SOEN NEW ALBUM MEMORIAL Preview with Ex OPETH Member Martin Lopez
Channel: Border City Rock Talk
Date: 12/08/2023

Please Subscribe and enjoy the interview with Martin and I. We talk about the new release and the deep lyrics behind Memorial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNkeYB80MXk A fellow Canuck is on the roster with Cody Lee Ford and we chat about how he was brought in to the band. The Album is released September 1st but you can preorder; link is below. Thanks to Amanda Cagan for the lead on the interview. Coming next week I will be interviewing Andrew Freeman of Last In Line so make sure to hit the notification bell so you don't miss it. **From the SOEN YouTube Release of the single Memorial**

**A meeting of melodic magnitude with face-crushingly heavy guitars and driving rhythms, the new single ‘Memorial’ has a ferocious groove, underlying the weighty subject of war and evocative vocals of Joel Ekelöf. 

“It is a song to remind us of the victims of the power games that our so-called leaders play”, comments founding member and drummer Martin Lopez.  

“It’s about PTSD” explains vocalist and co-founding member Joel Ekelöf, “and the effect war has on people like you and me that are sent to kill and die and have to pay that price for the rest of their lives.” 

Never ones to take the restrained path, Soen face down the ills and ways of current society with a crisp, wounded venom that betrays their pain, anger and frustrations. 
Each guitar carries a greater serrated edge, each melody a richer heart, each lyric a soul and spleen venting definitive proclamation. At the same time, Soen’s unique blend of progression, aggression, and beauty shows more maturity than ever before.

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.

Following an incredible set at this year’s Download festival, Soen, completed by Lars Enok Åhlund (Keyboards and Guitar), Oleksii ‘Zlatoyar’ Kobel (Bass) and Cody Ford (Lead Guitar), have added an extra date to their upcoming ‘Memorial’ European tour, which will kick off in September. It’s their only UK date to be announced so far, at London’s iconic O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Friday 13th October. 

MEMORIAL 2023 TOUR DATES 
20.9 Odense (DK) - Posten
21.9 Copenhagen (DK) - Amager Bio
22.9 Berlin (DE) - Kesselhaus
23.9 Leipzig (DE) – Täubchemthal
24.9 Warsaw (PL) - Progresja
26.9 Prague (CZ) - Palak Akropolis
27.9 Zurich (CH) - Komplex 457
28.9 Munich (DE) - Backstage Werk
29.9 Vienna (AT) - Simm City
30.9 Bologna (IT) – Locomotiv 
3.10 Bilbao (ES) - Kafe Antzokia
4.10 Porto (PT) - Hard Club
5.10 Lisbon (PT) - Lisboa Ao Vivo
6.10 Madrid (ES) - La Paqui
7.10 Sevilla (ES) - Custom
8.10 Murcia (ES) - Garaje
10.10 Barcelona (ES) - Apolo
11.10 Lyon (FR) - Ninkasi Kao
12.10 Sint Niklaas (BE) - De Casino
13.10 London (GB) - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
14.10 Amsterdam (NL) - Melkweg 
15.10 Paris (FR) - Élysée Montmartre
17.10 Frankfurt (DE) - Batschkapp
18.10 Strasbourg (FR) - La Laiterie
20.10 Cologne (DE) - Essigfabrik
22.10 Hamburg (DE) - Knust

SOEN - Official YouTube Channel

SOEN:
Joel Ekelöf - Vocals
Martin Lopez - Drums
Lars Enok Åhlund – Keyboards and Guitar
Oleksii “Zlatoyar” Kobel - Bass
Cody Ford - Lead Guitar

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