Greg Saunier’s takes on songs from the Quebecois prog-metal legends’ 1991 LP, ‘Angel Rat,’ highlight the eerie poignancy of the original
Angel Rat,
with its streamlined song structures and cleaner production — courtesy of longtime Rush collaborator Terry Brown — boldly embraced a more radio-friendly sound. “We were totally out of sync with everything else going on at that time, be it the death metal in Tampa [Florida], black metal in Norway, or grunge,” Voivod drummer Michel “Away” Langevin said in a
. “For us, it was commercial — it’s some people’s favorite album. We were lost in our own dimension. We try not to overthink it, we just go for it.”might be a more listenable album than its predecessors, but ultimately it’s no less weird or singular than what came before.
Saunier’s versions — unadorned readings, with just an acoustic guitar and his tender vocals — drive home the trippy poignancy of a song like
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