Sollen

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Sollen
Origin Budapest, Hungary
Genres Thrash metal
Years active2001 (2001)-present
Website slipo9.wix.com/sollen
MembersFöldesi András
Kovács Viktor
Nagy Ádám
Czipó Krisztián
Csörgő Norbert
Past membersVágó Anikó

Sollen is a Hungarian thrash metal/melodic death metal band from Budapest.

Hungary Country in Central Europe

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world, and among the few non-Indo-European languages to be widely spoken in Europe. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

Thrash metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work. The lyrical subject matter often deals with criticisms of The Establishment, and at times shares a disdain for Christian dogma resembling that of their black metal counterparts. The language is typically quite direct and denunciatory, an approach borrowed from hardcore punk.

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal. The style originated and developed in Sweden and the United Kingdom around 1993. The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularise the style, soon centering in the "Gothenburg metal" scene.

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History

The band was founded in 2001 by Norbert Csörgő (drums), Krisztián Czipó (bass) and Viktor Kovács (guitar). For two years this team formed the band. During the early times they had a violin player, but that person ultimately left. Later Vágó Anikó (vocal) and Nagy Ádám (second guitar player) joined the band. The band's musical style can best be described as the mixture of traditional thrash and melodic Scandinavian metal, slowly developed throughout continuous member recruitment and member changes.

The present setup was established, after in 2004 Ádám Nagy (guitar), and almost a year after, in 2005 András Földesi (lead vocals) joined the band. The band regularly performs on concerts since the end of 2005. They recorded a 3 song demo in 2006. They regularly have club concerts. In 2009 they recorded a 2nd demo with two songs in Jawbreaker Studio, Dunakeszi.

Dunakeszi Town in Pest, Hungary

Dunakeszi is a city in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is located to the north of Budapest on the left bank of the Danube.

The name "Sollen" is a Celtic language “gael” word meaning winter. "Sollen" also means "should" or "shall" in German. From the early times the band did not have a name. The name "Sollen" was Anikó's idea.

Personnel

Current members

Past Members

Discography

Demo (2006)

  1. Intro
  2. Against The Earth
  3. A Thanks Maybe
  4. Bitter Minutes

We are gods… humanity (demo, 2010)

  1. Warehouse of Brilliant Minds
  2. We are Gods

World: Reshaped (EP, 2011)

  1. Behind Their Smile
  2. Once It Will Begin Again
  3. &"3 Towns&" Shadow
  4. World: Reshaped
  5. Mosolyuk mögött ("Behind Their Smile" in Hungarian) (bonus track)

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