The Soul Exchange bring to us their brand new project, “Edge of Sanity.”
The Soul Exchange is a band from Sweden. Their sound blurs the lines between melodic metal, hard rock and industrial, with a sound that blurs the lines between modern tones and classic vibes.
Recently, the Scandinavian combo has announced a brand new project named “Edge of Sanity.”
Their work tips the hat off classic acts like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, as well as bands like Ghost or Queensryche, only to mention a few. Throughout the scope of ten songs, The Soul Exchange set out to show off their unparalleled sonic mastery, as well as their ability to merge in various production ideas and influences, bringing them all together under one roof.
The guitar arrangements and the massive wall of sounds are some of the main characteristics of the band’s tones, along with powerful drums, as well as great vocals with enough air to soar through the intricate and well-executed instrumental pieces.
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BIO:
The Soul Exchange is a Swedish melodic metal band that mixes Classic Hard Rock with a contemporary Metal sound. They have taken influences from the 70’s Hard Rock scene and created their own style of Metal infused, guitar driven hard rock, with great attention to the melodies and grand vocal arrangements. The lyrics deals mostly with subjects from the darker side of life such as insanity and evil in various forms.
The Soul Exchange started as a solo-project by guitarist and songwriter Hans von Bell but as he contacted different musicians to play with him on the solo-album things started to develop. One of the songs for the solo-album had the title “The Soul Exchange”. As vocalist Daniel John joined forces and guitarist Thomas von Bell came in to play things moved from being a solo thing to become more of a team effort and once bassist Patrik Ekelöf and drummer Benny White hooked on the project it evolved into a band, and thus The Soul Exchange was born.
The band hit the recording studio in 2016 and released the debut album “Bloodbound” on the American label Mervilton Records in March 2017. (Since Mervilton Records ceased to exist in July 2018 the debut album “Bloodbound” is currently not on the market, hopefully the album will be re-released but for now it can only be ordered directly from the band on the official website). The formula for The Soul Exchange was born from bandmembers with a past in Classic Hard Rock and others in various forms of Doom and different forms of Metal. The lyrics usually has a dark twist.
In the summer of 2017 The Soul Exchange moved to the German record label Pride & Joy Music. A five track EP was recorded and this EP – “Vow Of Seth” – was released both digitally and physically on Pride & Joy Music in December 2017.
The band did not take a break from writing music or recording and just kept going after sending the master tape for the EP off to the record label. This resulted in a 2nd full length album titled “Edge Of Sanity” which was released on the same German label, Pride & Joy Music, in June 2018.
“Edge Of Sanity” of course follows the path of its predecessors. It is not a theme album per say, but lyrically all songs have a common theme with lyrics that are metaphorical and treats the darker sides of the human psyche. Sonically “Edge Of Sanity” is a bit harder but the trademark vocal arrangements and big choruses are still in place as well as the musical formula on the borderline between rock and metal.
BAND MEMBERS:
Hans von Bell – Guitars
Patrik Ekelöf – Bass
Daniel John – Vocals and Keyboards
Benny White – Drums
