Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Voivod's main issue here imo is that the main writer is not an original band member, because that makes it more difficult to appreciate the album as a historical 'Voivod' effort. I can relate, although I also think this is better than any outside writer could have ever done for a Voivod album. Embrace the Dan :-)
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Album Rating: 4.0
Having a hard time picking between this and Target Earth, both are so fun.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Both are fun, but Target Earth is definitely better.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Outer Limits is my fave Voivod, though.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Outer Limits is fab ♥
But nothing beats the KT DH NF trilogy for me.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
More like KT DH NF AR OL :-) Angel Rat is too good.
I'm very fond of Target Earth but honestly this is the better album.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
I like Phobos
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Album Rating: 3.6 | Sound Off
Voivod's main issue here imo is that the main writer is not an original band member, because that makes it more difficult to appreciate the album as a historical 'Voivod' effort. I can relate, although I also think this is better than any outside writer could have ever done for a Voivod album. Embrace the Dan :-)
The only factor of (subjective) merit assessment is the music itself, and I think that Dan had a relatively hard time coming up with a whole Voivod record purely on his own, as Piggy routinely did. I think that by instinct alone, he will do better next time, but historically and for the most part, great albums are the outcome of an (not always peaceful) osmosis between existing band members.
What I didn't like right from the start is the orchestral parts, the rushed structure of some of the proggier songs, and that flow of songs somehow is not smooth, meaning I'm always having a hard time spinning the album from start to finish. In the concert yesterday, the orchestral parts were played with metal instrumentation and sounded a lot better, at least from where I'm standing. Also there was an effort in encompassing 35 years of music into one album, which imho didn't not fully work.
The current incarnation of the band is not the first in which a significant portion of the initial line-up is absent. This happened also in the Eric Forrester era where trademark vocalist Snake departed, and come to think of it, a virtual learning curve connects the style experimentations in Negatron, that were fully culminated in Phobos. Here's to hoping that we will see something analogous with the successor of The Wake.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Voivod giving his expert assessment, respect bro.
'Subjective' is the key word here. I don't think Dan has any problem concocting a Voivod album of himself. 'Sonic Mycelium' is where it gets a bit annoying for my taste in this case. 'Spherical Perspective' and 'Always Moving' are so mindboggling though, they make the whole into a genuine extension ànd expression of Piggy-era Voivod imo.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Great album. Can't wait to hear them tonight. Is Revocation headlining or Voivod though?
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Revo, I think
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I can see lot of love for this album, can anybody please tell me does this sound
similar to Martyr, the band Mongrain was in earlier.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
^Not at all.
'Iconspiracy' is about as close to that brand of metal as this album gets, so check that song first.
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Thanks dePLazz, this one and Mortiferum-Disgorged From Psychotic Depths are mos def on my checkout list
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Album Rating: 4.5
Damn gotta check this too
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Mongrain was also on From Wisdom to Hate, so I think it’s clear that despite him utilizing similar techniques across the board he’s able to make it work in a variety of different styles. Great guitarist all around
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Album Rating: 4.5
That's probs the dopest av I've ever seen, props
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Thx < 3 Morrigan is bae
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Album Rating: 4.5
Who's that
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My av
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