[Cover photo credit to Linda Florin]
Swedish Progressive Metal band Soen have announced their forthcoming new studio album, Reliance, set for release on January 16, 2026 via Silver Lining Music. The song and video for “Primal” are out now, the video having been created by Freakshot Film.
With this, their seventh studio album, they continue to forge “new pathways into the spatial areas between light and dark, loud and calm, heavy and soothing.” Soen’s music also “continues to explore the human mind, heart, and soul.”
“Primal” is a song “detailing the existential fight between the human spirit and our current world.”
Founding member and drummer Martin Lopez comments:
‘Primal’ is a song that came from a place of frustration with the world we’re living in. The corruption, the division and the suffocating grip that technology has on all of us. It’s heavy and straight to the point, built on riffs and raw energy, but it also opens up into a chorus that feels hopeful, like a reminder that light can still break through the dark.
Joel Ekelöf adds:
For us, it’s about more than just aggression. It’s about encouraging people to find that fire again, to reconnect with passion, and to take those steps out of the darkness together.
Soen will soon embark on 19 European dates on the Ultima Ratio Fest 2025 with Dark Tranquillity, Equilibrium and Iotunn. The Tour kicks-off on September 24 in Cologne, Germany.
Ultima Ratio Fest 2025:
24.09.2025 – Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria (DE)
25.09.2025 – Pratteln, Z7 (CH)
26.09.2025 – Munich, Tonhalle (DE)
27.09.2025 – Trezzo sull’Adda, Metalitalia.com Fest (IT)
28.09.2025 – Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn (DE)
29.09.2025 – Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg (NL)
30.09.2025 – Paris, Bataclan (FR)
01.10.2025 – Langen, Neue Stadthalle (DE)
02.10.2025 – Antwerp, Trix (BE)
03.10.2025 – Leipzig, Felsenkeller (DE)
04.10.2025 – Osnabrück, Die Botschaft (DE)
05.10.2025 – Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus (DE)
06.10.2025 – Prague, SaSazu (CZ)
07.10.2025 – Budapest, Barba Negra (DE)
08.10.2025 – Wrocław, A2 – Centrum Koncertowe (PL)
09.10.2025 – Linz, Posthof (AT)
10.10.2025 – Saarbrücken, Garage (DE)
11.10.2025 – Geiselwind, Eventzentrum (DE)
12.10.2025 – Hannover, Capitol (DE)
