The Year of Our Lord 2006 was a wretched year overall, but a good year for protest rock, particularly of the anti-war variety. Bob Seger with ‘No More’, Neil Young with ‘Let’s Impeach the President’, Hammers of Misfortune with ‘Trot Out the Dead’, and, of course, French-Canadian thrash legends Voivod with ‘The Getaway’. Voivod are a band well-known for their Motörhead fandom; here they do a very masterful incorporation of that band’s speedy, punk-influenced style. It is a very different sound from their classic works such as Killing Technology or Rrröööaaarrr, but I must indeed approve!
Bring the boys back!
They’re under attack!
Pack up your stuff
Before you get smacked!
The maps are folded,
The trucks are loaded,
The spirit of the troops
By the heat remolded.
The plan was simple
And time was crucial;
Who knows now if
It's still essential?
A sort of revenge
Gone out of hand -
Black gold is worth
A few dead men!
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