If you love Ne Obliviscaris as much as we do, then you are gonna love Vipassi as much as we do. And there’s a good reason for that: the two band share three members! The techy, proggy, instrumental Vipassi consists of NeO drummer Dan Presland, guitarist Benjamin Baret, and bassist Brendan Brown, along with Presland’s A Million Dead Birds Laughing bandmate, guitarist Ben Boyle (also of Hadal Maw fame). Basically, Vipassi is to Ne Oblivicaris as Liquid Tension Experiment is to Dream Theater.

So, naturally, we jumped at the chance to premiere Śūnyatā, the debut album from Vipassi. Like we said: if you did Ne Oblivscaris, there is no way you won’t dig this.

Stream Śūnyatā below! The band will self-release the album on February 8. Pre-order it here. Upcoming Ne Oblivscaris tour dates are at the bottom of this post.

Śūnyatā by Vipassi

NE OBLIVISCARIS 2016 North American tour

Headlining dates:

Feb. 6 Columbus, OH @ O’Shecky’s

Feb. 7 Indianapolis, IN @ 5th Quarter

Feb. 8 St Louis, MO @ Fubar

Feb. 19 Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s

All dates with CRADLE OF FILTH, BUTCHER BABIES

Feb. 09 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theater

Feb. 10 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues

Feb. 11 Houston, TX @ House of Blues

Feb. 12 San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theater

Feb. 14 Engelwood, CO @ Gothic Theater

Feb. 15 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex

Feb. 16 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

Feb. 17 Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan

Feb. 18 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

Feb. 20 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

Feb. 21 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

Feb. 23 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox

Feb. 24 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre

Feb. 26 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room

Feb. 28 Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze

Feb. 29 Ringle, WI @ Q and Z Expo Center

Mar. 1 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues

Mar. 2 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s

Mar. 3 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues

Mar. 4 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall

Mar. 6 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theater

Mar. 7 Montreal, QC @ Corona Theater

Mar. 8 New York, NY @ Webster Hall