Album Review: Voivod - Post Society EP

Voivod
Post Society EP
(Century Media)

I’m half way through the first track on the new Voivod EP’s title song, and I’m ready to say that the new Voivod is really good, but then again why wouldn’t I be? That expectation is made before I even hit play. In the thirty years of this band’s mighty legacy, the prog thrashers have never really let fans down. Every time they release an album, you can anticipate something really weird, fresh, and punk. It’s not just that they’re a metal band, but they’re different, and they really are different.
What Voivod gets that so many others lack is the necessary groove behind a good rock song. They have the good old D-Beat that carries along throughout parts of their music that might otherwise lose you in the fantastically overwhelming opus of proggy jazz metal. For me, it’s not open to discussion – this band is really good. I can just sit here and drift off in whatever awkward direction the band is going.

Whether it’s a kaleidoscope of images from a dystopian Shadow Run esque nightmare, or an alien invasion, every theme comes together with the dreamy guitar riffs and hooks that come courtesy of our main man, Chewy. Also, what’s a good rock band without a good bass player? Rocky has taken his spot in the Voivod lineup to no limits. His heavy rattling of the bass will be thum’ing in your head as an under piece to this entire post apocalyptic drama, guided by the bleak prophetic vocals of the colorful and genuine rock star Snake. And what would this band be without Michel “Away” Langevin, the mastermind behind it all? Once again the brilliant artist has conceived of a world beyond the imagination of the layman. What a genius rock star this guy is.

As for the finale, a dedication to the atmospheric rock band Hawkwind, the band delivers on “Silver Machine.”

Weird, cool, and maybe even worth a few extra credits in anthropology and political sciences, Voivod’s Post Society is another interesting and fun release from Quebec’s legendary progressive thrash metal unit. It came out February 26th, so go out there and get it before society becomes toast.