Angel Rat
Occupation
- Vocals: Denis " Snake" Belanger
- Electric Guitar: Denis " Piggy " D' Amour
- Drums: Michel " Away" Langevin
Angel Rat is the sixth studio album by the Canadian metal band Voivod and at the same time the second album for MCA Records. During the recording bassist Jean -Yves Theriault left the band. The album is the most most focused on commercial success album of Voivod and sold about 150,000 times.
Formation
After the success of major debuts Nothingface Voivod was expected that the band continues its chosen path towards progressive metal. The expectations for the album were very high after it was announced that Voivod had hired as a producer Terry Brown, who had made his work with Rush a name. Brown wanted to Voivod produce a hit album and so had to shoot guest musicians like Ivan Doroschuk of Men Without Hats as a keyboardist with. The procedure of Terry Brown came especially at Belanger singer and bassist Theriault little understanding. While Belanger arranged with the situation complained Theriault, that Voivod had no control over the production of the album. After he had finished recording his bass tracks, informed him with producer Brown that he does his job and now has nothing to do with the further production. This seemed absurd Theriault and he left the studio. Although there were then two more meetings with his bandmates, but an agreement on Theriaults participation in the mix of the album could not be achieved, and he left the band. For this reason, he is not out in the liner notes to the album as a band member and is mapped to any of the promo photos for the album.
Music and lyrics
Angel Rat is considered album that split the fan base Voivod into two camps. Under the impression of grunge and the success of groups like Soundgarden to Voivod hosted the songwriting for the album at the mainstream of early 1990s. The result was catchy and shorter songs with melodic choruses and slower grooves. The album, with its subtle keyboards attesting a melancholy mood. With the lyrics of the band left the Voivod - topic of the previous albums and drew inspiration from a variety of sources. These included James Gleicks novel chaos ( Nuage Fractal ), mythological topics ( Golem ) or Irish and Russian folklore ( Angel Rat, The Outcast ), social policy statements can be found in Best Regards and None of the Above, but also been typical for Voivod topics can be found in pieces like Clouds in my House or panorama.