Worlds Away - Voivod & the art of Michel Langevin

Zer! I have been obsessed by Voïvod since that day in May 1984 when I bought "war and pain" merely because of the cover art (and because it was released on Metal Blade, and I had just bought "Haunting the chapel", zerrrrrrrrrrr). I really had no idea what to expect musically (zer, I sure did hope to get some intense noise, but in those days you could buy something that looked heavy and end-up with a Scorpions rehash like Trance, or light pseudo thrash like Savage Grace, Omen or Lääz Rockit). Zer, so naturally on the first listen Voïvod completely blew me away (zer) like nothing else, not even Slayer. It was like re-discovering Venom and Discharge. I was flattened. I was wondering how human beings could get to produce such a perfect album. Then I proceeded to carve the Voïvod logo on every table in my high-school. 25 years later, now that we are old, fat and rotting, we can enjoy the comfort of a 30 years+ long retrospective of the art of Voïvod in a single book, and a very nice one at that. Large, glossy and full of anecdotes, like a long interview/bio that does not focus on the art only. It's an interesting read if you're a Voïvod addict (if not, eat a rat), but of course the art is the main course here with full pages renditions of the Voïvod album covers and many other incredible and creepy paintings and drawings from Mr. Langevin's portfolio. Got my copy on Saturday, merci Millenium! M. Langevin was there, so I asked for a signature. My first autographed item ever... ZERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!R!R!R !R! R! !RR!! R !! Order the book Buy the book in Montreal, signed by Michel Langevin

Voivod - infini

Another gem I bought this week-end (zerxcellent digipak) and played 6 times in 2 days: the new Voivod "Infini" that you can dl from Classic Extreme Metal. IMHO "Infini" is simply a masterpiece, slightly better than the hypra excellent "Katorz" - the class of the musical plots of "dimension hatross" | "nothingface" with immense grooves and rocking amounts of zer. Much, much better than the weak alt|stoner s/t album of 2002. Less thrash than they used to (I love the Eric Forrest years too), more gloom of sonic elaborate wizardry and progressive groove - VOIVOD ZERRRRRRRRR!R!R!RR !R!! ! !!!!!!!! R! R! !RRRR R!R!R! R!R!R!R !R!!!R R! Be zer! Buy Infini now! Piggy RIP zer. death metal! So here finishes a vital wall of metal history that started for me when I bought "war and pain" just because of the evil artwork and song titles (I've always loved the blind-buying experience, still to this day, it's like a glory-hole but with a record, amazing except when you end up with some Earth Crisis) - FNAC Bellecour mai 1984 zer! Voivoooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!! Merci pour 25 ans de plaisirs solitaires stéréophoniques.