Terminal Redux

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 is a concept album, which tells a sci-fi story about an astronaut finding the key to immortality and using it to gain vast political and financial power, but eventually experiencing an existential crisis as a result.[2] Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter David DiSanto has also stated that the album was intended to serve as a concept album about the band itself.[3] Terminal Redux is the final Vektor album to feature Frank Chin and Blake Anderson, as both left the band in December 2016. It was also Vektor's final album before they entered a four year-hiatus that same year.

Terminal Redux
Studio album by
Vektor
ReleasedMay 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)
Recorded2015–2016
StudioPanther Pro Audio, Villain Recordings
GenreThrash metal, progressive metal
Length73:21
LabelEarache
ProducerVektor, Byron Filson
Vektor chronology
Outer Isolation
(2011)		 Terminal Redux
(2016)

Production and release

Vektor first played the song "Ultimate Artificer" live in August 2014, after roughly a year of writing new material.[4] 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".[5] In February 2016, the band revealed the album's final release date, artwork, and track listing.[6]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
MetalSucks[8]
Pitchfork8.2/10[9]
Sputnikmusic link

Terminal Redux received positive reviews from professional critics. Dom Lawson of Metal Hammer magazine placed the album 8th in his list of the top 10 metal albums of 2016.[10] Stereogum list the album 20th on their list of the best 40 metal albums of 2016.[11]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
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
  • Byron Filson – production, mixing, mastering
  • Daniel Kishbaugh – recording
  • Adam Burke – artwork
  • RoseMary Fiki – backing vocals on "Charging the Void" and "Recharging the Void"
  • Naeemah Z. Maddox – backing vocals on "Charging the Void" and "Recharging the Void"
  • Alex Poole – soundscapes

References
  1. "Earache Acquires Heavy Artillery Records". blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/vektor/terminalredux.html
  3. "Vektor". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  4. "New VEKTOR track "ULTIMATE ARTIFICER" Exclusive Live Debut". youtube.com. Youtube. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. Rhombus, Emperor. "Vektor's New Track Crafted by the "Ultimate Artificer"". metalsucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. "Vektor to Release "Terminal Redux" Album in May". blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. Monger, James Christopher. "Terminal Redux - Vektor". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  8. Frank, Max. "Vektor, Terminal Redux: Make Space Great Again". MetalSucks.net. MetalSucks. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  9. Sodomsky, Sam (May 6, 2016). "Vektor Terminal Redux". Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  10. http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-12-14/dom-lawsons-top-10-albums-of-2016
  11. http://www.stereogum.com/1914718/the-40-best-metal-albums-of-2016/franchises/2016-in-review/
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