Dimension Hatröss

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.[7] The cover concept and artwork was produced by drummer Michel Langevin. Estimated sales are more than 70,000 copies, worldwide.

Dimension Hatröss
Studio album by
Voivod
ReleasedJune 29, 1988 (1988-06-29)[1]
RecordedDecember 4, 1987 – January 4, 1988
StudioMusic Lab, West Berlin, Germany
GenreThrash metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal
Length39:53
41:38 (with bonus track)
LabelMaze (Canada)
Noise (rest of the world)
ProducerVoivod & Harris Johns
Voivod chronology
Killing Technology
(1987)		 Dimension Hatröss
(1988)		 Nothingface
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[3]
NME8/10[4]
Rock Hard9.0/10[5]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[6]

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.[8]

The word Hatröss[9] is pronounced by singer Snake (Denis Bélanger) in French as the word atroce, meaning terrible or horrible.

Track listing

All songs were written by Voivod, except where indicated.

Prolog...
No.TitleLength
1."Experiment"6:10
2."Tribal Convictions"4:52
3."Chaosmöngers"4:39
4."Technocratic Manipulators"4:35
Epilog...
No.TitleLength
1."Macrosolutions to Megaproblems"5:33
2."Brain Scan"5:08
3."Psychic Vacuum"3:49
4."Cosmic Drama"4:54
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."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. Spence, Paul (16 April 1988). "Voivod – Dimension Hatross". NME: 30.
  5. Kupfer, Thomas (1988). "Review Album: Voivod - Dimension Hatröss". Rock Hard (in German). No. 26. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. Spencer, Trey (24 March 2011). "Voivod - Dimension Hatross". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  7. 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.
  8. "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  9. "Watch VOIVOD Perform New Song 'Obsolete Beings'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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