Soen announce return with new studio album Memorial

Swedish-based prog metallers Soen will tour Europe throughout September and October

Fresh from their appearance at this year's Prognosis festival, Swedish-based prog metallers Soen have announced that they will release a brand new studio album, Memorial, through Silver Lining Music on September 1.

The album again finds the band combining heavy guitars with their inherent sense of musicality and melody. The band have released a new video for the single Unbreakable, which you can see in this week's Tracks Of The Week on Friday.

"Unbreakable is a song about how you limit yourself as a human, by blindly believing in something," says drummer Martin Lopez of the track.

"Politicians and the media paint everything as black or white, entitling you to try to destroy your opponent instead of trying to find common ground," adds singer Joel Ekelöf. "It's key to be humble and open to different viewpoints to keep growing, Unbreakable feels like a marriage between classic metal and Soen."

The band have also announced a European tour for September and October, the dates for which you can see below. Soen also play this year's Download Festival on Sunday June 11.

Memorial will be available as a deluxe CD, 12" vinyl album in black and colour variants, digital formats and special D2C products and bundles. You can view the new album artwork and tracklisting below.

Pre-order Memorial.

Soen: Memorial1. Sincere2. Unbreakable3. Violence4. Fortress5. Hollowed (feat. Elisa)6. Memorial7. Incendiary8. Tragedian9. Icon10. Vitals

Sep 20: DEN Odense PostenSep 21: DEN Copenhagen Amager BioSep 22: GER Berlin KesselhausSep 23: GER Leipzig TäubchemthalSep 26: CZE Prague Palak AkropolisSep 27: SWI Zurich Komplex 457Sep 28: GER Munich Backstage WerkSep 29: AUS Vienna Simm CitySep 30: ITA Bologna LocomotivOct 3: SPA Bilbao Kafe AntzokiaOct 4: POR Porto Hard ClubOct 5: POR Lisbon Lisboa Ao VivoOct 6: SPA Madrid La PaquiOct 7: SPA Sevilla CustomOct 8: SPA Murcia GarajeOct 10: SPA Barcelona ApoloOct 11: FRA Lyon Ninkasi KaoOct 12: BEL Sint Niklaas De CasinoOct 14: NED Amsterdam Melkweg Oct 15: FRA Paris Elysee MontmartreOct 17: GER Frankfurt BatschkappOct 18: FRA Strasbourg La LaiterieOct 20: GER Cologne EssigfabrikOct 22: GER Hamburg Knust

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