf (vocals) and Martin Lopez (drums), along with Lars Enok Åhlund (keyboards and guitar), Oleksii “Zlatoyar” Kobel (bass) and Cody Ford (lead guitar) have never shied away from challenging our perceptions of life and humanity, and Imperial continues Soen’s journey through the psyche of our species and the conundrum of our times.
Produced by Iñaki Marconi and the band, Imperial was mixed and mastered by Kane Churko, who has worked with the likes of Ozzy Osbourne. Soen’s dynamics are more completely executed and honed than ever before, something which is perversely a product of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It has obviously been a crazy, terrible thing for everyone, and for us as a band it has been really frustrating not being able to play shows,” says Martin Lopez, “but also it has given us a clear window of opportunity to realise this album completely. We were able to spend 12 hours a day for many months bringing Imperial to the place we truly wanted, mainly working on the groove and flow of the album.”
Joel Ekelöf inputs: “As we continue, we find inspiration in the sad fact that the world is getting more and more polarised, that it’s more complex and it’s not consensus or people getting along.” says Ekelöf “We continue to try and understand why and how that will affect us all.”
Soen
Soen
Comprised of former members of Death, Opeth, and Willowtree, Soen is something of a prog-metal supergroup. Bassist Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus, Testament, Death), drummer Martin Lopez (Opeth), vocalist Joel Ekelof (Willowtree), and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis formed Soen in 2010. By the end of the year, they'd posted their first song via their website, but their first full-length album, Cognitive, didn't arrive until 2012. Two years later, they delivered Tellurian, which featured two new bassists -- Stefan Stenberg and Christian Andolf. Stenberg became the group's full-time bassist, but they lost guitarist Joakim Platbarzdis; he was replaced by Marcus Jidell. This lineup is featured on 2017's Lykaia.
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