For lack of a better term, the song is a medley, but not a regular medley, because that wouldn’t be Voivod enough. With a band like Voivod (which is to say, Voivod), it’s easy to find examples of “this is unlike anything I’ve ever heard”, but even in the context of this 100% one-of-a-kind band, “Sonic Mycelium” is unlike anything I’ve ever heard. The heaviest and most consistent vibe I pick up from the band’s storied past is that of 1993’s genius The Outer Limits (Snake even reuses a line from that album’s brilliant “Jack Luminous” on this album’s mind-blowing closer “Sonic Mycelium”). There’s even a brief vocal bit on “Event Horizon” that would not sound out of place on the Eric Forrest-fronted album Phobos (1997). Something about the guitar tone, maybe? I’m not a musician, and I certainly don’t know shit about music theory, so I can’t say what it is exactly, I just know it fucking rules. The first track, “Obsolete Beings”, especially reminds me of Nothingface. Elements of the Holy Trinity of Killing Technology (1987), Dimension Hatröss(1988), and Nothingface (1989) all pop in to say hello repeatedly throughout the album.
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