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Source: www.voivod.com/warriors.html
Respected. Influential. Sometimes difficult, usually godlike, always amazing. Voivod is possibly the most creative band to master the metal form. For the bands who keeps fans on the edge of their seats, the band who consistently |
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Source: www.voivod.com/warriors.html
Respected. Influential. Sometimes difficult, usually godlike, always amazing. Voivod is possibly the most creative band to master the metal form. For the bands who keeps fans on the edge of their seats, the band who consistently delivers, 2003 will be a landmark year. It marks entry into their third decade. It marks the band's 13th full-length album. It welcomes back a key member and brings into the fold a man of ability and experience. 2003 will be a year of vindication for everyone - bands and fans - as their latest offering, the 13-song monster simply titled Voivod, carries on the tradition of moving metal forward into new dimensions.
2003 represents the strongest Voivod lineup yet: ever-present members Away (Michel Langevin, drums) and Piggy (Denis D'Amour, guitar) are joined by original vocalist Snake (Denis Belanger) and longtime friend/noise conspirator Jasonic (Jason Newsted - formerly of Metallica). A sonic brain trust like this comes along rarely, and as Voivod reflects, they have made the most of it. This is a very special band.
Voivod began by cranking out Venom, Motorhead, Tank and Judas Priest covers in 1982, but it didn't take long for their muse to take hold, as original songs like "Condemned To The Gallows," "Voivod," "Warriors Of Ice" and "Blower" came to life shortly thereafter. By 1984, the quartet of Away, Piggy, Snake and original bassist Blacky were offered an appearance on Metal Blade's Metal Massacre compilation series. Their first album, War And Pain, followed. It brought the band to global notoriety thanks to its frightening amalgam of ugly noise and youthful spontaneity. Capitalizing on the debut's most chaotic aspects, 1986's Rrrooaaarrr offered diseased clusters of thrashing, headache-inducing warheads. The band's unique vision came crashing headlong into 1987 with their first truly progressive album, Killing Technology. Boasting a spacier yet no less teeth-rattling adventure, K.T. remains a high point in the band's discography. The album's technical noise-metal epics like "Forgotten In Space" and "Overreaction" merely hinted at what was to come on 1988's Dimension: Hatross, which remains one of the most innovative albums in the metal genre. Its ebb and flow is clearly the work of songwriting prodigies answering their true call. No surprise, then, when 1989's Nothingface capitalized on the lab-borne science-metal of Hatross while injecting a heightened sense of accessibility. A landmark tour with Soundgarden and Faith No More brought the band roaring into the '90s.
Voivod's cosmic drama played out in the new decade with two albums that, while not unanimously acclaimed upon release, have become legendary among their fan base. Angel Rat (1991) and The Outer Limits (1993) are each textbook definitions of "ahead-of-its-time." People who didn't understand them then - journalists, musicians and fans alike - have been heard singing their praises in recent years.
With Blacky out after Angel Rat and Snake exiting after The Outer Limits, Voivod unleashed the ferocious album in 1995's Negatron. With bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, the trio continued the hard-hitting space-metal vibe while easing the pace and offering huge slabs of hypnotic sound on Phobos (1997). Following that, a bits-and-pieces release (Kronik, 1999) and a live album (Voivod Lives, 2000) were deemed necessary in marking that era of the band's development.
Surely, the news of a new Voivod with Snake is big. The fact that the album is as strong as it makes it even bigger. Add to that the presence of Jason Newsted and Voivod is so utterly convincing. The relationship between Jason and Voivod actually goes a long way back, even before his Metallica days. Jason: "This is a longtime friendship - an almost 20-year friendship - that has remained. We've always kept a bright spot for each other. This has been a long time coming. This was meant to be. I'm truly convinced of that. It's just a fantastic thing we have here."
The musical seeds between Voivod and Newsted were laid in the early '90s, when Away, Piggy and Jasonic wrote some songs together under the banner of TARRAT. (Phobos' "M-Body" evolved from those sessions.) Away adds, "We kept jamming with Jason through the years because we really get along, musically and spiritually. It was bound to happen that he would be part of Voivod eventually. You can really feel the excitement on the album. Everybody has something to prove."
Voivod rips and roars throughout its 60-minute duration. No filler, no dumbing down, no bullshit. Adds Jason: "We know what this band has to offer, the longtime fans and friends know what this band is about, and now we're going to show VOIVOD to the rest of the world! That's the name of the band, that's the name of the album."
This is Voivod
This is Voivod.
Blast off...
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Phobos (1997)
1. Rise
ANARK
NEURO-PERFECT
LIES SLEEPING IN DEATH
NETHER DARKNESS UNDERGROUND
SCARED SILENCE
NOT A SOUND
DEMOK
META-CONTROL
OUT GOES THE SIGNAL
RADIATION FROM THE SKY
ACTIVATION
SECOND LIFE
NOW SEE THE NEW LIGHT RISE
ANARK RETURNS TO EARTH
OUT INTO THE WORLD
RESTORATION OVER ALL
NETHER DARKNESS AS BEFORE
NOW SEE THE NEW LIGHT RISE
NOW SEE THE NEW NIGHT RISE
MUST OVERCLOUD
DARK LIKE BEFORE...
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2. Mercury
REBORN
IN NEED OF ENERGY
REFORM TO BRING ON ANARCHY
CAN'T YOU SEE
TOU MUST BE
RETURN OF THE FORGETTEN RACE
TONIGHT THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE
YOU MUST BE
CAN'T YOU SEE
VITAL DEMON
SPIRIT OF ZOTH
TOXIC VAPOR
LEADER OF SOULS
YOU WILL BE
YOU WILL SEE
ANARK
TRANSMUTE
BECOME THE MOON
ZOTH IS FREE
MERCURY
ZOTH IS FREE
ANARCHY
ANARK
CONCLUDE
REFORM
RENEW
RETURN
CONQUER ONCE AGAIN... | riff_master |
3. Phobos
COMPLETE WORLD CONTROL
DESIGN THE SIGNAL
LOG ON
SPY WED SATELLITE
NETWORK SPIDER SITE
DIGITAL NEURONS
DTA SYSTEM ON
ENTER MASTERPLAN
LOCKED ON
GLOBAL MULTI-SCAN
RESTART FEAR PROGRAM
VIRTUAL READOUT
DATA SYSTEM DOWM
EXIT MASTERPLAN
LOG OUT
PHOBOS MOON
DYING STAR
PHOBOS DOOM
LYING STAR... | riff_master |
4. Bacteria
CLOUDS AND FOG COVER THE EARTH
DREAD AND FEAR HAVE NOW RETURNED
RED RAINFALLS POISON THE SKY
BLOOD AND DEATH FOR YEARS AND MORE
CHEMICAL INFECTION ON ITS WAY
SYNTHESIZED CORRUPTION AND DECAY
PURE DECAY
DEAD PLANET
VIRUS UNKNOWN
PLAGUE AND CURSE FALL ON THE GLOBE
CHEMICAL INFECTION ON ITS WAY
SYNTHESIZED CORRUPTION AND DECAY
PARASITE
ONE BACTERIA OUT TO SPREAD
ONE BACTERIA AND YOU'RE DEAD... | riff_master |
5. The Tower
HE IS ANARK
CAN YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF THE PHANTOM BELL
PEOPLE GATHER AROUND
BURN IN HIS HALF-WORLD HELL
PROTO-OVERMAN
USER OF THE DEAD HAND
TO THE TOWER
HE IS ANARK
SCREAMS THAT CALM THE WIND
HEAR THE BLACK BIRDS SHRIEK
DEATH IS YOUR LAST BREATH
WE HAVE ONE ENEMY
PROTO-OVERMAN
USER OF THE DEAD HAND
TO THE TOWER
HE IS ANARK
DARK DANCE
BREAK OF DUSK
COLD WIND
TIME TO KILL
EYES CLOSED
SEE HIS BLOOD
FEAR NOT TOMORROW WILL
PROTO-OVERMAN
USER OF THE DEAD HAND
TO THE TOWER... | riff_master |
6. Quantum
HIGH IN HIS TOWER
POWER OF POWERS
NO ONE CAN REACH HIM
NONE SHALL DEFEAT HIM
DOWN WITH THE HATED
QUANTUM SUPER STATE
QUANTUM HYPER PHASE
CORE THE ATOM
CONFIGURE THE CLONE
UNDERGO PROCESS
UNFORSEEN EFFECT
ALTER THE STRUCTURE
SHELL OF SUB-MATTER
QUANTUM SUPER STATE
QUANTUM HYPER PHASE
QUANTUM SHADOW-SELF
DUPLICATE
REPLICATE
MULTIPLY
SUBDIVIDE
MODULATE
HARMONIZE
QUANTUM SUPER STATE
QUANTUM HYPER PHASE
QUANTUM SHADOW-SELF... | riff_master |
7. Neutrino
PROGRAM CORRECTION
REPRESS RESISTANCE
RECALL CONSTRUCTION
REASET DEAD PEOPLE
REPRESS
CONSTRUCT
REPRESS
STRONG MIND CONTROL
DARK NEUTRINO
LOW-FREQUENCY
FALSE MEMEORY
NO COMPROMISE
ALL HOPE DENIED
PLANET CREATION
PSYCHO TRANSFORMRER
SUBJECT RETENTION
RESET DEAD PEOPLE
CONSTRUCT
REPRESS... | riff_master |
8. Forlorn
NOW I'VE COME BACK
CRUSING THE DAY MY MAKER TOOK
MY STRENGTH AWAY
PLANET CONTROL
TO SAVE MY WORLD
MISSION COMPLETE
THOUGH I AM WEAK
LOST IN THIS WORLD
I AM FORLORN
LOSS OF THIS WORLD
I AM FORLORN
I FIGHT ALONE
ME WITH MY SELVES
BATTLING GHOSTS
PART OF THIS HELL
GIVE ME SOME REST
I FEEL SO OLD
MY BLOOD IS DRAINED
TURNING ME COLD
LOST IN THIS WORLD
FEELING FORLORN
LOSS OF THIS WORLD
I AM FORLORN
LOST IN THIS WORLD
FEELING FORLORN
LOSS OF THIS WORLD
I AM ALONE
SHADOWS HERE
IN THIS PLACE
PLANET FEAR
DEATH IS NEAR
ANARK MY GIVEN NAME
CLOSE MY EYES
FADE AWAY... | riff_master |
9. M-Body
SCRAPE THE BUILD-UP OFF MY TONGUE
DON'T COUGH
YOU'LL HURT MY LUNG
MAKE ME HIGH AND MAKE ME NUMB
JUST DO IT
YOU WONT LOOK DUMB
SQUARE INTO A CIRCLE MAKE IT FIT
NEVER MIND AND MAKE SURE OF IT
STUFFING ONE BIRD INTO ANOTHER
I'M WAY OVER HERE
I'M WITH YOU BROTHER
RULED BY THE VOICE THAT TELLS YOU
TO GO ON AND DESTROY THOSE CELLS
KILL MORE 'TIL YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
NO BUZZ DAY AIN'T NO DAY
CHOP A BREATHING HOLE IN MY VICE
NO THANKS MAN
I'M FEELING NICE
A FOOLISH HEART FOREVER YOUNG
SCRAPE THE BUILD-UP OFF MY TONGUE
SNATCH UP THE STONE HOLD ON TIGHT
'TIL NIGHT IS DAY AND DAY IS NIGHT
AS I TALK TO ME LISTENING THE VOICE
THE VOICE INSIDE IS MY SINGING... | riff_master |
10. 21st Century Schizoid Man
CAT'S FOOT IRON CLAW
NEURO-SURGEONS SCREAM FOR MORE
AT PARANOIA'S POISON DOOR
TWENTY FIRST SCHISOID MAN.
BLOOD RACK BARBED WIRE
POLITICIANS' FUNERAL PYRE
INNOCENTS RAPED WITH NAPALM FIRE
TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN.
DEATH SEED BLIND MAN'S GREED
POETS' STARVING CHILDREN BLEED
NOTHING HE'S GOT HE REALY NEEDS
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