To The Death 84
Label | Alternative Tentacles – VIRUS 432 |
Format | CD, Reissue |
Barcode | 0721616043228 |
Country | US |
Released | 22 Nov 2011 |
Genre | Rock |
Style | Thrash, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal |
Voivod formed in 1983, with a weird hybrid of thrash metal and punk-a sound that made them stand out as a unique band from the beginning. Still together after almost 30 years, having made more than a dozen albums and toured the world all over, the Canadian group reaches back to the beginning of their career for their first Alternative Tentacles release. To the Death 84 is 70 minutes of loud, blistering metal / punk. Recorded live in the bands jam space in January 1984 with an old tape recorder and a couple of microphones, it nonetheless sounds great and hits as hard today as it did back then. The track listing includes songs from War and Pain, their debut album, and six others, including a Mercyful Fate cover and two Venom covers. This recording did its job: soon the underground world was aware of this strange vampire warlord from the cold-Voivod.
1 | Voivod | 4:28 |
2 | Condemned To The Gallows | 5:00 |
3 | Helldriver | 4:02 |
4 | Live For Violence | 5:20 |
5 | War And Pain | 5:03 |
6 | Incantation | 2:15 |
- | (6:57) | |
7a | Buried Alive | |
7b | Suck Your Bone | |
8 | Blower | 3:13 |
9 | Slaughter In A Grave | 4:38 |
10 | Nuclear War | 7:29 |
11 | Black City | 5:28 |
12 | Iron Gang | 4:49 |
13 | Evil | 3:52 |
14 | Bursting Out | 2:51 |
15 | Warriors Of Ice | 5:13 |
Bass [Blower Bass] – Blacky
Guitar [Burning Axe] – Piggy
Management – James@talks-cheap.com
Management [Uncredited] – Talk's Cheap Management
Transferred By [Digital Transfer] – Ramachandra Borcar
Vocals [Throat & Insults] – Snake
Written-By – Mercyful Fate (13)
Written-By – Venom (7a, 14)
Written-By – Voivod (1 to 6, 7b, 8 to 12, 15)
"Recorded in Morgoth Land on January 1984."
Liner Notes:
"(c) (p) 1984/2011 Iron Gang Factory/Voivod. Issued by Alternative Tentacles Records under license from Iron Gang Factory/Voivod."
"All music by...(Belanger, D'Amour, Langevin, Theriault) ©Socan except: 'Evil' by Mercyful Fate/Roadblock Music/ASCAP | 'Bursting Out' by Venom/Notting Hill Music/BMI 'Buried Alive' by Venom/Notting Hill Music/BMI"
"Iron Gang Factory ©2011"
"www.voivod.com"
Notes Only Credits:
"Photos: Iron Gang Archives"
"Merci: Piggy, our families and friends, Ram, Jello and Jesse at AT...and the Iron Gang!"
Tray Paperwork Notes:
"Alternative Tentacles Records P.O. Box 419092 San Francisco, CA 94141"
"www.alternativetentacles.com"
Media Notes:
Mastering SID Code - none
Mould SID Code - none
"(c) (p) 1984/2011 Iron Gang Factory/Voivod. Issued by Alternative Tentacles Records under license from Iron Gang Factory/Voivod."
Barcode (String) – 721616043228
Matrix / Runout – 28231 113219
Rights Society – SOCAN