XCLSV PRMR: VYGR’S “FLARES”

Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 1:00pm by

VYGR Hypersleep

You guys remember VOYAGER, right? Just last year they released a split LP with Monolith, which we premiered here on MS. Due to legal reasons the band’s been forced to drop a few letters of their name to the “can I buy a vowel, please?” shortened moniker VYGR, but their music certainly hasn’t dropped anything… it’s just as heavy, sludgy, spacey and epic as ever.

VYGR will release their new album Hypersleep via Creator-Destructor Records on March 15th, and it’s a fucking beast. What I like most about VYGR — and in particular this album — is their ability to be sludgy, psychedelic, crushingly heavy AND epic all at the same time; most bands get caught up in being just one of these things to the extreme, but VYGR have struck the perfect balance. And the production, courtesy of tone-master Zeuss, is appropriately both raw and clear, an incredibly difficult achievement.

Stream the album track “Shapeshifters” at VYGR’s Bandcamp page, and the world premiere of the new song “Flares” below. Pre-order Hypersleep here.

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  • bruce_springsteen

    Fucking amazing band and song!

  • wrath

    the vocals were better on their EP. but this still kicks ass

    • CrestalMyth

      curse this earth, uh-yayuh

  • http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/ Alkahest

    This is excellent. I’m all over that vinyl pre-order.

  • D

    That opening riff is sick as hell !

  • grundle

    Bout time. Like fighting jacked up alligators in the swamps of space.

  • jadedkid

    The lyrics in this are really stupid. But the song over all is alright. Bands like this just end up making me long for the real thing. The real thing being ISIS.

    • GoingDeaf?

      Agreed that the lyrics put me off a bit… but I did really did the music and the singing quite a bit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jordan-Munson/1824535 Jordan Munson

    Fucking love these dudes.

  • http://ametaleducation.blogspot.com/ Throne777

    Vocals ruin what would otherwise be a great song.

  • Kazz

    The vocals seem like pretty standard fare. If anything, they’re guilty of being average. The music is really sweet though.

  • Chris

    “epic all at the same time; most bands get caught up in being just one of these things”

    and that my friends is the correct usage of a semi-colon. Well played!

  • Doze

    A++++music. This is one of those finds where you go “I’ll give em a try” and you end up finding a new band that you just know you will listen to the rest of your life.

    P.S. Whats wrong with the lyrics, they sound epic as all hell. Like Im watching a alien life being wiped out by a meteor!

  • http://apintfordionysus.wordpress.com/ Grotusque

    I’m digging on this. Lyrics might be weak but the riffs crush like hell.

  • PJ

    Thanks to everyone who checked this out / left feedback. Just wanted to give a heads up, all pre-orders taken now will ship out in the next week or two, so you’ll get your stuff well in advance of the actual street date, if that interests you. Do it up

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Turner/1316683205 Tyler Turner

    This seems to me like someone chose a supremely un-fucking-funny comedian to front an AMAZING band….

  • PJ

    Alright, I really have to ask after that last comment, what exactly is it that you guys think you’re hearing for lyrics? There’s an intentional sort of sci-fi slant to the whole record, but I don’t think there’s anything too corny going on lyrically to be honest

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kasper-Maigaard/1027001938 Kasper Maigaard

    TOTALLY gonna get this.

  • Erik

    Reminds me a lot of old crowbar. Voice also reminds me of gorefest.

    • Fred Durst

      +1 on the crowbar reference, a damn good song

      • Wes Borland

        Ahh shit what’s up Freddy, I was hoping you’d get in on this. This band makes a great soundtrack to breaking some fucking faces tonight, amirite?

  • chip

    sensing a heavy motley crue influence in the vocals.

  • Natsquatch

    That album art is great. Music-wise, it was very refreshing. I’m gonna have to hop on that vinyl-preorder as well.

  • Krang10

    I really liked that. I can just imagine how heavy that is going to sound when I am baked and playing that on the big ol stereo. The other song on their bandcamp is sick too.

  • aerialmeds

    I hope there are long instrumental sections still. Your EP and split with Monolith were pretty awesome!

  • bruce_springsteen

    There are even longer instrumental/ambient sections on this record. The thing is fucking incredible.