Angel Rat

Voivod | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Universal Music & VI
• ASIN: B00000DWD1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,834 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shortwave Intro

2. Panorama

3. Clouds In My House

4. The Prow

5. Best Regards

6. Twin Dummy

7. Angel Rat

8. Golem

9. The Outcasts

10. Nuage Fractal

11. Freedom

12. None Of The Above

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sleeper in Voivod's Canon, May 31, 2006

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ProEvil (MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angel Rat (Audio CD)

Every bit as good as "Nothingface" and "Dimension Hatross", "Angel Rat" got lost in the shuffle for no good reason. While they'd always straddled the border between thrash metal and progressive rock, this was the album where they veered furthest into the prog region. Many of their fans weren't ready for this direction at the time (myself included). But hindsight has vindicated this album, artistically if not commercially. It is the band's loss and your gain that this album can usually be found in the cutout bin. Timeless.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bridges the gap between old & new Voivod, August 11, 2006

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Dave K. "Dave" (Rocky River, OH U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel Rat (Audio CD)

Voivod's ANGEL RAT is a 1991 album that was sadly overlooked at the time of its release...It was produced by Terry Brown, who has worked w/ Rush. The album bridges the gap in between the thrash metal Voivod of the eighties & the "mature" sound that the band carried into the nineties & beyond.

At the time of its release, ANGEL RAT saw the band carrying on as a three-piece machine, w/ Denis "Snake" Belanger/Vox, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (R.I.P.)/Guitar/Keyboards, and Michel "Away" Langevin/Drums. Although Voivod was without the services of Jean-Yves "Blacky" Theriault (Bass), the album still maintains a full sound throughout.

ANGEL RAT continues the band's musical direction that was put forth on NOTHINGFACE (1989). Musically, this album is somewhere in between metal & prog. rock. Standout tracks include "Clouds In My House," "Golem," & "None Of The Above." Lyrically, this album dabbles in the Sci/Fi genre w/ abstract words painted over esoteric layered guitars.

Check this album out!! Get lost inside it!! It can be purchased for a few bucks (used), so it's worth the trip!!

Also, check out Voivod's "Nothingface" & "Outer Limits," which are both musically & lyrically similar in style.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so you call yourself a metal-head..., April 18, 2005

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T. Hardin (seaside,oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angel Rat (Audio CD)

if you have never heard voivod,and your tastes run towards the power metal/progressive metal subgenres,this album will most surely satisfy.

if you are already a voivod fan,but dissed this when it first came out because they "sold-out",well you need to re-evaluate.

this album is,in a word,incredible