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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
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Malcolm Dome

“These bikers came bursting into our place. I’m sure we would have been killed”: how violence, rocket attacks and the Cold War helped Voivod make 80s prog-thrash masterpiece Dimension Hatröss

A press shot of Voivod in their early days.

Voivod emerged from the early 80s thrash scene, but they soon headed off in their own, brain-frying direction. Released in 1988, the Canadian band’s fourth album, Dimension Hatröss, was a groundbreaking fusion of metal, prog and industrial music. In 2005, drummer Michel ‘Away’ Langevin and late guitarist Denis ‘Piggy’ D’Amour looked back on the making of a record that was years ahead of its time.


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