Reviews

It's been nearly two and a half long years since the release of Logh's first album, "Every Time a Bell Rings an Angel gets His Wings." I'm not sure what happened to this Swedish band in that time, but it certainly was good. Logh went from being the light at the end of the tunnel to becoming a dark and bottomless pit that this album has only just begun to explore. The album opens with "The Contractor and The Assassin," which is a gentle plunge into the new world Logh has opened up for us. It gives me the feeling of falling, and like tracks two and three, "End Cycle" and "An Alliance of Hearts" it's calming, yet it makes me wonder. There is neither a wasted word, nor a misplaced chord. Everything is thought out, and everything means something. There are numerous references to the sun, which plays an important role in the story that Logh attempts to tell with this record. Track four, "The Raging Sun" is sort of an uplifting song, as if you're getting in too deep to discovering the secrets of Logh. Song five mellows things out again before you get into the passionate screams of "The Bones of Generations." This song sounds slightly like a Thursday song with better vocals. Tracks seven, eight and nine are all pumped full of emotion and feeling. Once again, every lyric just leads into the next, and every drum beat is just meant to be there. This band manages to make a huge impact with a minimal amount of sound. The acoustic guitar sounds like it's being played with a feather, and the piano is like a freshwater stream in the middle of a desert. It certainly makes this band what they are. I'd have to say, "The Raging Sun" is one of my favorite albums of this summer. If you haven't heard of Logh, check them out, you won't regret it.