IN PROG WE T After their acclaimed debut “Cognitive”, SOEN are now back with their sophomore release “Tellurian” and aim to make this new record a statement about getting rid of the “supergroup" tag and being now here to stay. On the occasion of it’s release, we took the time for a pleasant chat with the band’s singer Joel Ekelöf to talk about the making of this new musical masterpiece by the Swedish proggers. Words: Luís Alves
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would like to see your angle on this! I think that once your drummer Martin Lopez said that some of the guys in Soen play rock while others perceive it as metal, and he went as far as stating that you don’t like being labelled progressive metal, because that’s something Dream Theater would do. So, in account of this, what’s your take on what is the sound of Soen? How would you describe it? Oh… Now you put me in a difficult position [laughs], because, you know… what I usually think is that it is up to others to label us. If it’s progressive metal to you or anyone else, then I won’t protest against that. I don’t think that it’s that important. To me it’s not important to label us progressive metal or progressive