''Dimension Hatröss'' ( ) is the fourth studio

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by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1988 on Noise Records and is a

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which narrates the exploits of Voivod’s mascot cyborg Korgull. The cover concept and artwork was produced by drummer

Michel Langevin Michel "Away" Langevin (born May 30, 1963) is a Canadian musician, best known as a founding member and drummer of heavy metal band Voivod. He has been a constant member of the band since its formation in 1982. Langevin is credited with the cr ...

. 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 ''

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'' 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. In 2024, a collection of early recordings was released under the title "Latitude" by Blacky's label, Minemine Records.

Track listing

All songs were written by Voivod, except where indicated.

Personnel

;Voivod *Snake ( Denis Bélanger) -

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*Piggy (

Denis D'Amour Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (September 24, 1959 – August 26, 2005) was a Canadian guitarist. He was a member of the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Voivod (band), Voivod from its inception in 1982 until his death in 2005. D'Amour's approach to ...

) -

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*Blacky ( Jean-Yves Thériault) -

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*Away (

) -

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, artwork ;Production *

Harris Johns Harris Johns is a German music producer, active since the late-1970s in the heavy metal and punk scene, working for a lot of big-name bands, such as Helloween, Coroner (band), Coroner, Tankard (band), Tankard, Sodom (band), Sodom, Voivod (band), ...

- producer, engineer, mixing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dimension Hatross 1988 albums Voivod (band) albums Noise Records albums 1980s concept albums Albums produced by Harris Johns