Composer Reacts to Vektor - Recharging the Void (REACTION & ANALYSIS)

Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Vektor - Recharging the Void (Official Audio)
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00:00 Intro
01:09 Reaction
14:54 Analysis - Everything (Stream of Consciousness)
41:00 Analysis - Lyrics
43:20 Outro

[@yunusemrekarabacak8539]

I think this is one of the best metal songs ever written. Masterful writing

[@celestialcolosseum]

Burda türk vektor fanı göreceğim hiç aklıma gelmezdi shshshdhs

[@yunusemrekarabacak8539]

@@celestialcolosseum konsere geliyorlar orada görürüz kaç kişiymişiz cjkvjj

[@tortunbator]

they played almost every metal style in one song)

[@MisterGrooves]

I left the cd in my car stereo for over a year. Couldn't listen to anything else.

[@joostdevries6859]

@@MisterGrooves Same here.... Hardly a day goes by when 'Terminal...' is NOT featured on my stereo... Best album ever.

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

Tech Thrash, Black Metal, Progressive Metal... Even Progressive Rock.... It's a great mix and one of the most epic metal songs ever. Just genius.

[@ryanschindler923]

Many years ago, my band played with these guys, and they blew us and everybody else away. Killer band live. One of the only bands I know where they tuned their guitars UP, not down. I remember they liked to classify themselves as Intergalactic Metal lol. They're insanely talented.

[@Abyzdecannes]

This song hits 10 times harder when you listen to the whole album before it, it's a call back to the first song of the album, which is absolutely phenomenal

[@Cynips]

And FYI, this is the last song from an album which opens with a song named "Charging the Void". So being a closer it also is kind of a recap. That album opener, btw, is my favorite from the album.

[@christopherblowers443]

I've wanted your take on this song for a while.

[@theakkusor]

Im going to do the same for "hello kitty suicide club" ... really need a reaction to that

[@brokenplz7899]

Thanks Christopher for request this song x'D

[@lorenzoaste9173]

12:29, that was exactly the face I made when I heard that part for the first time. Excellent song from an Excellent album… Also Excellent video from an Excellent channel.

[@desecrator09]

That section is the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard most likely. It’s spiritual for me.

[@olivergarcia3635]

The first time I listened to Vektor was Charging the Void, my jaw dropped to the ground, I just cannot believe what I was listening. Then I discovered Recharging and I was like no way these guys made this song. That's was when I understood that these guys were ahead of this time, it's just sci-fi metal/avantgarde metal. What a brilliant record they made, one of the best of all time in my opinion.

[@sykoteddy]

I've only heard this song but I absolutely agree. There must be some kind of magic that makes the band members of these obscure bands to just keep on without the need for confirmation on a wider scale. There is just so much music in general out there that it's hard to grasp, almost like trying to fathom how many galaxies there are out there. But these bands just keeps popping up, imagine how it could be if the world was just a little better, that made it a bit easier to people to achieve their goals. Yes I know, there probably wouldn't have been as much good music out there, because a lot of the dark shit in our world makes people write good music. It's just that, for me it's hard to grasp why there are all this evil shit in the world, when there are so much awesome. The evil shit should have been eradicated by now. //rant over//

[@hablibubli8648]

Oh god this is one of my favorite songs ever. Sadly not so often talked about. I haven't even watched the video but thank you for listening to it. Cheers buddy

[@leandrometfan]

12:27 Love that we get to see the body language of your thought process from "wow this is surprising." to "let me see if it works" to "hell yeah it does". edit: Could you react to another one of their song called Collapse please? spoiler: power ballad.

[@celestialcolosseum]

This album as a whole is a journey through space, listening to this masterpiece as a whole is just so satisfying... I recommend the whole album but collapse is a particularly good song for you to react i think, much more slow and ballad like compared to this song. Btw vocals like this really start to feel like an instrument that provides texture to the sound after a while of listening to metal.

[@landrec2]

You said it man! Friend recommend this record to me, what a treat. I really like the vocals too! They're perfect for this. Excellent themes and imagery, I find this record completely immersive. Cheers!

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

The musicianship here is nothing short of awe-inspiring... This is bizarre even for extreme tech metal standards...

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

@@theakkusor Absolutely. Top tier musicians and top tier songwriters.

[@Doc92IDH]

Whole album is an absolute anomaly. Collapse and Recharging the Void have some of the highest musical moments/peaks I've ever heard, in any genre. The number of outstanding riffs and melodies is absurd. Pure inspiration. Should be viewed as one of metal's absolute high points in future IMO.

[@wolverine669]

They are considered as a thrash metal band, but they have some tech influences. Their music is heavily themed around scientific, philosophical, futuristic and astronomical topics.

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

The album this comes from is a masterpiece. You should read the concept behind it, it's awesome.

[@ysqure3]

This is the climax of a concept album that brings in some melodic ideas from the opening song, "Charging the Void". Fantastic stuff.

[@TBaggins96]

My jaw just dropped when I saw you reacting to my favorite song from my favorite album by my favorite band of all time!

[@issorlol]

Man you can really tell how much fun you had with this song. Vektor is GREAT. I really dig their song Tetrastructural Minds as well if you're looking for more vektor to give a spin :)

[@berserker8884]

This is basically progressive blacknened thrash metal. So, it is thrash metal in its core with its musical ideas, however it has some black metal influences like high pitch grown and trem picking sections. But it is progressive as it heavily pushes the boundaries of the thrash genre.

[@MichaelKing-qe6uq]

Ooh, Vektor is something special indeed. Even for me as a bit of a season black metal listener, these vocals were rough the first time around. All in all this is an amazing album though, and something quite unique.

[@juhaloukaja5078]

For some reason I think of early Death when hearing these. It's something I needed to get comfortable with for sure even though I as well as you, listen to lots of heavier music from Silencer to Archspire and everything inbetween. This guy has a pretty unique highpitched scream.

[@LuisCastillo-rt5nk]

that bit that starts at 12:25 is one of the best pieces of music ever written also, Vektor’s album “Terminal Redux” is an amalgamation of technical death metal, sort of what one could describe as progressive black metal and definitely progressive thrash metal. It’s very unique and impactful.

[@christopherblowers443]

Thank you so much. I have loved vektor for some years now. I just wanted you to experience something that blew me away. Thanks Brian. I would hope you check out more later on. If you like this I would recommend a band I found not to long ago. Cryptic shift- moonbelt immolator Still one of my fav reactors.

[@liamohman7426]

cryptic shift and vektor nice taste

[@christopherblowers443]

@Liam öhman There's so many other bands that I know haven't touched this channel. It really surprises me because Brians fans have really great taste of music.

[@Wild_Open]

Your reaction at 12:28 is priceless.

[@maaaaaap]

that was probably everyone's reaction hearing it the first time

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

By extreme metal standards this album was massive when it came out in '16, and many consider it the best metal album of the decade. While it wouldn't be my choice, it's still an easy 9/10 for me. As Justsome says it's a mix of tech thrash, prog metal, and black metal vocals. It was hugely influenced by Voivod, right down to the futuristic/spacey aesthetic, though Voivod were never this virtuosic. Entire album is phenomenal but this is the final and longest track, so it's something of a crown jewel. It's an immense shame that Vektor broke up after this, because all three albums they were released were incredible, with this (their third and final one) being their best IMO. Really cool thing about Vektor is how seamlessly they melded old and new school metal styles, so while the thrash elements give it a "classic" feel, the proggy and virtuosic elements make it also feel extremely modern. Basically something in there for just about any metal fan.

[@pratikmandal1350]

I know all the issues that were there with David Disanto and that's why they broke up. But in my head canon, Vektor disbanded to save us, cause after this, their next material might as well have opened a wormhole that displaced the entire earth to another dimension. Also, their new material is interesting. I hope we still get pulled into that wormhole.

[@TheMoXyYT]

Yo i remember checking out this album when it comes out from youtube recommendations and spotify thrash playlist. It was the best thing happened to me, this album is probably my favs metal album of all time. The amounts of good riffs is insaneeee!!! Couldnt stop hearing this album for 2 months straight loll.

[@dabithefrenchie1267]

One of my top ten metal albums of all time

[@ThePatcriss]

Would love to see a review of late 80's / early 90's Voivod. Their progression as a band through a single decade is simply unbelievable to me. I like to listen to tracks like Chaosmongers, The Unknown Knows, Panorama, Moonbeam Rider then Phobos and remininding myself their respective albums came out back to back in such a short time span. (Also they really nailed and mastered those high-pitched dissonant jazzy riffs that still make me all funny inside after so many years.)

[@KenoxProductions]

My favorite album of all time and this is my favorite song on the album for sure. But all of their songs are great, to be fair. I'm glad they're back in 2022.

[@janeg6759]

Very much liked this on a first listen. Exactly new music I've been looking forward to adding to my music catalog. And from reading the comments about it being a concept album... yes definitely 👍

[@juhosuomi2551]

I really love their song "Collapse" from the same album. It's their only "ballad" if you want to call it like that. But I see it more like Stairway to Heaven or Freebird because it starts slowly and builds up / escalates towards the end. Definitely worth checking out. And by the way the whole album is a concept album about immortality.

[@tagtag123]

It's the last song on a concept album that's why it's such a rollercoaster of emotions it's like the finale of a tv show. AMAZING band, awesome song, it's one hell of a final song.

[@lovemetal4884]

this is masterpiece. what can I say more

[@landrec2]

Great record, this song is especially wonderful!

[@bidcs_]

i personally just love how fun this song is at times, really puts me in a good mood

[@mads4387]

Lol I had no idea this song was so long. I've only listened to it about 50 times! Wild! Guess time does fly when you're enjoying yourself.

[@christopherblowers443]

The lead singer also plays guitar for the band. and writes most of the music.

[@CriticalReactions]

That's just insane, dropping those wild vocals while still shredding it out on the guitar!

[@christopherblowers443]

@Critical Reactions and anddddd he writes the lyrics and the music arrangements he wrote most of the other instruments parts as well.

[@DiegoDeschain]

The perfect closer to my favorite album of all time. This shit is just brilliant. I love it precisely because how they managed to infuse such an aggresive overall sound with hints of...brightness, man it works so well for me. I love all 3 albums by them, one better than the other, all 10/10s, but this one takes the cake. Perfection. One thing that is indicative of how good this is, is that it has the same quality as Necrophagist's Epitaph: if you hear me going on about how much I love these albums you would assume I'm just into that whole extreme, hyper-metal stuff, and I'm really not. I love so many bands, but pretty much none of them are in that realm of metal, I'm very particular about what type of harsh vocals I like, etc. But these albums just transcend all that. It's like they break right through my barriers with the more extreme stuff, they just work perfectly in every way for me.

[@TundraCH]

Best thrash metal album there ever was

[@seenbelow]

Oh you need to check more Vektor. Their records are one of a kind really. Too bad the came kinda came apart few years ago, but slowly recovering now.

[@BelairPedicab]

I'm so stoked you finally approached this song Brian. I'll be right back in 45 mins to see how I feel about how you feel, cause, oooooooh child, this track hauls ass!!!!!!!

[@hectorescobar9450]

Best Metal album I have heard since Death Sound Of Perseverance.

[@vimegoart]

And it gets even better when you focus in the amazing lyrics, best metal song in history

[@wordswordseverywhere9113]

I think the brightness of the sound in the guitars partly comes from the tuning up (a whole step? maybe just a half step?) whereas most metal these days tune down thinking that ‘lower’ equals ‘heavier’.

[@SRVMETAL]

My favorite metal song of the previous decade.

[@progrockplaylists]

15:29 distortion, depression ah yes my favourite metal effect.

[@Fedorevsky]

One of the reasons Vektor sounds so different is because they tune their guitars up to F-standard.

[@shagstars]

not always right? I can find some tabs that say its in E.

[@Fedorevsky]

@@shagstars I'm pretty sure they always play in F Standard. I found one tab a user submitted on 911Tabs for example where the user after being corrected by other users states: "OK, so I found out that they tune in F, after tabbing this out, if you're desperate to play it the way vektor do, just tune to F and play every note a fret down!" I've never seen them change guitars when playing live either so I'm pretty sure it's all F.

[@Fedorevsky]

@@shagstars Of course you could always play most of their material on a guitar tuned to E with a capo.

[@shagstars]

@@Fedorevsky or just use bar chords. Makes IT even more prog

[@Fedorevsky]

@@shagstars Indeed! Hehe

[@madcatproductions69]

Its like Voivod having a black-metal space battle with Emperor. Fantastic!

[@Doc92IDH]

12:25 has become one of my favourite musical moments, in any genre, ever.

[@sthjr112358]

Blacked Progressive Space Thrash 🤘 Song being a closer means definitely better with context of whole album. All their albums have a sci-fi theme, but this is their concept album. It was inspired by a song on a previous album.

[@SaturnineXTS]

Vektor have single-handedly turned me from a thrash metal hater to a lover of the genre - although of course they're not pure thrash

[@alonsolongoria6691]

The album could be considered as a conceptual one, there´s even a comic about the story the album is telling, and as other people had already said, this is a two part song, the other one is called "Charging the void" when you hear one after the other it really fits together.

[@jarunia17]

Btw, you made some excellent faces in this reaction XD Like bewilderment plus ecstasy haha

[@CriticalReactions]

It's not everyday I hear the musical equivalent of a cat barking AND find it to be extremely enjoyable :)

[@sykoteddy]

This was for me a happy surprise, never heard Vektor before and I enjoyed the song a lot. Godda be honest though, wasn't a big fan of the vocals, but not to the point that I can't listen to the song, because that actually happens for me. I favor darker and deeper growls, but a blend and variation of them is always appreciated.

[@Lindisfarne666]

I can feel my soul traveling through interdimensional space, raging through wormholes into galactic warfare.

[@Svejk]

Vektor rules!

[@ckokomo808]

Not generally a thrash fan, but I loved this. The blackened dissonance in the beginning added some flair! Also enjoyed the tremolo to add to the wall of sound. The thrash riffs were pretty sweet…not gonna lie. Also, that bass…really added some nice melody to the low end! Hadn’t listened to these guys before…thanks for your patience. PS- nice name ;)

[@shagstars]

Black metal has some ingredients but its pretty broad what you can do with it and still have that label. With genres like speed or thrash metal its harder to stray away from some elements and still have the genre label. That's why black metal is booming the last 10 years.

[@francoishirigoyen1925]

As a matter of facts: what they play is thrash (guitars with muted right hand action galluping) + (tu pa tu pa tu pa… drums). And they do so brilliantly telling a story progressing from start to end, being progressive music main characteristic. That is progressive thrash. There is nothing black metal about it given the intention they give to their music.

[@nathanlockhart3876]

I’ve been waiting for this my whole life

[@CriticalReactions]

Apparently you're not the only one! :)

[@nathanlockhart3876]

@@CriticalReactions whether on stream or on your own time, I high recommend listening to the album front to back with the lyrics in front of you

[@codexnecro]

Oh nice, Vektor :D Edit: lol kudos to christopher

[@fooser77]

Check out Extol .. Technical thrash, death, with prog elements .. Consider if The Beatles attempted thrash, death, etc .. Ole Borud is a music genius!

[@rolandweigert5169]

Also add fleshkiller, his new band.

[@fooser77]

@@rolandweigert5169 Agreed! Plus "The Burial" (Elisha's band before Fleshkiller) Elisha currently playing bass in War of Ages .. Also drummer from The Burial just added to W.o.A. .. W.o.A. should be added to the list as also quite the melo-death prog that it is ..

[@ignoblesavage5559]

Some shades of old (Dark Side/Wish You Were Here era) Pink Floyd with the break in the middle complete w/the female vocalizations. It may not be unique to music overall but certainly unique to the thrash & black metal-influenced subgenres. Pretty fun listen, though.

[@Gabobow]

What a great fucking band album and song, you should react to Cygnus Terminal too

[@CheesecakeMilitia]

My friend introduced me to this band calling them "death metal lion king" - specifically the segment at the 7 minute mark of Charging the Void (the intro song to this album)

[@xayax7920]

Oh my goooooosh I thought this was going to be a reaction to the band Spektr. I doubt this comment will get much shared interest but they have a song called “The Art To Disappear” in which the drummer goes so very jazzy and the atmosphere goes from ominous & soft to being classically heavy & evil, and some recording of a man saying that “the line between the two begin to overlap & fuse” Best reaction channel out there 🖤

[@joelhartley5108]

Best and most original metal band that's come out in years.

[@necrodamus5481]

Truly a metal masterpiece

[@notan23]

The way I wanted to describe the folky part was "christmas carol"

[@Joyverse]

Technical Thrash metal is the best template but really the progressiveness and vocals to another level. Glad you finally reacted to this act! The themes and general play style are also pretty akin to "older" tech thrash like Watchtower and ofc Voivod so that's a starting point.

[@mathiasdevy4411]

This is the ending masterpiece bro you should listen to the whole album

[@ickyficky]

That "middle part" was Pink Floyd=)

[@ashleymarsden8676]

Superb

[@theakkusor]

Vektor is awesome... I probably would've chose "Liquid Crystal Disease" but anything off this album is lit 🔥

[@BelairPedicab]

14:37......Pure Shock/Awe Acheived. The apex crescendo of a magnus opus has been witnessed.

[@towlie710]

Vektor take you on a journey always with one foot in the territory of Emperor and another in the sound of classic Pink Floyd. This album is a masterpiece.

[@henrywalton5967]

David has stated both of those bands as an influence. Specifically the Prometheus album

[@liefkynes658]

I do have to say, as late as I may be to the party, Vektor is not trying to just be black metal, it's a concept album and this is the conclusion. This is the final realizations of a dark science wizard coming to terms with mortality and everything that comes along with such realizations. It's a bitterly beautiful track about how things come full circle.

[@MisterGrooves]

Also, the breakdown section is a take on pink floyds "on the turning away" .

[@kellyrankin8844]

My guess is that you would like this album the most, but each one has some really good stuff.

[@rupbhatt]

Progressive thrash if you really ask for a genre.

[@Mikeanglo]

The whole album deserves your attention for sure.

[@onomiyaki]

Definitely Vektor's magnus opus.

[@MattRose30000]

You made the exact same faces as me when I first heard this album 🤣

[@NeoTher_]

Damn that's an epic one

[@ambassadortourettes753]

Yup 👌that is Vektor 😂What can even be said... Great analysis

[@IrrelevantPlease]

the softer parts of the song probably came off as over the top because this is supposed to be the last leg of a journey that covers an entire album. I never recommend this song without telling people to listen to Collapse first, but I strongly recommend going through the entire album. This song needs context to achieve its full intended effect.

[@brozy5720]

Gives me a little bit of Voivöd meets Nocturnus vibes. Me likey!

[@CriticalReactions]

I'm seeing other comments saying that Voivod was a huge inspiration for them so that makes sense.

[@d5uncr]

@@CriticalReactions Voivod's drummer, Michel "Away" Langevin, even designed Vektor's logo.

[@henrywalton5967]

@@d5uncr source?

[@d5uncr]

@@henrywalton5967 I was pretty sure I heard him mentioning it in an interview. But now I found one from Feb this year where he says that the Vektor members used to draw the Voivod logo in school and points out the similarity between the two logos - which to me implies that he didn't designed the Vektor one.

[@justdave9610]

To me this is what coheed and Cambria would be like if instead of Claudio they had a black metal vocalist

[@necrodamus5481]

Dude you hit the nail on the head with that one! i always thought Vektor got some influence from Coheed and Cambria. also strange that David DiSanto bears some resemblance to Claudio

[@shagstars]

The only band that I know that are like this is HeXen with their 2012 release. Which is 10 years old now😱(even tho vektor is more on the proggy side of blackened Thrash metal and Hexen more neo cassical blackened Thrash side but they have many overlaps.

[@blommen]

Your 70’s prog take is apt, as The album is dark re-telling of The story told on Rush’s 2112 album. It’s basically a prog thrash space opera and The song is quite literally The culmination of a full hour of music which it quotes liberally, so it’s certainly a bit of a jump into The deep end context wise, lol. The album is really dang unique, not just for The genre but in Vektors discography as well. Its insanely ambitious conceptually in a Way I frankly don’t think we’ve seen in thrash metal in The past 3 decades. It’s been really hard for me to listen to The album after it came out that The lead singer/song writer/guitarist had a history of being abusive towards his wife, but I also just cannot shake how tremendous of an artistic accomplishment it is.

[@jacobcousins4234]

Dave Disanto released a video not long ago covering the allegations. If i remember correctly, He threw a pillow at her to get her to stop screaming and threatening him over his dog shitting on the bed or something like that. And that led to the wife beating allegations from his wife but he supposedly never touched her beyond throwing the pillow. Its a sticky situation but apparently he won the legal stuff over it and his names been cleared

[@luizmatte4345]

@@jacobcousins4234 I thought he was violent, apparently there was video evidence! Then I watched and though: is that it? It was just a couple arguing. I kept digging and found out the chick said he chained her in the basement and all sorts of whacky/nonsensical shit... The guy would be buried beneath a prison if 1/10 was true... In the end the wife just seems crazy/vindicative, and everyone around them "sided" with Dave so...

[@TBaggins96]

This band is highly influenced by Rush if I'm not mistaken.

[@yunusemrekarabacak8539]

Their main influence is Voivod but i think Rush is also one of their influences

[@progperljungman8218]

@@yunusemrekarabacak8539 Canadian gems ftw then 😁

[@d5uncr]

@@yunusemrekarabacak8539 7:28 is very much inspired/stolen from Pink Floyd's "On The Turning Away". But PF is also one of Voivod's influences, so it makes sense.

[@echolessowl]

in case you didn't know for some reason, the lyrics of this entire album tell the story of an immortal tyrranical ruler trying to create a perfect society. it's gut wrenching towards the end, and the album is so much better to sit through when you have the context of everything going on. highly recommend everyone dig through the lyrics of all the tracks, they're incredible

[@AlexA-ps2uo]

Obscura- When Stars Collide 🥺

[@Josh-mh9co]

Tetrastructual Minds is another good one by vektor

[@IrrelevantPlease]

cover Collapse and Dark Nebula next!

[@TBaggins96]

Christopher Blowers! What's up buddy?

[@christopherblowers443]

I'm everywhere and nowhere lol

[@billybobthekidiswack]

The bohemian rhapsody of thrash metal

[@jorgejesus5287]

Borknagar- oceans rise

[@grabb3433]

Space thresh metal

[@AA-ou2ye]

Please more ephel duath from painters palette or pain is necessary to know, very quirky Italian avantgarde metal.

[@MisterGrooves]

One cool thing about Vektor is they tune UP when most bands tune DOWN.

[@shahirmonsuruddin6555]

Anyone got Ved Ende Buens vibes at 9:42 ?

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

Maybe because of the bass. Ved Buens Ende ars great