Killing Technology
| Killing Technology | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 2, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | November 27 – December 14, 1986 | |||
| Studio | Music Lab, West Berlin, Germany | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:49 47:43 (with bonus tracks) | |||
| Label | Cobra (Canada) Combat/Noise (US) Noise International (rest of the world) | |||
| Producer | Voivod & Harris Johns | |||
| Voivod chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 8.0/10[3] |
| Sputnikmusic | 5.0/5[4] |
Killing Technology is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock in the band's thrash metal sound. According to interviews contemporary to the release of Killing Technology, by 1986 Voivod were more influenced by hardcore punk and crossover bands than by other metal bands, with only Kreator and Motörhead still appreciated by all band members.[citation needed] Estimated sales are more than 60,000 copies worldwide.
A music video was made for the song "Ravenous Medicine".
The cassette and CD edition includes the two tracks from the Too Scared to Scream / Cockroaches single.
Track listing
[edit]All songs were written by Voivod. Lyrics by Snake.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Killing Technology" | 7:33 |
| 2. | "Overreaction" | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Tornado" | 6:02 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Too Scared to Scream" | 4:14 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Forgotten in Space" | 6:10 |
| 6. | "Ravenous Medicine" | 4:33 |
| 7. | "Order of the Blackguards" | 4:28 |
| 8. | "This Is Not an Exercise" | 6:18 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Cockroaches" | 3:40 |
Personnel
[edit]- Voivod
- Snake (Denis Bélanger) – vocals
- Piggy (Denis D'Amour) – guitar, mixing assistant
- Blacky (Jean-Yves Thériault) – bass, mixing assistant
- Away (Michel Langevin) – drums, artwork
- Production
- Harris Johns – producer, engineer, mixing
References
[edit]- ^ Prato, Greg. "Voivod - Killing Technology review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 401. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Stratmann, Holger (1987). "Review Album: Voivod - Killing Technology". Rock Hard (in German). No. 20. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Voivod - Killing Technology". Sputnikmusic. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
