Thériault (Blacky, recently replaced on bass by Dominic “Rocky” Laroche). I really like the choice of tracks, thirteen in all and a pretty representative slice of Voivod history… some weird, some wonderful, some wicked, some like you’re being violently tossed off by a six-armed, patchouli-wearing space succubus, dressed in a latex catsuit, after having chomped a cocktail of acid and E, washed down with a few shots of the green fairy… ermmmm, anyway, more on my smutty fantasies some other time, space fans!

I’m not gonna go into a detailed review of every track, it’s all been said before, but crank up the volume and listen to the first track, ‘Post Society’… it’s spacey intro with a heart-monitor-nod to 1987’s ‘Killing Technology’ (one of my favourite metal albums of all time) – ‘we are connected’ – quickly makes way for a chunky, semi-distorted bass riff (I love the way a bass guitar sounds like a bass guitar should) which is then joined by classic Voivod guitar riffing and the ever-present, tortured vox of Snake! Excuse my French but it’s just fucking brilliant… the riffs, the change-ups, the freakishness. There isn’t a band on earth like Voivod and bands that attempt to sound like them always fall short, hopelessly. A few tracks are particularly noteworthy… ‘Into My Hypercube’ (from 1989’s ‘Nothingface’, my second fave Voivod album), ‘Obsolete Beings’ (from 2018’s ‘The Wake’ (see my review)), ‘The Prow’ (from 1991’s ‘Angel Rat’ – God I love that album), ‘The Lost Machine’ (from 1993’s ‘The Outer Limits’ – brilliant too)… actually, they’re all just great coz it’s the mighty Voivod! Buy it, download it, rip it, do whatever you like, as long as you listen to it… you will soon find yourself floating through an asteroid storm somewhere in a galaxy far, far away.The production is pretty damn good for a live album too… it’s clear, it’s dirty, it’s heavy and it’s fucking Vvvvvooooooooiiiiiiiivoddddddd. Enjoy!

PS, dear Voivod, sort it fucking out, why isn’t ‘Nothingface’ on Spotify??