Anybody old enough to remember Voivod? French Canadians who were so before their time. A lot of these nu-metal acts probably drew some influence from them. They played some very technical, high-energy speedmetal with scientific-fantasy lyrics. Pick up Dimension Hatross or Nothingface for what I feel was their peak.

their cover of pink floyd's astronomy domine kicks ass too...

Holy! yeah I remember them very well! I'm from quebec! And you won't belive this..... "Blackie" the bassist moved into that band and I took his place in the other "unknown" band that he used to play in. My band used to play in the same Jam warehouse as they did, so I got to hear them jamming through the walls every friday night.

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Far Out...man, Hell Yeah.

also well known in Germany - ... but probably only to the elders Cool band - I preferred their slower stuff though

The first band I ever heard who had the stugats to cover Pink Floyd.

speaking of voivod... according to this article they have a new bass player...

http://jam.canoe.ca/JamMusicMetallic...llica-can.html

Wow! Newsted and Voivod, that's pretty cool!

Dimension Hatross is great !