Voivod – The End Of Dormancy (2020)

March 16, 2024

Of all the tracks from The Wake, “The End Of Dormancy” is far from the best, the first few minutes of it even being tedious, not a word I would often use to describe Voivod’s music, but here we are. The version of the track here, with the additional brass sections, is a fun experiment, but not one that I feel really pays off. The track doesn’t really get interesting until mid-way through and even then it’s not the additional brass parts that are making it interesting. The other live songs here feel like filler, making this feel like a pretty pointless release, all in all.

I for one champion experimentation and I also think Voivod are one of the greatest bands to ever exist, but this release didn’t stick the landing.