Conference napalm::heavy_metal

452.0. "Voivod" by USCTR1::KGALLANT (Diamond shinin' bright in the rain) Mon May 14 1990 19:45

    
    
    	Hmmm... Doing a dir/title=voivod didn't come up with a topic
    	for these dudes.  So what better way is there than to start
    	with an article from Rip Magazine.
    
    	Copied without permission from the July issue under "Gig
    	of the Month."
    
    	Call it metalpsychedlicfunk.  Hats off to the twisted, beautiful
    	mind that put these three together!  Each has made a seriously
    	loud dent in the wheezing metalscene in their own way, but
    	on the same bill in one night?  It becomes the prize even noted
    	in every kid's ticket-stub scrapbook.  Amazing what kind of
    	mind-trips music can take on you.
    
    	...Headliners Voivid?  In a word, BIG.  "Nothingface" is one
    	of the best albums of the year, but is a lot of music to
    	digest live.  I preferred "Tornado" and "Tribal Convictions"
    	from 'Dimension Hatross' and "Ravenous Medicine" from
    	'Killing Technology' but their tribute to Syd Barrett on 
    	"Astronomy Domine" is the ultimate.  The crowd, somewaht thinner
    	than at the evening's start, seemed hypnotized by Snake during
    	"The Unknown Knows," "Missing Sequences" and "Into My
    	Hypercube" (Break out those Larry Niven sci-fi novels!)  A
    	bright fluorescent light show and very loud monitors (especially
    	on Away's drum kit) made for a great, if long set.  Not a 
    	movie to see twice, but you're glad you saw it all the same.
    
    			- Kim Kaiman
    
    
    	Tigga~~~~
    	

    You got a reply at last! I got Nothing Face last night,so i haven`t
    been able to fully digest it. On first impressions,i thought it
    was one of the most original and wacky albums i`ve heard in a long
    long time.Definetly the product of warped imaginations!! 
    
    I`ll definelty be checking out their other albums
    
    Capt Cook
    

    
    	I finally brought "Nothingface" with me yesterday, and list-
    	ened to it on the way home.  Very strange, and very Pink Floyd-
    	ish instrumentally.  The lyrics could have been alot better and
    	more intelligible.
    
    	I LOVE the intro to "The Unknown Knows"!!  Starts out with a
    	VERY bassy rumble effect [get ready to "clear out" your ears
    	a couple times during this!!], and then when the guitar kicked
    	in ... it scared me so much I almost went through the f***ing
    	roof of the car!!
    
    							GTI