Voïvod – Rrröööaaarrr (1986)

Early Voivod records are a treatment in pure blunt sonic force. Sure, the weirdness was there right from the start, but didn’t start developing properly I would say until the record that came after this one. However, Rrroooaaarrr is absolutely worth your time and it’s probably one of the hardest (if not the hardest) Voivod record. It just comes at you, in it’s little weird alien tank thing, and it comes at you guns blazing.
Stand out tracks are for sure the opening duo of “Korgull the Exterminator” and “Fuck Off & Die”, as well as the closing duo of the insane “Build Your Weapons” and “To the Death!”.
I had the time to listen to both the original and the 2017 remaster back to back, and whilst I haven’t listened to the original demo mixes yet (I was pretty much Rrroooaaarrr’ed out at that point), I will say here that both mixes have merit, despite what you may have heard or read elsewhere. The 2017 remaster is definitely a little clearer, but there is just something about the blunt assault of the 1986 master that tickles me just that little bit more. Lol.
Either way, you can’t really go wrong. Long live Voivod!