Dimension Hatröss
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dimension Hatröss |
| type | studio |
| artist | Voivod |
| cover | Dimension_Hatross.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | 1987 |
| studio | Music Lab, West Berlin, Germany |
| genre | |
| length | 39:53 |
| 41:38 (with bonus track) | |
| label | Maze (Canada) |
| Noise (rest of the world) | |
| producer | Voivod & Harris Johns |
| prev_title | Killing Technology |
| prev_year | 1987 |
| next_title | Nothingface |
| next_year | 1989 |
| :: |
| name = Dimension Hatröss | type = studio | artist = Voivod | cover = Dimension_Hatross.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 1987 | venue = | studio = Music Lab, West Berlin, Germany | genre = | length = 39:53 41:38 (with bonus track) | label = Maze (Canada) Noise (rest of the world) | producer = Voivod & Harris Johns | prev_title = Killing Technology | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Nothingface | next_year = 1989 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | rev2Score = 9/10 | rev3 = NME | rev3Score = 8/10 | rev4 = Rock Hard | rev4Score = 9.0/10 |rev5 = Sputnikmusic |rev5score = 4.5/5 | noprose = yes Dimension Hatröss ( ) is the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1988 on Noise Records and is a concept album which narrates the exploits of Voivod’s mascot cyborg Korgull. The cover concept and artwork was produced by drummer Michel Langevin. Estimated sales are more than 70,000 copies, worldwide. The album was recorded near Checkpoint Charlie in West Germany.
The "Batman Theme"'s cover only appears on the CD version, it is not present on the original vinyl and cassette pressings. In 2017, Dimension Hatröss was added by the US magazine Rolling Stone to its Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time list at No. 78.
The word Hatröss is pronounced by singer Snake (Denis Bélanger) in French as the word atroce, meaning terrible or horrible.
In 2024, a collection of early recordings was released under the title "Latitude" by Blacky's label, Minemine Records.
Legacy
Dimension Hatröss was named one of "The Best 25 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" in the book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, by Ian Christe.
Track listing
All songs were written by Voivod, except where indicated.
| headline = Prolog... | title1 = Experiment | length1 = 6:10 | title2 = Tribal Convictions | length2 = 4:52 | title3 = Chaosmöngers | length3 = 4:39 | title4 = Technocratic Manipulators | length4 = 4:35 | headline = Epilog... | title1 = Macrosolutions to Megaproblems | length1 = 5:33 | title2 = Brain Scan | length2 = 5:08 | title3 = Psychic Vacuum | length3 = 3:49 | title4 = Cosmic Drama | length4 = 4:54 | headline = Bonus tracks | title9 = Batman (Neal Hefti) | length9 = 1:45
Personnel
;Voivod
- Snake (Denis Bélanger) - vocals
- Piggy (Denis D'Amour) - guitar
- Blacky (Jean-Yves Thériault) - bass
- Away (Michel Langevin) - drums, artwork
;Production
- Harris Johns - producer, engineer, mixing
References
References
- "Voivod - Dimension Hatröss". [[Metal Storm (webzine).
- (June 21, 2017). "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".
- {{AllMusic. Greg. Prato
- (1 November 2005). "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties". [[Collector's Guide Publishing]].
- Spence, Paul. (16 April 1988). "Voivod – ''Dimension Hatross''". [[NME]].
- Kupfer, Thomas. (1988). "Review Album: Voivod - Dimension Hatröss".
- Spencer, Trey. (24 March 2011). "Voivod - Dimension Hatross".
- Mazer, Jacob. (25 June 2013). "Heavy Metal (Mixtape): 1 - Tribal Convictions - Voivod". Joyful Noise Recordings.
- (21 June 2017). "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".
- (2018-06-28). "Watch VOIVOD Perform New Song 'Obsolete Beings'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
- "Latitude – Dimension Hatröss préprod".
- Christe, Ian. ''Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal''. HarperCollins, 2003, p. 378.
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