Soliloquium Famine
Soliloquium - Famine [Official Lyrics Video]
Released February 25, 2025.
Taken from the album "Famine" to be released on April 11, 2025 by Meuse Music Records.
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Soliloquium is a progressive death/doom metal band formed in 2011 by Stefan Nordström from Stockholm (Sweden).
The lyrics deal with modern life struggles, existential issues and other hard-hitting topics, personal and universal.
Loss and strife is a constant, but so is hope and determination.
Expect alternating soundscapes both heavy and mellow, tied together by the atmosphere and musical language.
For fans of: Katatonia, Daylight Dies, Slumber.
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"Writing music can be a great way to reflect and finally close chapters of your life. In the case of "Famine", this couldn't be more true.
2020-2021 proved to be the dissolution of my life. I was never to be the same.
As a result of digging into this, the multi-faceted hope and open reflection of 2022's "Soulsearching" is completely gone on this album.
There aren't many dreamy shoegaze sections or "what ifs" on this album; this is pure abyssal hopelessness.
That's all I remember of those two years, and that's exactly how "Famine" sounds like.
The album deals with everything from pandemic isolation and dissolving relationships to death, rebirth and artistic doubt.
It feels like I needed to capture it and managed to do it. The album encapsulates the inner and outer chaos that was reigning. Now, it's time to forget and move on.
Musically, I had to take a step back into death/doom metal at times to paint the right picture. It also represents a more cathartic side of Soliloquium's music.
I don't want this to be a comfortable listen to nod your head along to - I want you to really feel it.
This is dark suburban metal for the trapped, lonely and disharmonious. Lost in times of "Famine"."
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Lyrics:
Times of famine
Scavenging the half-light
Our anhedonia, promised new age
Times of famine
Coursing through the dirt
Exposing skin and bone
A dismal farce
To test our resolve
Prolonged funeral of souls
Vassals of the next decree
Dreams in tethers
And the proverbs of fools
Roaming the streets
The coldest, coldest place
As if we're already gone
Death is in the air
Vultures among the rooftops
Carrion dreams of what was once me
Fight or flight, all our efforts nullified
Undone, too blind to see
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Stefan Nordström - vocals, guitars
Jonas Bergkvist - bass
Xines - drums
Henrik Ekholm - additional vocals.
Music and lyrics by Stefan Nordström.
Mixed and mastered by Jari Lindholm.
Album cover by Oliver Palmqvist.
Logo by Gogo Melone.
Video edited by Giovanni Antonio Vigliotti.
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All rights reserved. Soliloquium & Meuse Music Records - 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/SoliloquiumBand/
https://www.instagram.com/stefansoliloquium/
https://soliloquium.bandcamp.com/
https://deathdoom.com/
https://www.meusemusicrecords.eu
https://www.m9music.eu/
https://www.facebook.com/meusemusicrecords/
https://www.instagram.com/meusemusicrecords/
https://linktr.ee/meusemusicrecords
Released February 25, 2025.
Taken from the album "Famine" to be released on April 11, 2025 by Meuse Music Records.
---------------
Soliloquium is a progressive death/doom metal band formed in 2011 by Stefan Nordström from Stockholm (Sweden).
The lyrics deal with modern life struggles, existential issues and other hard-hitting topics, personal and universal.
Loss and strife is a constant, but so is hope and determination.
Expect alternating soundscapes both heavy and mellow, tied together by the atmosphere and musical language.
For fans of: Katatonia, Daylight Dies, Slumber.
---------------
"Writing music can be a great way to reflect and finally close chapters of your life. In the case of "Famine", this couldn't be more true.
2020-2021 proved to be the dissolution of my life. I was never to be the same.
As a result of digging into this, the multi-faceted hope and open reflection of 2022's "Soulsearching" is completely gone on this album.
There aren't many dreamy shoegaze sections or "what ifs" on this album; this is pure abyssal hopelessness.
That's all I remember of those two years, and that's exactly how "Famine" sounds like.
The album deals with everything from pandemic isolation and dissolving relationships to death, rebirth and artistic doubt.
It feels like I needed to capture it and managed to do it. The album encapsulates the inner and outer chaos that was reigning. Now, it's time to forget and move on.
Musically, I had to take a step back into death/doom metal at times to paint the right picture. It also represents a more cathartic side of Soliloquium's music.
I don't want this to be a comfortable listen to nod your head along to - I want you to really feel it.
This is dark suburban metal for the trapped, lonely and disharmonious. Lost in times of "Famine"."
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Lyrics:
Times of famine
Scavenging the half-light
Our anhedonia, promised new age
Times of famine
Coursing through the dirt
Exposing skin and bone
A dismal farce
To test our resolve
Prolonged funeral of souls
Vassals of the next decree
Dreams in tethers
And the proverbs of fools
Roaming the streets
The coldest, coldest place
As if we're already gone
Death is in the air
Vultures among the rooftops
Carrion dreams of what was once me
Fight or flight, all our efforts nullified
Undone, too blind to see
---------------
Stefan Nordström - vocals, guitars
Jonas Bergkvist - bass
Xines - drums
Henrik Ekholm - additional vocals.
Music and lyrics by Stefan Nordström.
Mixed and mastered by Jari Lindholm.
Album cover by Oliver Palmqvist.
Logo by Gogo Melone.
Video edited by Giovanni Antonio Vigliotti.
---------------
All rights reserved. Soliloquium & Meuse Music Records - 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/SoliloquiumBand/
https://www.instagram.com/stefansoliloquium/
https://soliloquium.bandcamp.com/
https://deathdoom.com/
https://www.meusemusicrecords.eu
https://www.m9music.eu/
https://www.facebook.com/meusemusicrecords/
https://www.instagram.com/meusemusicrecords/
https://linktr.ee/meusemusicrecords
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