• Progressive Metal

PHOTO: Tomas Bjuhr

LOCH VOSTOK, named after a subterranean lake in Antarctica, rose out of the collapse of the Uppsala based Progressive Metal band MAYADOME in 2001. Three core members, Teddy Möller, keyboard player Sebastian Okupski and bass player Erik Grandin set about formulating a new act. Möller would switch from his erstwhile role as a drummer to that of frontman and with the incorporation of former RAMROD, 5STEPS AHEAD and EL PRESIDENTE guitarist Niklas Kupper alongside ex-5STEPS AHEAD, AZOTIC REIGN and IMPERIAL DOMAIN drummer Alvaro Romero Torres the band was complete. However, Grandin was to relocate to the USA and so Tomas Jonsson stepped in to fill the bass vacancy. Besides his LOCH VOSTOK activities Möller also operated with irreverent Thrashers FKÜ (Freddy Krueger's Ünderwear).

Utilising producer Daniel Bergstrand, LOCH VOSTOK cut a self-financed album 'Dark Logic' entirely based upon infamous serial killers such as Henry Lee Lucas, Andreij Tzjikatilo and Ed Gein. The first label to pick up the album for distribution would be the Russian concern CD-Maximum. ...