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Rating: Always among my favorite artists not only in the realm of metal; the Canadian Voivod deserve enormous respect for their consistency, the dedication they've shown in their endless career that began in the early eighties in the icy province of Quebec; and that still continues today. Thrash Metal in constant evolution without ever pausing; no commercial concessions. Never, ever.
Negatron is the eighth album, released at the end of 1995 during a not particularly idyllic moment. In fact, the historic singer Snake had just left the group in a bad way; they were also dropped by the record label "MCA Records". They are on the brink of a black abyss, just one step away from putting an end to a creative arc that had been intense and deadly until then. But Piggy and Away, the two founding members, do not give in to adverse fate; they want to start again and do so by hiring the almost unknown singer and bassist Eric Forrest.
The resulting album is a product of the turmoil of the time; a heavy work that abandons the Progressive – Psychedelic outbursts of the previous two albums. A partial return to the visceral sound of the beginnings, adding to this rocky industrial partitions. The production and the sounds of all the instruments make the tracks hallucinatory, terrifying in their development; a disproportionate power that leaves one astounded during the listening.
Tremendous, obsessive songs; a new challenge that is once again won. Voivod are frightening right from the initial and apocalyptic "Insect" and in the subsequent "Nanoman" and "Negatron". A killer, inhuman, psychotic machine.
As a term of comparison, they can undoubtedly recall a rogue cross between the cybernetic Thrash of Fear Factory (who in the same year released the absolute Bible of the genre titled "Demanufacture") and the Groove Metal of Pantera's "Far Beyond Driven".
They will go even further, even farther with the subsequent "Phobos".
The subtle audacity of a choice; the courage to be Voivod!!!...COSMIC CONSPIRACY...
Ad Maiora.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Insect (05:42)
Mindless, now you will do as you're told
Restore, worship the god of control
Victims, helpless
New Slave, brain dead
Betray thy god
Facing endless damnation
Prepare, we'll have a new world our own
Regress, withdraw and you'll burn alone
Maintain respect
Obey Insect
Twisting your fate
Facing endless salvation
People from the outside
Craving for utopia
Nowhere near perfection
Future desolation
Join in now, join in now
Join in now, join in now
Promising heaven, celestial home
Inside your head now, insect has grown
There is no problem to analyse
Leaving this wasteland towards the sky
No need to worry, you're in the zone
Mind control fury, whispering tone
Overbearing manipulation
Impure, sadness, manic depression
Victims, helpless
New slave, brain dead
Betray thy god
Facing endless damnation.
02 Project X (04:49)
Living in this age
imminent destruction
soon to leave this earth
and all it's corruption
until the final day comes
they prepare to ride
so long, into orbit
shadowy programs
guaranteed deception
Apollo 2000 is ready for lift off
and at the darkest hour
they head for the sky
so long, into orbit
one way trip into space
soon will start
new human race
Project X has commenced
new world soon
so different, so different
finally have reached
their docking zone
the president and his crew
find a new home
everything seems perfect
then new problems arise
overpopulation
starts when they multiply
so long, into orbit
start a new nation
03 Nanoman (05:11)
Side effects of tunnel vision
Technofix of silicone
Noise that wanders like a liquid
Cyber shaman anarchy
Useless memory transistor
Pressure in my surgery
Nanoman they let you wander
Like a child and then they fill you
Full of things, then you'll turn to
Nanoman
Atomic levels of vibration
Plastic backwards ego freak
Question thinking focus unit
Replicator fog unreal
Nanoman they let you wonder
Like a child and then they fill you
full of things, then you'll turn to
Nanoman
In the age of erosion
The end is signalled by machine
Will can orchestrate the atoms
High pitched metal centuries
Satellites destroy an eye blink
A million atoms dance alone
Nanoman they let you wonder
Like a child and then they fill you
full of things, then you'll turn to
Nanoman...
05 Negatron (07:08)
High, some positron
speeding ion
cruising along
low, down inward flow
magnetosphere
negative glow
now, what's going on
Motive, unclear
There's something wrong
Yes, hypnotronik
Polarity
Rising sun
No, guide lining lead
Generator
Breaks over me
So close to the core
Lay down, here comes
The negatron
Maybe plan a-1 should be
to make a b-line out of here
sub-electrosquad
of vagabond
ultra matter
out, get out of here
nucleonik
vacu-vampire
out, get out of here
you magno void
damn negatron
06 Planet Hell (04:33)
Now, is this real?
Much too real
hell, planet hell
much too real
chemical weapons
burning citizens
body count rising
chaos
digital combat
ruin and debris
decomposed bodies
rancid, planet
hell, planet hell
much too real
deadly enemy
murderous machines
countless homicide
conflict
country vs. country
social anarchy
deconstruct order
anguish, planet
hell, dwell, die, why?
Planet in despair
paralysed with fear
frequent suicide
downfall
technical abuse
nature in decay
nuclear demise
outrage
Hell, dwell, die, why?
Hell, dwell, die...
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