Outer Isolation

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Outer Isolation
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 22, 2011 (2011-11-22)
Recorded2011
StudioVillain Recordings, Phoenix, Arizona
Genre Technical thrash metal, progressive metal
Length51:41
Label Heavy Artillery
Producer Vektor, Byron Filson
Vektor chronology
Black Future
(2009)
Outer Isolation
(2011)
Terminal Redux
(2016)
Earache Records re-release cover
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Outer Isolation is the second full-length album recorded by the band Vektor. It was released in 2011 on Heavy Artillery Records, and Earache Records reissued the album in 2012. [1] The final tracks of the album, "Fast Paced Society" and the title track, feature radio emissions of Saturn detected by Cassini.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Cosmic Cortex"10:22
2."Echoless Chamber"5:16
3."Dying World"5:18
4."Tetrastructural Minds"5:21
5."Venus Project"6:47
6."Dark Creations, Dead Creators"3:25
7."Fast Paced Society"6:45
8."Outer Isolation"8:27
Total length:51:41

Personnel

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References

  1. "Vektor - Outer Isolation". Discogs.com. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2016-05-07.