Footage from SOULBURNER’s REC Festival 2026 performance appears in the official video for ‘Fade Away,’ the first single from METANOIA. The new recording features guest vocals by Mårten Hansen of A CANOROUS QUINTET and THIS ENDING. The Chilean melodic death metal band released the album on November 13, 2026; it is now available on all major digital streaming platforms.
The video premiered in October 2026. Alongside the performance footage, the band says it includes elements connected to the song’s lyrics. ‘Fade Away’ revisits a track previously released during the pandemic, identified in the supplied archive as a 2021 single.
In their statement accompanying the October video premiere, SOULBURNER explained why they returned to the recording: “We always felt this song deserved more, so we decided to record it again and finally give it the sound and quality it deserves.” The earlier version had been made with the technical resources and recording conditions available to the band during the pandemic.
The decision also had a lyrical basis. SOULBURNER trace the song to the political events of October 2019 and the social uprising in Chile. In the October statement, the band connected its return to the political and social climate in Chile and across South America, specifically recalling October 18, 2019. Hansen’s involvement added another reason to revisit the track; the band described his contribution as making the release especially meaningful to them.
Formed in Concepción, Chile, in 1997, SOULBURNER combine Swedish and American death metal influences. The announcement describes METANOIA as taking that sound into darker, more melodic and heavier territory. Artwork is credited to MORKT ARTIST. The accompanying biography also retains a reference to the band seeking a label during 2026.
SOULBURNER will perform METANOIA live at Templo Crápula in Concepción on Friday, November 27, 2026, with ÁNIMAS and ANOMIE. The release show is scheduled for 8:00 PM Chile time at Caupolicán 1661. Tickets are available through PortalDisc, with presale admission listed at CLP $5,000 and general admission at CLP $8,000.
The band’s earlier recordings include the five-song EP BROKEN MIND, recorded in Santiago and released in 2006. Its song ‘Sacred Deceit’ was later revisited on the second studio album. The debut album, BLESSED BY FIRE, was recorded at Sade studio in Santiago and initially released digitally in 2008. Australis Records issued a physical edition in 2019. Its ten songs include ‘Bloodshow,’ which received a promotional video made through Abysmo.
The 2014 second album is listed in the supplied discography as FLAMES OF AND ENDLESS DISEASE, with its video listings using FLAMES OF AN ENDLESS DISEASE. Recorded at Audiomotion Homestudio in Concepción, it combined American death metal strength and groove with Gothenburg influences and melodic arrangements. Headbanger Latinoamerica named it Best Latin American Album of 2014 and placed it 13th in its list of 130 albums. ‘Karmic Demise’ and ‘The Fear Illusion’ were its promotional videos.
SELF DECEIVER followed in 2017, addressing political, economic and spiritual abuses of power while retaining European, Gothenburg and North American influences. It received the Ceres award for best album of 2017, and its promotional videos included ‘Seals Of Iniquity’ and ‘Hateful Chambers.’ The supplied video archive also includes the lyric video ‘No Wonder We Fall,’ a REC 2026 full-show recording and a Ceres 2018 award video.
SOULBURNER’s performance history includes shows throughout Chile and Europe and shared stages with DISMEMBER, KREATOR, DEICIDE, VADER, UNLEASHED, KATAKLYSM, MONSTROSITY, CARACH ANGREN and ABYSMAL DAWN.
