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Voivod are a progressive thrash metal band from Jonquiere, Quebec, Canada, with a very distinct sound. Formed by Denis “Piggy” D’Amour, Michel “Away” Langevin and Jean-Yves “Blacky” Theriault, the fledging group soon found the perfect singer in Denis “Snake” Belanger. A blend of thrash with some progressive rock thrown in, and lyrics leaning heavily on sci-fi imagery. One of the first Canadian punk and thrash bands to enjoy success outside of Canada, they released four albums in the mid ’80s before being signed to a major label. War And Pain in 1984, Rrroooaaarrr! in 1986, Killing Technology in 1987, and Dimension Hatross in 1988. Their blend of thrash and progressive rock caught the ear of MCA Records, who signed them and released their next album, Nothingface in 1989. The video of their Pink Floyd cover, Astronomy Domine, got tons of MTV airplay. They would headline a club tour with bands like Soundgarden and Faith No More, relative unknowns at the time, opening for them.
Things started slowly sliding downhill for them after, their next album being poorly received, 1991’s Angel Rat. ‘grunge’ was taking hold, with bands such as their former opening act, Soundgarden, enjoying a rise to stardom. Blacky left the band quickly after Angel Rat’s release. 1993 saw the release of The Outer Limits album.
Things started slowly sliding downhill for them after, their next album being poorly received, 1991’s Angel Rat. ‘grunge’ was taking hold, with bands such as their former opening act, Soundgarden, enjoying a rise to stardom. Blacky left the band quickly after Angel Rat’s release. 1993 saw the release of The Outer Limits album.
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Nothingface
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Killing Technology
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Katorz
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GaspingforAir__ wrote:
Dimension Hatröss is way better than Nothingface. In a fact, it's better.
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Irenicus_ wrote:
Voivod is way more than just thrash.
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adachin wrote:
Voivod is nothing but the thrash metal band!
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pikoloko wrote:
I just wish they sung in French.
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Irenicus_ wrote:
power metal my ass...what actually is a power metal sounding voice? give me a definition.
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Piggy02 wrote:
only their four first albums are thrash... power metalish vocals?
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Gilad-Pellaeon wrote:
Try this.
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Colony666 wrote:
sounded like prog with power vocals, i do see prog in their tags, i didnt hear any thrash, and the vocals were kinda power metalish
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Gilad-Pellaeon wrote:
My thoughts exactly.
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Piggy02 wrote:
Nothingface prog-power?? WTF
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Irenicus_ wrote:
prog-power? WTF are you retarded? They only played thrash till and including killing technology.
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Colony666 wrote:
hmm i downloaded nothingface and expected some thrash and all i got was some prog-power metal =\
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In_the_Sky wrote:
Killing Technology (the whole album) guitar work is rad !
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Irenicus_ wrote:
according to MA yes, so heavy birthday blacky!
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myrmidonmage wrote:
Is it Blacky's birthday today?
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Irenicus_ wrote:
I've just created a group dedicated to Piggy, you're all welcome to join Denis "Piggy" D'Amour.
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GenitalWarfare wrote:
The bittersweet irony of this argument is that it doesn't fucking matter.
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Irenicus_ wrote:
Ok now I can relate, I would even agree about the riffs and the vocals are sometimes weak, but it's still not a bad album to me, there are still plenty of good vocal lines and also some nice riffs here and there. BUT on the other hand, Katorz still amazes me to this day, every song has at least one strong mesmerizing riff that can carry the whole song and Snake has so much power on that album, it just blows me away, not to speak of the drumming which is wicked and way better than on the selftitled and Infini. The selftitled was a nice comeback, but it is sometimes boring and uninspired and lacks in production = guitar sound is shit, but overall it's still good and has some brilliant songs like Rebel Robot, The Multiverse, Divine Sun or We Carry On. So I can relate to constructive criticism about certain albums, but a general saying like "they went down hill after x" is stupid to me and mostly there to provoke fans.
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crackityjones66 wrote:
I can accept the fact that they have changed easily. Liking it however is a whole different story. I doubt Rush will ever put out albums as good as their classics. Snakes and Arrows is finally a good album after their 90's stuff (except some of Test for Echo). I can argue that Inifni is a bad album though. The riffs are generally unexciting, only hints of the dense chords that once defined Voivod. Nirvanish whiny vocals dont help their cause either.
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Irenicus_ wrote:
Let's make a comparison to Rush. You obviously like their lastest stuff (S&A, TFE), but what would say if someone comes along and says "This band went downhill after Power Windows."? It's just stupid generalizing of your own taste. I mean, you should at least come up with some arguments...
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News: New Record New Site
21 Jun 2011 | from www.voivod.com
Welcome to the new Voivod.com, finally we have a new site with an easy interface for us to update on the fly thanks to Steve at FourFour.com. This site will focus on current events, the new record Infini and the live band. …
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