Killing Technology
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Killing Technology |
| type | studio |
| artist | Voivod |
| cover | Killing_Technology.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | November 27 – December 14, 1986 |
| studio | Music Lab, West Berlin, Germany |
| genre | |
| length | 39:49 |
| 47:43 (with bonus tracks) | |
| label | Cobra (Canada) |
| Combat/Noise (US) | |
| Noise International (rest of the world) | |
| producer | Voivod & Harris Johns |
| prev_title | Rrröööaaarrr |
| prev_year | 1986 |
| next_title | Dimension Hatröss |
| next_year | 1988 |
| :: |
| name = Killing Technology | type = studio | artist = Voivod | cover = Killing_Technology.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = November 27 – December 14, 1986 | venue = | studio = Music Lab, West Berlin, Germany | genre = | length = 39:49 47:43 (with bonus tracks) | label = Cobra (Canada) Combat/Noise (US) Noise International (rest of the world) | producer = Voivod & Harris Johns | prev_title = Rrröööaaarrr | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Dimension Hatröss | next_year = 1988 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | rev2Score = 7/10 | rev3 = Rock Hard | rev3Score = 8.0/10 |rev4 = Sputnikmusic |rev4score = 5.0/5 | noprose = yes
Killing Technology is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock in the band's thrash metal sound. According to interviews contemporary to the release of Killing Technology, by 1986 Voivod were more influenced by hardcore punk and crossover bands than by other metal bands, with only Kreator and Motörhead still appreciated by all band members. Estimated sales are more than 60,000 copies worldwide.
Killing Technology was recorded near Checkpoint Charlie in West Germany.
A music video was made for the song "Ravenous Medicine".
The cassette and CD edition includes the two tracks from the Too Scared to Scream / Cockroaches single.
Track listing
All songs were written by Voivod. Lyrics by Snake.
| headline = Killing Side | title1 = Killing Technology | length1 = 7:33 | title2 = Overreaction | length2 = 4:45 | title3 = Tornado | length3 = 6:02 | headline = Cassette and CD edition bonus track | title4 = Too Scared to Scream | length4 = 4:14
| headline = Ravenous Side | title5 = Forgotten in Space | length5 = 6:10 | title6 = Ravenous Medicine | length6 = 4:33 | title7 = Order of the Blackguards | length7 = 4:28 | title8 = This Is Not an Exercise | length8 = 6:18 | headline = Cassette and CD edition bonus track | title9 = Cockroaches | length9 = 3:40
Personnel
;Voivod
- Snake (Denis Bélanger) – vocals
- Piggy (Denis D'Amour) – guitar, mixing assistant
- Blacky (Jean-Yves Thériault) – bass, mixing assistant
- Away (Michel Langevin) – drums, artwork
;Production
- Harris Johns – producer, engineer, mixing
References
References
- Prato, Greg. "Voivod - Killing Technology review". [[All Media Network]].
- (1 November 2005). "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties". [[Collector's Guide Publishing]].
- Stratmann, Holger. (1987). "Review Album: Voivod - Killing Technology".
- (24 March 2011). "Voivod - Killing Technology".
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