Rrröööaaarrr is the second studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 on Noise Records. Estimated sales are more than 40,000 copies, worldwide. In a 2012 interview with Michael Dodd of Get Your Rock Out, vocalist Denis Bélanger stated that, while a thrash record, the album represents a progression from thrash sound of War and Pain to the more progressive metal elements that would feature on Killing Technology.[6][7]
| Rrröööaaarrr | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 14, 1986[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 11–17, 1985 | |||
| Studio | L'Autre Studios, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 38:26 | |||
| Label | Banzai (Canada) Combat/Noise (US) Noise International (rest of the world) | |||
| Producer | Voivod, Mike Amstadt, Maurice Richard | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[3] |
| Rock Hard | 8.0/10[4] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5[5] |
Track listing
editAll lyrics by Snake, and all music by Piggy, Blacky & Away.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Korgüll the Exterminator" | 4:57 |
| 2. | "Fuck Off and Die" | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Slaughter in a Grave" | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Ripping Headaches" | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Horror" | 4:13 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Thrashing Rage" | 4:35 |
| 7. | "The Helldriver" | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Build Your Weapons" | 4:46 |
| 9. | "To the Death!" | 5:12 |
Personnel
edit- Voivod
- Snake (Denis Bélanger) – vocals
- Piggy (Denis D'Amour) – guitar, assistant engineer
- Blacky (Jean-Yves Thériault) – bass guitar, assistant engineer
- Away (Michel Langevin) – drums, artwork
- Production
- Mike Amstadt – producer, engineer
- Maurice "Rocker" Richard – executive producer
References
edit- ^ "Voivod – Rrröööaaarrr". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Voivod – Rrröööaaarrr review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 401. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Kühnemund, Götz (1986). "Review Album: Voivod – Rrroooaaarrr". Rock Hard (in German). No. 17. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ "Voivod – Rrroooaaarrr". Sputnikmusic. February 14, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ Dodd, Michael (October 8, 2012). "Voivod interview". Get Your Rock Out. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Dodd, Michael (February 10, 2013). "Voivod on being part of the early Thrash Metal Movement". Get Your Rock Out. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2017.