Katorz is the eleventh studio album and fourteenth release overall by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod, released on July 25, 2006.
Katorz | ||||
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Released | July 25, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2004–2006 | |||
Studio | Chophouse Records, California (original demos) Studio Piccolo and Studio Multisons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||
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Length | 45:10 | |||
Label | The End (US) Nuclear Blast (Europe) Victor (Japan) | |||
Producer | Glen Robinson and Voivod | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Blabbermouth.net | 8/10[2] |
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles | 9.5/10[3] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 8.5/10[4] |
Metal Storm | (favourable)[5] |
Rock Hard | 8.5/10[6] |
Stylus Magazine | B+[7] |
Demos for the album had been made, but before the band could properly begin recording it guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy) died on August 25, 2005 due to colon cancer. The guitar and bass tracks for Katorz had been recorded by D'Amour and bassist Jason Newsted (formerly of Metallica) on D'Amour's Mac at Newsted's house in California. When D'Amour would send the band a Pro Tools CD of the demos, he wrote "Katorz" on it, a phonetic spelling of "quatorze", the French word for fourteen.[8] After D'Amour's death, Langevin and Bélanger recorded their drum and vocal tracks, respectively, to be added to those existing tracks.[9] The song, "The X-Stream", is included in the videogame Guitar Hero II.
All lyrics are written by Denis Bélanger; all music is composed by Voivod.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Getaway" | 3:58 |
2. | "Dognation" | 4:06 |
3. | "Mr. Clean" | 4:16 |
4. | "After All" | 4:44 |
5. | "Odds & Frauds" | 4:50 |
6. | "Red My Mind" | 4:41 |
7. | "Silly Clones" | 3:18 |
8. | "No Angel" | 5:06 |
9. | "The X-Stream" | 4:58 |
10. | "Polaroids" | 5:08 |
When Piggy was doing the demos in 2004, every time he brought us a pro-tool CD, he wrote Katorz on it, so we thought it was very natural to name the album Katorz.
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