SOEN - Primal (Official Video)

SOEN - 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 🔥The first single from our new album 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 coming January 16 - pre-order now: https://lnk.to/SoenReliance
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SOEN announce their forthcoming new studio album Reliance, set for release on January 16th via Silver Lining Music. With Reliance, their seventh studio album, the Swedish progressive metal powerhouse, spearheaded by Joel Ekelöf (vocals) and Martin Lopez (drums), continue to find incredible new pathways into the spatial areas between light and dark, loud and calm, heavy and soothing. And with its seamless march across deeply human emotional terrain, SOEN’s music continues to explore the human mind, heart, and soul with a visionary duty of care, plus an extra edge of heavy.

With Lars Enok Åhlund (keyboards & guitar), Cody Lee Ford (guitar), and Stefan Stenberg (bass) standing shoulder to shoulder with Ekelöf and Lopez, the lush continual evolution of SOEN’s sound soars.

The first single, ‘Primal’, released today, is a provoking, barrel-chested roar detailing the existential fight between the human spirit and our current world, with Ekelöf’s incredible vocals leading the heavy charge.

Founding member and drummer Martin Lopez comments: “Primal’ is a song that came from a place of frustration with the world we’re living in. The corruption, the division and the suffocating grip that technology has on all of us. It’s heavy and straight to the point, built on riffs and raw energy, but it also opens up into a chorus that feels hopeful, like a reminder that light can still break through the dark.”

“For us, it’s about more than just aggression,” continues Ekelöf. “It’s about encouraging people to find that fire again, to reconnect with passion, and to take those steps out of the darkness together.”

Reliance will be released on January 16th 2025, via Silver Lining Music. Available as a CD, 12” Vinyl Album in Black and colour variants, digital formats and special D2C products and bundles. For pre-orders, visit: https://lnk.to/SoenReliance

PRIMAL
We are confined
Within our minds
Fully deprived
On their kindness we rely
And all they have
Is what we built
With our own hands

But now we throw away the key
‘Cause no one can withstand the thriving misery
We live surrounded by our enemies
Immersed into hypocrisy

‘Cause life will break you down
And every change we make is faced with apathy
They force control by means of policy
Commanding with dishonesty

You’ll never be
You’ll never be someone else
Free the war in yourself
Leaving behind what is hollow
Into the dark
We’ll find the light
We are breaking every chain

We move along
Like everyone
Guarding our own
Mindless scrolling through our phones
They tell us what
We need to buy
To catch their eye

Only defeat will make you see
They passively divide us through technology
Turn us indifferent to atrocity
And violent pornography

Corruption and offense
They’re parasites dependent on the working class
They build their thrones on our broken backs
And feed us the remaining scraps

Leaving behind what is hollow
We are breaking every chain
They build their thrones on our broken backs

Leaving behind what is hollow
Into the dark we’ll find the light
We are breaking every chain

You’ll never be
You’ll never be someone else
Free the war in yourself
Leaving behind what is hollow
Into the dark
We’ll find the light
We are breaking every chain

You’ll never be
You’ll never be one of them
Keep your passion untamed

Show us the way and we’ll follow
Into the light far from the dark
We are breaking every chain

SOEN show no signs of slowing down and will soon embark on 19 European dates on the Ultima Ratio Fest 2025 with Dark Tranquillity, Equilibrium and Iotunn. The Tour kicks-off on September 24th in Cologne, Germany. For more information and tickets visit: https://soenmusic.com/tourdates/

Ultima Ratio Fest 2025:
24.09.2025 – Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria (DE)
25.09.2025 – Pratteln, Z7 (CH)
26.09.2025 – Munich, Tonhalle (DE)
27.09.2025 – Trezzo sull'Adda, Metalitalia.com Fest (IT)
28.09.2025 – Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn (DE)
29.09.2025 – Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg (NL)
30.09.2025 – Paris, Bataclan (FR)
01.10.2025 – Langen, Neue Stadthalle (DE)
02.10.2025 – Antwerp, Trix (BE)
03.10.2025 – Leipzig, Felsenkeller (DE)
04.10.2025 – Osnabrück, Die Botschaft (DE)
05.10.2025 – Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus (DE)
06.10.2025 – Prague, SaSazu (CZ)
07.10.2025 – Budapest, Barba Negra (DE)
08.10.2025 – Wrocław, A2 - Centrum Koncertowe (PL)
09.10.2025 – Linz, Posthof (AT)
10.10.2025 – Saarbrücken, Garage (DE)
11.10.2025 – Geiselwind, Eventzentrum (DE)
12.10.2025 – Hannover, Capitol (DE)

SOEN:
Joel Ekelöf - Vocals
Martin Lopez - Drums
Lars Enok Åhlund – Keyboards and Guitar
Stefan Stenberg - Bass
Cody Ford - Lead Guitar

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