The Vlok Invasion

The Vlok Invasion (known on reissues as The Vlokist Invasion) is the second studio album by El Kadsreian rock band Rinava, released on April 22, 1986, by El Kadsreian Melody. The album was recorded over three weeks with producer Ronald Jungbluth at Sonic Force Studios in,. It is the first album to feature the band's current bassist, Kouki Ueda. The overall recording costs were paid by Rinava's American label QCA Records because El Kadsreian Melody refused to cover it.

The music on the album is very eclectic and varied, encompassing the genres of hard rock, proto-grunge (e.g. Face Me, Favorite Son, Continuity), power metal (e.g. Metal is Forged Here, Sleeping in Uylok, This Will Be the Day), thrash metal (e.g. Crashed, Dearly Beloved, Why Are You Here?), glam metal (e.g. Dynamo, Hypnotize, Magic Clap), blues rock, dream pop (e.g. 98.6 Trali FM), jangle pop (e.g. Beans, Favorite Son) and alternative rock.

Release
To promote the album's release, the band staged a tour, The Vlok Invasion Gets Real, which visited venues throughout the El Kadsreian Islands, Europe and North America.

In 1992, the band intended to stage the album as a combination musical and concert. An early idea was to stage it in the parking lot of the Cliffstown Spectrum with live special effects and choreographed dance numbers and martial arts demonstrations, however the band was informed the arena's parking lot was unsuitable for concerts due to it's location near major roads. A show there was abandoned, and Ken Wasabe suggested a staging at the Kadsre Dome in El Kadsre City, the country's first indoor stadium, but booking the venue caused a problem as a bandy exhibition game between and  was scheduled for the 2 days prior to the show and the stadium's floor couldn't be thawed in time. The album was then staged as an ice show, The Vlokist Invasion: Frozen, which sold out over 8 nights and nearly caused a nationwide ticket shortage.

Title controversy
The original title of the album, "The Vlok Invasion", received general controversy in the Vlokozu Union when it was originally released, as the term, "Vlok", is a slur used against people who were born and/or had lived in the Union. Lead vocalist and guitarist, Ryu Judoku gave out a public apology to the Vlokozu Union and its government, and claimed that, "[he] thought the term was used as friendly slang similar to Canada's 'Canuck'". The album was then reissued as, "The Vlokist Invasion" on later releases. This was done because the band didn't want to face any more of the controversy to those who had bought the album.

Side 1

 * 1) Courage
 * 2) Sleeping in Uylok
 * 3) Sound of Dentage
 * 4) Continuity
 * 5) Dynamo
 * 6) Why Are You Here?
 * 7) I don't care
 * 8) Dearly Beloved
 * 9) Magic Clap

Side 2

 * 1) 98.6 Trali FM
 * 2) Face Me
 * 3) Beans
 * 4) Crashed
 * 5) Metal is Forged Here
 * 6) Hypnotize
 * 7) Favorite Son
 * 8) This Will Be the Day