SAMSONITE

Never ones to take the restrained path, on their sixth studio album Memorial, Soen face down the ills and ways of current society with a crisp, wounded venom that betrays their pain, anger and frustrations. Each guitar carries a greater serrated edge, each melody a richer heart, each lyric a soul and spleen venting definitive proclamation. At the same time, Soen's unique blend of progression, aggression, and beauty shows more maturity than ever before.<br/><br/>The dovetail of melodic greatness and face-crushingly heavy guitars and rhythms on Memorial is glorious. There's the proud power-stride of "Sincere" and the sheer power of "Unbreakable", Martin Lopez's drums driving deep, the symphonic beauty of "Hollowed" (featuring guest vocals by Elisa), and the rousing roar of "Icon", with the trademark vocals of Joel Ekelöf as emotionally evocative as ever.<br/><br/>Throughout, Oleksii "Zlatoyar" Kobel's bass supplies a thick river of support, while Lars Enok Åhlund and Cody Lee Ford supply consistently dynamic, brilliant twin guitar work.<br/>Finishing with the beautiful, tragic, Pink Floyd-doused ballad "Vitals", Memorial is the result of brave, emotional, and evocative artists finding their best stride yet amidst global chaos and madness. Soen have been building up to this moment for years; now they're here, Memorial deserves universal acclaim as a truly inspired modern hard rock classic.

Soundtrack: Stranger Things [CD]

Deftones: Private music 2025 [Digipack / CD]

Eno Brian: Here come the warm jets 1973 (Rem) [CD]

Young Neil: Oceanside Countryside (1977) [Digipack / CD]

DIGIPAK<br/>LIMITED EDITION

Det är tjugo år sedan ett av landets idag absolut största punkrock-band gjorde sin första spelning på en fritidsgård i Djurås, Dalarna. Sedan dess har mycket vatten runnit under broarna; bland annat 8 skivor, nära 500 gig från söder till norr i norden och flera miljoner spelningar på Spotify (enbart låten "Min sång" har ensam 1,5 miljoner spelningar!). Nu firar Mimikry sina 20 år med skivan "TJUGO", som släpps i ett extra födelsedags-påkostat case. Albumet innehåller tjugo låtar; 4 helt nya låtar, 1 grym svensk version av Hello Saferides hit "The Quiz" 2 nyinspelningar på tidiga låtar och 13 best of från karriären.<br/><br/>Mimikry är Heavy Stentäpp (trummor), Johan Åsberg (gitarr), Anders Brandström (gitarr), Hjalle Östman (sång), Mia Mästerbo (bas).