 | Voivod Killing Technology
4.2
excellent
| Ranking: #25 for 1987 | |
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| 4.0 excellent | resident sputbirb with fancy hat | May 26th 25 |
yeah its good its very good ive skirted around rating this and continuing in their discography for two years now and yeah its good its great even but its not amazing im drunk and listening to it right now and lemme tell you its not a 4.5 its more of a 4.0 and thats it yeah its pretty funky but its not WOAH FUNK DATT SHIT UP ya know ya feel me bro brother okay cya later eeeeeheheheheheh hatross is better.
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| 4.5 superb | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | June 20th 14 |
"WE ARE CONNECTED." Thus begins Voivod's golden age. Killing Technology is aggressive and raw, with Snake still shouting hard into the mic, but here they begin to dip into more inspired, progressive territory. Just check out the rhythms near the end of the opening title track to see what I'm talking about. This is where Voivod really started to embrace sci-fi themes more, add new layers of technicality, and overall become the band that most people think of when they think "Voivod". Killing Technology is challenging and difficult stuff; this isn't some cliche thrash album with typical E-tuned chugga-chugga riffage, not at all. This album really brims with great ideas, from the angular and dissonant riffs driving most parts of the songs, to the more distinctly memorable moments like a great number of riffs in the opener, the fucking evil moment at about 3:24 in Overreaction, the great chorus to Tornado, or that impressively fast section starting at around 1:53 in Order of the Blackguards. A special highlight (and a serious contender with the previously mentioned rhythms later on in the opening title track) would be that one MONSTER riff in This Is Not An Exercise that plays for the first time almost a minute in. And I haven't even brought up Ravenous Medicine, which is one of my favorite Voivod songs ever. Even the sound is better than before, with raw yet competent production and a guitar tone that actually allows for some more legible riffs. Great fucking album.
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| 4.0 excellent | mandan | February 16th 13 |
This is an interesting record. Not at all recommended for thrash neophites; but metalheads looking for something new might be pleased with this.
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| 3.5 great | Hot Bowser | October 22nd 22 |
thrashy n nothing rly wrong with it just doesnt go for the kill
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 4.5 superb | GamamJ | April 11th 20 |
Voivod release the definitive Sci-Fi metal record as well as a pioneering Tech-thrash one. After an entirely generic affair with not one progressive hint in Rrröööaaarrr Voivod entirely reinvent themselves and 180 for this one. A mad masterclass in sophosticated dissonanct, eerie riffs and melodies combined with punky rawness. Incredible.
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| 4.0 excellent | Chino smoking it up! | September 24th 18 |
deaththrash with a punk vibe going proggy? so its awesome in that way. Bad production but
everything is audible. I didn't have a clew that this was being made when I was four X) m/ Faves:
Tornado; This is not an exercise; Cockroaches
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| 4.0 excellent | fullautorpg | February 28th 18 |
A classic Thrash album from a band that deserves to be more well known. I'm not the biggest fan of Snake's vocals, but Piggy's guitar work is truly fantastic. An excellent album.
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| 4.5 superb | Tyrone Peisker | November 27th 17 |
Produced by Harris Johns (Sodom, Kreator, Pestilence), this classic 1987 sci-fi-based thrash metal
masterpiece, the band were influenced by mostly Hardcore Punk and Crossover Thrash bands rather
than Metal bands.Though the members were into Kreator, Venom and Motorhead, they did form around
the time of the Hardcore Punk beginnings and the New wave of British Heavy Metal. Released in
April 1987, and reissued in 1991 on CD with the two Cockroaches (1987) single tracks, Killing
Technology features all what you need in Thrash Metal. Featuring the classic catchy tunes of songs
like Killing Technology, Overreaction, Ravenous Medicine and This is not an Exercise and the
classic riffs on songs such as Killing Technology, Overreaction, Tornado, Forgotten in Space,
Ravenous Medicine and Order of the Blackguards, Killing Technology not only is a solid record, but
it also is catchy, and clever. With crunching riffs, throbbing bass, fast drums, classic vocals
and fast, solid and aggressive moments, Killing Technology deserves a well-ridden four and a half
stars out of five! A true thrash metal masterpiece packed full of jamming-great fun!
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| 4.4 superb | praise jimmy EMERITUS | April 20th 14 |
An exercise in progressive metal. This is most definitely not an exercise otherwise.
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| 0.0 | andrikos | September 20th 11 |
This was a mistaken rating. No way this album is just "good". It is an excellent album from one of the most influential, yet unknown, metal bands of all times...
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