For my review of Killing Technology I wrote: My introduction to Voivod was the Rrroooaaarrr album real time in 1986. I thought it was terrible and couldn't understand the buzz the band was receiving back then. Subsequently I ignored the group, despite continuing rave reviews, until I walked into a local Dallas record store in late 1989 and their new album Nothingface had just been released. The store owner convinced me to buy it, saying it wasn't anything like what I'd heard from the band prior. Boy, was he right. I thought it was great (still do), and that's a story for another day.
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And here we are, finally revisiting the title that drew me back to Voivod. Nothingface is almost the opposite of Killing Technology, at least in terms of production and approach. One is messy and raw, the other polished and professional. Both are subtlely complex. Voivod had clearly ingested lots of Rush and Pink Floyd before entering the studio. Much was made of them covering Syd Barrett era Floyd, something metal bands weren't doing at the time. That same store owner above (who was young like me at the time) saw this album as the future of metal. Not so much the exact sound, but rather the inventiveness and willingness to stretch the boundaries of what metal could be. That was spot-on analysis.
Ownership: LP: 2022 Real Gone. Single sleeve. Pink/Blue swirl vinyl. I screwed up on this one. Back in the day, I went forward with a CD and let the original LP I bought above go. Obtained this version with trade credit at What's Left here in Colorado Springs. It's Hipster Essentials, but I'd be fine getting an original instead. Typically I'd just keep the CD, but it wasn't mint either. Damn what was I thinking? I wasn't... clearly.
1989; 2013; 3/23/23 (new entry)
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