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Soen is a supergroup consisting of various high-profile extreme metal musicians. Their debut album Cognitive was released on February 15, 2012.

On May 28, 2010, the formation of Soen was announced, its lineup consisting of former Opeth drummer Martin Lopez, ex-Death, Testament and Sadus bassist Steve DiGiorgio, Willowtree vocalist Joel Ekelöf and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis. The group’s first song, “Fraccions”, was released on the band’s official website on October 2010. Their first video, for the song “Savia”, was posted on their Facebook page on February 2012. Their second video is a moody acoustic version of the song “Ideate”. The band’s third video is for the song “Delenda”.

Drummer Martin Lopez has described Soen’s music as “melodic, heavy, intricate and very different than everything else.” Their debut, Cognitive, was released in February 2012 to positive critical reception, the members’ technical proficiency receiving most praise, though many reviewers noted extreme stylistic similarities to the music of Tool.

Martin Lopez commented on the Tool similarity: “We are inspired by Tool but I consider them not only a band but a genre. Besides that, I really don’t think there’s anything to argue about, we make good music whoever it would remind you of. Some people tend to dislike rather than like and are looking for faults instead of seeing music for what it is, good or bad”.

Cognitive was released on Spinefarm records on February 15, 2012.
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  • torge_d

    Hey fellow Soen listeners, my instrumental progressive rock band Ysma has just released their first album, Vagrant. It's fully streamable and two songs can be downloaded for free. Feel free to check it out and post what you think! :)

    1 May 3:05pm Reply

  • SeidunaHasan

    this band needs more listeners :)

    27 Apr 12:13pm Reply

  • payondelivery

    herre gud, det är något riktigt fantastiskt!

    27 Apr 9:28am Reply

  • AlexD_D

    Sounds like Tool a little bit, and also like Opeth in Damnation... but still an excellent job.

    23 Apr 7:41pm Reply

  • MostafaOnsy

    Great Album .. Great Band .. Martin Lopez is fuckin Baaack :)

    13 Apr 9:37pm Reply

  • RosesOfTomorrow

    Finally bought the album. Extremely satisfied.

    10 Apr 12:00pm Reply

  • Sanity_Theorist

    Agreeing with stripsearch00.

    31 Mar 7:46am Reply

  • stripsearch00

    stop comparing everything to Tool. music has much more to offer than Tool, even though they are great. You CAN hear a lot of Meshuggah influence in Soen, as well as other bands. Listen more, compare less. :)

    26 Mar 10:55am Reply

  • kattunlover69

    found this super nice underground band, like a cross between linkin park and Tool ---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpr7rXIoCz8

    10 Mar 8:15pm Reply

  • CreepyMozart

    I don't know what to think about them, really. I like their music, but there is too much of Tool's influence.

    9 Mar 2:40pm Reply

  • BrianGrind

    great debut album!!! awesome band lml

    5 Mar 5:13am Reply

  • Sanity_Theorist

    I hear a lot of other things mixed in with Tool's influence here, stop with the comparisons and give it credit for being good music damn it. Oscillations has a Meshuggahesque intro, for instance.

    2 Mar 7:16pm Reply

  • starfuckr

    omg wtf, fucking tool clone, even the album art... LOL

    2 Mar 12:57pm Reply

  • apanklain

    exelente banda

    1 Mar 1:47am Reply

  • knight_88

    This is so freaking good.

    26 Feb 3:33am Reply

  • Sanity_Theorist

    if anyone wants the demo of Slithering message me....I think they do raw demos quite well.

    2 Feb 6:13pm Reply

  • novis

    In the band's bio Soen is mentioned three times and Tool four times. Credit where credit is due..

    1 Feb 5:19pm Reply

  • Rolek6

    Kilka słów o Cognitive - http://tsor.pl/soen-cognitive/

    28 Jan 11:14pm Reply

  • saaj

    To me Soen definitively has some Tool-ish aesthetics. But just aesthetics, not sound in general, not riffage, vocals are whole different. I hear different influences as well as originality. What do all these people actually complain about (the same for Rishloo, Ceterum, etc.) when hear virtually anything that could be associated with Tool, like a band irretrievably steals last Tool's record in the world? The more quality progressive music the better. Life feeds on life, art feeds on art. Ken Wilber told "No epoch is finally privileged. We are all tomorrow's food".

    23 Jan 3:23pm Reply

  • Dis_Con_Nec_Ted

    Where I come from, soen means 'the sow' (slang) lol.....I like Tool and Opeth so I guess I should give these guys a listen.

    20 Jan 10:21pm Reply
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