The Wake
| Voivod
The Wake
The Wake is the fourteenth studio album, and eighteenth release overall, by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. The album was released on September 21, 2018 through Century Media Records. The artwork was done by drummer Michel "Away" Langevin. It is also a concept album, and the first Voivod studio album to feature bassist Dominique "Rocky" Laroche, who replaced Jean-Yves "Blacky" Th riault in 2014. It was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Recording Studio in Canada. - WIKIPEDIA
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RollingStone
The Wake as a whole, it’s the sound of a veteran band indulging its most bizarre instincts and in the process reconnecting with everything that originally earned them such a loyal and obsessive fan base.
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CoS
14th studio effort is among its finest albums.
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Metal injection
The Wake is cinematic and unpredictable, with Voivod using maps from throughout their career to bring the listener on an enjoyable ride filled with twists and turns.
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NEW NOISE
Voivod moves on from punctuated equilibrium to the Quantum evolution the band was known for, and in doing so created one of the best albums of a long career.
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Angry Metal Guy
While The Wake may lack a standout track such as “We Are Connected” (the very best song of the Mongrain era thus far, for my money), it’s also more cohesive and consistently engaging as a whole than Target Earth was.
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LOUDER
The Wake is like nothing else on Earth and Voivod are still in a class of one.
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popMATTERS
'The Wake' Proves Voivod Can Still Pack an Animalistic Intellectual Punch.
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exclaim!
The Wake continues Voivod's musical legacy with a pulse-pounding album that stands alongside their classics.
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ALL MUSIC
The Wake signals a new chapter for Voivod; they stand (again) at the blade edge of creative imagination and visionary execution in the world of extreme music.
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METAL WANI
‘The Wake’ by Voivod is musical perfection of the highest order - a cinematic progressive metal masterpiece which yields a twisting tale of mankind’s demise.
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Metal Archives
if you think the old-timers have had it enough and you have given up hope on the stars of the past, you sure have missed this high-ranker of 2018. The best person to have described this offering might be the drummer, Michel “Away” Langevin, who said the music of this album to be “a futuristic prog thrash metal trek”. Bullseye!
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Blabbermouth
"The Wake" is elaborate, complex and bizarre yet surprisingly accessible because it's tremendously catchy and flowing.
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metal storm
The Wake is an album that should definitely put to rest any doubts about Voivod's ability to continue on with quality music post Piggy, if there still were any.
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DEAD PRESS!
They may not pick up many new fans with this, but anyone who listens to ‘The Wake’ sure won’t forget it in a hurry.
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GHOST CULT
An exhilarating amalgamation of old ideas and new, this is Voivod once again launching themselves into the future and beyond.
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RIFF RELEVENT
Voivod's compass has been reset to factory conditions, mayber even better than ever.
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HEAVY METAL HEADQUARTERS
Voivod have released a stellar album, featuring the band members firing on all cylinders, solid songwriting, excellent vocals, and a welcome sense of adventure.
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INDY METAL VAULT
Thinking of The Wake as Voivod’s best album runs the risk of hyperbole, but it is easily one of the band’s grandest achievements.
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CRYPTIC ROCK
The Wake finds them fresh and motivated, and ready to continue with a strong lineup for many more years.
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CANCULTURE
Rest assured Metalheads, you can expect an album with a unique atmosphere, inoffensive lyrics and modern production methods–not too clean, but hardly muddy. Required listening for anyone claiming to keep up with the Canadian metal scene.
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HUNNYPOT
This band has proved once again that they are perpetually moving foward and have secured their place in history as one of the most creative metal acts of all time.
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INDY METAL VAULT
Truly a model example for both old and new bands to follow.
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Leon TK
ultimately, it’s a puzzle with too many missing pieces.
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LAST RITES
Yet, despite The Wake being no less than elite among them, you aren’t likely to hear anything like that from the members of Voivod, because there really is no need to project a glossy image of yourself walking on the moon when you’ve actually been there.
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Metal Temple
Prog-Techheads will relish this one I believe - worth the investment.
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echos and dust
The Wake is both perfect entry point and story progression, it will never not be a thrill to hear what they do now, then and next.
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Amino
I think it's safe to say that this is one of the best records I've listened to in a while.
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Metal Forces
one of Voivod’s greatest achievements.
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Ultimate Guitar
this is actually a really fun album that makes me want to see my first Voivod concert.
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Mostly Yelling
will keep you as on the edge of your seat and completely enthralled as a gripping movie.
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