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Simply put, Dennis D’Amour is the fallen guitar player who SHOULD be getting all of the magazine coverage and tributes, unlike a certain other dead guitar player whos name also begins with a “D”.
Its a shame Dime is going to steal all of the fame and attention away from Dennis. No one said a thing about the tragedy of when Dennis passed away, but the talentless moron Dimebag Darrle got a media bl*w job when his useless body stoped functioning.
I’m surprised that a poser like J.P. even knows about Voivod or Piggy.
Buy Voivod albums instead of Pantera albums, support musicians with talent.
Pi$$ on Dimes grave.
All hail VoiVod and Piggy you Pantera b!tches.
Rating: 5 / 5
CLASSIC THRASH!!! BUT THIS IS DONE WITH MUCH MORE UNIQUE FLAVOR THAN ANYTHING YOU WILL EVER HEAR AGAIN!!!
Top notch BASS!!! BLACKEY WAS THE MAN!!!!
VOIVOD were not kind to the brain!! VERY EPIC SONG’s!!!
This take’s ”MASTER OF FECES” and throw’s it over the empire state bulding!!
I love the PUNK/HARDCORE feeling to this album!! you can tell that was a huge influence on the VOD!!
WITHOUT THIS..YOU SHALL REMAIN THE POSER YOU ARE!!!!! OR IF YOU JUST NEVER GOT IT..GET IT!!!!!!!!!
MANDATORY FOR THE THRASH FAN!!! OR IF YOU WANT SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT..LOOK NO FURTHER!!
Rating: 5 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
When you listen to this recording, you get the feeling that this isn’t your average hardcore, instrument-thrashing band. The French-Canadian quartet (now a trio) brandishes heavy guitar licks, thumping drum beats, snaring vocals, throws in some unconventional time codes, and laces it all together with the precision and speed of a talented thrashcore band. They just don’t sound like anyone else, with hard-rocking songs like “Tornado,” “Ravenous Medicine,” and “Killing Technology,” and off-beat tempo tracks like “Lost in Space,” and “Too Scared to Scream.” What makes them different is the futuristic themes Voivod sings about, cyber-ghouls, intergalactic loneliness, etc.
Rating: 4 / 5
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”.
Rating: 5 / 5