Angel Rat

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{{Infobox album

| name = Angel Rat

| type = studio

| artist = Voivod

| cover = Angel Rat Voivod.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 12, 1991

| recorded = 1991

| venue =

| studio = Metalworks Studios, Toronto

| genre =

• Progressive metal
• alternative metal{{cite book | last1 = Christe | first1 = Ian | authorlink1 = Ian Christe | title = Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal | chapter = Transforming the 1990s: The Black Album & Beyond | work = !t Books | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2004 | location = New York City | page = [https://archive.org/details/soundofbeastcomp0000chri/page/225 225] | isbn = 978-0-380-81127-4 }}

| length = 44:00

| label = Mechanic/MCA

| producer = Terry Brown, Steve Sinclair

| prev_title = Nothingface

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = The Outer Limits

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/angel-rat-mw0000274358 |title=Voivod – Angel Rat review |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=July 17, 2017 }}

| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9 |page=490}}

| rev3 = Rock Hard

| rev3Score = 9.0/10{{cite magazine |title=Review Dynamit: Voivod - Angelrat |magazine=Rock Hard |year=1991 |last=Stratmann |first=Holger |issue=55 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=11392 |access-date=July 17, 2017 |language=German}}

| rev4 = Select

| rev4Score = 3/5{{cite journal |last=Morrison |first=Dave |date=December 1991 |url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2013/06/albums21.jpg |title=Voivod – Angel Rat |journal=Select}}

| rev5 = Sputnikmusic

| rev5score = 3.5/5{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/45874/Voivod-Angel-Rat/ |title=Voivod – Angel Rat |website=Sputnikmusic |date=October 1, 2011 |access-date=July 17, 2017 }}

| noprose = yes

}}

Angel Rat is the sixth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. Produced by Terry Brown of Rush fame, it was released in 1991 by Mechanic/MCA Records and is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 1989 release Nothingface. On Angel Rat, Voivod adopted a more alternative metal sound compared to previous releases. A music video was made for the song "Clouds in My House".

While Angel Rat was released on a major record label, the album initially received mixed reviews and was not as successful as Nothingface, though it has since gained a strong cult following. Before the release of the album, bassist Jean-Yves Thériault (Blacky) departed from the group, but rejoined in 2008 (he would later leave again in 2014).

Men Without Hats bandleader Ivan Doroschuk performs keyboards on "The Outcast". This was done in return for drummer Michel Langevin recording the drums for Men Without Hats' album Sideways, recorded around the same time, and participating in the tour to promote that album.

The master tapes for the album, as well as Nothingface and The Outer Limits, were lost in the 2008 Universal Studios fire.