Forty years after forming Voivod in Jonquière, our metal pioneers have not shouted their last word: Synchro Anarchy, brilliantly demonstrates that the quartet is still just as relevant, in form as in substance, its dystopian visions still resonating in our lives. ” Look to your right, new condos on the moon / Orbital resort will be open soon / On your left are upcoming attractions / Artificial parks under construction “, warns us “Snake” Bélanger on Planet Eaters which, with the title track and the boring Mind Clock — the complex and combined playing of Away on drums and Dan Mongrain on guitar makes you dizzy! —, already confirm the value of this fifteenth career album. The relevance of social commentary (Holographic Thinking, The World Today, Quest for Nothing) formulated by Voivod is based on compositions rich in sophisticated chord progressions and changing rhythmic signatures, topped with a few structurally simpler, but stress-relieving songs, such as the quasi-hardcore cavalcade Sleeves Off. A record that commands respect.
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