Best of
One of the most unusual and intriguing metal bands to date, Voivod blended the surrealism of space rockers like Pink Floyd and Can with the barreling noise of hardcore metalheads such as Motorhead and Venom. During Voivod's early years (1984-1987), their music was more pulverizing than conceptual, but as they evolved, they augmented their songs with multi-textured progressive rock rhythms and bizarre lyrics about space travel, alien civilizations, and computerized monsters.The Best of Voivodfeatures 11 mind-bending songs from six of the group's albums, along with the previously unreleased cut "Cockroaches," an infernal mess which probably didn't come out for a reason. There's even an oppressive cover of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine," which clearly indicates what can happen when headbangers take too much acid.--Jon Wiederhorn