MEMORIAL 2023 TOUR DATES:
20 SEPT – Odense (DK) – Posten
21 SEPT – Copenhagen (DK) – Amager Bio
22 SEPT – Berlin (DE) – Kesselhaus
23 SEPT – Leipzig (DE) – Täubchemthal
24 SEPT – Warsaw (PL) – Progresja
26 SEPT – Prague (CZ) – Palak Akropolis
27 SEPT – Zurich (CH) – Komplex 457
28 SEPT – Munich (DE) – Backstage Werk
29 SEPT – Vienna (AT) – Simm City
30 SEPT – Bologna (IT) – Locomotiv
3 OCT – Bilbao (ES) – Kafe Antzokia
4 OCT – Porto (PT) – Hard Club
5 OCT – Lisbon (PT) – Lisboa Ao Vivo
6 OCT – Madrid (ES) – La Paqui
7 OCT – Sevilla (ES) – Custom
8 OCT – Murcia (ES) – Garaje
10 OCT – Barcelona (ES) – Apolo
11 OCT – Lyon (FR) – Ninkasi Kao
12 OCT – Sint Niklaas (BE) – De Casino
13 OCT – London (GB) – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
14 OCT – Amsterdam (NL) – Melkweg
15 OCT – Paris (FR) – Élysée Montmartre
17 OCT – Frankfurt (DE) – Batschkapp
18 OCT – Strasbourg (FR) – La Laiterie
20 OCT – Cologne (DE) – Essigfabrik
22 OCT – Hamburg (DE) – Knust
MEMORIAL 2024 TOUR DATES
17 MAR – Oslo (NO) – Rockefeller
18 MAR – Göthenburg (SE) – Pustervik
21 MAR – Oulu (FI) – Tullisali
22 MAR – Jyväskylä (FI) – Lutakko
23 MAR – Tampere (FI) – Olympia
24 MAR – Helsinki (FI) – Vanha Ylioppilastalo
26 MAR – Stockholm (SE) – Clubben
NORTH AMERICA
7 MAY – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
8 MAY – Cleveland, OH – The Roxy
9 MAY – Toronto, ON – Axis
10 MAY – Montreal, QC – Beanfield Theater
11 MAY – New York City, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
13 MAY – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
14 MAY – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Music Hall
16 MAY – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
17 MAY – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
18 MAY – Washington, DC – Union Stage
19 MAY – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
20 MAY – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
22 MAY – Orlando, FL – The Abbey
24 MAY – Mexico City, MEX – Pepsi Center WTC
26 MAY – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
28 MAY – Austin, TX – Come and Take it Live
30 MAY – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
31 MAY – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
1 JUN – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
2 JUN – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
4 JUN – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
5 JUN – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
6 JUN – Seattle, WA – Neumos
8 JUN – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
9 JUN – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
“Memorial delivers the magic Soen always promised” – METAL HAMMER (GB)
“…elegant yet powerful” – PROG
“Memorial reinforces Soen’s status as a class act” – POWERPLAY
“The creativity and artistic evolution of the Swedes is impressive and undeniable…deep and committed…Powerful and sensitive” – METALLIAN
“The right balance between sensitivity and power…constantly navigating between melody, strength and technical complexity…beautiful lyrical and orchestral flights…an enchanting parenthesis, as rare as it is precious… of the pillars of the current progressive metal” – HARDFORCE
“Memorial is the perfect triad of progress, aggressiveness and beauty. Already a really hot contender for ‘album of the year’” – ROCK HARD
“The five-piece delivers everything demanding metal-lovers fancy” – METAL HAMMER (DE) Album Of the Month
“Huge drums, mighty guitar storms, gorgeous melodies and emphatic vocals…you can’t elude this energy!” – ECLIPSED
“Extremely multilayered” – CLASSIC ROCK
“Memorial has so much to say, really so much. You just need to know how to listen.” – METALHEAD.IT
“A serious candidate for prog metal record of the year, between 80s legacies, influences from Tool and Muse, digressions into jazz and lots of groove” – SUFFISSOCORE
“In Memorial, we find how music creates a fusion with pathos through empathy, which, merging with catharsis, together generates a unique emotional union that deeply connects us to the vibrations of the soul” – METALSHUTTER
“Emotional and breathless work with a perfect production” – HEAVY METAL WEBZINE
“The quality of Memorial is omnipresent and together with the sparkling energy and inspiration the band showcases it’s not surprising that Soen has become Album Of the Month” – AARDSCHOK Album Of the Month
“Memorial is one of the best prog metal albums of the decade.” – HEADBANGERS LIFESTYLE
“While in the past referred to other bands as influences, now the band has created its own identity.” – ROCK TRIBUNE
“Memorial is huge, it’s like a mountain…it gets under your skin and into your every cell! You can really feel this music. Memorial has so beautiful moments, that it makes me want to cry just for the sake of it” – LEVYARVOSTELUT.FI
“…newest musical masterpiece…they incorporate incredible storytelling with shades of ‘light in the dark’ into their lush power metal songs. The band continues to be inspired by their musical past while keeping a keen eye on the future.” – MY GLOBAL MIND
“An album that is likely to challenge a few top tens come the end of 2023…There aren’t many bands who improve on every record, but Soen have once again demonstrated their worth with a career-best release. Fluid, organic, and inspirational, Memorial is breathtaking from start to finish.” – METAL TALK
“The soul of Soen’s music at this point is in the way everything blends together into an emotional avalanche… Soen continues to make the kind of modern metal I am clamoring for; heavy in both literal and metaphorical terms. Soen has made it a two-horse race for Album Of The Year, once again delivering a treatise on what mainstream metal should be in this decade.” – BLOODY-GOOD-MUSIC.COM
Memorial is out now, via Silver Lining Music. Available as a Deluxe CD, 12” Vinyl Album in Black and colour variants, digital formats and special D2C products and bundles. To purchase and stream the album, go to this location
Memorial Track Listing:
- Sincere
- Unbreakable
- Violence
- Fortress
- Hollowed (feat. Elisa)
- Memorial
- Incendiary
- Tragedian
- Icon
- Vitals
SOEN:
Joel Ekelöf – Vocals
Martin Lopez – Drums
Lars Enok Åhlund – Keyboards and Guitar
Cody Ford – Lead Guitar
Oleksii “Zlatoyar” Kobel – Bass
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