Primarily based out of Los Angeles and initially hailing from Sweden, digital steel group SOLENCE (@solenceofficial) mince no phrases on their volcanic new single “Want You The Worst.” Out immediately (August 15) through Higher Noise Music, the music is an unapologetic and empowering anthem to be performed and sung out loud when “folks in your life reduce you deep,” says frontman Markus Videsäter. “Some folks simply wish to destroy every part round them…this music is for them.” Sonically, SOLENCE deploy large pop hooks and electro savvy with the heavy but melodic depth of trailblazing Swedish steel into a particular worldwide sound equal elements hypnotic and uplifting.
“Want You The Worst” marks the third single from the band’s upcoming fifth album ANGELS CALLING, out October 3 through Higher Noise Music. “I felt there was yet another spot on the album for an actual ‘f**okay you anthem,’” Markus provides, “and in a session with our buddy Jimmy we wrote ‘Want You The Worst!’” Hearken to the observe right here” HERE and watch the video HERE. Pre-orders for ANGELS CALLING can be found HERE.
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Two singles had been beforehand launched to get followers prepared for ANGELS CALLING. “The place Have been You..?” got here first on Could 13. Stream it HERE and watch the lyric video HERE (over 96k views). “Dead_Alive” adopted June 27. Hearken to it HERE and consider the lyric video HERE (over 51k views).
SOLENCE’s lineup consists of frontman Markus Videsäter alongside guitarist David Strääf, keyboardist Johan Swärd, and drummer David “Viking” Vikingsson. They focus all its vitality on uplifting anybody in a darkish frame of mind to a brighter place. “SOLENCE is all about having a great time,” Videsäter says. “Our message to our present followers and potential new ones is that we wish to carry the enjoyable again into rock n’ roll.”
ANGELS CALLING is the follow-up to their EP BLUE MONDAY (Higher Noise Music), launched this previous January with three new songs: “F**okay The Dangerous Vibes,” “A Banger A Day Retains The Physician Away,” and “Who You Gonna Name? (Solence),” which Houston Chronicle highlighted of their “High 50 Finest Underground Music Movies of 2024” record. It additionally contains two remixed variations of their hit observe “Good F**king Music” by Swedish-based producer MVRE and L.A.-based producer kodeblooded (Asking Alexandria, Charlotte Sands). BLUE MONDAY could be downloaded and streamed HERE.
SOLENCE returns on ANGELS CALLING with recent visuals, a brand new look, and a retrofitted sound that mixes the perfect of their previous with a glance into the long run for each the group and the style. “For some cause, I’ve all the time felt like my time on earth is proscribed, as if I would die younger,” Videsäter explains. “Our music is about taking advantage of life, relationships, and keenness earlier than heaven calls us house.”
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With songs like “Monsters in My Head,” “MESS,” “The entire Ache Should Go,” and the title observe, the band kinds a various assortment of their most extremely charged materials but. “We at the moment are the hype squad and the celebration practice,” smiles guitarist David Strääf.
A SOLENCE efficiency is a participatory sport, with audiences inspired to sing and bounce alongside, as evidenced on the numerous phases they’ve shared worldwide on previous excursions opening for bands together with 5 Finger Demise Punch, Ice 9 Kills, Electrical Callboy, We Got here As Romans, and The HU, along with pageant appearances throughout Europe (Rock For Folks Competition, Graspop Metallic Assembly, Resurrection Fest, Tuska Competition, Nova Rock Competition) and the U.S. (Aftershock, Louder Than Life, Blue Ridge Rock Fest).
Lauded as one in all Pandora’s “Rising Rock Artists To Watch In 2023,” SOLENCE must date garnered over 370 million cumulative streams, over 940k month-to-month Spotify listeners, and over 96 million video views since their formation in 2012. The band began by releasing heavy renditions of well-known pop hits from the likes of Think about Dragons, Fall Out Boy, Ed Sheeran, Britney Spears, and Queen earlier than breaking out with their 2019 debut album BROTHERS. It was rapidly adopted by their sophomore album, DIRECTION, which noticed them obtain their first Lively Rock radio charting with “Animal In Me” which grew to become SiriusXM Octane’s most-played observe in 2020. Octane’s Sr. Director, Music Programming Vincent Usuriello described SOLENCE’s sound as “a dynamic fusion of rock, steel, and pop components, with highly effective vocals, electrifying guitar riffs, and infectious melodies, creating an immersive sonic expertise.” In 2021, SOLENCE launched their third album, DEAFENING, which confirmed their vary of inspirations from music to anime, gaming, sci-fi, and even philosophy and shortly adopted with their fourth album HOPE IS A CULT in 2023. Amidst writing new materials for SOLENCE, Videsäter and Strääf have lent their songwriting abilities to pop acts together with Jason Derulo and Bebe Rexha.
In 2025, SOLENCE continues to unfold its life-affirming message. “‘Till I hear the ‘Angels Calling’ reminds us that life is approach too brief to fret about doubt or making errors,” Markus factors out. “We by no means know when our time is up, so let’s profit from it whereas we will!”
SOLENCE will hit the street later this 12 months for a European tour opening for Nothing Extra, which launches November 7 in Finland, together with Catch Your Breath and Ankor. Basic tickets can be found now on their official web site.
ANGELS CALLING Observe Record:
1. Angels Calling
2. Monsters In My Head
3. The place Have been You..?
4. MESS
5. <alive
6. Dead_Alive
7. Want You The Worst
8. Harmful To Love
9. The entire Ache Should Go
10. Angels vs Demons_
SOLENCE’s tour with Nothing Extra Dates:
Fri 11/7 Tampere, Finland Tavara-Asema
Sat 11/8 Helsinki, Finland Tavastia
Mon 11/10 Stockholm, Sweden Fryshuset Arenan
Tue 11/11 Oslo, Norway Vulkan Enviornment
Wed 11/12 Copenhagen, Denmark Amager Bio
Fri 11/14 Hamburg, Germany Große Freiheit 36
Sat 11/15 Berlin, Germany Astra Kulturhaus
Solar 11/16 Warsaw, Poland Progresja
Tue 11/18 Prague, Czeck Republic Archa+
Wed 11/19 Vienna, Austria Enviornment
Fri 11/21 Munich, Germany Backstage
Sat 11/22 Stuttgart, Germany LKA Longhorn
Solar 11/23 Zurich, Switzerland Komplex 457
Tue 11/25 Tilburg, Netherlands O13
Wed 11/26 Paris, France Elysee Montmarte
Fri 11/28 Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp
Sat 11/29 Cologne, Germany Essigfabrik
Solar 11/30 Antwerp, Belgium Trix
Tue 12/2 Glasgow, Scotland SWG3
Thu 12/4 Manchester, U.Okay. O2 Ritz
Fri 12/5 London, U.Okay. O2 Discussion board Kentish City
Sat 12/6 Bristol, U.Okay. O2 Academy
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