Vigor

Vigor was founded 1994 in Salzburg, Austria, and consisted for some time of Gery
Kaiser on the guitar, Jiri Vacha on keyboards, bass, and vocals, as well as
Ralph Fingerlos on drums. The different musical orientations of the involved
guys always resulted in a broad mix of styles. Gery comes from 80s
hardrock/metal, while Jiri contributes his blues-rock voice, and Ralph even
draws from the death-metal scene. In this way, 6 records have been produced, 4
CDs, 1 maxi, 1 single. In the meantime, there occurred some personnel changes.
First, the keyboardist, bassist and singer Jiri had to leave for reasons of
health. Later, drummer Ralph followed because of problems with his hand. New
additions were, therefore, Rade on keyboards and vocals in 2008, and Manuel on
drums in 2009.
The musical bandwidth was widened again as a result. Rades tendencies toward
stoner-rock and doom can be heard clearly in some songs. And Manuel has a very
modern style due to his background in 90s rock and metal bands, which influences
the sound a lot. In this formation, the work proceeded quickly. Thus,
recordings for the new album began in 2010. In 2011, the album was released
(Out of Habit) and supported by gigs in the near and middle surroundings. Also,
two videos have been produced, "Indispensable" with visual material from live
appearances, and "The Fatalist" as a shot music-video under the direction of our
trained filmer Gery.