Following their last album obsYdian, that reached #12 on the German album charts, melodic industrial metal band Soulbound will issue sYn in 2026 – Described as “their most uncompromising work to date” it will be their fourth studio album and out on 16th January via Metalville Records. Ahead of that and out now is the title track available as their latest single.
The number delivers a relentless opening to their new studio album. The track is anything but comfortable: Loud, furious, and almost liturgical in its intensity. Blending heavy riffs, dark synths, and industrial elements, the band forges a sound that merges NDH, alternative metal, and electronic pathos, and makes a statement.
Lyrically, ‘sYn’ explores the modern idea of sin, not as a religious dogma, but as a reflection of societal responsibility. It confronts guilt, denial, and moral hypocrisy, a scream against a world that prefers silence over truth.
“What if guilt doesn’t come from religion, but from everything we ignore?”, the band asks. ‘sYn‘ is their reckoning with inner darkness. Raw, direct, and unapologetic.
Between brutal self-reckoning, social criticism and sacred exaltation, sYn spins a dense thematic thread around the central motif of sin – rethought, interpreted in many different ways and bitterly personal.
Musically, the band remains true to itself: Somewhere between NDH, metalcore and electronically distorted world pain. But instead of bold provocation, they’re about attitude. The album itself about admitting to being fallible. About contradicting dogmas and wrestling with one’s own prejudices
“If we’re considered sinners, might as well be it with purpose and flair!” said the band.
Tracks featured are: ‘Abaddon’, ‘sYn’, ‘ No Kings For Me’, ‘Cutting Diamonds’, ‘sYnfluencer’, ‘Chaos & Amen’, ‘Dark Throne’, ‘Neon Battlefield’, ‘Sacred Skin’, ‘Not Metal Enough’, sYnners Crown’ and ‘If U Seek Amy’ as bonus track and a cover of the original by Britney Spears.
