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The Living Fields plays an eclectic smelt of metals fleshed out with piano, violins, viola, cello, acoustic guitars and a variety of internal and external musical influences. Though built around a core of deep respect for the early death /doom architects, The Living Fields' songs are rife with healthy doses of thrash, black, Viking and epic metals that reflect the underlying moods and themes of the lyrics. Higgs' storylines typically veer far to the left of the self-centered cliches of doom (love, loss and death) in favor of more universal horrors that flow freely from the seemingly endless parade of humanity's self-inflicted plagues. Oppression, injustice, suffering and man's inhumanity to man flourish with such virility in today's world that merely turning on the news offers up ample material for an entire album. Reading any book of history provides enough for a dozen.
Though friends, the only members of The Living Fields to have met – much less played together – are Jason and Samu. We hope to close the divide between us all in the coming year, but for now we do what we must.
“Running Out of Daylight emerges as one of the year’s more somber and striking efforts….Just about masterful, this one.”
David Gehlke - Blistering
“One of the richest and multi-leveled releases we have received in 2011….With brilliantly written songs, perfectly executed string instruments and multiple vocal style attacks, it seems very unlikely that this band will keep going unnoticed....[Running Out of Daylight] is…multiple movements of chaotic and crushing beauty that makes us wonder if this band will even be able to craft a song as close to perfection as this one....If you are looking for something different and well crafted, wait no more and go and check out this brilliant release.”
Dark Empe - Infernal Masquerade Webzine
“It is terrible, dangerous, fascinating, and wondrously beautiful all at the same time.””
Chris P - Musik Reviews.de
“One of progressive metal’s most tantalising prospects: “progressive”, that is, not simply in a lazy genre sense, but in a genuinely evolutionary way of songwriting....Running Out of Daylight” firmly cements the quartet as one of the most pulsatingly forward-looking bands to emerge in recent years.”
Dee Traven - Terrorizer
“Doom metal with spirit and aggression, but also wonderfully beautiful elements that never relent. Extraordinary, intriguing, but above all, ingenious.”
"Holy Sj!t" - Ragherrie
“This is one of those beyond Genre bands that are just a thing of total passion and wonder that must be heard to really understand.”
"The Doorway To" - Absolute Zero Media
“Color me blown away, bowled over, and knocked flat on my back by Running out of Daylight…. You just need to buy the damn thing; that is, if you’re at all interested in owning one of the best metal albums of 2011.”
Scott Alisoglu - Teeth of the Divine
“Running out of Daylight is a doom metal record in excelsis [that] it breathes some splendid new life into what can sometimes be a moribund and repetitive sub-genre.””
Mat - Alternative Matter
“Running Out Of Daylight is a fantastic journey through ancient history, with not a flaw to be found... brilliant.”
Gert Hulshof - Sea of Tranquility
