Neurotech is a Slovenian independent industrial metal project based in Ljubljana, known for its stylistic blend of electronics and metal.
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 "acideuro-danceelectronica."[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), their follow-up 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 new album Memory Eternal was released on 15 March 2024.[30] The song "Invictus" was released in advance on 1 March 2024.[31]
The Decipher Volumes (EP compilation) (23 June 2013)
Decipher Vol. 1 (22 April 2012)
No.
Title
Length
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.
Title
Length
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.
Title
Length
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
Infra Versus Ultra (27 October 2014)
No.
Title
Length
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
Stigma (8 June 2015)
No.
Title
Length
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
Evasive (13 November 2015)
No.
Title
Length
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
In Remission (6 June 2016)
No.
Title
Length
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
Symphonies (27 December 2016)
No.
Title
Length
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
The Catalyst (23 June 2017)
No.
Title
Length
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
Solace (18 March 2021)
No.
Title
Length
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
Symphonies II (4 March 2022)
No.
Title
Length
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
Ave Neptune (21 April 2023)
No.
Title
Length
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
Memory Eternal (January 1, 2023)
No.
Title
Length
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
EPs
Transhuman (15 January 2008)
No.
Title
Length
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
Blue Screen Planet (11 December 2011)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Part I - Axiom"
10:05
2.
"Part II - Revelation"
8:32
Total length:
18:37
Unreleased Demos (2011 - 2016) (compilation EP) (4 September 2020)
No.
Title
Length
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
"The Angst Zeit" - 4:32 (2009)
"Unconditional" - 3:47 (25 June 2012)
"Triumph" - 3:52 (21 April 2013)
"The Elysian Symphony" - 17:17 (25 December 2013)
"The Halcyon Symphony" - 13:31 (25 December 2014)
"The Ophidian Symphony" - 18:48 (25 December 2015)
"Waking Silence" - 4:37 (24 December 2020)
"Light Betides" - 4:03 (3 March 2021)
"Deceive" (Solace B-side) - 4:01 (18 May 2021)
"The Messianic Symphony" - 10:00 (9 December 2021)
"The Draconic Symphony" - 10:00 (7 January 2022)
"The Seraphic Symphony" - 10:00 (3 February 2022)
"The Prophetic Symphony" - 10:00 (4 March 2022)
"Below These Scars (Tenth Anniversary Remix)" - 5:51 (23 June 2023)
Boxed set
A Decade of Futurism (November 2017)
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.
