O S.o.M.-u

S.o.M. spaja kontraste - izvorne melodije starih narodnih pjesama stavljaju u doom aranžmane (ekstremna grana teškog metala specificna po sporom ritmu i tamnoj atmosferi), naglašavajuci dramaticnost pjesama misticnim ambijentom i velikim dinamickim oscilacijama. No, tu tamnu atmosferu i grubo pjevanje razbija cisti ženski vokal koji simbolizira svjetlost u mraku, vodilju koja šalje nedvojbenu poruku da uvijek postoji nada i cilj ka kojemu treba krenuti.

Grupa želi mladim generacijama koje vole heavy-metal, prenijeti poštovanje prema kulturnom nasljedu naših starih, a starijim generacijama poruku da glazba koja je žestoka i crna po izricaju ne mora nužno biti destruktivna po sadržaju, kako se to precesto prikazuje.

Temelj stvaralaštva cine vokalne dionice tradicionalnih napjeva hrvatskih krajeva, u pocetku pretežito Medimurja, no politicke granice nemaju nikakvu vrijednost u stvaranju, pa se tako nastoji provuci i ideja multikulturalnosti miješanjem razlicitih stilova u istoj pjesmi.

About S.o.M.

The band combines contrasts - putting traditional folk songs in doom environment (extreme branch of heavy metal, known by slow rhythm and dark atmosphere), emphasizing the dramatics with huge dynamic oscillations. That mystical atmosphere and rough singing is contrasted with a pure female vocal symbolizing a candle in the dark, a message that there is always hope and a goal worth pursuing.

S.o.M. wishes to transmit cultural heritage to younger generations who love heavy metal, also to send out a message to older generations that music which is hard and heavy in expression does not have to be destructive in substance.

Nowadays, the basics of their creativity underlies in vocal parts of traditional folk songs from Croatia (mostly from Medjimurje), but political borders have no meaning in artistic work, so they try to pass on the idea of multiculturalism by mixing different styles in the same song.

Style

Band plays a mixture between funeral-doom, death-doom, gothic, stoner metal, whatever. Ethno music has massive influence on authoring and a number of songs is based on existing folk tunes with addition of doom style riffs to vocal melodies. In other cases, ethno-style is used in riffs, solos or vocal parts. Major influence came from Medjimurje, a northern region of Croatia, but band is not geographically limited and will use any kind of world music that is transferable to doom style.

We sing in Croatian. We believe there is fair enough english-singing bands across the world and that we can not give anything new in that part.

No instrument or person could and should be called a "leading" one in band. There are some songs with guitar solos, but they are melodic and slow and planned to serve only as an integral part of a song, not as a solo exhibition, often following vocal melody.

We believe it could be said that S.o.M. is one of few ethno-doom bands in world, and very likely the first one in Croatia.

Sound

The sound we seek for should be a brutal, thundering earthquake followed by a tsunami or two. This evil should be broken with nice, gentle female voice. That should depict our physical world which is based on contrasts. The original idea of the band imagines a keyboard/sampler that should create a creepy and horror atmosphere, but still with some hope in it, thanks to female singer.