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Topic: Where are all the reviews?
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NightSod
VoivodFan
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posted March 10, 2003 10:21
    
I expcted - foolishly - the net to be alive with excitement about the new album.I thought Google might have it's often customized logo all 'voivody' and amazon's review page filled with praise - there's some. Saving here and .net there seems to be bugger all. Do you think word of mouth will carry the day for them this time? Do many of you think there'll be commercial success?
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Maldororz
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posted March 10, 2003 10:35
Well, to have commercial success, they will have, first of all, to MAKE THE ALBUM AVAILABLE, so that people can actually buy it. That's rule number one, I guess.  Here in Canada: nada. No record store has it yet. Fuck.I've been checking the medias, here in Quebec: dead silence. No one talks about Voivod. I'm still waiting for a review or something in a newspaper. Niet. There's only Radio-Canada, on the Bande à part webpage, that has an announcement about the release of the album (march 4th? blahaha! Good one!)
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manipulator
VoivodFan
Member # 12
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posted March 10, 2003 11:04
got it yesterday at HMV downtown, 25,99$. not exactly cheap, but with the kind of replay value it offers, not a rip-off either, far from it. when they sort out distribution and have it domestic, it should do well (all parameters taken into account) the thing is "the industry" never really liked voivod, i don't see how it will change. "the industry" wants rehash, as that seems to be what the public wants. Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death ya know
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NightSod
VoivodFan
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posted March 10, 2003 11:12
quote:
Originally posted by Tangento:
I assume this means you haven't been to the news section of the official site?
http://www.voivod.com/news.html There are references to some reviews there, and ::gasp::
they even posted a link to my mini-interview with Jason! I can tell you firsthand that there are definitely a shitload
of people buzzing around VVDC, because my site alone is getting
several HUNDRED hits a day from theirs.
Things are not as dismal as you think, not by a long shot. THANKS VVDC!
I hadn't seen this. It looks as if this new album site will be usefully updated. Good! I hope that you're right about the increased traffic accross your site. These things don't necessarily translate into sales, given the shitty, shitty distribution people are complaining about...
With luck we'll see them on top of the underground scene again if it continues - the interest that is, not the shitty distribution.
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Emlyn K Helicopter
VoivodFan
Member # 44
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posted March 10, 2003 11:21
Voivod albums have always been near-impossible to find anyway. In fact, for me this one was by far the easiest to buy. By Yuri, you're fans of the greatest Cult band in the world and you expect them to be in Wal-Mart?! Dig deeper, people! Give something back! You see, a cult band maintains it's integrity by making the album as hard to buy as possible, with no reviews and no pictures (like Tool, who also make their CD's title completely unpronouncable. Only they then fuck it all up by giving interviews). The next step would be to glue the CD cases shut, thereby putting yet more barriers between you the punter and them the Cult Rock Stars. Hey shit I'll shut up now. I mean, I'm happy, I've got VV already! Cult. Cunt, more like.
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Gorf
VoivodFan
Member # 119
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posted March 10, 2003 15:52
The first thing you notice about the latest Voivod disc is, that it is Voivod. In the tracks you can hear tinges of "Nothingface", and "Outer Limits", and is in no way different from Voivod's usual style of punkish rythms, and weird time changes. Like past albums, a song will go along at a steady pace and then take a hard right in a direction you did not expect. That is Voivod.The production has up-front snare, guitar and bass sounds, and the performances very tight. Not much in the way of slick producing or effects, the album isn't conceptually overwrought but is very down to earth, organic sounding and straight-forward. Very much a group effort, Snake the vocalist speaks to the listener with clear introspection in the present and throws in his nice melody. Away's drumming somehow always progresses and gets better with each album, and has great double-bass licks as usual. He's one of the best.Piggys guitar playing is a signature style that always is his, the songs written here run concurrently as if the album is all one song with various movements. There are no leads in every song, just for the sake of having a guitar lead. But the music is very imaginative and has the mark of being a long time in the making, and not just thrown together for a comeback. A very honest effort here by the guys, and in many ways it is a tried and true Voivod that comes out here. Nothing new about the sound, is how Voivod usually sounds and Newsted stays with the formula and seems to tune his bass to their style. As far as categorizing the music, it is not a blistering Thrash attack like Destruction's
"Antichrist," but rather a straight ahead rock type, sound that has a few tunes you could headbang to. Many thanks to Jason for reforming one of the all-time classic greats of the Thrash era. The fans will never forget you. "Is It Real?" Yes it is.
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nia
VoivodFan
Member # 9
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posted March 10, 2003 19:48
I thought so too. And before you slag off Don Kaye as a know nothing type critic, the guy has been covering metal for a quite a while now:Covering the Dirty, Nasty, Offensive, and (occasionally even) Stupid
A chat with metal critic, Don Kaye
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More importantly, don't ever let the music biz compromise your thoughts, your words, or your opinions. That's getting harder and harder to do, since more and more magazines read more like extensions of the record company publicity departments than real magazines featuring honest appraisal and criticism. You are writing for the readers. They may go out and spend hard-earned money based on your opinion (at least we like to think so, although the truth is probably more depressing, ha ha), so it's your task to give them the most honest and undiluted opinion you can. Contrary to what a lot of people think, it's not easy to write bad reviews, nor is it enjoyable, but it's a part of the job. Be objective, be passionate, be knowledgeable about your subject, be joyful when you can (I don't think it's necessary or good to slap a coat of irony over everything), but most importantly, be honest to yourself and your readers.
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Damn you, damn you all!
posted March 10, 2003 16:14
