Testament - Titans Of Creation

New week, Monsunday, Monday and Sunday at the same time. It's "Annandag påsk" in Swedish (Easter Monday). Quarantine time where inside things get a lot of time to spin records all day long.

Anyway, time to present "Record Of The Week".

"Titans Of Creation" is the thirteenth studio album by American thrash machine band TESTAMENT, released on April 3, 2020. This album marks the first time that TESTAMENT had recorded more than one album with the same lineup since "The Ritual" (1992). "Titans Of Creation" is also the band's first album to be co-produced by Juan Urteaga, who previously worked with TESTAMENTs two studio albums "Dark Roots Of Earth" (2012) and "Brotherhood Of The Snake" (2016).

The cover artwork for "Titans Of Creation" was created by artist and longtime collaborator Eliran Kantor, who has previously worked with ICED EARTH, SODOM, HATEBREED, SOULFLY, and THY ART IS MURDER, among many others.

The thrash legends TESTAMENT continue to bring the pain on "Titans Of Creation", an album that gives us almost one hour of the finest that Bay Area can deliver these days. It's full of energy, precision, adrenaline-filled power, and the experimental desire is nothing but damn impressive. The band sounds really fresh and hungry, the singer Chuck Billy, who is currently recovering from illness in COVID-19, still sounds excellent considering his age and feels as robust as his bulky body sheath. Aging like a fine wine does. Guitar duo Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick's twin guitar harmony are just excellent, shapely riffs. Legendary Gene Hoglan on drums along with Steve DiGiorgio on bass makes a great rhythm duo.

Two singles have been released from the album, the heavy "Night Of The Witch" and the galloping "Children Of The Next Level" which is a very strong opener for the album. Both singles show a modern and fresh TESTAMENT. The album contains some old school thrash like the tunes "WWIII", "Dream Deceiver" and "False Prophet". A bass line opens up a middle eastern metal sound in "Ishtar’s Gate". "City Of Angels" is an oddly mixed pace tune, marvelous rocker that includes a lovely solo. The technical "Symptoms" let these old guys show off a bit and Chuck sings better than ever. "Curse Of Osiris" and the groovy "The Healers" will hit you like a bang, intoxicating riffs and vocals are picked up from the black metal sphere. The album ends with an outro named "Catacombs". TESTAMENT has released a solid album, further establishing themselves as one of the thrash gods and really shows that they are one of the Big 4 even if they are not included, but they should be with such an impressive carrier as they have.

Sum: An impressive release from one of the finest Bay Area Thrashers.

Today's tune is the second single "Children Of The Next Level" taken from "Titans Of Creation", enjoy!


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Testament - Powerslave

Thursday, time for a cover.

Today's tune "Powerslave" is the title song from the fifth studio album by the English heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN, released on 3 September 1984 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in North America. It was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the United States in 2002.

The album's cover artwork is notable for its Ancient Egypt theme. That theme, taken from the title track, was carried over to the album's supporting tour, the World Slavery Tour. This began in Warsaw, Poland on 9 August 1984; it is widely regarded as being the band's longest and most arduous tour to date, and led to the live album "Live After Death".

"Powerslave" is about an arrogant Pharaoh in his dying hours. Because he's been raised to think he's a god, he can't understand why he's about to die and fights it in vain. He also feels overwhelmed by the power of death, and thinks sardonically about his heir. Just before he dies, he promises to return as a mummy. The album cover shows a pyramid with a giant statue of the Pharaoh (reminiscent of the Sphinx), with the bands mascot Eddie as the Pharaoh. The artwork inside the album also carried this theme.

Lead singer Bruce Dickinson wrote this. He claims this is a sequel, or somehow linked to his previous song "Revelations." The back of the album "Somewhere In Time" shows pyramids behind the city in a reference to this.

Cover art designer Derek Riggs once again slipped his logo into his artwork. His logo is a unique symbol which depicts his initials, a mirrored D and an R on the right hand side. In this case, it's right above the "entrance" to the pyramid (Eddie's crotch).

All those years jamming the Maiden, you never realized Tom Cruise was the one who killed the Powerslave. That bastard.

Anyway, today's cover is made by the American thrash metal band TESTAMENT, the tune is taken from the eleventh studio album "Dark Roots Of Earth", enjoy!



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Death Angel - Immortal Behated

Ascending from the depths, the almighty DEATH ANGEL, one of three mighty American thrashers that are out touring in Europe atm with TESTAMENT and EXODUS.

DEATH ANGEL is an American thrash metal band from Daly City, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. DEATH ANGEL has released nine studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and two live albums. The band has gone through several line-up changes, leaving guitarist Rob Cavestany as the only constant member; he and vocalist Mark Osegueda (who joined the group in 1984) are the only members of DEATH ANGEL to appear on all of their studio albums.

DEATH ANGEL is often referred to as one of the key bands in the Bay Area thrash metal movement of the 1980s, and secured opening slots at club venues that decade, including opening for their peers MEGADETH, METALLICA, SLAYER, EXODUS, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, D.R.I., MERCYFUL FATE and POSSESSED. They are also often credited as one of the leaders of the second wave of thrash metal movement from the 1980s, and considered to be one of the "big eight" of the genre (along with METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, EXODUS and OVERKILL). Following the underground success of their first two studio albums, "The Ultra-Violence" (1987) and "Frolic Through The Park" (1988), DEATH ANGEL signed to Geffen Records in 1989, and released their only album for the label, "Act III", the following year. While they were touring in support of "Act III", then-drummer Andy Galeon was injured in a tour bus accident and needed more than a year to fully recover. This resulted in the band's break up in 1991. However, DEATH ANGEL reformed in 2001 (without original rhythm guitarist Gus Pepa) at the Thrash of the Titans benefit concert for TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy. The band has since continued to record and perform, and their recent studio album, "Humanicide", was released on May 31, 2019.

Today's tune "Immortal Behated" is taken from the ninth studio album "Humanicide", enjoy!



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Exodus - Blood In, Blood Out

2020 is set to be an unforgettable year for British and European thrash metal-heads – three legendary pioneers of the genre have announced that they will be touring throughout next spring. Hitting the road will be no other than the Bay Area’s very own TESTAMENT, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL – who have all teamed up to bring the catchily dubbed ‘The Bay Strikes Back‘ tour to our shores!

The tour started yesterday in Copenhagen and will go thru Stockholm, Sweden this evening and end in Hannover, Germany on the 11th of Mars, see the rest of the tour below.

Yesterday we had TESTAMENT and today we put focus on EXODUS, guess what we will have for tomorrow?? 😁

TESTAMENT’s Chuck Billy commented:

“It’s finally happening!!!! All of us have spoken over the years of how killer it would be to tour together and bring Bay Area Thrash Metal across the world and we are starting in Europe. I’m sure I can speak for all three bands in saying that we are proud of where we all came from and we are still delivering some of the best thrash metal we can to the fans. Be ready for the Bay Area Strikes Back Tour 2020.”

And Gary Holt from EXODUS:

“I am fired up to FINALLY return to Europe with Exodus! Along with our Bay Area friendsTestament and Death Angel! An epic tour for the ages! Looking forward to crushing everyone Bay Area style! See you there!!! I cannot wait!”

DEATH ANGEL’s Rob Cavestany added:

“We couldn’t be more excited to announce our upcoming tour with Testament andExodus! Bay Area Thrash Attack in full force! All three bands have been close friends for decades and our mutual respect is of the highest level. That said, we will surely push each other to go beyond expectations each and every night. This is a first – the three of us have never toured together in the same package… it’s about time! See you in the pit!”

Both TESTAMENT and EXODUS are currently working on the follow-up to their 2016 (TESTAMENT – "Brotherhood Of The Snake") and 2014 (EXODUS – "Blood In, Blood Out") albums, while DEATH ANGEL will be touring in support of their most recent record, 2019’s "Humanicide".

EXODUS is an American thrash metal band formed in 1979 in Richmond, California. They have gone through numerous lineup changes, two extended hiatuses, and the deaths of two former band members. Their current lineup consists of guitarists Gary Holt and Lee Altus, bassist Jack Gibson, drummer Tom Hunting, and lead vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza. Hunting is one of the original members, and departed from EXODUS twice, in 1989 and 2004, but rejoined in 2007. Holt joined the band about two years after its formation and is the only member of EXODUS to appear on all their releases.

The band is currently writing a follow-up album, tentatively due for release in 2020.

Today's tune "Blood In, Blood Out" is the title track from the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band EXODUS. It was released on October 14, 2014 through Nuclear Blast, and is the band's first album with vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza since 2004's "Tempo Of The Damned". The album also saw a reunion with original guitarist Kirk Hammett, who plays the guitar solo on "Salt the Wound". "Blood In, Blood Out" received generally favorable critical reviews, and it entered the Billboard 200 at number 38—the band's highest U.S. chart position to date. EXODUS promoted the album with its first concert tour with Souza since he left the band in 2004, due to a feud with guitarist Gary Holt.

Here are all the dates again:
THE BAY STRIKES BACK TOUR 2020
TESTAMENT | EXODUS | DEATH ANGEL

06.02.2020 DK Copenhagen, Amager Bio
07.02.2020 SE Stockholm, Arenan Fryshuset
10.02.2020 FI Helsinki, The Circus
11.02.2020 FI Tampere, Pakkahuone
13.02.2020 DE Hamburg, Docks
14.02.2020 DE Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle
15.02.2020 DE Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
16.02.2020 NL Utrecht, Tivoli
18.02.2020 DE Berlin, Huxleys
19.02.2020 PL Wroclaw, Orbita Hall
20.02.2020 AT Vienna, Arena
21.02.2020 DE Munich, Backstage
22.02.2020 DE Filderstadt, Filharmonie
25.02.2020 IT Milano, Live Club
27.02.2020 ES Barcelona, Razzmatazz
28.02.2020 ES Madrid, Palacio Vistalegre
29.02.2020 FR Toulouse, Bikini
01.03.2020 FR Paris, Elysee Montmartre
03.03.2020 UK Bristol, O2 Academy
04.03.2020 IE Dublin, National Stadium
06.03.2020 UK London, The Forum
07.03.2020 UK Manchester, Academy
08.03.2020 UK Glasgow, Barrowland
10.03.2020 BE Brussels, AB
11.03.2020 DE Hannover, Capitol

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Testament - Night Of The Witch

The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their twelfth studio album: "Titans Of Creation" which will be released on April 3rd via Nuclear Blast.

The first single/lyric video "Night Of The Witch" is released, see and hear it below, the tune uses old school lyrics about witches chanting in the moonlight and casting spells.

Chuck Billy says that the beauty of this song is that I worked in Eric's vocals into the chorus. I wanted to incorporate him as he does DRAGONLORD and this song was a perfect match. It is a heavy song and a great way to introduce everyone to "Titans Of Creation".

The album was produced by Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson while Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios handled co-producing, recording and engineering. Andy Sneap was responsible for the mixing and mastering of the album. Eliran Kantor stepped up once again to create a new masterpiece of artwork for the cover of this release.

Just as the elements of this planet thrive within all living creatures, each musician in TESTAMENT represents a necessary component of this latest musical creation.

The release comes ahead of TESTAMENT s "The Bay Strikes Back European Tour", which will get underway in Copenhagen on February 6 and wrap up in Hanover on March 11. TESTAMENT will be joined on the road by EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL, see all the dates below. Hopefully, I can arrange everything at home and run over and see the show and say hey to the guys.

TESTAMENT is:

Chuck Billy, vocals 

Eric Peterson, guitars 

Alex Skolnick, lead guitar 

Steve DiGiorgio, bass 

Gene Hoglan, drums

Enjoy today's tune "Night Of The Witch"!

Upcoming Tourdates:

Thu, FEB 6 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Copenhagen, Denmark
Fri, FEB 7 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Stockholm, Sweden
Sat, FEB 8 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Oslo, Norway
Mon, FEB 10 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Helsinki, Finland
Tue, FEB 11 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Tampere, Finland
Thu, FEB 13 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Hamburg, Germany
Fri, FEB 14 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Oberhausen, Germany
Sat, FEB 15 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Wiesbaden, Germany
Sun, FEB 16 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Utrecht, Netherlands
Tue, FEB 18 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Berlin, Germany
Wed, FEB 19 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Wrocław, Poland
Thu, FEB 20 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Vienna, Austria
Fri, FEB 21 The Bay Strikes Back Tour München, Germany
Sat, FEB 22 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Filderstadt, Germany
Mon, FEB 24 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Zürich, Switzerland
Tue, FEB 25 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Via Trezzo, Italy
Thu, FEB 27 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Barcelona, Spain
Fri, FEB 28 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Madrid, Spain
Sat, FEB 29 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Ramonville-st-agne, France
Sun, MAR 1 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Paris, France
Tue, MAR 3 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Bristol, United Kingdom
Wed, MAR 4 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Dublin, Ireland
Fri, MAR 6 The Bay Strikes Back Tour London, United Kingdom
Sat, MAR 7 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Manchester, United Kingdom
Sun, MAR 8 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tue, MAR 10 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Brussels, Belgium
Wed, MAR 11 The Bay Strikes Back Tour Hanover, Germany

Mon, APR 20 The Van Buren Phoenix, AZ
Tue, APR 21 The Historic El Rey Theater Albuquerque, NM
Thu, APR 23 House of Blues Houston Houston, TX
Fri, APR 24 House of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX
Sat, APR 25 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK
Sun, APR 26 Emos Austin Austin, TX
Tue, APR 28 Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, FL
Wed, APR 29 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Thu, APR 30 The Ritz Raleigh, NC
Sat, MAY 2 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Mexico, Mexico
Tue, MAY 5 The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD
Wed, MAY 6 Tla Philadelphia, PA
Thu, MAY 7 The Paramount Huntington, NY
Fri, MAY 8 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ
Sat, MAY 9 House Of Blues Boston Boston, MA
Sun, MAY 10 MTELUS Montreal, Canada
Mon, MAY 11 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Canada
Wed, MAY 13 Roxian Theatre Mckees Rocks, PA
Thu, MAY 14 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
Sat, MAY 16 The Forge Joliet, IL
Sun, MAY 17 The Fillmore - Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN
Tue, MAY 19 Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
Wed, MAY 20 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
Fri, MAY 22 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
Sat, MAY 23 Vogue Theatre Vancouver, Canada
Sun, MAY 24 The Showbox Seattle, WA
Tue, MAY 26 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
Wed, MAY 27 House of Blues San Diego San Diego, CA
Thu, MAY 28 House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim, CA
Sun, JUL 26 Metaldays Tolmin, Slovenia

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Metal Allegiance - We Rock

"We Rock" is a classic rocker taken from the second studio album "The Last In Line" by the American heavy metal band Dio, released on July 2, 1984.

The song is a really classic among rockers and many cover versions have been made. The all-star metal band METAL ALLEGIANCE is one of them, a great cover from a great gang of musicans and singers. The video consisting of a rotating cast of musicians like Mark Osegueda, Chris Jericho, Tim "Ripper" Owens, Alissa White-Gluz, Chuck Billy and Steve "Zetro" Souza, Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick Bass: David Ellefson Drums: Mike Portnoy Additional Lead Guitar: Andreas Kisser, Phil Demmel & Gary Holt.

Brought together by METAL ALLEGIANCE principal partner Mark Menghi, the project's original material came together from the creative minds of David Ellefson of MEGADETH, Mike Portnoy of THE WINERY DOGS, and Alex Skolnick from TESTAMENT, alongside Menghi. The four writers then reached out through their metal Rolodexes to a diverse lineup of performers, each adding their own personal musical stamp to the collection of nine original songs.

Today's tune "We Rock" is taken from the self-titled debut by METAL ALLEGIANCE, enjoy!



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Annihilator – Twisted Lobotomy

Canadian Heavy/Thrash Metal band ANNIHILATOR will release their sixteenth studio album, "For The Demented", on November 3. The follow-up to 2015's "Suicide Society" will be available in a limited-edition digipack with lenticular cover, a jewel-case CD, a twelve-inch, 180-gram colored vinyl in gatefold and digital download.

This will be the band's first studio album with bassist Rich Hinks, who co-produced and co-engineered the album, and drummer Fabio Alessandrini.

Over a year after the release of Suicide Society (2015), ANNIHILATOR began working on a follow-up album. Founding member and guitarist Jeff Waters told Metal Wani in December 2016,  

"On the next one, the changes I'm gonna make… I only said two things. I've got all these people telling me, 'You've gotta go back to this album,' or that album, or that album, or that album. 'You've gotta do this,' 'You've gotta do that.' So what I do is I block it out. But I've decided that I'm going to not worry about catchy, commercial choruses — 'commercial,' as in you remember it, where you intentionally make that chorus the most important part of the song and you want people to remember that one every time. That kind of is the opposite of what I used to do in the earlier days. In the earlier days, I would go, 'I don't care about the chorus being the main part; I want the whole song to be cool.' So therefore the choruses were not as commercial or catchy. And they remained heavy back then; the choruses would end up being heavy. Whereas on my "Suicide Society" record I just did, you could have a heavy song, but then you hit the chorus and you go, 'Woah, that's pretty mainstream stuff in the choruses.' And the other thing was, since I'm such a fan of so many bands, I let myself go a little bit on the last album with being too blatantly obvious with my influences and my musical loves as a fan. So you really heard a song that had a lot of the "Master of Puppets" era of music from METALLICA, and you really heard a MEGADETH song on there, and you really heard in my vocals some Hetfield and Mustaine-isms. And I think that was great, as a fan, to get it out, but I think I need to do more of my own thing on the next record."

In February 2017, Waters said that the sixteenth ANNIHILATOR studio album was being co-produced and co-engineered by bassist Rich Hinks, making it the "first time I've actually had somebody else in the studio since 1990 (Never, Neverland) working with me on stuff."

On September 12, 2017, it was announced that the album, now titled "For the Demented", will be released on November 3; more details on the album, including track listing and artwork, and the music video for "Twisted Lobotomy" were released on the same day. In support of "For the Demented", ANNIHILATOR (along with DEATH ANGEL) will open for TESTAMENT on the European Brotherhood of the Snake tour, which will take place in November and December 2017.

 
Since 1989, ANNIHILATOR have not stopped putting out records and touring the world. Despite the ever-changing climate of the metal world (and releasing a series of "different" metal records with various lineups along the way), Waters and company have consistently delivered strong albums since the band's debut, "Alice In Hell". Then there was 1990's best-selling "Never, Neverland", 1995's "King Of The Kill", "Schizo Deluxe" in 2005 and many other critically acclaimed releases up until "Suicide Society". The "under-the-radar" influence of this band, and Waters, has been felt throughout the entire realm of the metal world by a ton of well-known musicians and bands; that influence even stretching into the hard rock and instrumentalist genre.
Waters, in his usual humble manner, offers this in response: "ANNIHILATOR's music has been influenced by a good hundred of my favorite bands and musicians; you can hear their contributions to what I have been doing all throughout ANNIHILATOR's catalog. It's a bonus and an honor when bands and musicians I love mention that I had something to do with their playing or songs!"

ANNIHILATOR is:

Jeff Waters (vocals, guitar)
Fabio Alessandrini (drums)
Rich Hinks (bass)
Aaron Homma (guitar)

Todays tune "Twisted Lobotomy" is the first tune taken from the upcoming album "For The Demented" to be released in November, enjoy!



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Testament - The Pale King

"Brotherhood of the Snake" with TESTAMENT reaches position 8th on the Tune Of The Day's Top 100 of the Best Albums 2016.

"Brotherhood of the Snake" is the eleventh studio album by American thrash metal band TESTAMENT, released on October 28, 2016. It is the band's first studio recording with bassist Steve DiGiorgio since First Strike Still Deadly (2001). "Brotherhood of the Snake" also marks Testament's fifth collaboration with Andy Sneap, who had mixed and engineered all of their albums since The Gathering (1999) and produced Dark Roots of Earth (2012). The album debuted at number twenty on the Billboard 200 chart, making it TESTAMENTs second highest charting album in the US after Dark Roots of Earth, which peaked at number 12 four years earlier. The album is a real beast and really kicks ass.


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Converge - Trespasses

Now we almost reached the end of this year and as usual, it is time to sum it all up with this year's best albums and give thumbs up for nice concerts and other events. First up we present this year's top 20 albums. Where you get the first 10 at once.

Since we can not quite agree on a common list for this year's top 10 albums, we will do as we did last year, but Thetania will only do a top five since she is pretty busy with work. This mean that it will be a list from each one of us on the same day, one list position in the morning and same in the evening, it will generate a lot of music here at the Tune Of The Day during these days. This year's list has been super difficult to tie together, started with a Top 50 and was freaking hard to remove tunes, ended up that I had to go on the most listening records and many that, in the beginning was obvious was removed. Right or wrong, judge yourself, hard as hell, I must say. However, I miss some records which I unfortunately did not had time to listen to and whereby they are not included. I think this year has been absolutely crazy on the album releases, has broken my purchasing budget by horse lengths. Really hope next year will be calmer, so one have time to catch up a bit.

We start by presenting the positions outside the Top 10 that I, Stones have, that is 11-20 just like last year.

Top 11 - 20 on Tune Of The Day

11. Beardfish - The Void

12. The Sword - Apocryphon

13. Meshuggah - Koloss

14. Black Country Communion - Afterglow

15. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

16. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

16. Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol

17. Mando Diao - Infruset

18. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

20. Horisont - Second Assault

Today I pick a song from an album that has grown a lot recently, but unfortunately it has got too little playing time in order to stretch higher and pinch a position in the Top 10. Converge "All We Love We Leave Behind" is a record that invites you to dance in a little more violent way than usual. This record is actually really good and I recommended this highly. Converge is an American progressive hardcore band from Salem, Massachusetts formed in 1990. The group comprises vocalist Jacob Bannon, guitarist Kurt Ballou, bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. Playing a blend of hardcore punk and heavy metal, Converge has helped to define many of the elements of the metalcore genre. According to Allmusic, Converge are "regarded as one of the most original and innovative bands to emerge from the punk underground".

Todays tune "Trespasses" is taken from the eighth studio album "All We Love We Leave Behind". The album was released on October 9, 2012 through Epitaph Records.



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Soen - Savia

 

After reading a review on a band called Soen at my beloved friend "Chief Rebels" blog Metal! I really got hooked, the last few days I've spent a lot of time with Soen. Now i only wish that they will release this one on Vinyl.

Soen is a heavy metal group, a so called "supergroup" consisting of various high-profile extreme metal musicians. Formed by Martin Lopez along with Kim Platbarzdis back in 2005. Their debut album Cognitive was released on February 15, 2012. The album was mixed by David Bottrill (Tool, Coheed and Cambria, Silverchair, Smashing Pumpkins, Muse etc.) and mastered by João Carvalho. There's also a bonus track on the Japanese edition called “Writhen”

Soen's music is "melodic, technical softish light heavy and progressive" there is an stylistic similarities to the music of Tool.

The lineup consisting of former Opeth, Amon Amarth drummer Martin Lopez, former Death, Testament, Sebastian Bach, Iced Earth and Sadus bassist Steve DiGiorgio, former Willowtree vocalist Joel Ekelöf and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis.

Soen was at the Revolver Film Company in Gothenburg the 14th of January recording a music video.

Steve's gear.

Todays tune "Savia" is their first video, it was posted on their Facebook page on February 2012.



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