War and Pain
| War and Pain | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1984 | |||
| Recorded | June 19–27, 1984 | |||
| Studio | Le Terroir Studio, Laterrière (now part of Saguenay, Québec), Canada | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 42:07 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Voivod | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
| Exclaim! | (favourable) |
| PopMatters | (favourable) |
| Rock Hard | 7.5/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5 |
War and Pain is the debut studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod, released in September 1984.
War and Pain was reissued several times on the CD format (sometimes on different labels in other countries): the first CD issue on Metal Blade in 1987, in 1990 on Enigma Records; remastered by Metal Blade and reissued in 1994; it was also released in Roadrunner's Pricekillers series (also 1990); and again by Metal Blade in 2004 as a remastered 3-CD boxset (see the 20th Anniversary Edition section for the bonus material).
A music video was made for the title song "Voivod" and was directed by Dédé Fortin.