Ranking the Studio Albums: Voivod 

Dimension Hatross is the masterpiece

Every Voivod album is good. I think Angel Rat is underated as hell..

Admired by metal, prog and post punk musicians. A truly own-genre band.

I could listen to Voivod analysis all day. They are the greatest band ever. Soundtrack of my life thru every stage so far.

Absolutely delighted to see you're doing voivod man!!... I'm not surprised you had to bring some other folks on! Thank you for putting your hands into the coals!

The tour that Voivod headlined over Soundgarden and FNM was for Nothingface ,not Dimension Hatross. I actually saw them at a midweek throw in gig in January in my hometown of Lancaster PA, and actually sang the 2nd verse in Astronomy Domine before stage diving for the first and last time ever !!

I am from Jonquiere, the town that Voivod originated from in Quebec province. I knew them, and I jammed before Voivod with Denis D'amours (Piggy). I love them, and always really loved their prog side. Longue vie à Voivod.

Voivod is probably the only band that I love all of their albums, they all have their own charm...what a band!!!!

Damn, nice to see Will doing well and back on his feet !!! Voivod is one of my top 10 fave bands woo hoo ! Nothingface Killing Technology Dimension Hatross The Outer Limits Angel Rat The Wake Phobos War and Pain Target Earth Rrroooaaarrr Voivod Katorz Negatron Infini Possibly the most unique band in metal !!!

Nice to see Will doing well! He has great takes on all of these albums. My favorite from Voivod is Dimension Hatross.

Thank you for ranking the studio albums of Voivod.🎤🎸🎵🥁

My top fave : 1. Nothingface 2. Killing Technology 3. Dimension Hatross 4. The Wake 5. The outer limit

Personally, my favorite is Angel Rat. I was so happy when they played The Prow when I saw them a few years back. I also really like Dimension Hatröss and The Outer Limits. NothingFace and Voivod would probably come next, after that it's pretty interchangeable. And on a side-note, I totally love Death Angel, what a great band. They just keep getting better and better. Glad to see Will healthy, too.

The Wake, Nothingface, Angel Rat, Target Earth, Outer Limits. That latest album is beyond incredible.

Voivoid toured with Rush to support Nothingface. It was on Rush’s Presto tour.

Great to see Will is Healthy. 🤘 Gotta say Nothingface is my favorite.🤘 Peace and be Safe 🤘 Spaghetti Lee

1. Killing Technology (Piggy's best riff's) 2. Nothing Face (Blacky's best bass lines) 3. Dimension Hatross (Away's best performance) 4.The Outer Limits (Snake's best Vocals) 5. War and Pain (Best Debut album) 6. Rrrrrrooooaaaaarrr (Venom/Merciful fate influence) 7. Angel Rat (Change of direction from Prog Metal to Prog Rock, not a bad album) 8. Phobos (heavier than Negatron, very spacey and psychedelic.) 9. Negatron (departs from the Prog Rock sound to industrial metal. Eric Forrest's debut with the band as vocalist/bassist.) 10. Target Earth (Voivod's comeback album, the band retract to their roots and Blacky returns to the band.) 11. The Wake (An awesome concept album, Rocky's debut album with the band.) 12. Voivod (Jason Newsted's debut and Snake's return to the band. The band sound picks up after Outer Limits, ditching the industrial metal and returning to prog rock but with more edge.) 13. Katroz (Was consider to be the final album from the band, includes some recorded riffs from Piggy just before his passing.) 14. Infini (The second and final album that contributes the last of Piggy's recordings. This was Jason Newstead's last album with the band.)

Big fan here! NothingFace Angel Rat Dimension Hatröss The Outer Limits Killing Technology War And Pain The Wake Voivod Negatron Phobos Target Earth Katorz Infini Rrroooaaarrr The tour with Rush was in 1990, NothingFace tour (Presto tour for Rush). Angel Rat is from 1991, produced by Terry Brown, indeed - An underrrated masterpiece.

One of my all-time favorite bands. So many different and unique sounding albums! 14.Rrroooaaarrr 13. Katorz 12. War and Pain 11. Infini 10. Negatron 9. Voivod (More of a straight forward heavy rock/metal record. Newsted deserves some credit for getting Voivod back together and contributing to what I think is a pretty solid album) 8. Target Earth 7. Phobos (Great retro kind of sound, kind of fuzzed out and muddy, and altogether a better album overall than Negatron. Don't sleep on this Eric Forrest lead record) 6. The Wake 5. Killing Technology 4. The Outer Limits 3. Nothingface 2. Angel Rat 1.Dimension Hatross

Will was a great guest this week! Very surprised to see Hatross lower on some of these lists. Always been my favorite

Voivod has a great catalog but their first 5 albums are their best and the last album was killer.

#1 Dimension Hatross. Love this album. Still crank it to this day.

1. Dimension Hatross (their masterpiece) 2. Nothingface 3. Killing Technology 4. The Outer Limits (mostly because of Jack Luminous) 5. Rrröööaaarrr 6. War and Pain 7. Angel Rat 8. The Wake 9. Target Earth 10. Infini 11. Voivod 12. Katorz 13. Negatron 14. Phobos

Post Society EP is not on the list but it's "Masterpiece"

Will Carroll! Holy shit, I'm glad you're feeling better, bro! All the best!

1) Killing Technology - 1st Voivod album I ever bought. My favorite to this day. 2) Nothingface - Not as brutal as Killing Technology, but great. Love Astronomy Domine. 3) Target Earth - Chewy's 1st record and he absolutely shreds. 4) Dimension Hatross - One of their best. 5) Infini - God Phones and Volcano are my faves too, Pete. 6) The Wake - Latest release and it kicks ass. 7) Katorz 8) War and Pain 9) Voivod 10) Angel Rat 11) Outer Limits 12) Negatron 13) Phobos 14) Rrroooaaarrr Every Voivod album is worthy, in my opinion.

Top 3: The Outer Limits (masterpiece), Angel Rat, The Wake

Good call, Will. Angel Rat is their crowning achievement. A huge brave move for the band too. Some might consider the album a sellout effort but I think it's the band's original vision fully realized. Outer Limits gets a close 2nd and The Wake in 3rd. I actually dig Katorz and Infini. No thrash vibes but to me they're both very cool and more straightforward.

Sea of Tranquility is super cool. Thanks for the Voivod episode.

I worship Voivod and they are the nicest down to earth guys (for being Lost in Space ;). Chewy is a fan like the rest of us, but adding to their legacy. Just brilliant.Long live Piggy and the legacies of Blacky and E-Force, with respect to Jasonic and the other bassists who helped with the great Outer Limits. My ranking from top to bottom (with top 7 really classic for me, the bottom 8 a hodgepodge stew of their greatness): Nothing Angel Dimension Outer Target Killing Wake Post Society Phobos Katorz Roarrrrr War Infiniti Negatron Voivod Btw, the Fates Warning albums Terry Brown produced were Parallels Inside out Pleasant Shade of Grey Disconnected Voivod!!!!!

Great stuff, as usual!!! I'm really digging this series of ranking the albums. For me is a tight between Dimension and Nothingface. But I'd like to ask you something. Please do consider doing the ranking the albums of Sepultura. Their profille totally fits the bands chosen so far on this series: Voivod, Exodus... still active big bands, but not the obvious ones, (Maiden, Priest, Metallica...) Well, except for Slayer (that is no longer active and it's a huge band).

Dimension Hatross,amazing,heard the master reel to reel tape of this album before release,Harris Johns played it. The band I was in ,Hobb’s Angel Of Death was booked in next to record.

To me Killing Technology and Dimention Hatröss are top two; KT is the perfect hybrid between punk and thrash and DH is probably their most complex. The odd time signatures are just out there and all over the place (1/4, 7/4, 3/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8 and... 13/16, which I've yet to understand how to count properly). Surprisingly I find The Wake to be amongst their strongest albums as well, although it's more prog metal/rock oriented. Which brings me to Anget Rat and Nothingface rounding up my top 5. I do not dislike any of the rest that being said, but all these I've listened over the rest. I mean... man Voivod ftw. These guys are unacclaimed, although recognised by their peers as such, legends of thrash.

Excellent, great show! Love VoiVod!

It would take at least two paragraphs to go into what Voivods influence on my life. I’ll spare everyone. Voivod’s Dimension Hatross is my number 1

awesome, one of my all time favourite bands

They are the Pink Floyd of metal. They always put tons of work into the lyrics and conceptual art. They are a musicians band which is great but I always hoped that they would find a bigger audience. I very much enjoyed this conversation about an awesome band!

Nice to hear Phobots get a couple of mentions. That is a hugely underrated album in their discography in my opinion; really dark, heavya nd at times terrifying. I like it far better than negatron. But I agree they don't have any really bad albums. I really like The Outer Limits but for some reason I can't rate it as highly as some. Actually I think I know why -- it's missing something, most notably the killer bass and bass tone thats' on pretty much all other Voivod albums (maybe less so the E-Force albums, but it's still there). Piggy definitely makes up for it with some of his most proggish guitarwork and there's a real nice variety of songs, but that blower-sound that's such a huge part of Voivod (yes, Rocky has it too) is just nowhere to be found. Oh well, look, I still love it more than most albums from most bands haha

Linked this video on the "Vovodians" facebook page. Great video!!!! More views coming your way. Love your vids! Always wondered if you liked Voivod. Voivod...still relevant after all these years. Love The Wake. Killing Technology is probably my favorite. Back in the 80s, my friend first bought the first two albums but Killing Technology was the first Voivod album I bought myself.

In 1990 i joined the BMG or Columbia House Tape club ( i forget which one ) and I was flipping through the monthly magazine looking for something to order. You would sometimes buy one and get two at half price . Im looking in the metal section and Voivod somehow stuck out . I had never heard of Voivod but they had a pink floyd song attached to them and out of the blue I took a gamble and picked " Nothingface " . In 1990 you couldn't sample music off the internet , sometimes you just had to gamble . I get Voivod Nothingface on cassette from the mail , pop it in my cassette player and Good God Almighty !!!! What the heck kinda metal is this ? Damn what an album . I was already into Rush , Kansas , Fates Warning so I was looking for proggy metal but Jesus Christ what the heck is Piggy doing ? I simply was blown away and " Nothingface " is still my favorite Voivod album . Angel Rat with Terry Brown is my second favorite followed by " The Outer Limits " . Dimension Hatross and Killing Technology were a little too thrashy but I still enjoy them . Nobody else even remotely sounds like Voivod . Terry Brown is my favorite all time producer but he didn't produce " Perfect Symmetry " from Fates Warning . Terry Brown produced : Parallels ( My favorite album of all time ) , Inside Out , A pleasant shade of grey , Disconnected. .......Brian should have known that lol

Killing Technology is my favorite album by Voivod! The rest of the albums were very good too!

Met the guys in Cleveland on the Angel Rat tour. Show was in a small night club. I guesstimate about 50 people tops. Played pinball with Away and Snake before the show. Away couldn't speak a lick of English but it didn't matter, the music spoke for itself. One of my all-time best shows and I've seen a lot! Lol. Thanks for reviewing them.👍😊👍

Great to see Will again

Haven’t heard everything by them but out of the ones I do know I would say...... Nothingface is my favorite

Hi Pete, hi Brian, hi Steve and hi Elliott, hope you're all having a great weekend. This is my ranking of the Voivod catalogue, which i consider myself a fan of: -War And Pain-The production works at times (it is very lovely that you can always hear the bass) but it is meant to be dirty old thrash, which is not so lovely at times. It's finely performed, but unproduced -Rrröööaaarrr-This album has a better production, sinking the instruments at times, but definitely an improvement from the debut (in a production stand point) -Angel Bat-This one got very heavier than its predecessor, but it stays behind it because some songs are very weak like Clouds In My House, because of the vocals , they're not very strong. -The Outer Limits-This album left Thrash behind completely, it's very hard rocking and progressive, it really doesn't have a lot of metal (except for some key elements) compared to other albums; but it's very good. -Target Earth -S/T -Infini -Phobos-This album is very complete, but it's starting to grow some dominating hardcore hints in the music, that's why i rank it so low. -The Wake -Dimension Hatross-This one broke a bit away from thrash and speed, (still very heavy) but they were replaced by very *proggy* elements and quirky musical passages (reminds of Mastodon sometimes, they were before Mastodon tho :v) that set them apart from other metal bands. The production i find a little boxy -Killing Technology-This album finds the production totally fixed in comparison to the debut and the sophomore; still a very speedy and raw thrash album, but more elegant and technical. -Negatron-It's very heavy, but not so speedy, featuring some crunching metal guitars and hardcore-ish vocals, as well as it is punishingly technical and proggy. -Nothingface-Great vocals, amazing production (the bass sound is mindblowing) and guitar tones, heavy , proggy , memorable tunes... Very clever musicianship that finds Voivod at the top of their game. The only Voivod album i don't own/haven't heard is called Katorz, i didn't rank it in because i can't even find it on RU-vid. Will Carroll! What a surprise! Hope you're doing better 😎👊

1) Killing Technology 2) Dimension Hatross 3) Nothingface 4) Angel Rat 5) War and Pain 6) The Outer Limits 7) Rrroooaaarrr 8) Phobos 9) Katorz 10) The Wake 11) Target Earth 12) Infini 13) Negatron 14) Voivod

ADORE this band. Pete does good work here. 1-Dimension Hatröss - No brainer and one of the finest pieces of metal music I've ever heard..LITERAL GENIUS!!! 2-Killing Technology - No brainer (give me 1 and 2 and you can put me on a desolate island and I'd be fine).... 3-Nothingface- Yep, cleaner, softer, not as heavy or fast, but holy cow the music was still amazing. YEP, the Floyd cover is one of the finest covers in music history. 4-Rrröööaaarrr-Actually like this album better than the one that came after it (War and Pain) 5-Target Earth--I know some wont agree, but I think this album is amazing. It gets a spot among the master opus outputs of this legendary band. gets harder here.

I was listening to Killing Technology (the same one you were holding) in the car and I didnt wan't to stop until it finished, it's such a great and unique sound and its frickin heavy!

I talked to their manager, Pierre Paradis after the Angel Rat album came out. He said that MCA was very unhappy with the record and that touring and support for the record were being scrapped, with only a few shows being booked. The band were immediately heading back into the studio.

I am really glad that so many people love Angel Rat and The Outer Limits. "Commercial" Voivod, I guess despite zero mainstream radio play ever. Those albums, and all of them really are at least good and way different than anything else while still all sounding like Voivod. I think the first album (cassette) of theirs I got, Nothingface, was a traded for some forgotten cassette with a college friend. I knew this was something very different and cool. Then I went back and listened to a lot more, and Piggy died, and the band released the albums with his left over tracks. I like Voivod, the album quite a bit. I like the Eric Forrest years a lot. I like the new Chewy stuff. Have never been able to convince my older brother to like Voivod, which I find crazy since he was 100% metal in high school and even saw them on that Voivod, FNM, SG tour. I remember I bought The Outer Limits at the local Best Buy on CD on sale for either $5.99 or $6.99. Either way, that was a no brainer for me, and I played that seemingly endlessly for a long time after I bought it. Old to new, great band that has stayed relevant through many eras.

Been a fan since War and Pain was the only album available. I missed a couple of releases but have most of the catalogue. I think Killing Technology to Nothingface is a perfect trilogy. Outer Limits, Phobos, War and Pain all superb albums. And yes, I think Chewy is the only guitarist who could replace Piggy and have the band still sounding like Voivod! Great video!!

Voivod discography is the masterpiece ! Have a sweet multiversal travel Piggy, our flying cigar pilot Maestro !

My personnal take, huge Voivod fans, my top 6 albums. 1) Dimension Hatross 2) Nothingface 3) Killing Technology 4) Angel rate 5) The Wake 6) The Outer Limit

It is pronounced « Cat-orz». That means 14. You can trust me, I’m French Canadian.

Voivod rules and my #1 is War and Pain closely followed by Dimension Hätross. Shall nice see you guys ranking Sepultura albums...

I actually LOVE the "Voivod" album with Newsted. Not even mentioned here................ But yeah, "Katorz" is great, too.

Angel Rat is my favorite. Partly because he sings rather than screams. My second choice is Synchro Anarchy for similar reasons.

PURE GOLD! Thank you!

1. Phobos 2. Killing Technology 3. Dimension Hatross 4. War and Pain 5. Outer Limits 6. Nothingface 7. Synchro Anarchy 8.Negatron 9. Katorz 10. Target Earth

This is great how different all your lists are. I love voivod and they were one of my first ever metal shows.

Folks, I am old enough to say I bought the debut on vinyl...and is one of my fave Metal album covers!

Fun! One of the greatest metal bands of all time. All their albums are great, but the holy trinity of Killing Technology, Dimension Hatross, and Nothingface is the sweet spot for me. Really digging Chewy's contributions to the band as well. I thought Piggy would be impossible to replace, but Chewy proved me wrong.

Good to see Will healthy! What a great bill. The Bay Strikes Back concert in Finland was so good. Voivod rules! Cheers from Finland, Petri

Just recently put up a tier ranking for voivods discography! Respect all your lists!

1-War and Pain; 2-Dimension Hatross; 3-Killing Technology; 4-Rrroooaaarrr and that`s it. I love their re-issues with all the live shows (bootleg quality).

Before I start the video I'll say my 3 least favorites in this order are Voivod - Self Titled(least favorite), Infini, then Katorz. Sorry that's how it is. After that(from least to favorite) there's not an album I dislike I'm just ranking it on fondness for those albums and how much I go back to certain albums. Nothing Face(great trippy album, love it, but it's not as powerful as some of their stuff), Negatron(love this album, its' the album that renewed my interest in Voivod after I had stopped listening to them in the 90's), Roar(love the album, and it's a ripper, but it's a mood album.) Target Earth(great fucking record I just didn't commit the time to become as familiar with it as their early stuff), Phobos(Amazing record that should not be overlooked), The Wake(I'm falling in love with this record, but it's still too new more me to place it higher), Angel Rat(it was a WTF record for me at the time, but I grew to really love it), Killing Technology(love it, just don't go back to it much), Dimension Hatross(monumental...same thing I don't revisit it much), Outer Limits(pure masterpiece I revisit now and then), War and Pain(this album changed how I though about heavy music. It was the heaviest album in the world for me at the time and they did it without singing about Satan. They made Nuclear War the new cool thing to sing about.) War and Pain is still my most listened to Voivod album.

Katorz means fourteen in french for those who don't know....14th voivod album !

glad to see how much love the outer limits gets!!! amazing album along with everything voivod

Trivia: with Rrroooaaarrr, they were trying to outdo Slayer at the time (trying to be heavier and faster), according to Snake (in an interview I saw a while back).

" Nothingface " is the pinnacle for anybody into Voivod since the 80s . Period . Really happy to see Brian Slagel in good health , this man was our God as early- mid teen thrashers growing up in the 80s .

Nothingface to me is the album where Voivod got their feet in the studio and perfected that dissonant, dystopian sound- and really separated themselves from their more hardcore/punk start. But I love pretty much everything they did.

Great to hear these legends opinions I'm pretty agreeable on their lists I love all voivod albums

Rush toured with Voivod in ‘90 (Nothingface).

And now two years later Chewy sounds like Piggy reborn as a virtuoso. Synchro Anarchy is amazing

The ranking so nice I watched it twice.

Thanks to all of you for doing this. I am from Québec and a Voivod worshipper. For your info, some of the album titles that you had problems pronouncing are actually bastardized Québec french: KATORZ is actually the number 14 or quatorze, and DIMENSION HATROSS is dimension atroce, or in English ATROCIOUS :)

While Maiden (and their copycats) dwelled in the past, Voivod were out in space and stretching time. ❤❤❤

I"m glad Angel Rat receives some love.....Less harder doesn't mean less good....My top Three: 1-Dimension Hatross, 2- Angel Rat, 3- Killing Tecnology

Surprised no one had the Jasonic self titled album. I love that album.

I started with Dimension Hatröss. Concluding my first playing of it I thought, “What just happened?” I too very much like Angel Rat, not only for how melodic, harmonic, and socially aware it is, but also for how those very characteristics make it easier to introduce metal-reluctant friends to the band. All of whose catalogue is awesome. Stravinsky with a drum kit.

Overkill needs a catalog review and so does Metal Church. They are the first bands to start the metal scene besides Iron Maiden past the 1970s metal scene.

Been waiting for this one!

Will Carroll is such a great guest. Need to get him back on Pete!

I believe Voivod only opened for Rush on their Toronto dates in 1990 on Rush’s Presto tour. I have bootleg dvd’s of their sets. I wish they would have done the whole tour with them.

Glad to see you happy and healthy, Will. I think I would go: 1. Hatross 2. Killing Technology 3. Nothingface 4. The Wake 5. Phobos 6. Angel Rat 7. Target Earth 8. Negatron 9. Outer Limits 10. War and Pain

Killer show! Definitely have Will Carroll on more. Voivod is such a unique and cool band. 1. Killing Technology 2. Dimension Hatross 3. The Wake 4. The Outer Limits 5. War and Pain 6. Nothingface 7. Target Earth 8. Phobos 9. Post Society 10. Rooooooarrrr

Like many, I suspect, all their albums are fabulous. It was To The Death 84 (2011) that helped me appreciate War and Pain. But this is probably my top five: 1. Killing Technology (1987) 2. Dimension Hatröss (1988) 3. Angel Rat (1991) 4. Nothingface (1989) 5. The Wake (2018)

I was surprised that on one picked up on, or even mentioned, the reference to Jack Luminous on the new The Wake album, during the song "Sonic Mycelium". And I feel like I'm the only one who liked their cover of Pink Flyod's The Nile Song more than Astronomy Domine. Also surprised that there was no mention of that cover song.

Props for doing Voivod, great band.Jack Luminous is my fave from The Outer Limits. The covers of Pink Floyd and King Crimson are also great. In no particular order: Killing Technology, Nothingface, The Outer Limits, They also did a great cover of Hawkwind (Silver Machine)

Warriors of ice!

What a awesome band VoiVod has always been.

My fav will always be Nothingface. I still have my 3D glasses that came with The Outer Limits.

Thanks Pete I love this band. Blacky is a very underrated bass player.1. Nothingface 2. Dimension Hatross 3.Killing Technology 4.Rrrrroaarrrr 5. Angel rat.

Great stuff. Saw them live last October and they were perfect. My top 5: Nothingface, Dimension Hatross, Killing Technology, katorz, the wake

Voivod toured with Rush on the Nothingface album. And it's also on that tour that they had FNM and Soundgarden opening for them later that year.. Not on the Dimension Hatross tour. Great work by the way.

I thought the tour Will mentioned with Faith No More & Soundgarden opening was in '89-90, for 'Nothingface', after they had signed to Mechanic Records. Every Voivod album is it's own journey, my top 3 picks are same as Mr.Pardo, 'Dimension Hatröss', 'Killing Technology' & 'Nothingface'.

Angel Rat and The Outer Limits are 2 of my favorites, but Dimension Hatross is my favorite. I didnt know they toured with Rush around that time. Amazing!

Voivod is so underrated. Thanks for doing their Top 10!! 1. Angel Rat 2. The Outer Limits 3. Nothingface 4. Dimension Hatross 5. Killing Technology 6. War and Pain 7. Voivod 8. Rrroarrrr 9. Phobos 10. Negatron

When I was a kid back then I only wanted to hear really heavy stuff. So, I heard Astromine Domine on the MTV. It was heavy and strange, but I had to get it. I purchased it Nothingface and put it on. I knew NOTHING about Voivod at the time. It starts out all super heavy, DUN, DUN DUN DUN... DUN... DUUUUUN, DUN, DUN DUN DUN... DUN... DUUUUUN waaahhhhhhhhh!!!, DUN, DUN DUN DUN... DUN... DUUUUUN... POLKA BEATS AND CRAZY GUITARS. At the time I thought WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!!! I hated it so much. But I was a kid and only a few CDs at the time. So I played it over and over while playing Metriod on the Nintendo. After some time, I started to love that record and realize how great it was. It's very strange and awkward sounding. My biggest regret was not getting into other albums from then until more recently. To me the past 30 years I only knew of Nothingface. Now I started listening to Killing Tech and Deminsion Hatross and love them just as much. To me (Nothingface) is the soundtrack to Metriod and an awesome record and I think it's their best.

1. Killing Technology 2. Angel Rat 3. Dimension Hatross 4. The Outer Limits 5. The Wake