My thrash gods Vektor are back - it's been a while, but hearing the first track off their upcoming 3rd album, Terminal Redux, I can see why. I have a feeling a great deal of care and craft has been put in to this album. The production is certainly a notch above their previous output; not sure how I feel about that really, as I like my thrash metal (well my everything really) pretty stripped down, but I feel it suits what they're going for, which is cosmic. The guitars are many-layered, to the point where I'm not really sure what's going on on most of this track even after a few listens.
This is all beside the point though. Thing is, I'm predicting this album is gonna be YUGE - as in, I think everyone, across the spectrum of musical tastes, is gonna eat this shit up. Progressive and melodic tendencies have always been present in Vektor's music, but they've never been so front and center. With the second half of this track breaking in to the thrash version of Graceland, I think we're in for a fuckin treat. Shit, it's already got tons of traction on NPR, of all places. Congrats boys, I think you done good.
5/5, expect to be seeing a lot about Vektor.
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