Killing Technology

Killing Technology is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock in the band's thrash metal sound. According to interviews contemporary to the release of Killing Technology, by 1986 Voivod were more influenced by hardcore punk and crossover bands than by other metal bands, with only Kreator and Motörhead still appreciated by all band members.^{[citation needed]} Estimated sales are more than 60,000 copies worldwide.

Killing Technology
Studio album by Voivod
Released	April 2, 1987 (1987-04-02)
Recorded	November 27 – December 14, 1986
Studio	Music Lab, West Berlin, Germany
Genre	Thrash metal progressive metal
Length	39:49 47:43 (with bonus tracks)
Label	Cobra (Canada) Combat/Noise (US) Noise International (rest of the world)
Producer	Voivod & Harris Johns
Voivod chronology
Rrröööaaarrr (1986) Killing Technology (1987) Dimension Hatröss (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[2]
Rock Hard	8.0/10^[3]
Sputnikmusic	5.0/5^[4]

A music video was made for the song "Ravenous Medicine".

The cassette and CD edition includes the two tracks from the Too Scared to Scream / Cockroaches single.

Track listing

All songs were written by Voivod. Lyrics by Snake.

Killing Side

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Killing Technology"	7:33
2.	"Overreaction"	4:45
3.	"Tornado"	6:02

Cassette and CD edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
4.	"Too Scared to Scream"	4:14

Ravenous Side

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Forgotten in Space"	6:10
6.	"Ravenous Medicine"	4:33
7.	"Order of the Blackguards"	4:28
8.	"This Is Not an Exercise"	6:18

Cassette and CD edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Cockroaches"	3:40

Personnel

Voivod

• Snake (Denis Bélanger) – vocals
• Piggy (Denis D'Amour) – guitar, mixing assistant
• Blacky (Jean-Yves Thériault) – bass, mixing assistant
• Away (Michel Langevin) – drums, artwork

Production

• Harris Johns – producer, engineer, mixing

References

1. Prato, Greg. "Voivod - Killing Technology review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
2. 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.
3. Stratmann, Holger (1987). "Review Album: Voivod - Killing Technology". Rock Hard (in German). No. 20. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
4. "Voivod - Killing Technology". Sputnikmusic. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 2017-07-13.