{"id":2137829,"date":"2025-11-05T23:56:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2137829"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:56:52","slug":"soen-release-new-song-mercenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/soen-release-new-song-mercenary\/","title":{"rendered":"Soen release new song &#8216;Mercenary&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>SOEN<\/strong> have released a brand new song!<\/p>\n<p>The new song, titled <strong>Mercenary<\/strong>, is the second single lifted from the Swedish progressive metal band\u2019s upcoming album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/distortedsoundmag.com\/soen-announce-new-album-reliance\/\"><strong>Reliance<\/strong><\/a>, which is scheduled to be released on January 16th via <strong>Silver Lining Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the new single, vocalist <strong>Joel<\/strong> <strong>Ekel\u00f6f<\/strong> says, <em>\u201c<strong>Mercenary<\/strong> is about the violence we inherit, which then sees hatred seeping into lives \u2013 and life \u2013 which in turn shapes generations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Founding member and drummer <strong>Martin Lopez<\/strong> adds,<em> \u201cit also addresses betrayal, about how that can see us \u2018crowning vultures into kings\u2019.\u201d<\/em> <strong>Ekel\u00f6f<\/strong> continues,<em> \u201cat its heart, \u2018<strong>Mercenary<\/strong>\u2019 speaks to the cost of belief,\u201d<\/em> while <strong>Lopez<\/strong> affirms, <em>\u201cmusically, it carries the essence of <strong>SOEN<\/strong> \u2013 heavy yet melodic and built on power and precision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the official lyric video for Mercenary here:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SOEN - Mercenary (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H6i71yvQmeY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Reliance is set for release on January 16th via Silver Lining Music. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gardeniapublicity.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ec33ac8365fc192f7797241f5&amp;id=b7ff6c353f&amp;e=197461f56c\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information on SOEN like their official page on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SoenMusic\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source distortedsoundmag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOEN have released a brand new song! The new song, titled Mercenary, is the second single lifted from the Swedish progressive metal band\u2019s upcoming album Reliance, which is scheduled to be released on January 16th via Silver Lining Music. 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