{"id":42199,"date":"2016-01-21T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=42199"},"modified":"2016-01-20T23:49:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T05:49:32","slug":"tech-death-thursday-vimana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/tech-death-thursday-vimana\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Death Thursday: Vimana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>All aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/79\/The_Celestial_Chariot_(6124515635).jpg\" target=\"_blank\">magical flying pyramid<\/a>! It&#8217;s Tech Death Thursday!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Behold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Zenith Passage<\/strong> have stopped teasing us and finally gave us a new track. Turn your ears towards &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mhXam8oGTDU&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">Holographic Principle II: Convergence<\/a>&#8221; for magical space music.<\/li>\n<li>If that one was a bit too nice and\/or clean for you, worry not;\u00a0<strong>Wormed<\/strong> have also graced us with a new track. Check out &#8220;Pseudo-Horizon&#8221; right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MKCDMobDhrY\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0and look for\u00a0<em>Krighsu<\/em> on March 18th.<\/li>\n<li>Weirdly-named\u00a0<strong>Parasite of Human Side<\/strong> have an album coming out on the 25th, entitled\u00a0<em>Constellations<\/em>. This one might tide you over until the new\u00a0<strong>Vale of Peenath<\/strong> comes out; give &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/eastbreath-records\/parasite-of-human-side-obsolescence-serenade\" target=\"_blank\">Obsolescence Serenade<\/a>&#8221; a listen to see what I mean.<\/li>\n<li>More new\u00a0<strong>Obscura<\/strong>, and it&#8217;s an odd one to be sure. Fountainhead&#8217;s fretless guitar work is in full force on this one, and of the three tracks revealed so far, it has my favorite riffs by a long shot. Check it out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metalsucks.net\/2016\/01\/14\/exclusive-track-premiere-obscuras-the-monist\/\" target=\"_blank\">MetalSucks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Weekly reminder that\u00a0<strong>Brain Drill<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-DvF6KUywQc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">still a thing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ah, who am I kidding? I harp on Brain Drill all the time, but the fact of the matter is I love them for what they do. They were\u00a0<strong>Archspire<\/strong> before Archspire was Archspire, dragging tech death as far down the rabbit hole as they could. The difference is that Brain Drill doesn&#8217;t try to be tasteful in their songwriting; it&#8217;s all speed for speed&#8217;s sake, and they do it unabashedly. It&#8217;s borderline unlistenable, excessive in a genre about excess, and it&#8217;s perfect the way it is. With that, I give you:\u00a0<strong>Vimana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=2908286278\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" style=\"position:relative;display:block;width:400px;height:100px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Featuring current and former members of <strong>Cephalic Carnage<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Vale of Pnpaptph<\/strong>, and, uh,\u00a0<strong>Swashbuckle<\/strong>,\u00a0Vimana are another of those bands that takes the genre to its logical extreme. They occupy a space between the aforementioned Archspire and Brain Drill; they tend to err on the side of good taste, but they aren&#8217;t afraid to stray into full-on wank territory. &#8220;Resent Complacency&#8221; and &#8220;The Walking Plague&#8221; both are savage riff-driven tunes, and &#8220;Fire Is Born&#8221; is a creeping progressive piece, but &#8220;Destroy Industry&#8221; sounds like somebody tossed a guitar in a blender and hit record. It&#8217;s propelled forth by brain-bending tapping leads and jolts you around with sudden tempo changes and an awkward riff played using a killswitch instead of picking\/strumming\/what have you. It&#8217;s the audio equivalent of a Tilt-A-Whirl.<\/p>\n<p>I know that doesn&#8217;t sound like a winning endorsement, but trust me; if you have any stomach for pure instrumental showmanship, it&#8217;s absolutely sublime. It&#8217;s a wonder that this sort of thing can be played accurately in the first place, and if you can keep up, you&#8217;ll notice there is coherency in the chaos. Though I doubt all but the tr00est of tech nerds will dive into\u00a0<em>The Collapse<\/em>, it&#8217;s a beautiful storm should you choose to weather it.<\/p>\n<p>If you like what you heard, check out Vimana on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Vimanarama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and give them some monies at the Bandcamp link above. Until next time,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KQLmRKrS_3I\" target=\"_blank\">Stay Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All aboard the magical flying pyramid! 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