Vektor - Three Members Leave, Band To Continue
Vektor - Three Members Leave, Band To Continue
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BloodTears December 29, 2016
David DiSanto wrote on the band's Facebook page: "I apologize to anyone who was concerned about the post from earlier today. Vektor is not stopping. I started writing Vektor songs in 1999 and I'm still writing Vektor songs. As long as I live, Vektor will not die. I appreciate everything that Blake, Frank, and Erik have done to help this ship take off. I also appreciate all of my band mates before them: Willy, Pablo, Adam, Mike, and Kian. See you on the road! Dave."
Prior to that, this message was posted online and since then been deleted: "Greetings Vektonauts. With sadness we must inform you that we, Blake, Frank, and Erik, are all departing from Vektor effective immediately. It has been a completely incredible 10-ish years that has brought us all around the world and introduced us to so many super generous, passionate, friendly people and produced three albums of which we are extremely proud. Seeing the reception for Terminal Redux in particular after all of the hard work put into it has been very humbling. Sadly we've reached a point where we can't continue with the working arrangement we have, for a number of reasons that we find unnecessary to discuss publicly. There's no big story or drama, people and personalities simply change and drift apart and we've reached our limit.
"The three of us are lifer musicians and will continue to be. You'll be seeing us in other contexts, other bands, recordings, tours, and more. Our time in Vektor has been a major part of our lives and parting with that will be a serious adjustment, but ultimately we're excited to see other new ways we can put our ideas to use. We are -hugely- grateful to everyone that came out to shows, picked up merch, listened to the music, showed us a great time and kept us going. We accomplished more than we ever thought was possible when we joined and we hope you'll stay tuned for what we do next - you have certainly not seen the last of us.
"We don't know if this means Dave will seek new members and continue Vektor or not, that is for him to decide and announce in his own time. Given that it's the holidays and the future of the band is out of our hands, we'd appreciate some space for the time being as we enjoy time with friends and family (please don't message our personal pages about it, we won't reply). All the best and we'll see you down the road. Blake, Frank, and Erik."
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I see this year hasn't been kind to ANYONE! Seriously what the heck is going on?
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Holy shit... I just hope Dave takes his time for the next record so that it can top their previous work...
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Winner of the 2016 Drama of the year: 2016. Seriously though, looks like its gonna be the Immortal/Entombed drama all over again. 
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Posts: 6213 Written by Gothmog_Motsham on 29.12.2016 at 13:55 Life is what is going on.
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Vektor is basically a one man band so this doesn't surprise me. Maybe they'll improve their live performance with this change of formation, I heard they are quite underwhelming.
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Yeah no drama ATM. Just have to wait until we see the three members start writing up for the next Vektor album. 
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Just saw them in Cincinnati a month ago and met Blake and Frank. Sad to see this today.
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This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think Dave is the most replaceable member. His vocals aren't that great. I think if the other three stick together and get someone like Proscriptor or Ashmedi to take his place they could even top Terminal Redux.
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I saw that deleted post minutes after it was put up. Awfully petty to take it down.
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Posts: 5989 Written by [user id=4365] on 29.12.2016 at 14:48 According to him  It's nice that they're being rather mature with no whiny, accusatory bullshit on social media, but I wouldn't be all that surprised if that's actually what has gone on behind closed doors and they're just not publicizing that information
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Personal differences and all, but it's quite worrying to have this setback, especially for a band who is really fronting technical thrash right now.  Most of these jumps don't work out at all, but there is always hope... Maybe proves himself to be as stubborn as Mustaine, which may be very fortunate just now 
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Posts: 2311 Written by Malignar on 30.12.2016 at 00:09 Actually it's David, the only guy that didn't leave. He even recorded all guitars and bass himself, I think he said on the album thread (yeah, he has a MS user). Vektor will probably remain a benevolent dictatorship like Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Pain Of Salvation, etc.
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Posts: 40071 Written by Unhealer on 29.12.2016 at 15:35 They are really good live, actually. I find their music underwhelming.
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Posts: 4367 Written by Auntie Sahar on 29.12.2016 at 21:12 Exactly my thoughts.
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Posts: 1127 Written by Malignar on 30.12.2016 at 00:09 I had heard that, but songwriting doesn't always translate to accomplished playing of instruments. However... Written by Unhealer on 30.12.2016 at 06:46 If this is the case, then I am just plain wrong. Either way, I'd like to hear more of this. They are a breath of fresh air for the genre.
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The results of dealing with the worst label in the world..., the owner (Digby) of this label had problems with Bolt Thrower, Napalm Death, Decapitated, Century Media and most of his business partners in the past..., and now he is an alone stupid old man, better off letting go his business like Candlelight Records.
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Posts: 3333  DiSanto (Megadeth) vs rest of the band (Metallica) in 2017.
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Posts: 199 Written by Unhealer on 30.12.2016 at 06:46 That MS user is Erik and he recorded those bass lines. I never understood why...  Written by Unhealer on 30.12.2016 at 06:46 Aparently he is! According to this 'misterious' user : Written by ajray on 01.01.2017 at 00:40
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Seriously, I hope those three guys form a new band and see what they're capable of. 
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Posts: 5827 Written by Auntie Sahar on 29.12.2016 at 21:12 "people and personalities simply change and drift apart and we've reached our limit." This little phrase and the fact they all decided to leave at the same time sells it all. They are talking about Dave =]
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So the worst thing about Vektor (vocals) are the only thing that remains?
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Posts: 552 Written by Maco on 12.01.2017 at 21:11 Opinion stated as fact. Personally, I love the vocals. And he does an amazing job live
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