For those not in the know, SOEN have announced the release of their new album Memorial, which will be coming out September 1st, 2023 via Silver Lining Music.

Having already released the hard-hitting first single Unbreakable, the new album has a potent drive and sees the band channel the ills of current society with a crisp, riff heavy ferocity but at the same time still showcasing SOEN’s unique blend of progression, aggression, and beauty.

Memorial is drenched in melody with face-crushing guitars and rhythms from start to finish. Album opener Sincere starts off with relentless propulsion, whilst the sheer power of the title track is enriched with a solid groove, underlying the weighty tones and evocative vocals of Joel Ekelöf.

Finishing with the beautiful, tragic, Pink Floyd-esque ballad Vitals, Memorial is arguably the band finding their best stride yet. SOEN have been building up to this moment for years and now they’re here with Memorial, which is an inspiring modern hard rock classic.

SOEN are completed by Lars Enok Åhlund (Keyboards and Guitar), Oleksii ‘Zlatoyar’ Kobel (Bass) and Cody Ford (Lead Guitar) and are set to play at this year’s Download Festival (GB) on Sunday 11th June, before embarking on the Memorial 2023 tour in Europe this September.

1. Sincere
2. Unbreakable
3. Violence
4. Fortress
5. Hollowed (feat. Elisa)
6. Memorial
7. Incendiary
8. Tragedian
9. Icon
10. Vitals

The album opens on the thunderingly melodic Sincere and the prog metal-rock of Unbreakable and seamlessly follows those up with the veritably operatic Violence, the forthright metal-pop of Fortress and then we get the cultured balladry of Hollowed (featuring Elisa).

Along next is the fist clenched, impassioned, titular Memorial and the rhythmic Incendiary, and they are in turn backed by the aching yearn within the beautiful mid-tempo ballad Tragedian, the throaty roar of Icon, the album closing on the wistful ballad Vitals.

SOEN - Memorial (Official Video)

SOEN - Unbreakable (Official Video)

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