This is my favourite release from these Canadian technophobes. Nothingface is much more prog than thrash and is something of a transition album between these two approaches. This different approach allows the nuances and thematic statements of the band to become much more apparent to the listener probably largely due to better production.
There is something a bit intangible that I really like about the instrumentation on this album. The very distinct grinding and machine like - yet strangely melodic - guitar of the late 'Piggy' D'amour really comes to the fore here thanks to the vastly improved production values. The interplay between the guitar and the technical yet deadly efficient and light on fills approach of the drums just works so damn well and is offset nicely by some thick riffy bass. Vocals are a bit take it or leave it though and the lyrics are a bit too sci-fi cheese sometimes but it still makes a lot of sense given context
This is really an essential album from the Voivod catalogue and the cover of Pink Floyd's 'astronomy domine' is pretty special really and ranks up there with Coroner's Purple Haze cover on the I didn't expect that from a thrash band scale. Dig it.
Tracklist:
| The Unknown Knows | 5:53 | |
| Nothingface | 4:14 | |
| Astronomy Domine | 5:26 | |
| Missing Sequences | 5:42 | |
| X-Ray Mirror | 4:27 | |
| Inner Combustion | 3:46 | |
| Pre-Ignition | 5:10 | |
| Into My Hypercube | 5:02 | |
| Sub-Effect | 4:29 |
Download Here: (Voivod - Nothingface, 192kbps)
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