Planes of Torment

by SÖNUS

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JimSim What an absolute scorcher! From the first track to the last, you are strapped in for one helluva ride! Sönus have outdone themselves.
Amazing album gentlemen. Favorite track: Scorpio.

spookywolffe Absolute stomping banger of an album from start to finish. couldn't pick a favorite, because they're all fucking favorites. 🤘💀🤘 Favorite track: Sisyphus Stomp.

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1.	Pagan Woman 05:11 video	lyrics	buy track
Lonesome night I bare my soul Spent my fortune On tarot You sunk me in the mire searching the stars for a sign Your loveless lovely eyes have frozen my heart and my mind Going to seed with my pagan woman Burning the leaves and vines Going to seed with my pagan woman Blown by the winds of time Going to seed with my pagan woman Love when the stars align Going to seed with my pagan woman All is within my mind Cool, cool eyes Tears that sting Cold blue eyes Haunt my dreams You sunk me in the mire searching the stars for a sign Your loveless lovely eyes have frozen my heart and my mind Going to seed with my pagan woman Burning the leaves and vines Going to seed with my pagan woman Blown by the winds of time Going to seed with my pagan woman Love when the stars align Going to seed with my pagan woman All is within my mind Will I greet you some new morning When the clouds burst with light of day Will I greet you some new morning When the clouds have gone away Blow my heart away You've blown my heart away Blown my heart away Ooh yeah, so far away
2.	Heart of Stone 04:00	lyrics
When you’re all alone And you’re feeling down When your heart is hard You want the world to drown In lakes of fire In waves of fire In seas of fire Oh Yeah Well I’m alone in hell The plane of solitude Don’t have a soul to sell I’m not a cool dude, No, no, no I’m a raging volcano With a heart of stone Can I give it to you yeah Said can I give it to you Oh yeah, yeah, yeah When you’re all alone And you’re feeling down When your heart is hard You want the world to drown In lakes of fire In waves of fire In seas of fire Oh Yeah My heart of stone Can I give it to you My heart of stone Said can I give it to you My heart of stone Can I give it to you Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
3.	Saturation Diver 05:10	lyrics
Saturation diver Plunge into the blackness No way I’ll regret this I wanna get paid Whole month in a capsule Alone in the darkness Starting to regret this I wanna get laid What was that shape I saw Swimming just there before me Oh no no no no, you gotta get me outta here Saturation Diver Got to raise me higher Saturation Diver Take me away from here Is there no way out of this place I can’t remember my own face Won’t someone please Please take me away Away yeah Saturation Diver Got to take me higher Saturation Diver Take me away from here Sudden breach of the hull Tears the flesh from my skull Shot into the black abyss There’s no coming back from this Saturation Diver Got to take me higher Saturation Diver Take me away from here Away Take me away from here Away Take me away from here Away Take me away from here
4.	Sisyphus Stomp 05:41 video	lyrics
Don’t you give me that bullshit brother I don’t have the patience today Eyes of the gods look down in anger They got me in their fiery gaze There ain’t a goddamn thing I can do I push that boulder everyday I close my eyes and I sing my tune And laugh as it all falls away Push it on over the mountain, baby Push it on over today Push it on over the mountain, yeah yeah Laugh as it all falls away (yeah, yeah, yeah) Can’t get no peace, can’t hold no comfort I can’t stop the war in my head Feeling so damn low and cold I feel like I’m one with the dead There ain’t a god damn thing I can do I push that boulder everyday I close my eyes and I sing my tune And laugh as it all falls away Push it on over the mountain, baby Push it on over today Push it on over the mountain, baby Laugh as it all falls away (yeah, yeah, yeah) Well they told me Ain’t no other way to be Stomp my soul down For eternity For eternity For eternity There ain’t a god damn thing I can do I push that boulder everyday I close my eyes and I sing my tune And laugh as it all falls away Laugh as it falls away (haha) Laugh as it falls away (haha) Laugh as it falls away (haha) Laugh as it all falls away (haha) Push it over the mountain Push it over the mountain Push it over the mountain Push it over the mountain, yeah
5.	Scorpio 09:53	lyrics
Lying in the desert sun Along comes a scorpion. She crawls her way under my skin, Fills me with her poison She’s in the blood flowing through my veins In the blood flowing through my heart She’s a Scorpio She’s a Scorpio. I’m a Scorpio She’s a Scorpio. Poison swirling in my head Count myself among the dead From my wounds her venom bled Flowing like the tears I shed She’s in the blood flowing through my veins In the blood flowing through my heart She’s a Scorpio She’s a Scorpio. I’m a Scorpio She’s a Scorpio. Soaring over burning suns A Phoenix from a scorpion One day I will rise again For a love that has no end She’s in the blood flowing through my veins In the blood flowing through my heart She’s a Scorpio She’s a Scorpio. I’m a Scorpio. She’s a Scorpio
6.	Phoenix 03:43	lyrics
(William Henry Duffy / Ian Robert Astbury) Yeah Dig this Like the heat from a thousand suns that burns on Rising ever higher A phoenix from a pyre My eternal desire I'm on fire, I'm on fire I'm on fire, I'm on fire Like a kiss from the lips of ra that burns on The pleasures getting wilder Circling ever higher A servant of desire I'm on fire, I'm on fire I'm on fire, I'm on fire Like the heat from a thousand suns that burns on Rising ever higher A phoenix from a pyre My eternal desire, yeah Like a kiss from the lips of ra that burns on The pleasures getting wilder Circling ever higher A servant of desire I'm on fire, I'm on fire I'm on fire, I'm on fire Like the heat from a thousand suns that burns on Rising ever higher A phoenix from a pyre My eternal desire My eternal desire My eternal desire My eternal desire, fire
7.	Planes of Torment 10:35	lyrics
Burning of the veil Show me to the truth before my eyes Burning of the idol Set me on the path to free my mind Burning of the bridges Leave the false ones burning far behind Force of retribution Come to me upon the winds of time Scorch this world in fire Planes of torment burning in my mind Ooh Yeah Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down Burning of the soil Poisoning the land for generations Bring the seas to boil A thousand leagues of death below the oceans Those who live shall toil Envying the dead their non-existence Force of devastation Death to life on winds of radiation I called down the fire Planes of torment my manifestation Oh yeah Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down Burn, burn, burn, burn it all down I see her face in the ashes Porcelain pale in the night A glimpsing of all that has ended Through tears that stream black from my eyes Reaching my hands through the darkness Clutching the ashes that fall There’s no warmth found here but the embers That fly from my burning soul Oh I feel the flames as it burns away Oh I feel the flames as it burns away Oh I feel the flames as she burns away Oh I feel the flames as they burn

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From the hallowed heights of power to the haunted halls of Hell, Sönus strides through… The Planes of Torment!

Following the critical acclaim of 2022's Doom Charts topping "Usurper of the Universe”, SÖNUS' multi-instrumental mastermind, David Wachsman, was riding a wave of momentum as his personal life sank to an all time low; Injuries, surgeries, financial woes, and heartbreak. Beaten down, but undeterred, he put his faith in Rock and assembled a powerful team of sonic sorcerers, determined to etch their names into the annals of Heavy Metal history.

With Wachsman on the pen, lead vocals, rhythm, and lead guitar; joining on bass, the lord of the low-end, Dave Reno. On drums: the bringer of thunder, Colin Drake Jaramillo. Joining them in the studio (and, for a time, on stage), the Titan from Tipperary, “Gory” Mike Gorman on rhythm guitar (and featuring special guest Will Harper on flute in the epic “Scorpio”) a fearsome band united to forge an infernal slab of Heavy Metal, “Planes of Torment.” This album is the culmination of more than 3 years of literal blood, sweat, and tears.

Recorded live in the studio to capture the raw, untamed power of their performances, it's a blistering, hell-bent journey through madness, heartbreak, and despair. Yet, within it burns the unrelenting will to survive, to fight, and to triumph with a sound that harkens back to the golden age of hard rock and the dawn of heavy metal. With a fully booked summer of California shows and music videos currently in production, The Planes of Torment await — May you find the strength to endure the apocalyptic storm that is SÖNUS!

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released May 22, 2026

SÖNUS is:
David Wachsman: Lead/Backing Vocals, Lead/Rhythm Guitars, Synths, Lyrics/Arrangements
Dave Reno: Bass, Backing Vocals
Colin Jaramillo: Drums, Backing Vocals

Featuring:
Mike Gorman on Rhythm Guitar
and Special Guest Will Harper: Flute on “Scorpio”

“Phoenix” written by Ian Astbury/Billy Duffy,
Originally performed by The Cult

Produced by SÖNUS
Engineered and Recorded by Adam Reed at Reed’s Recordings, Campbell, CA
Mixed by Dave Reno at Fuzzy Wizard Studios
Mastered by Matt “Mojo” Denton at Ragged Birds Music
Cover Art by Peter Andrew Jones

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SÖNUS San Francisco, California

SÖNUS is the acid-drenched, brain-child of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumental-mastermind David Wachsman. SÖNUS is a genre- blending space/stoner/psych/prog/heavy rock/metal project out of San Jose, California Inspired by the mystical sounds of Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Monster Magnet, The Stooges, Pink Floyd, and Captain Beyond (to name but a few).
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