Your definition of "underrated" is very different from mine. Terminal Redux is literally one of the biggest metal albums of the past decade, and hugely acclaimed.
@@jbasti227 Paranorm recently, debut album, awesome band, awesome album, awful vocals, sadly, but it worth a couple of listens, maybe some can like the vocals, in which case is an amazing album
ooooh Vektor... now I'm hopeful that you're ready for... Death. They're an absolute must, an incredibly influential band you gotta try them at least once. Maybe "1000 eyes" or "Spirit Crusher" or "The Philosopher" it's really hard to really pick one of them as "favorite"
@@2510LuL so many bands do the groove thing that sometimes a person wants to experience something different....you do realize groove is par for the course right? Or am I imagining all the complaints about pop music abusing 4/4?
I wanted to recommend Recharging the Void, the album's finale, but I felt it'd be a crime if someone heard it without listening to the album. A crime. It's metal's epic final boss fight.
I’d love to see him react to all of Terminal Redux. Finally heard it for the first time about a month ago and it’s honestly one of the best albums I’ve ever heard.
That riff where the buildup comes in at 11:36 and then explodes at 11:56 is probably one of the most exhilarating moments in music ever written. It's literally astonishing, and I've listened to over a thousand different artists and don't think I've ever heard anything that comes close. Absolutely amazing dynamics and songwriting
Fun fact - Vektor is one of the few (metal) bands that actually tune their guitars UP instead of down. So this song like most of their other songs is in F standard (one step up).
@@sopwithsnoopy8779 They tune to E now with the new album. Released 2 singles from it so far. David can't do the high shrieks anymore, and he also switched to cleans. Sounds like a younger James Hetfield lmao.
@@lashedandscorned Did David tell about it somewhere? I mean, about the reason of changing the tune and the vocals style. If it's really because of he can't do that anymore physically, then it's super sad. I thought maybe it was a controlled experiment or something...
recharging the void is the magnum opus, I would even recommend it together with "Collapse", but as others recommended: Do the whole album. It is a journey. Taking just parts of the journey is diminishing the whole work . Also, Forests of Legend, Outer Isolation, Venus Project, Accelerating Universe as next tracks from previous albums?
of all the tracks! man I would say, as a drummer, this one is my favorite. To see you cover this! man , big thanks Im astounded you picked THIS track, of all the tracks in the world! I did a double take!
@@ImpureContagion no, Vektor is tech thrash. There is difference between tech and prog, such as speed and the level of technicality. Voivod is prog thrash for example.
Genre wise this is a very progressive take on thrash metal, which is a feat in and of itself because thrash tends to be pretty regressive as a genre. Inspiration wise, this sounds very much like The Sound of Perseverance era Death. These guys clearly know what they’re doing. But it wouldn’t hurt to check out Death too, legendary band. I can recommend aforementioned album for a start. Thanks for taking us on this journey man. 🤘🏻 PS the machine gun drumming is called blast beats
When I suggest Vektor and get asked what style they are i usually go with prog/tech/thrash and I'm sure that turns most people off. Whatever style it is I think its a bit to challenging for most listeners.
@@the6ig6adwolf it is and not much my thing to be honest, a hard pill to swallow, but total respect for them as they're mastering this so well it is even more technical than Death imho (the singing & accelerations are ok lot of Death influence, but I believe they're way crazier & more experimental, with no disrespect for a band I worship...Death). I can get also some Opeth influence, Voivod maybe & probably some prog bands I'm less familiar with....They might also like bands like Behold the Arctopus, minus the dissonance.
@@MarshTheDarsh Well, I'll say they're also mocked about their visual live, their look, but, at the end of the day, it is the music that counts, and while it is sometimes difficult to follow, I think this magic pair (Kevin Hufnagel, Colin Marston) is exceptional, and personally I prefer them in Dysrhythmia & Gorguts...Cheers from Paris ! 🤘
You know, you don't HAVE to upload multiple videos a day. Most YT'ers don't, and no one really expects you to. You can keep some in the bank for days when you aren't feeling up to it, or just can't for whatever reason. I mean, I love that you do, but I (and probably most of us) aren't gonna be all that mad if you take it back to something resembling a normal upload schedule. I would just hate to see you burn yourself out after only a few months of being really active. Also, a few days late, but congrats on the 100k, I hope you know we do expect a reveal of the plaque when you get it. Stay safe and sane!
Check out Recharging the Void, from the same record and it builds upon more ideas in this song. This band is a blend of Thrash, Black, Death, Technical and Progressive Metal
The unrelentingly speedy, rather "dry" sounding (not much texture), tremolo-picking heavy kind of metal is usually just thrash metal. Here you could call it progressive thrash metal, a very rare subgenre since most thrash metal is just very to-the-point, usually not lasting beyond 5mn with simple enough harmonic language and sound stuctures. Vektor definitely stands out in many ways !
To be fair, progressive/technical thrash has been around for a while. Even Metallica was doing similar things in the 80s, especially on And Justice for All. Vektor themselves were highly influenced by Voivod, especially Killing Technology and Dimension Hatross. Early Meshuggah could also be categorized as progressive thrash.
I enjoyed this view. The album is a thrilling, dramatic, and very musical ride, with pieces just as wonderful as the last 1/3 of this track. Thank you for getting to this :) The band just got back together, and I'm glad they'll get some more attention from your work here.
You got to do recharging now. I've been requesting recharging you did charge, you got to do recharge now!it's the law! you have to do it! I will call the police!
As someone who had the pleasure of seeing these guys play through basically this entire album, with a few Outer Isolation tracks at the end for the encore, I can attest to the fact that they are incredibly tight. Drummer hardly breaks a sweat.
absolute classic opener for a classic album. i know there are other bands in this prog thrash metal vein but I never heard compositions that have so much well-placed, thematic detail, like no stone/measure goes unturned. The arcade-y, computational guitars and absolute technical mauling from the drummer to go with the vulture vocals in that breakneck tempo just makes it feel like it was genuinely constructed in an alternate universe. kudos to vektor because every song from terminal redux is legendary imo m/
finally something from my list! THANK YOU xD When/if you get back to this band to do Recharging The Void, please consider preceding it with Collapse. It's a much mellower song from them, a power ballad, that seamlessly transitions into Recharging The Void and that transition is incredibly powerful. Thanks again for getting around to these guys.
Wooow simply woooow I was following you for some weeks (mostly on my work account) and see you covering vektor was mindblowing to me! Love your videos, love your comments and the way accept all sugestions. Thank you, for all you doing
Wow!! I recommend Recharging the Void way back on one of your first Tool videos and to be honest didn't expect anything of it. Cool to see Vektor getting some attention 🤘
I like that, 2 guitarists in the band, and very rarely do they play the same chords/notes, but it all fits together so well. The singer is one of the guitarists, I can't imagine how live in concert he plays some of those insane riffs while he is also singing 😯
Loved your reaction when the backing vocals came in. That's one of my favorite parts of the song. If you want to do some more metal, I'd like to recommend: Revocation - The Outer Ones Serocs - Deimos Slugdge - War Squids Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
Oh yeah!!!! So glad you did the album opener, and not the closer! The whole album's a banger, my favorite recent discovery in terms of seriously sick guitar tunes. BTW the guitars are tuned one half step up to F standard and I've never seen that done before, so cool!
This is/was my favorite band! This is the opening track to an epic scifi concept album. Some of the comments are disappointed you didn't react to Recharging the void (the closing track) which is admittedly a better song, but I'm happy you didn't spoil it for yourself. It's a track that book ends the album and musically (and lyrically) it builds from the foundation of charing the Void and the rest of the album. Anyways great reaction! Hopefully you check out more from them! Edit: 18:12 Btw you are right, sonically and lyrically the beginning of the track talks about the main character, an astronaut for the galactic empire isolated in deep space, who comes upon a source of immortality. In the back half of the track he decides to return to the empire to take over with this technology. The rest of the album deals with this set up, delving a bit into post scarcity. What happens when your society no longer needs to progress and instead starts to stagnant?
One of the greatest live experiences I've had. They played this album from front to back (this is the first track) plus favourites from their back-catelogue. If you revisit Vektor check out Recharging the Void. Epic conclusion to the album, with even more progressive elements. Alllllright!
Vektor is a must if you go deeper into the extremes of metal so glad you did it, if you want more of them I recommend "Tetrastructural minds". for another band recommendation id love to see you do "In mourning - colossus"
You're knocking it out of the park with all the reactions! It's been a daily treat for me to see what you listen to next. Thanks so much and I appreciate you for what you do. Awwwwwright :)
I requested Recharging the Void. Charging the Void is also fine but a bit repetitive and relatively simple. :D I'm glad you enjoyed it, the genre(Technical Death Metal) isn't very beginner friendly.
Not to gatekeep, but this is nothing like what people recognize as techdeath: sth like Nile, Cryptopsy or Gorod. Very different sound, composition, tempo, etc
Really enjoying your decomposition....Lots of amazing music, it really amazes me that the majority of people listen to the same boring pop songs on the radio everyday of their boring lives. 🤟
Awesome! You react to the craziest stuff! So sick! :D Charging the Void is the opening track of the album and it comes back around with Recharging the Void as the finale. I recommend you check that one out at some point too.
Holy crap I never thought I'd get to see you do Vektor. Let alone one of my favorite songs by them! PLEASE if you ever care to return to Vektor, you're right about the sequel to this song being called "Recharging the Void", which is--arguably--even more impressive compositionally. "Charging the Void" is the first track on Vektor's third album "Terminal Redux", whereas "Recharging the Void" is the Final Track. They have other songs that are reaction worthy too. In fact, they just released a new EP like a week ago. The second track "Dead by Dawn" is pretty sick/progressive. Anyways, I'm glad you noticed and spoke a lot about their drummer and bassist in the video. FOR ANYONE INTERESTED here is a link to a video of a drum cover of this song by their newest drummer so you can appreciate the pure drumming: ua-cam.com/video/J1l2l3nZ0-Q/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MikeOhlsonDrummer
And yes charging the void is the album opening song of their album terminal redux you clearly see it the last one in this album is recharging the void it's 13 mins
You mentioned liking techno, if that's the case it would be amazing to hear you go over anything by Leftfield, Aphex Twin, Green Velvet, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy etc. Pretty sure a lot of people would dig the occasional change of pace.
I hope you react to more Vektor, they have so many good songs. Try some of these: Forests of Legend, Accelerating Universe, Tetrastructural Minds, Collapse, and of course, Recharging the Void
I probably would call this something like prog/speed metal, but as a lot of people have pointed out it's rooted somewhat in thrash metal. Personally I think the vocals are more akin to what you would find in black metal, so I just end up in kind of a prog zone. Anyway, love this album! The sense of speed and chaotic aggression really lends itself to the sci fi themes in a way that it gives you the feeling of really hurtling through the stars. From what I understand they actually tune their guitars UP from standard like a whole step, which is very unusual in metal, where most people would be tuning down lower. Really gives an interesting and unique sound to things. I also appreciate that there are a lot of major sounding melodies involved without really making the music sound too sappy, because everything that's going on is so intense and fast, they can kind of get away with it. I think my favorite track is actually "Pteropticon" but this whole album is pretty great.
My favorite Vektor track is Tetrastructural Mind. There's such a beautiful and smooth transition during the solo. And the introductory shriek gives me chills. I've also mentioned Haken's Crystallized before. That song should certainly be added to your list. Enough Tool for heaven's sake haha. That said. Love what you do and keep doing what you're doing. Sorry you're not monetized yet!
As this song started playing on shuffle on my Spotify a few days ago, I thought to myself "I should probably recommend Vektor to Geebz." Unfortunately, I forgot about it. Fortunately, that didn't matter.
Vektor is sort of progressive thrash with some tech and death elements...would not be considered true technical death metal by most. Definitely a lot of attention to detail in the writing, creativity, and chops, though, no doubt. Super excited for you to hear some high production value tech death where things like this are honed to a diamond point (where the Terry Bozzios and Steve Vais of the genre... like Hannes Grossmann, Sebastian Lanser, Muhammad Suiçmez, Christian Münzner, and Rafael Trujillo... live). Happy to see the breadth on here and love you keeping an open mind and trying new stuff!! Fingers crossed for the GODS of tech (Obscura [e.g., "Ethereal Skies"], Alkaloid [e.g., "Rise of the Cephalopods"], or Necrophagist [e.g., "The Stillborn One"]) some day soon!
Wow, I was just thinking about how (Re)Charging the Void would be awesome. I do think that both songs should be looked at, and preferably in their intended order. Recharging the Void is one of the most incredible outro tracks I've ever heard. As far as the genre goes, it's broadly thrash metal, but it blends a lot of elements of other genres. If you want to be a little less specific but also a bit more accurate, you could classify it as progressive metal. I've heard it jokingly referred to as "progressive blackened tech-death space metal", but it's honestly pretty specific and accurate.
Hey Geebz - Many of us would call it a couple of subgenres; "Tech-Thrash" or Progressive Thrash, which started circa 1985 as many Thrash bands (as well as Death Metal) started to _progress_ from just playing fast or "brutally", many were being influenced by Progressive "Rock" techniques. And where these bands (Thrash & Tech-Thrash) were influencing the newer subgenre that was just getting its footing; "Prog Metal" (see purveyors of the genre: Magnum, Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, and Crimson Glory). As now, especially over the last 15+ years, all types of Metal/Extremes (including Avant-Garde) are influencing Prog Metal. Most of the newer Thrash bands are going back to their roots and playing more straight forward. So the more adventurous ones may not have heard of the more "obscure" bands that came before them. But I LOVE that you are tackling those more obscure bands and breaking it all down, even if harder to digest. It took some time back in the day to get into the more extreme metal, but came to enjoy particular bands that have pushed the envelope. - Thanks again for your deep dives! And if you want to checkout a little history . . . .
. . . "Math Metal"/Tech-Thrash & Death Metal; from 1985 to 1995: ua-cam.com/play/PL2DU3TBNutEdtiYql5HxhzIxzuFIPcXS9.html (More details in the description of the Playlist)
Props for chosing this band and track! As others already said it's progressive (sci-fi) trash, very technical proggy wacky tunes. TR blew my mind when I first heard it, mindboggling arrangements, the dynamics work so well and it is a real ensemble-work void of hey look at me guitar solos. I haven't seen them live so far but wonder how you can play something like TR live. I saw some clips on YT and it's like doing a triathlon, the energy and focus neededis unreal. TR is a concept album about an atsronaut, a former head of the guard of the intergalactic Cygnus regime, who was expelled and now awakes from cyrosleep out in space and has to survive. He finds a molecule which is the key to immortality but also transforms him. After 13 yrs he returns half-insane to take his revenge. And yes you're right there's a p.2 which is the last track Recharging the Void (my favourite track on TR, both include these awesome female chorus) which completes the circle. I heed the Cygnus call A symbol for life and death’s resolve Our fate implodes upon our crux The terminal is set to self-destruct Relic Alshain Oh Shahin-i-tarazu I return my flesh to you
Now you gotta hear how they closed this album off with their song RE-Charging the Void, and that's where they break out the singing and the Pink Floyd vibes big time.
It’s so amazing to see all of the positive thoughts about Vektor. I’ve been obsessed with this album for like 2 years. It never gets old. I’m trying to figure out the story of this album now
Vektor are one of my all time favourite bands! I’ve got to see them play live twice so far. They only get to play about 3 or 4 tracks though, due to most their songs being 10min per song haha LOVE IT THOUGH! You should check out the band “Fleshgod Apocalypse” the track is called “The Deceit” from the album “Agony”
Blast beats, that's what those machine gun drum beats are called blast beats, and there are different types of them, based on different techniques. There's almost a whole separate like, "theory" for extreme metal drumming. Well, there is for all instruments when it comes to metal, a lot of innovation.
Hey, I didn't get into this song so much at first listen, but I loved your reaction, haha! I have so much to recommend to you, but for now enjoy your break!
I think we can call this both speed metal and technical/progressive thrash metal :) Great reaction as always, I'll leave here below a list of some songs I wish to see here Awwright! Dream Theater - Octavarium and A Change of Seasons Haken - The Architect, Crystallised and Visions Opeth - The Drapery Falls Steven Wilson - Luminol Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy and The Odyssey
Love the large variety on your channel. Listening to you stuff you may not have ever listened to before. I've mentioned this once before: check out a song called Mana by a band called Equilibrium. I think it would be something you would enjoy as a composer. Keep up the great work!
Recharging the Void is about 10X better than this is even. The album is a masterpiece of progressive thrash. This song in particular has a little more of a blackened thrash bent than some other songs on the album. One thing unique about Vektor is their guitars are tuned to F Standard. Which gives alot of their songs a creepy, dissonant, spacey vibe. You actually hear it more on songs that have quieter moments like Recharging the Void and Forest of Legend.
1. The genre is called technical thrash metal or sometimes progressive thrash metal and Vektor are absolute masters at it. There were some bands in the 80s and 90s that did similar music but I think Vektor is by far the best, especially in the last 20 years 2. Another interesting band to check out is Ulcerate. They play dissonant and complex technical death metal but they also add a lot of atmosphere and even melody. My recommendation is the song Stare Into Death And Be Still. It's actually not as crazy and convoluted as Vektor, the songwriting is more straightforward but still played at an incredibly high level. 3. Thanks for your videos, I really like seeing your reactions and insight into all kinds of music!
Check out Vektor's biggest influence, too; Voivod! My favourite album is The Outer Limits, their biggest album was Nothingface, Target Earth was an amazing comeback album after a hiatus. (Hopefully other people will suggest some songs below)
Holy shit dude, I never see people react to these guys. They are highly underrated imo
I request them on every channel I follow
Well, I've seen them on a lot of album of the year lists.
Weird how there's so few reactions. This album especially was one of the biggest metal albums of 2016.
Your definition of "underrated" is very different from mine. Terminal Redux is literally one of the biggest metal albums of the past decade, and hugely acclaimed.
@@christopherblowers443 I may have seen a suggestion of your's, I've definitely seen em for Vektor.
Charging the Void is the first track and Recharging the Void is the last. Recharging is the crown jewel of the album !!
Pillars of Sand and LCD are also up there!
Psychotropia is a more midpaced track which is great to listen to for the drumming. Some of the fills in that one blow me away.
Recharging the Void is the absolute culmination of the concept album. Neither track makes full sense without the other.
That there is progressive thrash metal.
No doubt. Vektor, Voivod, Revocation, and Sylosis put me on progressive thrash
@@jbasti227 Somehow never heard of this band, but Voivod and Sylosis are the truth.
Vektor are the best at this.
@@jbasti227 Paranorm recently, debut album, awesome band, awesome album, awful vocals, sadly, but it worth a couple of listens, maybe some can like the vocals, in which case is an amazing album
@@Visionoir No they are not! Vocals sound like s***
ooooh Vektor... now I'm hopeful that you're ready for... Death. They're an absolute must, an incredibly influential band you gotta try them at least once. Maybe "1000 eyes" or "Spirit Crusher" or "The Philosopher" it's really hard to really pick one of them as "favorite"
Lol " ready" for death. If you heard this you're ready for anything
@@christopherblowers443 Archgoat would like to have a word with you.
@@lashedandscorned 🗑
@@christopherblowers443 agreed, so many bands just go for the chaotic elements and forget groove and writing. Marduk, gaahl era gorgoroth etc etc
@@2510LuL so many bands do the groove thing that sometimes a person wants to experience something different....you do realize groove is par for the course right? Or am I imagining all the complaints about pop music abusing 4/4?
I wanted to recommend Recharging the Void, the album's finale, but I felt it'd be a crime if someone heard it without listening to the album. A crime. It's metal's epic final boss fight.
100% agree...the slightly altered call back to charging on Recharging are so damn cool. The whole record is nuance!
I’d love to see him react to all of Terminal Redux. Finally heard it for the first time about a month ago and it’s honestly one of the best albums I’ve ever heard.
He has to react to Recharging the Void some day though
Certainly react to Recharging the Void.. it is majestic.
The whole album is just a must-listen for any metalhead honestly
That riff where the buildup comes in at 11:36 and then explodes at 11:56 is probably one of the most exhilarating moments in music ever written. It's literally astonishing, and I've listened to over a thousand different artists and don't think I've ever heard anything that comes close. Absolutely amazing dynamics and songwriting
The only thing that compares to it IMO is the sax solo section in Springsteen's Jungleland. Just a gorgeous, thrilling, extremely emotional passage.
Fun fact - Vektor is one of the few (metal) bands that actually tune their guitars UP instead of down. So this song like most of their other songs is in F standard (one step up).
Not anymore, unfortunately.
@@ibfreely8952 they don't tune up to F anymore?
@@sopwithsnoopy8779 They tune to E now with the new album. Released 2 singles from it so far.
David can't do the high shrieks anymore, and he also switched to cleans. Sounds like a younger James Hetfield lmao.
@@lashedandscorned Did David tell about it somewhere? I mean, about the reason of changing the tune and the vocals style. If it's really because of he can't do that anymore physically, then it's super sad. I thought maybe it was a controlled experiment or something...
@@lashedandscorned The 2 new songs were just written for a split EP with Cryptosis
recharging the void is the magnum opus, I would even recommend it together with "Collapse", but as others recommended: Do the whole album. It is a journey. Taking just parts of the journey is diminishing the whole work . Also, Forests of Legend, Outer Isolation, Venus Project, Accelerating Universe as next tracks from previous albums?
of all the tracks! man I would say, as a drummer, this one is my favorite. To see you cover this! man , big thanks Im astounded you picked THIS track, of all the tracks in the world! I did a double take!
This is tech thrash metal, genre that was developed by bands like Coroner, Mekong Delta and Voivod in late 80's
Oooh, coroner!
I love Coroner.
POW! There you go!
Progressive thrash metal*
@@ImpureContagion no, Vektor is tech thrash. There is difference between tech and prog, such as speed and the level of technicality. Voivod is prog thrash for example.
Genre wise this is a very progressive take on thrash metal, which is a feat in and of itself because thrash tends to be pretty regressive as a genre. Inspiration wise, this sounds very much like The Sound of Perseverance era Death. These guys clearly know what they’re doing. But it wouldn’t hurt to check out Death too, legendary band. I can recommend aforementioned album for a start. Thanks for taking us on this journey man. 🤘🏻
PS the machine gun drumming is called blast beats
When I suggest Vektor and get asked what style they are i usually go with prog/tech/thrash and I'm sure that turns most people off. Whatever style it is I think its a bit to challenging for most listeners.
@@the6ig6adwolf it is and not much my thing to be honest, a hard pill to swallow, but total respect for them as they're mastering this so well it is even more technical than Death imho (the singing & accelerations are ok lot of Death influence, but I believe they're way crazier & more experimental, with no disrespect for a band I worship...Death). I can get also some Opeth influence, Voivod maybe & probably some prog bands I'm less familiar with....They might also like bands like Behold the Arctopus, minus the dissonance.
@@GregsWhiskyGuide I like BTA a whole lot, especially Canada and Transient Exuberance. Its a pity they get so much hate but I get it
@@MarshTheDarsh Well, I'll say they're also mocked about their visual live, their look, but, at the end of the day, it is the music that counts, and while it is sometimes difficult to follow, I think this magic pair (Kevin Hufnagel, Colin Marston) is exceptional, and personally I prefer them in Dysrhythmia & Gorguts...Cheers from Paris ! 🤘
@@GregsWhiskyGuide Charlie Z is one hell of a drummer too
Archspire - Involuntary Doppelganger
...is he ready? lol
as Geebz is composer it has to be Remote Tumour Seeker
I think so 🤘🤘🤘
Is anyone ever really ready for Archspire..?
Scream feeding it's better
Bro you're gonna kill him.
I've seen them three times live so far and they nailed it every single time. Their precision is outstandingly mind-boggling.
Mate I am exceptionally jealous of you there
You want to hear crazy Vektor vocals?
Listen to the scream at ~55s into Tetrastructural Minds
Or the first shriek in Destroying the Cosmos.
You know, you don't HAVE to upload multiple videos a day. Most YT'ers don't, and no one really expects you to. You can keep some in the bank for days when you aren't feeling up to it, or just can't for whatever reason. I mean, I love that you do, but I (and probably most of us) aren't gonna be all that mad if you take it back to something resembling a normal upload schedule. I would just hate to see you burn yourself out after only a few months of being really active. Also, a few days late, but congrats on the 100k, I hope you know we do expect a reveal of the plaque when you get it. Stay safe and sane!
Took the words out of my mouth. Very well put. 100% agreed
Check out Recharging the Void, from the same record and it builds upon more ideas in this song.
This band is a blend of Thrash, Black, Death, Technical and Progressive Metal
The unrelentingly speedy, rather "dry" sounding (not much texture), tremolo-picking heavy kind of metal is usually just thrash metal. Here you could call it progressive thrash metal, a very rare subgenre since most thrash metal is just very to-the-point, usually not lasting beyond 5mn with simple enough harmonic language and sound stuctures. Vektor definitely stands out in many ways !
To be fair, progressive/technical thrash has been around for a while. Even Metallica was doing similar things in the 80s, especially on And Justice for All. Vektor themselves were highly influenced by Voivod, especially Killing Technology and Dimension Hatross. Early Meshuggah could also be categorized as progressive thrash.
@@jonathanhenderson9422 Very true, but to be honest, I couldn't come up with much more examples than those three groups ._. besides more obscure stuff
@@jonathanhenderson9422 Let's not forget Atheist influence here.
@@juanm.q5121 Yes, though they're more prog-death than tech-thrash.
This is probably one of the best metal albums ever, and I don't think I'm exaggerating.
You are not exaggerating. Why this isn't as huge as Reign in Blood or something is beyond me...
Hell yeah.
Now do Apparition by Spawn Of Posession.
Master piece
YES, YES, YES, a thousand times YES
🤘🤘🤘🤘
The combination of speed, agression and unbelievable melodies on this track is unsurpassed.
I enjoyed this view. The album is a thrilling, dramatic, and very musical ride, with pieces just as wonderful as the last 1/3 of this track. Thank you for getting to this :)
The band just got back together, and I'm glad they'll get some more attention from your work here.
You got to do recharging now. I've been requesting recharging you did charge, you got to do recharge now!it's the law! you have to do it! I will call the police!
As someone who had the pleasure of seeing these guys play through basically this entire album, with a few Outer Isolation tracks at the end for the encore, I can attest to the fact that they are incredibly tight. Drummer hardly breaks a sweat.
I can attest to your comment. I saw them in Vancouver at one of their last shows. Incredible energy and musicianship.
Holy shit you went through mr bungle and vektor in less than a week? How tf you covering all my music taste like this lmao
absolute classic opener for a classic album. i know there are other bands in this prog thrash metal vein but I never heard compositions that have so much well-placed, thematic detail, like no stone/measure goes unturned. The arcade-y, computational guitars and absolute technical mauling from the drummer to go with the vulture vocals in that breakneck tempo just makes it feel like it was genuinely constructed in an alternate universe. kudos to vektor because every song from terminal redux is legendary imo m/
Recharging the void
Gotta do it brother. You won't be sorry.
The second part where it slowed down vividly brought Ziltoid to mind.
Dude holy shit... nobody does reactions of Vektor. Massive respect.
and the vocalist sing and play the guitar live... he's amazing
Booom!! Vektor are absolutely incredible. Been waiting for this!! AWWWWW RIGHT!!!
finally something from my list! THANK YOU xD When/if you get back to this band to do Recharging The Void, please consider preceding it with Collapse. It's a much mellower song from them, a power ballad, that seamlessly transitions into Recharging The Void and that transition is incredibly powerful. Thanks again for getting around to these guys.
Gotta do Recharging the Void now, maybe after listening to the rest of the album in private :)
Wooow simply woooow
I was following you for some weeks (mostly on my work account) and see you covering vektor was mindblowing to me!
Love your videos, love your comments and the way accept all sugestions.
Thank you, for all you doing
Wow!! I recommend Recharging the Void way back on one of your first Tool videos and to be honest didn't expect anything of it. Cool to see Vektor getting some attention 🤘
Dude plays guitar and sings at the same time too. God tier right hand.
Charging the void and recharging the void are mandatory back to back! :D Recharging the Void has to be coming!!
You have to do Recharging the Void aswell.
I like that, 2 guitarists in the band, and very rarely do they play the same chords/notes, but it all fits together so well.
The singer is one of the guitarists, I can't imagine how live in concert he plays some of those insane riffs while he is also singing 😯
I believe hes the bassist actually
Loved your reaction when the backing vocals came in. That's one of my favorite parts of the song.
If you want to do some more metal, I'd like to recommend:
Revocation - The Outer Ones
Serocs - Deimos
Slugdge - War Squids
Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
good recommendations!
Imperial Triumphant is an excellent recommendation
Ahhhhhh finally some Vektor good stuff!
Oh yeah!!!! So glad you did the album opener, and not the closer! The whole album's a banger, my favorite recent discovery in terms of seriously sick guitar tunes.
BTW the guitars are tuned one half step up to F standard and I've never seen that done before, so cool!
This is/was my favorite band! This is the opening track to an epic scifi concept album. Some of the comments are disappointed you didn't react to Recharging the void (the closing track) which is admittedly a better song, but I'm happy you didn't spoil it for yourself. It's a track that book ends the album and musically (and lyrically) it builds from the foundation of charing the Void and the rest of the album. Anyways great reaction! Hopefully you check out more from them!
Edit: 18:12 Btw you are right, sonically and lyrically the beginning of the track talks about the main character, an astronaut for the galactic empire isolated in deep space, who comes upon a source of immortality. In the back half of the track he decides to return to the empire to take over with this technology. The rest of the album deals with this set up, delving a bit into post scarcity. What happens when your society no longer needs to progress and instead starts to stagnant?
One of the greatest live experiences I've had. They played this album from front to back (this is the first track) plus favourites from their back-catelogue. If you revisit Vektor check out Recharging the Void. Epic conclusion to the album, with even more progressive elements. Alllllright!
Vektor is a must if you go deeper into the extremes of metal so glad you did it, if you want more of them I recommend "Tetrastructural minds".
for another band recommendation id love to see you do "In mourning - colossus"
You're knocking it out of the park with all the reactions! It's been a daily treat for me to see what you listen to next. Thanks so much and I appreciate you for what you do. Awwwwwright :)
Vektor melts my face and heart.
Death - the flesh and the power it holds.
PLEASE
Wow... This is phenomenal... Gonna check out all there stuff now... Amazing channel.. Discovering so many great songs... 👍
I requested Recharging the Void. Charging the Void is also fine but a bit repetitive and relatively simple. :D I'm glad you enjoyed it, the genre(Technical Death Metal) isn't very beginner friendly.
glad he reacted to this one instead though, everyone does recharge the void
This one is more thrash prog
Not to gatekeep, but this is nothing like what people recognize as techdeath: sth like Nile, Cryptopsy or Gorod. Very different sound, composition, tempo, etc
Prog Thrash. Its more black then death
Fine? This song is incredible.
Really enjoying your decomposition....Lots of amazing music, it really amazes me that the majority of people listen to the same boring pop songs on the radio everyday of their boring lives. 🤟
Awesome! You react to the craziest stuff! So sick! :D
Charging the Void is the opening track of the album and it comes back around with Recharging the Void as the finale. I recommend you check that one out at some point too.
Holy crap I never thought I'd get to see you do Vektor. Let alone one of my favorite songs by them! PLEASE if you ever care to return to Vektor, you're right about the sequel to this song being called "Recharging the Void", which is--arguably--even more impressive compositionally.
"Charging the Void" is the first track on Vektor's third album "Terminal Redux", whereas "Recharging the Void" is the Final Track. They have other songs that are reaction worthy too. In fact, they just released a new EP like a week ago. The second track "Dead by Dawn" is pretty sick/progressive.
Anyways, I'm glad you noticed and spoke a lot about their drummer and bassist in the video.
FOR ANYONE INTERESTED here is a link to a video of a drum cover of this song by their newest drummer so you can appreciate the pure drumming: ua-cam.com/video/J1l2l3nZ0-Q/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MikeOhlsonDrummer
And yes charging the void is the album opening song of their album terminal redux you clearly see it the last one in this album is recharging the void it's 13 mins
this was one of my favorite reactions of yours.
You're a legend Geebz! FIrst time ive ever seen someone react to this band!
Ive been pushing vektor. There are more channels that have.
You mentioned liking techno, if that's the case it would be amazing to hear you go over anything by Leftfield, Aphex Twin, Green Velvet, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy etc. Pretty sure a lot of people would dig the occasional change of pace.
Ohh my!! YES! the only thing i would like more than this is recharging the void :D
I hope you react to more Vektor, they have so many good songs. Try some of these: Forests of Legend, Accelerating Universe, Tetrastructural Minds, Collapse, and of course, Recharging the Void
Dark Nebula, Venus Project, Fast Paced Society, Outer Isolation
@@IrrelevantPlease Excellent sugestions as well. Vektor has no bad songs
@@caio9242 I wish Mountains Above The Sun was a bit longer...a lot longer lol
@@IrrelevantPlease Haha, me too. They surely have some unexplored potential with instrumental pieces
I probably would call this something like prog/speed metal, but as a lot of people have pointed out it's rooted somewhat in thrash metal. Personally I think the vocals are more akin to what you would find in black metal, so I just end up in kind of a prog zone.
Anyway, love this album! The sense of speed and chaotic aggression really lends itself to the sci fi themes in a way that it gives you the feeling of really hurtling through the stars. From what I understand they actually tune their guitars UP from standard like a whole step, which is very unusual in metal, where most people would be tuning down lower. Really gives an interesting and unique sound to things. I also appreciate that there are a lot of major sounding melodies involved without really making the music sound too sappy, because everything that's going on is so intense and fast, they can kind of get away with it.
I think my favorite track is actually "Pteropticon" but this whole album is pretty great.
Every song slaps period off any album
Best thrashmetal album since Megadeth's Rust In Peace! Check out Don't Break The Oath by Mercyful Fate!
My favorite Vektor track is Tetrastructural Mind. There's such a beautiful and smooth transition during the solo. And the introductory shriek gives me chills.
I've also mentioned Haken's Crystallized before. That song should certainly be added to your list. Enough Tool for heaven's sake haha.
That said. Love what you do and keep doing what you're doing. Sorry you're not monetized yet!
Hahaha, "...is it called trash metal or something? I don't know!" was such a great moment. Oh man. Love how close you were. One letter off!
Man I love your reactions! If you liked that so much, you should definitely check out "Recharging the void" which is the last song on that same album!
ahh the band that proved you can tune your guitars UP (F Standard) and still be brutal and technical and heavy as hell. Great analysis and breakdown!
Recharging the Void for your channel anniversary month please!
This is a great Song but we asked for REcharging the Void!
As this song started playing on shuffle on my Spotify a few days ago, I thought to myself "I should probably recommend Vektor to Geebz."
Unfortunately, I forgot about it. Fortunately, that didn't matter.
Vektor is sort of progressive thrash with some tech and death elements...would not be considered true technical death metal by most. Definitely a lot of attention to detail in the writing, creativity, and chops, though, no doubt.
Super excited for you to hear some high production value tech death where things like this are honed to a diamond point (where the Terry Bozzios and Steve Vais of the genre... like Hannes Grossmann, Sebastian Lanser, Muhammad Suiçmez, Christian Münzner, and Rafael Trujillo... live). Happy to see the breadth on here and love you keeping an open mind and trying new stuff!! Fingers crossed for the GODS of tech (Obscura [e.g., "Ethereal Skies"], Alkaloid [e.g., "Rise of the Cephalopods"], or Necrophagist [e.g., "The Stillborn One"]) some day soon!
me when i hear anyone mention Muhammed Suiçmez, Hannes Grossmann, Sebastian Lanser, Christian Müenzer, or Rafael Trujillo
*N U T*
I feel like Carbon Phrases or From a Hadron Machinist would be a better choice for Alkaloid.
It'd be criminal if you didn't check out their songs Recharging the Void and/or Tetrastructural Minds...Vektor is pure energy.
Wow, I was just thinking about how (Re)Charging the Void would be awesome. I do think that both songs should be looked at, and preferably in their intended order. Recharging the Void is one of the most incredible outro tracks I've ever heard.
As far as the genre goes, it's broadly thrash metal, but it blends a lot of elements of other genres. If you want to be a little less specific but also a bit more accurate, you could classify it as progressive metal. I've heard it jokingly referred to as "progressive blackened tech-death space metal", but it's honestly pretty specific and accurate.
Now you must hear Recharging the Void
Hey Geebz -
Many of us would call it a couple of subgenres; "Tech-Thrash" or Progressive Thrash, which started circa 1985 as many Thrash bands (as well as Death Metal) started to _progress_ from just playing fast or "brutally", many were being influenced by Progressive "Rock" techniques. And where these bands (Thrash & Tech-Thrash) were influencing the newer subgenre that was just getting its footing; "Prog Metal" (see purveyors of the genre: Magnum, Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, and Crimson Glory). As now, especially over the last 15+ years, all types of Metal/Extremes (including Avant-Garde) are influencing Prog Metal.
Most of the newer Thrash bands are going back to their roots and playing more straight forward. So the more adventurous ones may not have heard of the more "obscure" bands that came before them.
But I LOVE that you are tackling those more obscure bands and breaking it all down, even if harder to digest. It took some time back in the day to get into the more extreme metal, but came to enjoy particular bands that have pushed the envelope.
- Thanks again for your deep dives!
And if you want to checkout a little history . . . .
. . . "Math Metal"/Tech-Thrash & Death Metal; from 1985 to 1995:
ua-cam.com/play/PL2DU3TBNutEdtiYql5HxhzIxzuFIPcXS9.html
(More details in the description of the Playlist)
Congrats on 100k subs! You're very quickly becoming my favorite reactor. Please keep it up!
Props for chosing this band and track! As others already said it's progressive (sci-fi) trash, very technical proggy wacky tunes. TR blew my mind when I first heard it, mindboggling arrangements, the dynamics work so well and it is a real ensemble-work void of hey look at me guitar solos. I haven't seen them live so far but wonder how you can play something like TR live. I saw some clips on YT and it's like doing a triathlon, the energy and focus neededis unreal.
TR is a concept album about an atsronaut, a former head of the guard of the intergalactic Cygnus regime, who was expelled and now awakes from cyrosleep out in space and has to survive. He finds a molecule which is the key to immortality but also transforms him. After 13 yrs he returns half-insane to take his revenge. And yes you're right there's a p.2 which is the last track Recharging the Void (my favourite track on TR, both include these awesome female chorus) which completes the circle.
I heed the Cygnus call
A symbol for life and death’s resolve
Our fate implodes upon our crux
The terminal is set to self-destruct
Relic Alshain
Oh Shahin-i-tarazu
I return my flesh to you
Now you gotta hear how they closed this album off with their song RE-Charging the Void, and that's where they break out the singing and the Pink Floyd vibes big time.
Kralice came to mind as a suggestion! Also, if you haven't done any Mastodon, give 'em a go! Also, Imperial Triumphant for a really weird trip
Please do the whole album start to finish pleaasse such a good experience
RECHARGING THE VOID NEXT
damn it, during the middle of my work hours....I'm gonna have to sneak this in during my lunch break with earphones.
Love this shit! Awesome choice for a react vid.
If you ever by some chance decide to react to a full album, I really hope it's this one. It goes places.
It’s so amazing to see all of the positive thoughts about Vektor. I’ve been obsessed with this album for like 2 years. It never gets old. I’m trying to figure out the story of this album now
spawn of possession - apparition
There’s obviously alot of people asking for the full album and other longer pieces. Would there ever be a chance of a live reaction stream?
Uh dude the whole album is just a PERFECT MASTERPIECE
Vektor are one of my all time favourite bands! I’ve got to see them play live twice so far. They only get to play about 3 or 4 tracks though, due to most their songs being 10min per song haha LOVE IT THOUGH!
You should check out the band “Fleshgod Apocalypse” the track is called “The Deceit” from the album “Agony”
Blast beats, that's what those machine gun drum beats are called blast beats, and there are different types of them, based on different techniques. There's almost a whole separate like, "theory" for extreme metal drumming. Well, there is for all instruments when it comes to metal, a lot of innovation.
Hey, I didn't get into this song so much at first listen, but I loved your reaction, haha!
I have so much to recommend to you, but for now enjoy your break!
I think we can call this both speed metal and technical/progressive thrash metal :)
Great reaction as always, I'll leave here below a list of some songs I wish to see here
Awwright!
Dream Theater - Octavarium and A Change of Seasons
Haken - The Architect, Crystallised and Visions
Opeth - The Drapery Falls
Steven Wilson - Luminol
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy and The Odyssey
Love the large variety on your channel. Listening to you stuff you may not have ever listened to before. I've mentioned this once before: check out a song called Mana by a band called Equilibrium. I think it would be something you would enjoy as a composer. Keep up the great work!
who sees you, Come in Alone, only tomorrow by My Bloody Valentine! Thanks Geebz!
Recharging the Void is about 10X better than this is even. The album is a masterpiece of progressive thrash. This song in particular has a little more of a blackened thrash bent than some other songs on the album. One thing unique about Vektor is their guitars are tuned to F Standard. Which gives alot of their songs a creepy, dissonant, spacey vibe. You actually hear it more on songs that have quieter moments like Recharging the Void and Forest of Legend.
An awesome thing about Vektor is they tune their guitars a step higher, which is extremely rare in metal. Gives their guitars a unique shine.
Wow, had no idea - thank you for that Austin!!
You really have to listen to Rechargin The Void.
This might be (in my opinion) the best song ever written/arranged.
1. The genre is called technical thrash metal or sometimes progressive thrash metal and Vektor are absolute masters at it. There were some bands in the 80s and 90s that did similar music but I think Vektor is by far the best, especially in the last 20 years
2. Another interesting band to check out is Ulcerate. They play dissonant and complex technical death metal but they also add a lot of atmosphere and even melody. My recommendation is the song Stare Into Death And Be Still. It's actually not as crazy and convoluted as Vektor, the songwriting is more straightforward but still played at an incredibly high level.
3. Thanks for your videos, I really like seeing your reactions and insight into all kinds of music!
Someone spiked Rush's drinks with speed again, who was it...?
Haha! He be me!
Lol...your facial expressions to this song...very intense...I’m glad your doing this, it takes me a few listens to get deeper into the guts of a song.
It's cool that vektor made it here. I think it'd be awesome to hear some sylosis, havok or power trip (RIP Riley) on here.
This entire album is thrash perfection in my eyes
Check out Vektor's biggest influence, too; Voivod! My favourite album is The Outer Limits, their biggest album was Nothingface, Target Earth was an amazing comeback album after a hiatus. (Hopefully other people will suggest some songs below)
My favourite Voivod song is still Brain Scan, but for our host here I might suggest starting with something recent like Iconspiracy.
I love Jack Luminous but every other song on that album is a complete miss for me.