VoiVod - Synchro Anarchy

Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

Four decades, it's a long time of survival, something that few bands can handle. The French Canadians VOIVOD is one of them that continue to put out material that still keeps a high-quality stamp year after year. Amazing and very powerful and yet follow the trail of development from early origins of Punk, via trash path to the more progressive and technical ground where they are atm, a band that always played by their own rules.

"Synchro Anarchy" is the band's 15th studio release and, as fans have come to expect, it is yet is again an incomparable concoction of wild, quirky, and imaginative heaviness. Absolutely wonderful and not a hint of predictability. This record feels very well made, where the band has taken their time to create a proper album without letting go of the reins. Nine tunes that clock in just under fifty minutes.

The album opens up with "Paranormalium" where bizarre riffs and quirky tempos just fall in to the of VOIVOD's trademark. The melodic layers of 70s psychedelia and 80s thrash metal and progressive metal which creates a fun and very enjoyable foundation for Denis "Snake" Bélanger’s nasal vocal who marries in a nice way. The following title tune and "Planet Eaters" continues in the same path of oddly charming and great arrangements which creates a magical flow in the listening nerve. "Mind Clock" opens up with some half paced guitar picks, that slowly build up and the speed incres and the punk attitude winds its way in. The guitar friendly piece "Sleeves Off" has a great groove, partly Scandinavian garage rock mixed up with some MASTEDON progginess. "Holographic Thinking" is a catchy tune with some cool riffing and it's followed by the bass heavy "The World Today" with it's surf-rock vibe gives the album some spice and the bassist Rocky gets the spotlight. The album closes up with "Memory Failure" that wraps up the bag with some heavy riffing and thunderous drums and well written lyrics. "Synchro Anarchy" is a really nice album from the band, well worth the time you will spend with VOIVOD, an album that increase dramatically after each listen. The album was produced by Francis Perron. Released by Century Media Records on February 11th, 2022.

Sum: “Synchro Anarchy” is a great thrashed progressive metal album, get it!

VOïVOD is:
Drums: Michel “Away” Langevin
Voice: Denis “Snake” Belanger
Guitar & backing vocalist: Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain
Bass & backing vocalist: Dominic “Rocky” Laroche

Today's tune is the title tune from "Synchro Anarchy", enjoy!



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Tau Cross - Lazarus

New week, time to crown this weeks "Record of The Week".

TAU CROSS is a punk/metal group of the highest order. Fronted by Rob "The Baron" Miller, vocalist and bassist of the hugely influential UK metallic-punk band AMEBIX, and rounded out by a band that features Michel "Away" Langevin from VOIVOD on drums as well as members of cult crust outfit MISERY by guitarist Jon Misery and Andy Lefton from WAR/PLAGUE. TAU CROSS is the natural evolution of Miller's work in AMEBIX.

The self titled début album filled up with tribal rhythms, searing guitars, punkish post riffs and Miller's huge booming crusty voice all set to an apocalyptic atmosphere to create an instant classic that will satisfy the crustiest punks and the blackest metallers.

Already at the first turn of the record I must say, these guys have fun and I just love Millers voice. It's soar deep and heavy, with a dark crust. He gives TAU CROSS a excellent touch to the melodies. The record keeps a very high class standard, from the start to the unusual end. This is an entirely original work that is the organic fusion of four unique people. They have created an album that walks soulful between crust rock to post metal with gothic influences.

TAU CROSS was formed in 2014 to work on material that I had been working on for a new AMEBIX album, initially recording four tracks in L.A with Roy Mayorga before getting in touch with Andy and Jon with a view to playing the guitar parts. Roy became really busy with his other commitments which opened the conversation with Away, who was immediately in the studio working on the drums for the first group Demo. They reworked all the songs from that point on, with another drum studio session in Montreal, whilst Andy and Jon set up a new studio for the guitar tracks in Minneapolis. Meanwhile on Skye, Miller was recording the vocals and bass tracks whilst James was in the process of finishing his own recording studio a few miles down the coastline. The demo was sent around three labels before being picked up by Relapse who are now the band's record label. The album details are soon to be announced.we are all very proud of what we have achieved in this short time together and hope that we will be getting out on the road in the coming year.

The Baron Nov 2014

 

Todays tune "Lazarus" is taken from the self titled début album, released May 19th.



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Voivod - Kluskap O' Kom

Voivod is a Canadian metal band from Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s. Starting out as a speed metal band, Voivod have added a mix of progressive metal and thrash metal to create their own unique metal style.

Since their debut record in 1984, Voivod have released eleven studio albums as well as one EP, one live album, two compilations, seven demos and one DVD featuring a live concert. The band found mainstream success in the late 1980s with the album Nothingface (1989), which was the first Voivod album to enter the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number 114. Voivod's most recent studio album is 2013's Target Earth, their first with the current lineup of Snake (vocals), Chewy (guitar), Blacky (bass) and Away (drums).

Todays tune "Kluskap O' Kom" is taken from the sixteenth album "Target Earth", which was released on January 22, 2013. This is the first Voivod studio album to feature Daniel Mongrain on guitar (replacing the late Denis D'Amour) and the first since 1991's Angel Rat with Jean-Yves Thériault on bass. Video created by Nicola Piovesan, support him visiting his page here!



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Voivod - The Getaway

Legends, cult and innovators, dear child has many names. All this fits in to the Canadians in Voivod, one of the most prestigious in the genre.

The band was formed nearly thirty years ago and from that originally have been a pure speed metal band, developed sound with elements of both thrash and progressive metal and the classic Voivod sound was a fact. The debut album "War & Pain " was in the record stores in 1984 and to date there has been a further 10 studio albums. The so-called commercial breakthrough came in 1989 with the album "Nothing Face", which even found its way onto the Billboard charts. 2005 the band was hit by tragedy when guitarist and one of grujdarna, Piggy (Denis D'Amour), died as a result of cancer. This caused the band for a while was at rest, but 2008 was hoisted the Voivodflag again. The latest studio given "Infini" was released in 2009 and consists of material recorded before the death of Piggy.

Voivod 1986

Voivod 2006

Voivod 2009

The band went to Sweden and Sweden Rock Festival a few years ago and now it is time again to set foot on a Swedish stage.
This time offers Sweden's toughest reservation companies enter into an exclusive gig with the band.

Location: KB, Malmö, Date: 22 / 4

Todays tune ”The Getaway” is taken from the fourteenth album, and the eleventh studio album ”Katorz", and was released on July 25, 2006. The name of the album is phonetic for "quatorze", the French word for fourteen.

The album features tracks recorded by him. It is also their second release with bassist Jason Newsted (formerly of Metallica). The song, "The X-Stream", is included in Guitar Hero II.



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