Night Terrors

Vrain:  That’s a pretty big question, haha. In no particular order, here are some off the top of my head: "Deathconsciousness" by Have a Nice Life, "Mind Slaughter" by Zex Model, "The World That Summer" by Death in June, "Because I'm Young, Arrogant, And Hate Everything You Stand For" by Machine Girl, "The Ape of Naples" by Coil, and "Garden of Delete" by Oneohtrix Point Never". 
Vrain:  It’s kind of a funny story. Aleph and I were acquaintances in high school who didn’t really know each other. Then, about a year later, I was at a Skinny Puppy concert, and him and I noticed each other in a crowd and were like “WOAH, you like this kinda stuff too?”, and hit it off. We bonded over other industrial-type stuff, and because I had been working on some of my own music, I asked him if he wanted to start a band. 
Vrain:  Well, we’ve only had one album out so far, "Now,here" (not to be a Neil Degrasse Tyson or anything), whereas "Bodyslave" is more of a document of our trippy, wet, experimental songwriting and jamming process. I would have to go with "3 x 3 – 4 x 4", our second EP, simply due to the story behind it. We were a few hours away from performing at Verboden a couple years ago, and realized we had barely any merch. So, we quickly burned some songs onto some CDs, made cover art in fifteen minutes, got some quick prints, and that was it, ten copies of our second EP, including a random synth jam, and a remade version of our first recorded song, 'Headwalking'. That same night, we played outside the US for the first time, met some new friends (including the guys who run Collapsed Structures, the label we are currently under, what a great crowd). Therefore, "3 x 3 – 4 x 4" will always 
Vrain:  We mostly intend on playing a few shows over the summer, as well as some physical copy reissues of older material, and a live album while we finish up our upcoming second album, tentatively titled “Z E N I T H”. It’s quite far along actually, writing wise, and will be somewhat different than our older material, taking more influence from Vaporwave, Techno EBM, and Digital Hardcore.
Vrain:  Vertex started out as an idea to start a full-fledged record label for various types of industrial music, however, after some thought, it became my small passion project, a way for me to ensure that the music my friends and I enjoy is out there and accessible to anyone else who may enjoy the same varieties of fun, dark, electronic music.
Vrain:  Yes, I do, and that is somewhat correct, I am very much influenced by Electro-industrial cover art from the late 80’s and early 90’s, however my primary inspiration for the cover art mainly comes from Vaporwave, specifically the color palette, and the way that various Futurefunk artists will repurpose anime art to fit the theme of their work, which is something I try to emulate with my artwork. Labels such as Dream Catalogue, Business Casual, and plus100 specifically come to mind as inspirations.
Vrain:  A few more new releases, such as the aforementioned Night Terrors solo project, which will be some extremely mind-bending stuff, as well as some hard-hitting new material from Vaporwave/Electro-industrial master Fear730, and as with every year with Vertex, a brand-new compilation, chock full of pulse-pounding electronics. Vertex will also be releasing physical copies of various releases over the summer, and some reissues are in the works, as well as a box set of some of our more “underground material”, all finely wrapped in physical neon glory.
Vrain:  Of course! Night Terrors is working on a tour for the summer, aiming for dates in California, Oregon and Washington at the least, as well as a possible Vertex party sometime late July, though we’ll see about that. As for Chrome Corpse, they are always performing, so of course them too, can’t forget them in the Vertex EBM posse, hell, they basically invented aggrotech. Sushichimera and Deadframe as well, intend on playing some small shows across the US. As for a Vertex Festival, it’s definitely possible, but farther down the road, we’re always growing as a collective, so it only makes sense that someday we’ll have enough performing artists to warrant a festival, haha, not to mention our allied forces in Collapsed Structures!


Vrain:  Last words, huh? Scenes are overrated, Industrial music is dead, Vaporwave is the future, and that Vertex is in full support of All-ages shows, because the current industrial scene seems to have a dislike for young artists, ‘cuz we don’t make the same “Industrial” that people heard twenty years ago, so, THINK FORWARD, DISAGREE, DON’T BE ASHAMED, AND IMMINENTIZE ELECTRONIC ESCHATON!