Nothing against Pink Floyd - even their early psych period - but there's just something about Voivod's icy, precision technicality on this version of "Astronomy Domine" that kills. It's a valid cover: while it is in fact pretty faithful to the original, it does trade in Syd Barrett's hazy, drug fueled psychosis for an antiseptic menace that is more immediately threatening than the Floyd rendition. What really sells it is Voivod's complete mastery of the loud/quiet dynamic; Michel Langevin's rollercoaster drumming in particular steals the show.
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