Soen - Slithering (Martin Lopez - Steve Digiorgio)

Soen is a new band formed by ex-opeth Martin Lopez on drums, Steve Digiorgio (you know him xD) on bass, Kim Platbarzdis on guitars and Joel Ekelöf on vocals.
They are writing new material for their debut album, so these 2 songs are their only ones for now.

Soen - Elusive Sense
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO0PY1AnPfE

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• Martin Lopez
• Steve Digiorgio
• Opeth
• Soen
• Slithering

[tetsuma]

I miss the classic lineup of Opeth (Lopez/Lindgren). Axe and Akesson feel mechanical.

[MetallicOpeth]

@Opeth312 amen brother, he is one of my drumming inspirations, and is just full of too much talent to stop playing altogether, which in turn sucks that he had to leave Opeth because he was their true drummer. But Akerfeldt is right, Opeth can't just stop, they needed a replacement, now they have him in Axe, who is great in his own right as well.

That being said, this is fucking outstanding stuff and Lopez is an amazing drummer.

[antonio610]

@Obsidus Most people actually think he sounds like MJK from Tool. Which he kind of does.

[Obsidus]

Also, how the hell do people think this singer sounds exactly like Mikael? I just don't hear it at all. The only known singer that this guys voice reminds me of is MAYBE Devin Townsend, a little. Saying he sounds like Mikael is really confusing to me, because Mikael's clean singing is very soft, almost flat ( this isn't meant as an insult); whereas this guy has sort of a power metal type of emotionality to his singing, the tone is completely different from Mikael's.

[tetsuma4l]

@antonio610 I absolutely agree. Heritage has some stellar drum work and it changed my outlook on Axe.

[antonio610]

@tetsuma This comment was written before Heritage came out, and it shows. Axe has crazy jazz chops and a very dynamic style. I prefer Lopez, but Axe has won me over completely.

[Bassmanjimo]

@fohf While I am a bigger fan of Peter Lindgren myself, he actually had very little to do with the writing progress. He helped write some of the music on the first two albums, but it was largely Akerfeltd. Mikael has been the primary songwriter for pretty much all of Opeth's albums.

[szadgan]

Lets stop comparing Axe and Akesson and Lopez and Lindgren. All 4 are phenomenal musicians and they all have their own style. I personally have had no trouble listening to all Opeth albums...there is a difference before and post those departures, but i still love all of them on their own merit...Heritage...the jury is till out on that one!

[fohf]

The drums need to be brought up in the mix or the guitars need to go back a little. Either way I can't hear the drums well enough.

[fohf]

@Gav229 "Akesson is 10 times the guitarist Lindgren was"

10 times of what? Akesson is very capable and seems he can play anything, but it's pretty clear that Lindgren had more creative input on the songs that we all thought before. Lindgren is/was a HUGE part in what filled out Opeth's sound. Ever since he left there is clearly a hole in the writing.