I bloody hate snakes. I don’t wanna look at them and I don’t want them anywhere near me. However, if there’s an exception that makes me excited, it’s this black mamba on the cover of Soen‘s new album. Their previous release, Lotus, was my favourite album of 2019 and naturally I have massive expectations of Imperial. This will be the fifth full-length album for the Swedish supergroup, founded by ex-Opeth man Martin Lopez and vocalist Joel Ekelöf.
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Soen have always played in that space that blurs the distinctions between genre classification: are they metal? Rock? They’re certainly progressive, but are they so progressive to be considered “progressive” metal? Or rock for that matter? The good news is that on fourth record Lotus continues to not care about labels, opting to let the emotional core of their music carry through. Others can opt to argue what it sounds like; to these ears, it simply sounds like Soen. Continue reading
Nine Circles 