"The saviour. Of course that's not me. Not even the most fanatical Green Peace member or a priest in suburbia. The saviour, which is not some financial expert or luna park fortune-teller in mottled dress. It is hopefully the one that will show us how to attenuate the scum of vaticanism, bushism, intolerance and related products of ignorance. The person that will elevate our consciousness to the level of technology we are able to produce and use. It's someone we are waiting for... in vain."

Appletree of Discord is socio critical sum of eleven songs, a melange of metal, electronica, symphonic elements and vintage rock, everything spiced up with right dose of irony. Despite the album is an observation of the surrounding world, it is made in a sensible and personal approach, ranging from hard-rocking compositions to gentle instrumental songs (Girl in Pink, for Example).

Pre-Initiation intro is enriched with the poem No. 739 from one of the most sensible poetesses of American literature, Emily Dickinson. Songs then start to dig fearless into various problems ranging from religious frauds about the end of the world (Initiation), through despising the different (Freak Show), seeking guilt in others (Blaming the Moon), to quasi global-epilogue (To the North). Typical song on the theme of "the saviour" is Chaos Based Directions, that lends Monty-Python's dilemma: "shall we follow the gourd or a shoe?", as a result of hyper information and lack of reference points. After 45 minutes the album concludes (Post-End) by above mentioned Mrs. Dickinson with her poem No. 435.

There were plenty of tries of comparisons of El Soter's music to the already established bands, but none of them completely accurate, since the music gathers many genres and styles. Mylene Farmer's combination of chords might be present in certain parts while vocals would have slight similarities with Brian Molko from Placebo. Industrial approach has certain influences from Ministry and Mortiis. Overall song structure by Oomph!, Katatonia, Paradise Lost and Smashing Pumpkins is audible, despite El Soter uses way more synths which have equal role to guitars.

Appletree of Discord album is a package of CD + DVD including video The Hail (song was adapted to the needs of the video). This is also the first release of the new born Slovene record label Neversun Records.

Video won 1st award on Festival 600 (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and it is screened on various networks including MTV Italia.

Snapshots from the video. Click to enlarge.

el soter - appletree of discord
El Soter - Appletree of Discord album

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"El Soter! I love you for your "heavy" beauty, for the power and energy you give, for your sensible lyrics, for unexceptionable super sounding, for the individual atmosphere you create through the music that is so close to my own disposition!"
James
UK

"Energy, energy and energy again! Nothing else raises my spirit as your metal does! Sometimes I feel like climbing at the peak of the mountain with the first chords... inexpressible emotion! No need to say anything else... everybody can feel it listening to Freak Show!"
Victoria
Mississippi, USA

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