Voivod - Nothingface: Classic or Dud?

I just saw a special on Voivod last night on some music channel. They showed the making of a their new video. I was excited about Newstead joining the group, but the track they played last night was somewhat underwhelming.

Chris, what do you think of the record?

there are three new voivod songs at mp3.com - listened to the new single and one other and they had kind of an "angel rat" sound. i was hoping for "missing sequences 2," i guess, but good enough.

Haha...so did I. Once at L'Amour at once at the New Ritz.

Ah, and then Dave Pajo busted out with wearing the Voivod shirt at Slint's All Tomorrow's Parties show...

I saw an interview where they said they were working on the Nothingface reissue but the article had no date. Discogs website said they had already been reissued last year but amazon aint got them yet if they are official reissues at all.

Anyone know when the official reissue is? I heard about the band about 7 years ago and heard this album was their best and I assumed it would be out in a couple of years but it still isnt, in a time when I'm finding cheap reissues for a lot of obscure classics. Dimension Hatross seems to be the runner up in popularity, would that be a good introduction?

The Outer Limits is a little closer to this style. Dimension Hatross is great but with more metal elements.

Total classic. I bought it when it came out and wass forever my introductory record when persuading indie rock friends to listen to metal.
On the subject of re-issues I feel like this band and metal in general has been passed over in the remastering department. I'd love to see a comprehensive remaster and reissue of their earlier releases. I've owned 8 copies of Dimension Hatross and all of them have skipped horrifically.

This is one album where remastering couldn't possibly make it sound any better. It's a stone classic, and one of the rare digital productions that I totally stand behind.

Robert--it really shouldn't be that hard to find used on cd?

BTW, there's an incredible remaster of War & Pain. 3 cd set.

Oblique Strategies- Do they skip because they are badly made or because you played them so much?

The used copies of Nothingface are a bit expensive, so I think I'll wait and just get Dimension Hatross for now.

Yeah, used CDs of it have been expensive for a while now. Cheapest copy on Amazon right now is twenty-nine dollars.

Robert, A bit of both. There's a skip at one point on side 1 that's been the same across all copies. Nate, I actually agree with you about Nothingface not needing a remaster per se. But I'd still like to see a better vinyl pressing of it.
Did I miss any remastering / re-issue campaign on any of the other acts of the era though? It seems like Slayer / Metallica / Sepultura etc... are sitting on a missed opportunity. Or is there just less rehashing of the past in metal than in indie rock?

Finally, am I alone in feeling that Angel Rat is woefully under appreciated?

For the amount I worry about cds skipping, I dont know much about it. Do you mean there is a skip in the sound when the cd plays along normally, or is there an actual disruption in flow of the cd playing? I've never heard of the latter being a problem of a whole printing of cds.

There is a part on Love's Forever Changes with that big trumpet solo climax where I always thought the cd was skipping but it has always sounded like that. Also on Can's Tago Mago I made that mistake.

I think some reissues have been over the top, I've heard theres a lot of complaints about Deluxe Editions coming out shortly after a perfectly good reissue. But Nothingface is a different case completely.

My copies are all vinyl. All the Noise International pressings seem a little flawed. I generally dislike teh re-issue / remaster culture but there have been a few instances where it's made a massive difference to my enjoyment of the record (Faust 4 and My Life In the Bush Of Ghosts specifically). I'd love to hear an amped up version of these records.

Nothingface is one of my favorite albums ever, endlessly rich and enjoyable, and I don't even remotely like metal! I've been waiting for a re-issue too, my copy is really beat up. I didn't know the album was recorded digital, interesting. I agree the cd version sounds awesome, no need for re-mix or master whatsoever although I can indeed imagine the vinyl version is a different story.

I've never been able to convince myself to check out Angel Rat for some reason, I think because I feel all 4 members are of equal importance and I can't imagine the band without one of them. I guess I should rectify that!?

Okay, as you can see above I was looking for this reissue in 2012 but supposedly it came out the year before from Metal Mind label. Oh well, at least I'm getting it now.

"Cold.. Choke.. Choke.. Cold"

Really nice to finally have this album after several years of wanting it, it's very good but I still prefer Dimension Hatross. I guess my next stops are Killing Tecnology and Angel Rat.

Someone just posted this on Facebook; Voivod special from the SolidRok TV show with great live performances throughout. Interviews are en francais, unfortunately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH8uh4_PspQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH8uh4_PspQ

Buh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH8uh4_PspQ

Anyone seeing a video there? Nothing's showing up.

The video is there three times.

Sorry! First time I thought I had typoed the URL; second time it didn't show up either; third time I tried to put it in as preformatted text and it still converted.