Late VOIVOD Guitarist To Be Inducted Into 'Quebec Metal Hall Of Fame'

May 31, 2007

VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour will be posthumously inducted into the Quebec Metal Hall of Fame during "1982 – 2007: 25 ans Métal Québécois", a three-day festival celebrating 25 years of Quebec metal, set to take place August 31 - September 2, 2007 at Club Soda in Montreal. A total of 12 bands will perform, with eight of the 12 groups reuniting specifically for the festival. The billing is shaping up as follows:

Friday, August 31 (artists from 1990s):

OBLIVEON
NECROTIC MUTATION
DÉMENCE
AGONY

Air guitar competition

Saturday, September 1 (artists from 1980s):

DEAD BRAIN CELLS (D.B.C.)
SOOTHSAYER
DAMNATION
THE AFFECTED

Piggy induction to Quebec Metal Hall of Fame

Sunday, September 2 (artists from 2007):

NEGATIVA
BRIEF RESPITE
EMPATHY DENIED
DESCEND INTO NOTHINGNESS

D'Amour died August 26, 2005 in a Montreal hospital from complications of advanced colon cancer.

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