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Voivod (singer Denis "Snake" Belanger, guitarist Denis
"Piggy" d'Amour, drummer Michel "Away" Langevin, and
bassist Jean-Yves"Blacky"Theriault)were one of the first
thrash bands from Canada to gain popularity outside of
their home country. From theirbeginningintheearly'80s,
their main goalwas to be different from anyone else, and
thus they incorporated odd musical tempos and
futuristicstorylinesintotheirsongs, often dealing
withtechnology taking over the world. With their unique
style of performing and writing, Voivodopened
thewayforotherCanadian thrash and metal bands.
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Voivod (singer Denis "Snake" Belanger, guitarist Denis
"Piggy" d'Amour, drummer Michel "Away" Langevin, and
bassist Jean-Yves"Blacky"Theriault)were one of the first
thrash bands from Canada to gain popularity outside of
their home country. From theirbeginningintheearly'80s,
their main goalwas to be different from anyone else, and
thus they incorporated odd musical tempos and
futuristicstorylinesintotheirsongs, often dealing
withtechnology taking over the world. With their unique
style of performing and writing, Voivodopened
thewayforotherCanadian thrash and metal bands.
Such early releases as 1984's War and Pain and 1986's
Rrröööaaarrr showed that the quartet was aligned with
the then up-and-comingthrashmetalmovement
(Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax), eventually letting their prog
rock influences (Pink Floyd, Rush, King
Crimson)seepinon1987'sKilling Technologyand 1988's
Dimension Hatröss. By the time of their major-label
debut for MCA,
1989'sNothingface,Voivodhadperfectedtheir thrash
metal/prog rockstyle, resulting in the most commercially
successful release of their career --spearheadedby
avideo fortheircover of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine"
(which enjoyed airings on MTV's Headbangers Ball) and
a headliningclubtourover a pair ofbandsthat would soon
change the landscape of alt-rock bythe early '90s,
Soundgarden and Faith No More.
But just as it appeared that Voivod might be able to
break through to a wider audience, Theriault left the
group right afterthereleaseof1991'sAngelRat, as the
album quickly sank from sight while the rest of the rock
world focused its attention on the burgeoning alt-
rock/Seattlemovement. TheOuter Limits followed two
years later, which was followed shortly thereafter by
Belanger's exit from theband.Bythemid-'90s,Voivod's
lineup had beenscaled down to a trio -- newcomer Eric
Forrest doubled on vocals and bass,
resultinginsuchreleases as1995'sNegatron and 1997's
Phobos. The odds-and-ends compilation Kronik and the
live set Lives saw release in2000.Inearly 2001,
theremainingmembers decided to call it a day when
Forrestdeparted. The band reunited later that year with
Belangerbackonboard; they alsoenlisted anew bassist,
Jason Newsted, formerly of Metallica,resulting in the
eponymous Voivod album.
In August of 2005, guitarist "Piggy" d'Amour succumbed
to complications from colon cancer. The band was in the
middle ofrecordinganewalbum;heinstructed his
bandmates on his deathbed about how to complete his
contributions to the
band'sforthcomingoffering,Katorz,which arrived
in2006.Piggy left numerous songs and arrangements for
another album on his laptop. In 2009,Voivod
tookthosedemos,guitar parts, andarrangements
andstructured the album Infini from them, without
editing, re-recording, oroverdubbing hisguitar.The
bandtoured the album acrossEurope, Japan, andNorth
America with Martyr's Daniel Mongrain on guitar. A
2009show atMontreal's ClubSodafeaturing members
Belanger,Langevin, Mongrain, and(returning) bassist
"Blacky" Theriault, was recorded; itwaseventually
releasedasWarriors of Ice on Sonic Union Metal in2011.
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