Description
Arizona act Vektor actually breathed life into a slightly outdated progressive thrash metal genre with their debut album Black Future in 2009. And they did it in a rather interesting way and showed that generally in metal music the last word had not been said yet. Their music is heavily themed around scientific, philosophical, futuristic and astronomical topics and reading the lyrics and looking at the logo its easy to see that the band has a soft spot for Voivod. However their technical and progressive brand also sounds inspired by Coroner, Watchtower and Mekong Delta. If Black Future started as a quiet buzz then it quickly grew to a deafening roar of rave reviews from the press and scores of comments from fans in hundreds of blogs, news sites and message boards with their follow up album, Outer Isolation in 2011. Not many know that the story of Vektor goes further back than 2009 when Black Future was released. The band made two self financed demos Demo-lition in 2007 and the two track promo cdR disc Hunger For Violence in 2007. But thats not all. The history of the band started as early as 2002 under the name of Locrian where they released a 4-track demo in 2003. What we have here is the first official re-release of Vektors first demo. So you do get some unreleased material as well as early versions of Oblivion and Destroying The Cosmos that later were e-recorded for Black Future and Fast Paced Society, Venus Project and Tetrastructural Minds that later were re-recorded for Outer Isolation. The sound is obviously not so pro as the band’s later gestation would allow, but it’s more than decent enough for amateur thrash, especially when played at this level of conviction and ambition. One rarity here is the heavily Voivod influenced Moonbase, a 13 minute epic that plods for an infinity into some eerie, alien depths. Demolition create a lot of stark, violent imagery. In the end, Demolition is worth hearing if you already enjoy Vektor, but start with Black Future if you’re new and want to be blown into atoms.
Track list:
1. Spiral Galaxy
2. Oblivion
3. Fast Paced Society
4. Venus Project
5. Destroying The Cosmos
6. Infiltration
7. Moonbase
8. Tetrastructural Minds
9. Accelerating Universe