Rrröööaaarrr
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| Studio album by Voivod | ||||
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March 14, 1986 |
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October 11 to November 17, 1985 |
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| Label (s) | Noise Records | |||
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LP, MC |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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Voivod, Mike Amstadt |
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Studio (s) |
L'Autre Studio, Montreal |
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Rrröööaaarrr is the second studio album by the Canadian metal band Voivod , released in March 1986. It was the first album for Noise Records and is stylistically assigned to Thrash Metal . In June 2009, the music magazine Rock Hard ranked it 20 on its list of 250 Thrash Metal albums that should be known .
Emergence
The musicians of Voivod had moved their residence from Jonquière (province of Québec ) to Montreal , where they shared an apartment. Since they did not have the financial means to record their second studio album, the band organized a festival called World War III . In addition to Voivod, Celtic Frost , Possessed , Destruction and Nasty Savage performed . According to drummer Away, two to three thousand fans attended the concert, so Voivod was able to finance the studio recording of the album from the proceeds. Between October 11 and November 17, 1985, the band recorded Rrröööaaarrr at L'Autre Studio in Montreal . Martin Ain received a rough version of the first mix from Celtic Frost. He introduced Voivod to the Noise Records label , where Celtic Frost was already under contract. The band then received a recording contract for three studio albums.
The album cover comes from Away, who claims to have drawn it on a pizza box for lack of money . It shows a machine called Korgüll the Exterminator , which is also the title of the first song on the album. The album title arises from the band members' deliberation about the noise this Korgüll machine would make.
Music genre
The music on Rrröööaaarrr was shaped by the trend of the time to play faster than other thrash metal bands like Slayer . For this reason, in the opinion of drummer Away, the songs on the album are played too fast and there are some improperly played passages. The music is described as not very catchy due to its high tempo, the songs are chaotic and their structure is sometimes difficult to understand. Rrröööaaarrr is considered to be the least catchy Voivod album because Voivod's pursuit of musical extremes was beyond the capabilities of the musicians at the time. In contemporary reviews of the album, the music journalists were still divided on the stylistic direction of the album. While Götz Kühnemund from Rock Hard described the music as Power Metal in 1986 , Oliver Klemm from Metal Hammer assigns Voivod to Thrash Metal . Both reviewers agreed that the style had not changed compared to the previous album War and Pain and that the music continued to contain punk elements. Both highlight the clearer production compared to the debut album.
Track list
| Record cover by Rrröööaaarrr |
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| Michel Langevin , 1986 |
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Link to the picture |
- Korgull, the Exterminator - 4:56
- Fuck Off and Die - 3:34
- Slaughter in a Grave - 4:02
- Ripping Headaches - 3:10
- Horror - 4:09
- Thrashing Rage - 4:30
- The Helldriver - 3:41
- Build Your Weapons - 4:42
- To the Death - 5:07
Web links
- Rrröööaaarrr at Allmusic (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ Götz Kühnemund : 250 Thrash albums that you should know . In: Rock Hard . No. 265 , June 2009, p. 75 .
- ↑ a b c d Voivod interview. Discography review with Away (part one: 1984-1991). In .: Rock Guerilla.tv Vol. 22 , DVD supplement to Rock Hard , issue No. 308, December 2012.
- ^ A b Jeff Wagner: Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal . Bazillion Point Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9796163-3-4 , pp. 106 f .
- ↑ Götz Kühnemund: Voivod . Rrroooaaarrr . In: Rock Hard , No. 17, accessed December 29, 2012.
- ↑ Oliver Klemm: Voivod - Rrroöoaaarrr . In: Metal Hammer . No. 05/1986 .