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UNCOVERED: Soen org - The Untold Story

“There’s a thinking that, to be progressive, every song has to have 14 minutes of musical intellectualism. We don’t agree”: Some say Soen’s new album isn’t prog enough. But they cite Genesis in their defence

Reliance is definitely different from its predecessors. But Martin Lopez and Joel Ekelöf draw comparisons with Selling England By The Pound in their defence

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Steve Hackett's on the front cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Big Big Train, Neal Morse, Karnivool, Darryl Way's Wolf, Happy The Man, Soen, Wolverine, Textures, Tiger Moth Tales, Esoterica and loads more...

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“There’s a lot to love – but those longing for the more involved songwriting and lengthier compositions will be disappointed”: Soen continue to become more metal and less prog with Reliance

Sticking to compositions of around four minutes, the musicianship and production remain exemplary. But it’s too often funnelled into predictable patterns

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Cool new proggy sounds from Soen, Jazz Sabbath, Therion and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog from Holosoil, Fire In Her Eyes and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

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"A diverse, daring and deeply emotional lineup!" Soen and The Ocean announced as headliners for next year's Be Prog! My Friend

Be Prog! My Friend takes place on September 27 and 28 and will also feature The Dear Hunter, Einar Solberg, Green Carnation, Agent Fresco, Rendezvous Point and more...

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“If you were told to listen to us because you like Tool, that’s a positive. But if you listen just for those similarities, you’ll miss out”: The heart and soul that went into Soen’s Tellurian

Comfortable with their connections to Opeth and Pink Floyd, the Swedish band evolved on their second album – which features a rhino eating tiny people on the cover

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Cool new proggy sounds from Jan Akkerman, Soen, Evergrey and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace new prog you have to hear from Argovia, Myrath, Engrupid Pipol in this week's Tracks Of The Week

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“We’re definitely still a progressive band. Listen to the detail in what we do and the musicianship behind it – it all comes from that legacy”: When Soen’s songs got shorter but not shallower on Memorial

They were dismissed by many as a one-off supergroup. But vocalist Joel Ekelöf insisted the spirit of Genesis and Peter Gabriel were embedded in his band’s concise sixth album

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Soen announce new studio album, Reliance, will be released in January

Swedish prog metallers Soen share the powerfully emotive Primal, the first new music from their upcoming album Reliance

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“Some do yoga, take drugs or go to a football game and start a fight. Music is what we do”: Soen embedded modern truth and old-school songwriting in fourth album Lotus

Swedish prog metal supergroup on why they flew the flag for classic songwriting values and honest live performances with 2019 release

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"Does the music sound like Tool? Does it sound like Opeth? All these speculations are cool." How Soen introduced themsleves with Cognitive

Ex-Opeth drummer Martin Lopez is back with eagerly awaited new band Soen. Singer Joel Ekelöf explains about their “intricate rhythms” and the influence of a Latin singing Catholic monk…

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Bloodstock Open Air announces 18 more bands for 2024

Burner, Soen, Xentrix, Unpeople and more are joining the Derbyshire metal festival, which will be headlined by Opeth, Architects and Amon Amarth in August

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“We’re always going to keep the proggy elements alive – it’s part of the essence of Soen”: Lars Åhlund and Cody Lee Ford may have scaled down the “eight-minute songs with a million riffs”, but their adventurous guitar playing remains intact

The Swedish prog-metal stalwarts are full of surprises on new album Memorial, but just because there are hooks aplenty doesn't mean they have lost their taste for musical expansiveness

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Molybaron return with third album Something Ominous

French/Irish prog rock quartet Molybaron will support Soen on their upcoming European tour in September

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Prog's Tracks Of The Week: new music form Soen, Spell, L.O.E. and more

Cool new prog music from The Devil's Trade, Oceanica, The Guru Guru and more...

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Soen announce return with new studio album Memorial

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

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