Time To End

Songs of the Exile (S.O.T.E.) is a modern power-trio from the Netherlands combining classic RUSH, YES, DREAM THEATER, Allan HOLDSWORTH and Steve VAI into a powerful sound of their own. Six strong compositions (Including one of over 23 minutes long) fill up an hour of splendid guitar, bass and drums. Although the lyrics give somewhat cynical view of the world they do fit the singer and the music perfectly. Modern instruments like guitar-synth and six-string fretted and fretless bass combined with emotion laden vocals have ensured that Songs of the Exile received very good reviews in the leading Progressive rock magazines in the Netherlands. Covering ten tracks, the following album Time to End (2003) takes you from contemplative moments to waves of aggression with everything in between in an hour of splendid music in a style uniquely their own. On top of wailing guitars and complex drumming the use of extended-range instruments, harmony vocals, guitar and pedal synthesizers lay a color.