Terminal Redux

Terminal Redux
Studio album by Vektor
Released May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)
Recorded 2015–2016
Studio Panther Pro Audio, Villain Recordings
Genre Thrash metal, progressive metal
Length 73:21
Label Earache
Producer Vektor, Byron Filson
Vektor chronology
Outer Isolation
(2011)
Terminal Redux
(2016)

Terminal Redux is the third album by the American technical thrash metal band Vektor, released on May 6, 2016. It is the band's first album released on Earache Records.[1] The album's lyrics are a sci-fi story about an astronaut finding the key to immortality and using it to gain vast political and financial power, eventually purposefully making himself mortal again following an existential crisis.[2]

Production and release

Vektor first played the song "Ultimate Artificer" live in August 2014, after roughly a year of writing new material.[3] The band spent much of 2015 in the studio, recording the album. In November of that year, the band announced that their upcoming album would be entitled Terminal Redux, and released a studio version of "Ultimate Artificer".[4] In February 2016, the band revealed the album's final release date, artwork, and track listing.[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MetalSucks[6]
Pitchfork8.2/10[7]
Le Mot du Melomaniaque8.5/10[8]
El Portal del Metal[9]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Charging the Void"   9:11
2. "Cygnus Terminal"   8:15
3. "LCD (Liquid Crystal Disease)"   7:33
4. "Mountains Above the Sun"   1:22
5. "Ultimate Artificer"   5:04
6. "Pteropticon"   6:00
7. "Psychotropia"   7:39
8. "Pillars of Sand"   5:19
9. "Collapse"   9:22
10. "Recharging the Void"   13:36
Total length:
73:21

Personnel

Vektor

Additional personnel

References

  1. "Earache Acquires Heavy Artillery Records". blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/vektor/terminalredux.html
  3. "New VEKTOR track "ULTIMATE ARTIFICER" Exclusive Live Debut". youtube.com. Youtube. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. Rhombus, Emperor. "Vektor's New Track Crafted by the "Ultimate Artificer"". metalsucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. "Vektor to Release "Terminal Redux" Album in May". blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. Frank, Max. "Vektor, Terminal Redux: Make Space Great Again". MetalSucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. Sodomsky, Sam (May 6, 2016). "Vektor Terminal Redux". Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  8. Parent, Michaël (May 9, 2016). "Vektor - Terminal Redux". Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  9. "Vektor - Terminal Redux". May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.

External links

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