Voivod start working on new album

[Mindripper]

My question is how can you have a respectable effort when the creative force of the band is deceased??? Voivod without Denis is NFG in my opinion...

[Pink_Floyd]

Originally Posted by Mindripper

Voivod without Denis is NFG in my opinion...

I agree.. What's up with their site? Type Voivod in google and see.

"Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!"

Attn: Les Paul

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zoZSsL9yVb8

[Mindripper]

Originally Posted by vw_vr6

I agree.. What's up with their site? Type Voivod in google and see.

"Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!"

Attn: Les Paul

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zoZSsL9yVb8

http://www.voivod.net/band/index.php is their site I think. Seems legit.

[Pink_Floyd]

Canadian metallers VOIVOD have confirmed Infini as the title of their final album, due out in June via Nuclear Blast Europe and JVC Japan. The album will be released in early July via Relapse Records in the US and Sonic Unyon in Canada.

Infini tracklisting is as follows: 'God Phones', 'From The Cave', 'Earthache', 'Global Warning', 'A Room With A View', 'Destroy After Reading', 'Treasure Chase', 'Krap Radio', 'In Orbit', 'Deathproof', 'Pyramidome', 'Morpheus', 'Volcano'.

According to a recent band update, former METALLICA/Voivod bassist Jason Newsted ended up playing on all the bass tracks on the album. Infini marks the end of the Voivod songs late guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour wrote and performed. Voivod will release a DVD of their first ever performance in Japan, featuring all early Voivod material with Blacky on bass and Dan Mongrain (MARTYR) on guitar.

Denis "Piggy" D'Amour passed away on Friday, August 26th, 2005 due to advanced colon cancer.

[Pink_Floyd]

Quebec metal innovators VOIVOD have the set release date for their final album featuring guitarist Denis ?Piggy? D?Amour. The album, Infini, will be released on Tuesday, June 23rd in Canada by Sonic Unyon, something we are very excited about as long time fans and supporters of the band. It will also be released the same day stateside in the US by Relapse Records.

The album features that last thirteen songs written by Piggy and again features bassist Jason ?Jasonic? Newsted (ex-METALLICA). Jason plays bass on all songs and also mixed the album. Infini will be released as a deluxe, digipack CD and will also be issued on vinyl as a double LP.

Tracklisting for the album is as follows: 'God Phones', 'From The Cave', 'Earthache', 'Global Warning', 'A Room With A V.U.', 'Destroy After Reading', 'Treasure Chest', 'Krap Radio', 'In Orbit', 'Deathproof', 'Pyramidome', 'Morpheus' and 'Volcano'.

Voivod?s newest record Infini may be their last as Voivod. This was a record built from the final songs created by the band with Denis D?Amour aka Piggy. All his original demo guitar tracks appear as they were recorded, no re-amping, no overdubs, just Piggy as he played the tracks he envisioned in his small bachelor apartment, the amp in the bathroom, capturing his performance with the laptop given to him by Jason.

There were many discussions and ideas as to how to complete these recordings of songs that had never been actually performed with the whole band in one room. Drummer Michel ?Away? Langevin went into a studio in Montreal with engineer Glen Robinson and tracked his drum parts, and Jason waited anxiously to get the tracks and add his bass which he recorded with Enrique Gonzalez M?ller at Fantasy Studios in San Francisco, then Denis ?Snake? Belanger tracked his vocals with Glen in Montreal afterwards. Jason and Enrique mixed the record in San Francisco over the holidays and Infini was born.

Truly a collaborative effort, Infini is an album that came together from a respect and belief that these final Voivod songs deserved to be heard. In light of this sentiment, the band agreed to play some summer festivals in 2008 with original bass player Jean-Yves ?Blacky?
Theriault and fellow Montrealer Dan Mongrain of the band MARTYR on guitar, playing all classic era Voivod material. Dan is a technical wizard on guitar; his own band Martyr is a well respected extreme prog metal band from Montreal. It was a risky move but the fans and the band were happy with the outcome so much so that this lineup will play more live shows this summer.

J U N E :

Thu 05.06.09 Sweden Rock, Sweden
Fri 12.06.09 Download, Donington, UK
Sat 13.06.09 Waldrock, W?lden, Netherlands
Fri 19.06.09 Hellfest, Clisson, France.
Tue 23.06.09 Petofi Csarnok, Budapest, Hungary with Down
Fri 26.06.09 Bang Your Head, Balingen, Messegel?nde, Southern Germany
Sat 27.06.09 Gods of Metal, Arena Park Nord, Bologna, Italy.
Mon 29.06.09 Rockwave, Athens, Greece

J U L Y:

Fri 03.07.09 Woodstock en Beauce, QC
Sat 04.07.09 Jonquiere, QC
Fri 11.07.09 Knock Out, Krakow, Poland
Sun 12.07.09 Masters of Rock, Vizovice, Czech Republic
Sat 25.07.09 Lorca Rock, Lorca, Spain

A U G U S T:

Fri 14.08.09 Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, Club Teatria, Oulu, Finland.
Sat 15.08.09 Summer Breeze, Germany.
Fri 28.08.09 Hole In The Sky, USF, Norway.

Snake summed it up this way, ?If we don?t play live again then the songs die with Piggy and he wouldn?t want that, his genius deserves to be heard by new and life long fans.?

Jason Newsted is still a member of Voivod and one day there may be live shows performing the songs from the last three records that Jason was very much a part of (Voivod, Katorz and Infini). Currently the band is working on a short clip on the making of Infini.

[djflex]

strong bump on voivod update.....

[Pink_Floyd]

Originally Posted by djflex

strong bump on voivod update.....

Yup. I just search first to see if there's a thread related/about the band and post their instead of starting a thread.

[djflex]

Originally Posted by Pink_Floyd

Yup. I just search first to see if there's a thread related/about the band and post their instead of starting a thread.

you da man....


scored my isis tickets for 6/11 in detroit, called the bar said capacity is around 300 people or so....pretty pumped

[bignpisst]

Originally Posted by djflex

you da man....


scored my isis tickets for 6/11 in detroit, called the bar said capacity is around 300 people or so....pretty pumped

where in Det are they?

[Pink_Floyd]

Originally Posted by djflex

scored my isis tickets for 6/11 in detroit, called the bar said capacity is around 300 people or so....pretty pumped

Nice. Seen some live videos on youtube a few days ago and i liked it.

[djflex]

Originally Posted by bignpisst

where in Det are they?

smalls in detroit, i believe it is in hamtramack.


here is there website to check it out

http://www.smallsbardetroit.com/

[kethnaab]

damn

I used to love Voivod...RIP pigster

[Pink_Floyd]

Nuclear Blast German are currently streaming audio samples for all 13 tracks featured on the upcoming new album from VOIVOD, Infini, @: http://www.nuclearblast-musicshop.de...lbum_id=157908

Voivod's final album featuring guitarist Denis ?Piggy? D?Amour, Infini, will be released on Tuesday, June 23rd in Canada by Sonic Unyon. It will also be released the same day stateside in the US by Relapse Records. Nuclear Blast Germany will be releasing Infini on June 12th.

The album features that last thirteen songs written by Piggy and again features bassist Jason ?Jasonic? Newsted (ex-METALLICA). Jason plays bass on all songs and also mixed the album. Infini will be released as a deluxe, digipack CD and will also be issued on vinyl as a double LP.

Tracklisting for the album is as follows: 'God Phones', 'From The Cave', 'Earthache', 'Global Warning', 'A Room With A V.U.', 'Destroy After Reading', 'Treasure Chest', 'Krap Radio', 'In Orbit', 'Deathproof', 'Pyramidome', 'Morpheus' and 'Volcano'.

Voivod?s newest record Infini may be their last as Voivod. This was a record built from the final songs created by the band with Denis D?Amour aka Piggy. All his original demo guitar tracks appear as they were recorded, no re-amping, no overdubs, just Piggy as he played the tracks he envisioned in his small bachelor apartment, the amp in the bathroom, capturing his performance with the laptop given to him by Jason.

There were many discussions and ideas as to how to complete these recordings of songs that had never been actually performed with the whole band in one room. Drummer Michel ?Away? Langevin went into a studio in Montreal with engineer Glen Robinson and tracked his drum parts, and Jason waited anxiously to get the tracks and add his bass which he recorded with Enrique Gonzalez M?ller at Fantasy Studios in San Francisco, then Denis ?Snake? Belanger tracked his vocals with Glen in Montreal afterwards. Jason and Enrique mixed the record in San Francisco over the holidays and Infini was born.

Truly a collaborative effort, Infini is an album that came together from a respect and belief that these final Voivod songs deserved to be heard. In light of this sentiment, the band agreed to play some summer festivals in 2008 with original bass player Jean-Yves ?Blacky? Theriault and fellow Montrealer Dan Mongrain of the band MARTYR on guitar, playing all classic era Voivod material. Dan is a technical wizard on guitar; his own band Martyr is a well respected extreme prog metal band from Montreal. It was a risky move but the fans and the band were happy with the outcome so much so that this lineup will play more live shows this summer. (Please visit here for all dates.)

Snake summed it up this way, ?If we don?t play live again then the songs die with Piggy and he wouldn?t want that, his genius deserves to be heard by new and life long fans.?

Jason Newsted is still a member of Voivod and one day there may be live shows performing the songs from the last three records that Jason was very much a part of (Voivod, Katorz and Infini). Currently the band is working on a short clip on the making of Infini.

[Pink_Floyd]

VOIVOD have posted a third preview track, 'Death Proof', off of their forthcoming album Infini. 'Death Proof' can be heard online now via the band?s newly redesigned myspace: http://www.myspace.com/Voivod , along with 'Earthache' and 'Global Warning'.


June:

12 - Donington, UK - Download Festival
13 - Walden, Netherlands - Waldrock
19 - Clisson, France - Hellfest
23 - Budapest, Hungary - Petofi Csarnok (with DOWN)
26 - Balingen, Germany - Bang Your Head Festival
27 - Bologna, Italy - Gods Of Metal Festival
29 - Athens, Greece - Rockwave Festival

July:

3 - Quebec City, QC - Woodstock en Beauce
4 - Jonquiere, QC - Place Nikitoutagen
11 - Krakow, Poland - Knock Out Festival
12 - Vizovice, Czech Rep. - Masters Of Rock Festival
25 - Lorca, Spain - Lorca Rock
26 - Barcelona, Spain - Apollo (with SEPULTURA)

August:

14 - Oulu, Finland - Jalometalli Metal Music Festival
15 - Dinkelsbuhl, Germany - Summer Breeze Festival
28 - Bergen, Norway - Hole In The Sky
29 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee

September:

12 - Monterrey, Mexico - Arena Santa Lucia
13 - Mexico City, Mexico - Salon Jose Cuervo

[Pink_Floyd]

Voivod - Piggy solo albums to see the light of day

"We just want to make sure Piggy's music lives," Away says. "We?re trying to make sure it?s immortalized, at least on CD. Unfortunately, aside from two solo albums that he wrote and recorded in 2004 and 2005, there are no remaining tracks from Piggy. What he recorded as a solo artist is really, really good. We want to share it with people; Snake and I really want to finish it one day. Piggy played both the guitar and the bass tracks, so it would be easy for Snake and I to finish it. It?s just a matter of putting some money aside to record it eventually.

What do the solo albums sound like?

"They sound a lot like Voivod but, while listening to them, I can really tell which guitar players Piggy admired. I can tell there?s some TOOL in it, some RUSH, ROBERT FRIPP and DAVID GILMOUR, at times. I can really feel his influences, there?s even some JIMMY PAGE in there. It easier for me to spot the influences because I was aware of his favourite guitar players, but it?s also very Voivod-ish."

[Pink_Floyd]

Genere: Progressive Metal
Сountry: Canada (Jonqui?re, Quebec)
Info: mp3@VBR220kbps
Size: 92MB
Time: 58:07

Tracklist:

1. God Phones 05:07
2. From The Cave 02:57
3. Earthache 03:21
4. Global Warning 04:40
5. A Room With A V.U. 04:50
6. Destroy After Reading 04:27
7. Treasure Chase 03:37
8. Krap Radio 03:45
9. In Orbit 04:12
10. Deathproof 03:35
11. Pyramidome 04:27
12. Morpheus 05:31
13. Volcano 07:38

http://rapidshare.com/files/243962535/Inf_ArchibalD_ini.rar

[Pink_Floyd]