SOTO, the modern heavy metal/hard rock group featuring vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN, JOURNEY, SONS OF APOLLO, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), will release its third studio album, "Origami", on May 24. Part one of an Electronic Press Kit (EPK) for "Origami" can be seen below. "Origami" will be released as a limited-digipak CD with a set of thrree stickers and a bonus track, 180-gram vinyl LP including the entire album on CD, and as digital download. The album comes packaged with classy artwork by Gustavo Sazes (MACHINE HEAD, AMARANTHE, ARCH ENEMY). Regarding the "Origami" title track, Jeff comments: "This is one of the earlier tunes brought to us by our new bassist, Tony Dickinson, who has experience with giving us singles from the first two SOTO albums, so he is a veteran with us even before joining the band. "The word 'origami' is never used in the song, but made for a great title and even better album title. It has prog bits, very heavy moments yet very melodic, what we call melody with muscle! It also features some amazing frenetic guitar work from Jorge Salan, a proper blaster representative of the album." "Origami" track listing: 01. HyperMania 02. Origami 03. BeLie 04. World Gone Colder 05. Detonate 06. Torn 07. Dance With The Devil 08. AfterGlow 09. Vanity Lane 10. Give In To Me 11. KMAG (bonus track) SOTO started in 2015 derived from the ideal of Jeff Scott Soto wanting to return to his heavier roots. So far they released two albums, "Inside The Vertigo" (2015) and "DIVAK" (2016), taking a short break while Jeff joined the supergroup SONS OF APOLLO, alongside Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian, Billy Sheehan and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. Now SOTO is returning under the same umbrella as SONS OF APOLLO, signing with InsideOut Music. "Origami" contains material that continues to expand and move the band towards new heights whilst following up with its brand of power rock. SOTO will hit South America for live dates in May and intends to be touring worldwide throughout 2019 following the release of the new album. SOTO is: Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals Jorge Salan - Guitar Tony Dickinson - Bass BJ - Keys/Guitar Edu Cominato – Drums Photo credit: Igor Vidyashev
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