Neurotech

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Neurotech
OriginLjubljana, Slovenia
Genres Industrial metal, electro-industrial, cyber metal, symphonic metal, heavy metal
Years active2007-2017, 2020-present
MembersWulf (Andrej Vovk)
Past membersGorr
Luka Čadež
Siph
Naur
Sophis

Neurotech is a Slovenian independent industrial metal project based in Ljubljana, known for its stylistic blend of electronics and metal.

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History

Formed by multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Wulf (real name: Andrej Vovk) in 2007, Neurotech started off as a full band with a heavier sound than their later albums in their debut EP Transhuman, released in 2008, and their debut album Antagonist, released in 2011, both stylistically compared to Sybreed and melodic death metal bands Disarmonia Mundi and Insomnium. Those two releases were followed by a string of EPs; Blue Screen Planet (2011), Decipher Vol. 1, Decipher Vol. 2 (2012), Decipher Vol. 3 (then-unreleased), and The Elysian Symphony (2013). The Decipher volumes were compiled in an album titled The Decipher Volumes, released in 2013. [1] Several singles were released from those albums including "Inject Me Now" from Antagonist on 27 December 2010, [2] "Unconditional" (featuring Tanja Ravljen) from Decipher Vol. 2 on 25 June 2012, [3] and "Triumph" from Decipher Vol. 3 on 22 April 2013. [4] "The Elysian Symphony" was released on 25 December 2013, a 17-minute instrumental composition which "combines several musical genres into a coherent whole. A unique mixture of metal, orchestral, electronic and ambient music." [5] A six-year anniversary re-recording of the title track for the Transhuman EP was released on 15 January 2014. [6]

A solo project at this point, Wulf started working on his next Neurotech album on February 2014. [7] "Unleashed the Dead" was released as a single on 27 September 2014 and serves as a sneak preview for the album Infra Versus Ultra. [8] The album was released on 27 October 2014. [9] Infra Versus Ultra has been given a more mixed reception, due to the tracks alternating between symphonic/industrial metal and "acid euro-dance electronica." [10] The album was followed up by another single, "The Halcyon Symphony", released on 25 December 2014. [11]

The project's next album Stigma was released on 8 June 2015. [12] The song "Of Adversity" was released in advance on 22 May 2015. [13] The album was followed by Evasive, an instrumental electronic album, released on 13 November 2015. Several singles from the album were released in the two weeks before its release, including "I Desensitize" on 2 November, [14] "Maelstrom" on 4 November, [15] and "The Resurface" and "Compass" on 7 November 2015. [16]

After releasing two albums in 2016, In Remission and Symphonies (the latter compiling the four "Symphony" singles released so far), another album, The Catalyst, was released on 23 June 2017, announced as Wulf's final album under the Neurotech moniker at the time. [17] In 2018, Wulf started a different project focused on trance music, NeuroWulf. [18] In 2020, Wulf reformed Neurotech and released two singles for a new album; "Waking Silence" on 28 December 2020 [19] and "Light Betides" on 5 March 2021. [20] The album Solace was released on 18 March 2021. [21] The album has received slightly more positive feedback despite the metal elements being considered "undeveloped". [22]

A new single, "The Messianic Symphony" was released on 20 December 2021, to be part of the project's next album Symphonies II, released on 4 March 2022, which consists of four "symphony" tracks in a similar vein to the first Symphonies album, with each track lasting exactly 10 minutes in length. [23] It was followed up by another single from the album, "The Draconic Symphony", released on 7 January 2022. [24] [25] Symphonies II has been given a better review as the album has been noted to solve most of the issues pointed out in Solace. [26] The album was followed by Ave Neptune released on 21 April 2023. [27] [28] The song "Mundane Entropy" was released in advance on 28 March 2023. [29] The next album Memory Eternal was released on 15 March 2024. [30] The song "Invictus" was released in advance on 1 March 2024. [31] The new album Exo Escapism was released on 30 May 2025, with its single "Cast Into Shadow" released in advance. [32]

Musical style

Neurotech and its albums have been described as a variety of genres including industrial, [7] [8] [11] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] industrial metal, [3] [4] [12] [23] [10] electronic, [14] [15] [16] [23] cyber metal, [1] [22] symphonic metal, [10] electro-industrial, [22] and heavy metal. [1]

Members

Source: [33]

Discography

Source: [34]

Album overview

AlbumNameSongsLengthReleased
1Antagonist1041:3720 March 2011
2The Decipher Volumes (EP compilation)2074:2023 June 2013
3Infra Versus Ultra1048:2327 October 2014
4Stigma845:288 June 2015
5Evasive1260:4713 November 2015
6In Remission735:456 June 2016
7Symphonies466:4127 December 2016
8The Catalyst1241:1823 June 2017
9Solace1048:5818 March 2021
10Symphonies II440:004 March 2022
11Ave Neptune1040:0021 April 2023
12Memory Eternal843:3115 March 2024
13Exo Escapism1043:3030 May 2025

Studio albums

No.TitleLength
1."Antagonist"4:18
2."Inject Me Now"4:10
3."Nonexistent"4:10
4."Awaiting Deception"4:31
5."The Angst Zeit"4:32
6."The Mannequin March"2:41
7."A Hollow Impression"4:08
8."Towards Tedious Nightmare"4:20
9."We Are the Last"4:41
10."The Sky Is Always Open"4:06
Total length:41:37
Decipher Vol. 1 (22 April 2012)
No.TitleLength
1."Vol. 1 - Prelude"0:40
2."The Cyber Waltz"4:04
3."Damage Is Done"4:15
4."Home"4:13
5."Below These Scars"5:54
Decipher Vol. 2 (30 September 2012)
No.TitleLength
6."Vol. 2 - Prelude"0:27
7."Let the Healing Begin"2:23
8."The Race to Recovery"4:05
9."A Clouded Mind"3:32
10."Is the Sunrise Coming"3:17
11."Unconditional"3:47
12."This Is the New Age"4:55
13."A Separate Way"4:02
Decipher Vol. 3 (2013, then-unreleased)
No.TitleLength
14."Vol. 3 - Prelude"0:47
15."Closure"2:39
16."No Turning Back"4:24
17."Triumph"3:52
18."The Difference"5:52
19."A New Tomorrow"4:00
20."Decipher"7:12
Total length:74:20
No.TitleLength
1."(Infra) I"3:02
2."Atlas"5:00
3."The Longest Time"4:48
4."Unleashing the Dead"5:13
5."The Act of Forgiveness"4:51
6."(Versus) You"2:57
7."Sacrifice"5:43
8."Transcendental"4:14
9."When the Night Falls"6:16
10."(Ultra) Us"6:19
Total length:48:23
No.TitleLength
1."Stigma"3:34
2."Fear the Fear"3:33
3."Of Adversity"4:51
4."Built to Last"6:14
5."A Graceful Light"4:42
6."Brighten"4:19
7."Through Hardships"6:50
8."To Theta State"11:25
Total length:45:28
No.TitleLength
1."The Tide is Rising"5:34
2."Compass"4:12
3."From Liquid to Solid"2:26
4."I Desensitize"5:39
5."Uplift"6:06
6."The Resurface"4:55
7."Between Wake and Sleep"3:52
8."Enter the Endless"6:07
9."Maelstrom"4:16
10."Through the Divine"5:52
11."Epiphany"4:26
12."Evasive"7:22
Total length:60:47
No.TitleLength
1."Retrieve"3:23
2."As Will Ascends"3:46
3."Divided Bliss"4:47
4."The Lost Hope"7:17
5."Reprogram"2:11
6."Evolving Equations"4:35
7."Alleviate"8:46
Total length:35:45
No.TitleLength
1."The Elysian Symphony"17:18
2."The Halcyon Symphony"13:31
3."The Ophidian Symphony"18:44
4."The Veneration Symphony"17:08
Total length:66:41
No.TitleLength
1."Act I - Enter"0:55
2."The Catalyst"3:24
3."Our Burial Ground"4:05
4."Sleepwalkers Lifeline"5:12
5."Act II - Adapt"0:56
6."The Flame of Faith"3:45
7."Epitaph"4:29
8."At a Standstill"4:05
9."Act III - Surrender"0:54
10."The Seductive Void"3:56
11."Reconcile"4:26
12."Thoughts Become Air"5:11
Total length:41:18
No.TitleLength
1."Koma"4:13
2."Light Betides"4:03
3."Waking Silence"4:37
4."The Ashen Fields"4:44
5."In Raging Reclaim"3:36
6."Alias"5:00
7."Defy Our Oath"4:40
8."Stop The Bleeding"5:04
9."A Moment Lost"4:57
10."Solace"8:04
Total length:48:58
No.TitleLength
1."The Prophetic Symphony"10:00
2."The Seraphic Symphony"10:00
3."The Draconic Symphony"10:00
4."The Messianic Symphony"10:00
Total length:40:00
No.TitleLength
1."The Coming Storms"4:06
2."Mundane Entropy"4:28
3."Never-Ending Maze"4:40
4."The Serpent Bites"3:48
5."Only Heartbeat"3:54
6."Repent in Need"4:15
7."Spiraling Down"3:39
8."Whirlwind"4:48
9."Inner Quest"2:30
10."The Years of the Flood"3:52
Total length:40:00
No.TitleLength
1."Credo"4:12
2."The Ark of Cain"5:01
3."In Stasis"4:28
4."Echoes of the Fall"5:18
5."Descent"6:10
6."Invictus"4:00
7."Walls We Created"6:00
8."Memory Eternal"8:22
Total length:43:31
No.TitleLength
1."Exo"2:48
2."Cast Into Shadow"4:20
3."The Mark of the Beast"4:12
4."A Trial by Fire"3:48
5."Saints From Sinners"5:00
6."New Source Code"4:00
7."Radiant Violence"4:58
8."Ice Cold"4:22
9."The Withering"3:40
10."Escapism"6:22
Total length:43:30

EPs

No.TitleLength
1."Impakt"4:22
2."Transhuman"3:45
3."Down the Drain"3:52
4."Subsonic Omega"4:18
5."Nex"4:09
Total length:20:26
No.TitleLength
1."Part I - Axiom"10:05
2."Part II - Revelation"8:32
Total length:18:37
No.TitleLength
1."Hope is Better than a Memory (2013)"4:24
2."Trust to Display (2016)"4:36
3."Cut the Cord (2015)"3:52
4."Ectogenesis (2015)"5:12
5."Coda (2011)"2:46
Total length:20:50

Singles

Boxed set

Contains remastered editions of all albums and EPs released by Neurotech up to that point: Transhuman, Antagonist, Blue Screen Planet, The Decipher Volumes, Infra Versus Ultra, Stigma, Evasive, In Remission, Symphonies, and The Catalyst.

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