Dimension Hatröss

Dimension Hatröss
Studio album by Voivod
Released June 29, 1988 (1988-06-29)[1]
Recorded December 4, 1987 – January 4, 1988
Studio Music Lab, West Berlin, Germany
Genre Thrash metal, progressive metal
Length 41:25
Label Maze (Canada)
Noise (rest of the world)
Producer Voivod & Harris Johns
Voivod chronology
Killing Technology
(1987)Killing Technology1987		 Dimension Hatröss
(1988)		 Nothingface
(1989)Nothingface1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[3]
Rock Hard9.0/10[4]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[5]

Dimension Hatröss is the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released on June 29, 1988 on Noise Records and is a concept album which narrates the exploits of Voivod’s mascot cyborg Korgull.[6] The cover concept and artwork was produced by drummer Michel Langevin.

The "Batman Theme"'s cover only appears on the CD version, it is not present on the original vinyl and cassette pressings. In 2017, Dimension Hatröss was added by the US magazine Rolling Stone to its Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time list at No. 78.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Voivod, except where indicated.

Prolog...
  1. "Experiment" - 6:10
  2. "Tribal Convictions" - 4:52
  3. "Chaosmöngers" - 4:39
  4. "Technocratic Manipulators" - 4:35
Epilog...
  1. "Macrosolutions to Megaproblems" - 5:33
  2. "Brain Scan" - 5:08
  3. "Psychic Vacuum" - 3:49
  4. "Cosmic Drama" - 4:54
  5. "Batman" (Neal Hefti) - 1:45

Personnel

Voivod
Production

References

  1. ↑ "Voivod - Dimension Hatröss". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  2. ↑ Prato, Greg. Dimension Hatröss at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 401. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ↑ Kupfer, Thomas (1988). "Review Album: Voivod - Dimension Hatröss". Rock Hard (in German). No. 26. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Trey (24 March 2011). "Voivod - Dimension Hatross". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  6. ↑ Mazer, Jacob (25 June 2013). "Heavy Metal (Mixtape): 1 - Tribal Convictions - Voivod". Joyful Noise Recordings. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  7. ↑ "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
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