{"id":74067,"date":"2019-03-05T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=74067"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:47:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:47:50","slug":"news-soen-release-fourth-studio-album-lotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-soen-release-fourth-studio-album-lotus\/","title":{"rendered":"SOEN Unveil Music Video For \u2018Covenant\u2019 Track (March 5th, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOEN Unveil Music Video For \u2018Covenant\u2019 Track<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 5th, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stockholm, Sweden-based progressive rock \/ metal group Soen have filmed a music music video for the track \u2018Covenant\u2019. Directed by RISK and Maxi Muniz and produced by Carolina Sosa, the clip can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Drummer and founder Martin Lopez stated: \u201cSometimes we choose to believe that we live in a well-adjusted society, but often than not, the truth differs. There are secrets everywhere, concealed carefully behind closed doors. Secrets that hide your despair and feed on your hopelessness, mistreated and misled by the people that are supposed to protect you.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Covenant\u2019 talks about one\u2019s inner strength to fight back: it takes courage for one individual to take a stance, but it is necessary in order to survive. The true hero is not who\u2019s called so by society’s standards, but the one that finds that inner strength and lead others by example.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soen issued fourth full-length studio album Lotus<\/em> on February 1st, 2019 through Silver Lining Music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all very fortunate to have this place where we can go and explore thoughts, perspectives and emotions which everyday life maybe does not have the room for,\u201d commented Martin Lopez. \u201cThere are definitely things that we say, and places we go, in Soen which would be very hard to express without us coming together and creating music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Produced by David Castillo and I\u00f1aki Marconi at Ghostward Studios and Studio 6 between July and October 2018, Lotus<\/em> marks the first Soen effort to be recorded with guitarist Cody Ford.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world right now is undeniably a very strange, tense place,\u201d said Lopez, in relation to the album\u2019s lyrical content. \u201cI think the songs clearly reflect that, but they also reflect that we must now be stronger than ever in challenging, confronting, and dealing with the pandemonium life throws at us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately,\u201d concluded vocalist Joel Ekel\u00f6f, \u201cLotus<\/em> is about rising from whatever darkness, or dark places, you might find yourself. And its inspiration comes from a deep motivation to not just settle for the situation you might find yourself in. Lotus is about changing life – both your own and your surroundings for which we must all take responsibility – and make them better rather than letting darkness pacify you and take you down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Opponent\u2019
\n02. \u2018Lascivious\u2019
\n03. \u2018Martyrs\u2019
\n04. \u2018Lotus\u2019
\n05. \u2018Covenant\u2019
\n06. \u2018Penance\u2019
\n07. \u2018River\u2019
\n08. \u2018Rival\u2019
\n09. \u2018Lunacy\u2019<\/p>\n

Soen\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Joel Ekel\u00f6f (vocals)
\nCody Ford (guitar)
\nStefan Stenberg (bass)
\nMartin Lopez (drums and percussion)
\nLars \u00c5hlund (organ and Rhodes)<\/p>\n

A music video was filmed for the song \u2018Martyrs\u2019, while an animated music video was released for the title track. Both clips can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Third studio record Lykaia<\/em> was released<\/a> in February 2017 via UDR Music.<\/p>\n