Negatron was the eighth album released by Canadian thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

/progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Voivod

Voivod (band)

Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s...

. It was released in 1995 on Hypnotic Records. It is also the first album to feature Eric Forrest

Eric Forrest

Eric Forrest is a Canadian heavy metal musician. Active since 1988, Forrest is best known known for playing in a number of metal bands, including Voivod and E-Force....

 on bass and vocals, whom many fans criticise for what they feel were less-than-stellar performances, in comparison to former members Blacky

Jean-Yves Thériault

For the Champion Kickboxer, see Jean-Yves Thériault Jean-Yves Thériault played bass guitar for the Canadian thrash/progressive metal band Voivod. He co-founded the band and appeared on the first six albums – War and Pain, Rrröööaaarrr, Killing Technology, Dimension Hatross, Nothingface, and Angel...

 and Snake

Denis Bélanger

Denis "Snake" Bélanger is the vocalist of the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod.He helped co-found the group in 1982, and appeared on nine albums - War & Pain, Rrröööaaarrr, Killing Technology, Dimension Hatröss, Nothingface, Angel Rat and The Outer Limits...

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Track listing

All music by Voivod. All lyrics by Langevin/Forrest except where indicated.

1. "Insect" - 5:41
2. "Project X" - 4:49
3. "Nanoman" (lyrics: Langevin/Ivan Doroschuck) - 5:11
4. "Reality?" - 4:21
5. "Negatron" (lyrics: Langevin/Kiisti Matsuo) - 7:08
6. "Planet Hell" - 4:34
7. "Meteor" - 4:14
8. "Cosmic Conspiracy" - 6:10
9. "Bio-TV" - 4:55
10. "D.N.A. (Don't No Anything)" (lyrics: Jim G. Thirlwell) - 4:36

There was also a limited edition available (750 copies) with the same tracklisting. This limited edition came in a tin box with a Negatron sticker.

Credits

• Denis D'Amour
  Denis D'Amour
  Denis "Piggy" D'Amour was the guitarist for the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod from its inception in 1982 until his death from colon cancer in 2005, aged 45. His approach to music was anarchic and experimental rather than strict and theoretical. He was trained in classical violin as a child...
  
  : guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s & Effects
• Eric Forrest
  Eric Forrest
  Eric Forrest is a Canadian heavy metal musician. Active since 1988, Forrest is best known known for playing in a number of metal bands, including Voivod and E-Force....
  
  : Bass
  Bass (instrument)
  Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
  
   & vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Michel Langevin
  Michel Langevin
  Michel "Away" Langevin is a founding member and drummer for the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. He has been a constant member of the band since its formation in 1982...
  
  : drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   & percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  
• Vocals & FX on D.N.A. by J. G. Thirlwell
  J. G. Thirlwell
  James George Thirlwell , aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Australian vocalist, composer and record producer...
  
  
• Produced by Daryn Barry, Alfio Annibalini & Voivod