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Poll Question: Which of those three albums is your fave one?
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    Posted: October 10 2022 at 08:11

This poll could as well be in the Prog Polls, but it's so crowded there for the time being.
Anyway, Voivod albums from the '80s are surely some of the serious business Metal, 
and you can choose between the three generally most appreciated ones. 
Hopefully, your fave is amongst them.

Please, leave a post with your choice and maybe a comment, and enjoy it! Tongue


Edited by David_D - January 10 2023 at 13:39
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Nothingface
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."



Music Is Live

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.



Keep Calm And Listen To The Music…
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I join you with Nothingface, Geekfreak.
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The Canadian Voivod was formed in 1982, and the band's very eclectic Metal style has been much influential, 
of course especially on Metal bands but other too - amongst them, Anekdoten.
The most persistent members have been:


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Dimension Hatross for me, although all three records are absolutely phenomenal. I think the reason Dimension hits me just a bit harder is that it perfectly bridged the thrash intensity of their first few records with the prog stylings of Nothingface and Outer Limits. And considering I'm a huge fan of both eras, it's like having my cake and eating it too Smile
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Originally posted by Necrotica Necrotica wrote:

Dimension Hatross for me, although all three records are absolutely phenomenal. I think the reason Dimension hits me just a bit harder is that it perfectly bridged the thrash intensity of their first few records with the prog stylings of Nothingface and Outer Limits. And considering I'm a huge fan of both eras, it's like having my cake and eating it too Smile

thank you very much for this very good and enjoyable comment, Necrotica  Tongue
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Yes, I agree with Necrotica and got nothing to add.
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Voivod was born in Jonquiére, a town with pulp, paper and aluminium factories churned unceasingly, spewing smoke 
and generating a perpetual mechanical din. The drummer, Michel Langevin, could have nightmares because of the 
sounds from these factories, and the band's lyrics are much about something industrial, mechanical and cold, as well 
as the band's sound is much industrial, cold and heavy.

Here a sample of the lyrics from the album Nothingface:

           "The Unknown Knows"  (excerpt)

Talk to me you flying shadows
Wandering into the ozone stew
Keep your myths from the embryos
Who would misconstrue
Anything new
An outright official fiasco
Can you shiled me
From the drastic truth

Btw, a very good book about the more experimenting Metal is Jeff Wagner's 
Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal (2010).


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I have to admit that Nothingface with its dissonant and complex sonic attack is yet quite a bit of a challenge for me 
to listen to, as well as the artwork is a challenge for my sensitive and in some ways conservative mind, even I also 
find it to be very creative and one of the very best from the 80's.  Plus that even I've got this album on vinyl, 
the digital recording and mixing of it make the sound extra hard and "hitting". But I can imagine that after some 
years and many listenings, I'll become very fond of this album - unless I'll become a bit too old for that kind. Big smile

- Some special circumstances are though that I've just got cleaned my ears for wax, and thus my hearing is extra
sensitive now. 


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       To me the strange and constantly fierce sounds of Dimension Hatröss are a rather unpenetrable land - at least for the time 
being, and I'd also say that Dimension Hatröss seems even more original today than Nothingface.

Anyway, I certainly find Voivod to be an interesting acquiantance, recommended for the heavy adventurers. Big smile





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I can also tell that after very recently adding Nothingface to my collection, I think that I've got enough of dissonant and hard-edged
music at least for a good while. Big smile
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I still think there might be some more people here who can be fond of these Voivod 80's albums, and it's good Christmas music. Big smile
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


I still think there might be some more people here who can be fond of these Voivod 80's albums, and it's good Christmas music. Big smile
Two posts by yourself in October, one in November and this one just now. No contributions by anybody else in between. Sometimes it's better to just admit to yourself that you made a poll or whatever that didn't spark a whole lot of interest. Voivod is a bigger band/name outside of PA, really. I quite like them, but I think you should let this one die out - if it doesn't get ressurected by someone who's not you.
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I guess you have a point there, Saperlip, but anyway one more post of mine with a very excellent 1989 video of some songs 
from Nothingface performed live:



Enjoy it and happy New Year! Tongue


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What a great run!!!

today i can´t decide between Dimension Hatross and Nothingface, probably vote today for Nothingface.

Love Angel Rat too, to catchy! and the phenomenal Phobos, what a great band!
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Voted Nothingface. Also enjoy the early 90s releases. Angel Rat and the Outer Limits.
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I've always been underwhelmed by Nothingface. Dimension Hatross for me all the way

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Originally posted by Progmind Progmind wrote:

What a great run!!!

today i can´t decide between Dimension Hatross and Nothingface, probably vote today for Nothingface.

Love Angel Rat too, to catchy! and the phenomenal Phobos, what a great band!

Owing 12 Voivod albums, I think you're a true aficionado of this band, Progmind.
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