Ashes of Fate

The Italians, Logical Terror are back with their second album after five years since the release of their debut Almost Human. Logical Terror and their brand of metal take to our ears their industrial mix of metal and melodic mayhem.

Ashes of Fate brings Logical Terror’s bouncy and catchy brand of metal, taking its place amongst the ranks of excellent European metal and with no need for a sub genre. Ok, they have melody, groove, a little industrial moments, death, and dark, to name but a few, but metal is where it’s at and that is it. They haven’t lost their momentum for one second, pounding along the road with their variant degrees of style, maintaining a sound and flair that has carried off through the debut. I listened to Almost Human, and while I wasn’t entirely enamoured with it, I still enjoyed it, but I think its flaws were more to do with production rather than song quality. The quality of songs on Ashes of Fate is a lot better, in production and in writing; catchier and heavier, with more of a groove to it.

Ashes of Fate definitely hits you where you want it, heavy guitars and epic drums, coupled with heavy bass and balanced vocal range from the clean to the darkened growls that sound like a rage fuelled attack, powered by nuclear reactors. The guitar work is always immense, simple but effective in its sound but gives a good, all round window to the heart of their sound. Couple this with the drums which are present in every way, carrying the metal assault from the sublime to the destructive; they carry everything like a platter of grenades.

This is where Logical Terror shine best, in their coupling of the instruments, talking to each other through the writing process and allowing the natural metal progression do its job. This album is much better than its predecessor.The songs are better; heavier, more technical and just really good. There isn’t a riff in this album that you won’t sit and nod, appreciating the heavy, with your chin held high with the obligatory onion face.

This nine track album takes you on a rollercoaster ride from the calm to the chaotic and everywhere in between. It’s a great album and gives you that opportunity to listen to a band that isn’t following the trend just now, but maintaining their identity as a band, going from strength to strength. Each piece on Ashes of Fate is heading to the pinnacle of excellence, which isn’t far off, but each song certainly shows they mean business and are only getting better at it.

Ashes of Fate Track Listing:

01. 10.000 Falls
02. The World Was Mine (feat. Bjorn Strid of Soilwork)
03. Nowhere to Nowhere
04. Shattered Crown
05. Ashes of Fate (feat. Jon Howard of Threat Signal)
06. Sleep Well the Darkest Night
07. The Long Descent
08. Another Day Gone
09. Coming Undone

Release date: 06-05-2016
Reviewer: Ana
Score: 8