Loch Vostok arose from the ashes of the progressive metal band Mayadome from Uppsala, Sweden, that broke up in 2001. Lead by controlfreak Teddy Möller (who played drums in Mayadome but shifted to guitars and vocals in Loch Vostok) they now have released their first album. And what a great start recording it at Dugout and Prime studios with Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad and others). Later the album was remastered by Peter In de Betou (Arch Enemy amongst others). The outcome is totally awesome. If you feel that there is something missing between Evergrey, Dimmu Borgir, Soilwork and the less well-known Germans Lanfear you really should listen to Loch Vostok. Their music is first and foremost progressive metal, a little bit rougher than Evergrey mixed with Lanfears progressive power metal. And in special moments everything explodes and you get run over by a blasphemous symphonic black metal grinding-machine. And in between they run complex paces and blending together very diverse harmonies to a lovely stew of… well, progressive music. In all 11 songs on this album you are encountered by very skilled musicians that succeeds to deliver a quite special feeling. The first 5 or 6 spins I was kind of like in a trance. Everything was just beautiful, but I couldn’t come up with anything to say about the music. I really dedicated a lot of attention to “DL” to be able to write anything at all. But I understand that it might be hard for you to understand me. Everything is so abstract. But one thing is for sure: I love “Dark Logic”. And hopefully you will be able to get your copy, because this music is big! It’s big in melodies. It’s big in rhythm. It’s big in rough and raw, yet cool attitude. It’s big in appeasement. Let “Dark Logic” embalm your heart as it did with mine!

”INSIDE, DEEP INTO MY MARROW YOU PIERCED INTO MY SOUL – LEFT ME WITH A DARK IMPRESSION – HOLLOW, ACHING FOR YOUR CARE”

written by Mattias Janebrink

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