Soen- New band Featuring Martin Lopez & Steve DiGiorgio

http://www.myspace.com/Soenmusic
 
Sounds like Opeth meets Tool without growls. Pretty interesting. Not sure if it's my thing, yet, but it's pretty cool on the first listen.

i'm interested.

me too!!

Hmm, well it's great to hear Lopez back in action, but I'm not super impressed.  I'd probably like it a lot more if the vocalist had a bit more to him.  He seems very limited.  I'll keep my eye out for further developments from the band.

You should check out Steve's other band Future's End, a progressive metal wet dream :)....
 
Not just saying that because they are my friends
 
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Like the music very much. The vocals seems rather dull which is regrettable. I could clearly hear Maynard singing this!

I really like the vocals!! very secluded, great tone, and no too all loud.

Basically it's a second rate Tool. There is not much originality here AT ALL and that singer is no Maynard. Martin Lopez is no Danny Carey either. I don't really care to hear any more of them unless they stop blatantly ripping off every Tool staple.

i love what Lopez did in Opeth, but this sounds like a complete Tool rip off to me.

I do feel they "borrowed" stuff from Tool, but also from Meshuggah, and Opeth. Anyhow, they are not entirely ripping off Tool, listen to the tracks on youtube too.

Those vocals are pretty bad, ugh.

I like it... but, it is true they totally sound like Tool.

I dunno Lopez is no  Danny Carey? In Opeth his Drumming was every bit if not more Impressive then anything Carey has done in TOOL. Maybe Lopez needs Ackerfelt too bring out his true potential.

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I dunno Lopez is no  Danny Carey? In Opeth his Drumming was every bit if not more Impressive then anything Carey has done in TOOL. Maybe Lopez needs Ackerfelt too bring out his true potential.

ummm....i respectfully cannot agree with that.  the ending of Lateralus is face meltingly awesome.  i dont know of anything Lopez has done that comes close.

colin007

Moonchild


I dunno Lopez is no  Danny Carey? In Opeth his Drumming was every bit if not more Impressive then anything Carey has done in TOOL. Maybe Lopez needs Ackerfelt too bring out his true potential.

ummm....i respectfully cannot agree with that.  the ending of Lateralus is face meltingly awesome.  i dont know of anything Lopez has done that comes close.

 
The ending of Deliverance is more impressive by far in my humble opinion.

Someone should probably mention Tool or Maynard.

I just heard the one song currently in their MySpace page. Nice shot at aping Tool's vibe. Some bits here and there reminded me slightly of Opeth's Damnation, but I wouldn't say there's any Opeth influence beyond that.
 
Two things that bugged me:
1) Steve DiGiorgio normally kills, but his going off-key on the opening verses was a bit annoying.
2) The heavier riffs felt out of place.

To be fair, this was a year and a half ago. The songs might have changed since then, at least production wise.

I found their facebook. Since Myspace completely destroys my computer. I can't tell you if it's updated from Myspace or not. But after not listening for a year and a half, I can dig it.
 
https://www.facebook.com/SoenMusic?ref=ts&sk=app_178091127385

There's finally a video up on Youtube. It's for the song Delenda. Can't help but think Tool with Ghost Reveries drumming. Still, sounds like good stuff. 
 

Very Toolish, but I still enjoy it. He's a great drummer. Might have to buy this one.

I heard the entire album on Simfy (something like Spotify). It's not really bad but it does sound so much like Tool, it's irritating.

The album is currently up for streaming on www.progstreaming.com
Yes it does sound like many other things we like, but nontheless I think its really really good :)

Listening to the album now. Yeah, it's intensely obvious that whoever is doing the writing is way into Tool. But I'll give it a chance because I really like Lopez. 

Just listened to this over the weekend and loved it. So good to hear Lopez again and he does not disappoint on this.
 
I also read an interview with him somewhere where he addressed the Tool comparison. His response was interesting. He acknowledged that Tool was a heavy influence but also stated that he does not see Tool as just a band but also as a genre unto itself. I kind of concur with that. No one else sounds like Tool. I would put Opeth and Primus into that same thought. Who else sounds like any of those bands?
 
I also like the fact that, unlike Tool, there wasn't long periods of weird noises and wasted time going on. Clear concise songs for the whole album. In my opinion, Tool could learn something from how Soen did this album.

I'm not saying it's bad but I cannot get past the fact that this is such a Tool rip-off. I was expecting something else from two great musicians such as Lopez and DiGiorgio!

professorpeart
   
His response was interesting. He acknowledged that Tool was a heavy influence but also stated that he does not see Tool as just a band but also as a genre unto itself. I kind of concur with that.

Anyone remember a band called Earshot?  GREAT band, two discs, TOTAL Tool clones.  When it works, it works.