Killing Technology

I had tried in vain about a year or so ago to buy this disc with no luck. It is probably due to the untimely passing of Denis "Piggy" D'Amour that "Killing Technology" is readily available now. When considering great bands of the past, how many had guitarists so original and innovative that without that person, the identity of the band would fall apart? Unlike tons of outfits out there who can easily replace shred guitar players, only a relative few ever truly reshaped the guitar landscape. Some were famous - Hendrix, Van Halen, Frank Zappa (don't even mention Eric Clapton to me)- some not so famous but no less influential. Piggy was hailed in super heavy metal circles and relatively unknown outside them, which is a travesty. Beginning with their third CD "Killing Technology", Voi Vod tossed aside the by-the-numbers thrash of their first two mediocre albums and suddenly became one of metal's most innovative outfits, ever. Industrial without computers and synthesizers. Alien and hostile and so futuristic the tunes will still sound fresh 50 years from now. Piggy's vast chordal knowledge, along with volumes up to 11, created a maelstrom of metallic fallout. "Killing Technology" starts off with the title track that tells us something is definitely up, and by the third song, "Tornado", we've been swept into a sonic vortex as brutal as its lyrical topic. No plain old power chords here. "Ravenous Medicine" may be the most accessible tune, but only barely so. In short, metal took a gigantic leap forward with this and its follow-up, the positively brilliant "Dimension: Hatross". Both CD's could have made a fine double album, such is the seemless groove between them. The metal world lost a great pioneer with Piggy's passing. Let us hope his work was not in vain, and that Voi Vod eventually gets the credit it's due as one of the most original and powerful metal bands ever.

My first thoughts and many others when listening to this album back in the 80's was WOW these guys sound like NO OTHER! This is some type of Intergallactic Cyber punk metal it seems! These Canadians put you on a trip on this album. Low neck, high speed guitaring and high neck distorted bass riffs is what voivod is all about. Lots of strange time changes just fit right in aswell. I cant say enough good things about voivod and this album, if your into experimental space exploration metal check this out. My other most favs from voivod are Nothingface and Dimention Hatross. Older stuff like AARrrrr is cool, anger rat started to fall off.

One of the most important thrash records of the 80's. And almost unknown to todays young listeners.

If you don't like Voivod, there's not much to say. These guys are classic, definitely a top-notch band. Their genre could be described as "progressive thrash metal", and progressive in a very literal way (rather than "stereotypical 70's prog + thrash"), to me the riffs and overall songwriting feels surprisingly innovative and forward-thinking. No moments on the album could be considered bad, but I can definitely see some tracks (like the title track) catching some listeners off-guard and being a bit too "weird". I know it was for me, at first. But after I digested the music, I really enjoyed it. Overall, this is a great album, go buy it!

Top notch

Solid remastering, with some cool bonus material. A must have for collectors.

This was my introduction to the world of Korgull and Voivod and Ive never looked back. Far ahead of its time and all we can do now is keep watching the skies and thank Piggy.

Along with Watchtower and Fates Warning, Voivod were the pioneers of prog metal in the 80's. I haven't listened to Voivod much, but when i do, i always find it interesting. Prog metal is really my cup of tea and i think this is a classic. For me as a pacifist, i find the lyrics very good. They show how ugly the world is with all these "killing technologies".

I was looking to buy this record for a long time, my favorite Voivod album, finally got it with the new box set.Voivod is an unique band, you either like or dislike them, but there are not many bands like Voivod and i like that fact.When i started to listen to metal it was hard to digest Voivod, i had 'Nothingface' and 'War and Pain' first and it was hard to digest and like them.Although 'War and Pain' is more thrashy which i like, but 'Nothingface' was another level, too progy, spacy and weirdy.Then i discovered 'Killing Technology' and 'Dimention Hatross' and fell in love with the band, it was hard to to get copies of those two albums,and finally with the new reissue had to put my hands on them.This album is so fun and thrashy, love it from the beginning to the end, and the title song is the best example for how powerful and strong the album is.Top tracks: 'Killing Technology', 'Tornado', 'Forgotten in Space' and 'Ravenous Medicine'.Also, the album is easier to digest than the other albums, which is good excuse why it is the favorite album by many fans.For whoever does not know Voivod, i would recommend to start with this album before anything else.

Although A little rough around the edges; K T is A very interesting Album. This is the point of Voivods' career where they investigate the idea of prog/thrash and mix it with Sci Fi lyric themes. Even though Voivod are still in the development stage here, the musicianship is still competent enough to pull off some very good ideas. The vocals can be shouty at times, but if that doesn't put you off, this is A TOP album!

Classic album.there were a few thrash bands that were always doing something a bit different and this is one of those albums and bands

fantastic album .Epic style journey into future shock thrash metal. I loved this album when it came out and it ain't dated ,with lyrics still relevant today!

a nice change

I heard some of it before and loved it. Thrash metal. What a great guitarist Piggy (rest in peace) A Fantastic noise with fun and some light bits in it. They were a really inventive and unique band and will be sorely missed.

Den boomenden Metal Anfang der 80'er habe ich voll mitgemacht. Die Metalsbands schossen wie Pilze aus dem Boden. Es konnte nie hart und heftig genug werden. Was konnte nach Venoms Black Metal oder Exciters Heavy Metal Maniac noch kommen? Voivod! Mit dem Erstling War and Pain begang das grausame Vorankommen des Voivods, einem Überlebenden eines Atomkrieges. Er machte sich seine Welt zu Untertan und gelangte über das All hinaus auch in einen Mikrokosmos. Diese Geschichte wird durch die ersten vier Alben erzählt. Die vom Drummer dazu entworfenen Cover sind dabei sowas von zutreffend... Die Musik, die Cover und die Ideen zum Voivod zeigen ein abgerundetes Projekt. Mit Killing Technoloy tritt der Voivod ins All, um sich dort seinen Machtanspruch zu sichern. Im Gegensatz zum älteren Silberling ist nach meiner Meinung die neue Auflage deutlich aufgeräumter (soweit man bei Voivod von aufgeräumt reden kann) und kraftvoller im Bass und bringt den spacigen Sound mehr nach vorn. Es bleibt mein Lieblingsalbum dieser Band. Das Bonusmaterial ist für Fans wertvoll. Die ersten vier Alben habe ich noch auf Vinyl und gebe ich auch nicht her. Voivod hat mich über Jahre begleitet und seit den 80'ern ist sehr viel passiert im Bereich "Metal". Diese Band zeigte mit dabei immer wieder, wie genial sie eigentlich war.

Voïvod in all its glory, this LP sounds really good, a must have.

e qui comincia la grande avventura per questa magnifica e importante band d'oltreoceano la varieta' stilistica gli inserti progressivi nell'accezione piu estrema ricalcando gli stilemi del piu classico thrash

Excelente disco y a un precio inmejorable

Es ist das erneute Aufbäumen einer musikalischen Naturgewalt. Haben Voivod mit dem selbst betitelten Erstlingswerk und dem gewaltigen Thrash-Sturm RÖÖÖAAAR bereits Geschichte geschrieben, verbinden die Kanadier bei Killing Technology harte Riffs und donnernden Soundgewitter mit markanten und ganz eigenen progressiven Spielmelodien, die einmal mehr das unverkennbare Kennzeichen dieser Ausnahmeband waren (und immer noch sind). Es gab hunderte verdammt guter Thrash-Bands im achtziger und neunziger Metal-Universum. Aber keine hat im Rückblick eine deratige spannende, ausdrucksstarke Entwicklung wie Voivod hingelegt. Und der fraglos wichtigste Meilenstein neben Dimension Hatröss ist und bleibt das große, geniale Überwerk Killing Technolgy!!!

everything fine 5/5

Très bien décrit

Excellent rapport qualité prix !2CD et 1DVD pour le prix d'un CD seul, l'album en lui même est super, il est intéressant d'avoir des demos, interviews, shows de l'aire Killing Technology (enregistrés avec les moyens de l'époque...) pour tous les amateurs de l'album et de Voivod !

Another great Voivod