Soen "Lotus"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Silver Lining Music
Format: digital, CD, vinyl
Release date: February 01, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Opponent
2. Lascivious
3. Martyrs
4. Lotus
5. Covenant
6. Penance
7. River
8. Rival
9. Lunacy

Line-up: 
Joel Ekelöf - vocals
Martin Lopez (ex-Opeth) - drums, percussion
Stefan Stenberg - bass
Lars Åhlund - keyboards
Cody Ford - guitars

Description/Reviews: 

Lotus is an album defined by its contrasts. On the one hand, the record has a metal core. The riffing is massive, with an overdriven guitar tone that strongly differentiates it from Lykaia, while drums and bass drive the songs forward. These moments can be straightforward Soen tracks like “Opponent,” but there are moments like a hat-tip to death metal riffing in “Rival” or a proggy ‘awkward headbanging moment’ in “Covenant” that mark Soen as a band with a metal heart. ...
Lotus is also a haunting, fragile album. The album’s softer tracks are no less intense than the heavy material and evoke the work of Pink Floyd (“Lotus”) or Steven Wilson (doing Pink Floyd [“River”]).

Read the full review at angrymetalguy.com

Media/Samples 
Martyrs
Rival
Lotus 

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