Neurovirus at Myspace | 2010-05-02

And to celebrate the finished demos, I uploaded Neurovirus' demo version to our Myspace page. Enjoy!

http://www.myspace.com/vortechmetal

Song by song for the next album | 2010-05-02

Chaos Dimension
Thrash riffage with a build-up for the chaotic chorus. I think I once described the song as Arcturus goes Testament.

Charcoal Earth
Energetic opening, with a melancholic verse slightly in Need for Speed II soundtrack style. End-time song and mood.

Demon In the Circuitry
The first song that was finished. Quite dark and driving, with an uplifting slightly egyptian chorus. A hard-hitting electronic interlude.

Frozen Machine
High-speed black metal with lots of electronics. You can hear the demo version on our Myspace page. Maybe even slightly orchestral, but highly dark in the chorus.

Grains of Reality
Dark electro. Slightly ambient but very expressive. Ulver? Even darker. Will most likely be the album ending song.

Lost
Some more black metal, this time a bit more straightforward. Still some dark melodies and a bit of speed. The kick drums really take advantage of being a machine ;) Something like 364 bpm...

Neurovirus
The first song to be played live from the album. Kind of Meshuggah-ish. Electronics, low tuning and some tricks. A really fun song.

Pyre of Souls
Perhaps a small homage to mid-90's Waltari. It's actually made out of riffs that didn't fit the past two albums, but still sounded good. This time they did, when combined. Get your butt movin' and groovin'!

Shattered Cities
Very industrial, with sample-based drums and electro beats. Quite dark overall, part of this song was going to be in a fully drum & bass type of song. Eventually the song developed into this one. New Breed?

The Apocalypse
Very slow doom metal with synths and a piano. Haunting and eerie with a highly fitting title. Perhaps the last song on the album.

The Black Rite
Probably the album opening song. High-paced and energetic, with a nice mood. Very melodic chorus, with sudden black metal changes.

Unveiling the Future
Punk/Hardcore? With a slight blackish touch, ála Zyklon, but really something I haven't heard before anywhere. No blastbeats! ;)

Wire Synapse
Slightly fast with more hardcore things and electronics. Maybe a little SYL-like chorus, but darker. A lot of space synths in Darkspace style.


Will the album be called "Devoid of Life", time will tell ;) The artwork has progressed well. Once all the changes are complete to the demo songs, it's time to select which songs will be on the album. Not all of them will be.

Album #5 | 2010-05-01

I'm sure you've been anxious for some news about it :) And this is the latest: I just finished demoing the last of the songs for the release! I now have a total of 13 full songs, clocking in at 55:06. The next step is to start making some changes to the songs, based on my ideas when listening to them. When all the changes are completed, I will once more listen to all the songs, even making an initial song list. When I'm happy with all the songs, it's time to start recording the album :)

I will post an initial song-by-song, commenting on the style of each song tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Gig change | 2010-04-16

Bar Koodi has cancelled the gig with Ikuinen Vaiva on 7 July (citing "style change"), but tentatively we will join Ikuinen Vaiva in Kuusamo on 17 July at Wanha Mestari. See you there instead! :)

1 year of Posthumanism | 2010-04-16

The latest album has now been out for exactly one year, and so far it has been downloaded 1546 times through this website :) This summer, I will be able to make a professional CD-R pressing of the album for everyone to enjoy! And with just some song tweaks left, perhaps the next album will also be available for purchase in CD format right away from the release, sometime this year!

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