On Soliloquium’s third full-length album, “Things We Leave Behind”, it felt like I finally started getting things together for real. Most of the previous amateurism was gone, and I attracted interesting guests and collaborators. Here is my deep-dive into the album’s second single, “The Discarded”, featuring Mikko Heikkilä (Kaunis Kuolematon, Read more…
“Catharsis” is the first single from Soliloquium’s 2018 album “Contemplations”, the second full-length release. I hadn’t heard the song in a long time, so it was quite fun to listen to it a couple of times and dive into the music and lyrical themes. Let’s dive into the train of Read more…
“With or Without” was the single from our debut album “An Empty Frame”, and a seminal song in the Soliloquium discography. It was the first Soliloquium song to get a significant amount of views, and our first lyric video. For me, it further cemented that the band was more than Read more…
After diving into the first-ever Soliloquium song “Garden of Truculence”, I figured it would be fitting to move on to the next release in 2013, and another seminal song in the band’s journey: “Crossroads”.
“Garden of Truculence” is the first song I ever wrote for Soliloquium back in 2012 – a rather predictable, but still quite good Swedish-style melodic death/doom song, in my opinion. Here’s a closer, critical look at the lyric themes and musical ideas. It’s a post in a long run of song breakdowns I will be doing. In the end, I hope it will give you a deeper understanding of my music.
Why doesn’t Soliloquium play classic Nordic-style melodic death/doom metal anymore, like on the first few releases? Well, that’s something I’m gonna elaborate on. Since many of you enjoyed my rants about extreme metal listening and metal crowd behavior, here’s another one. Please make them stop, right? Sorry, here it starts. Read more…
I am writing and recording a new Soliloquium album. Figured it would be fun to share the progress, kind of like a recording diary. It’s been quite a long and slow one this time, but at least you guys can learn more about what’s going on and get some fun inside content.
Soliloquium’s latest album “Soulsearching” was released a few months ago, but we saved one of the coolest parts until now: the music video for “Finality”. The video was filmed in Cascais, Portugal in early 2022 with the help of Tiago Silva and Guido Lisioli. It shows off Portugal’s dramatic landscapes, Read more…
The wait is over for those who want a new Soliloquium album. It’s finally February 25th, which means that the new Soliloquium full-length “Soulsearching” is out on all digital platforms! Now you can stream it on Bandcamp, Spotify and other popular places. Pre-order the physical CD’s and merch The digital Read more…
The brand-new Soliloquium album “Soulsearching” is out on Feb 25th on digital platforms, but did you know you can already do a digital pre-order on Bandcamp? You’ll be the first to hear it!