Soen, the progressive band featuring the otherworldly drumming of Martin Lopez (formerly of Amon Amarth and Opeth) and the dynamic voice of Joel Ekelöf (Willowtree), have released their new album Lykaia today!
Soen have also released a music video for the track Lucidity – Watch it here!
“The song represents a time in my life when I unconsciously walked toward self-destruction,” explains Lopez. “ ‘Lucidity’ celebrates to an extent the death of that lifestyle and the birth of a new era. It’s dark but comforting.
The music is soft and dreamy but carries the tension of a past life full of mistakes.”
Lopez continues, “Lykaia focuses more on emotion than our previous records. It’s a modern-sounding progressive album that we decided to rely solely on the human touch instead of leaning on computer tricks and technology. We chose to avoid being part of the artificial soundscape that surrounds the music scene nowadays. We gave up the idea of reaching sound perfection and instead concentrated on making an hour of honest and emotionally charged music.”
Debut album Lykaia is out TODAY via UDR Music
