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

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.

The word Hatröss 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...

1. "Experiment" 6:10
2. "Tribal Convictions" 4:52
3. "Chaosmöngers" 4:39
4. "Technocratic Manipulators" 4:35

Epilog...

1. "Macrosolutions to Megaproblems" 5:33
2. "Brain Scan" 5:08
3. "Psychic Vacuum" 3:49
4. "Cosmic Drama" 4:54

Bonus tracks

1. "Batman (Neal Hefti)" 1:45

Recording information:

Mixed and recorded at Musiclab, West-Berlin from December 4th 1987 to January 4th 1988.