VOIVOD: Footage Of Homecoming Jonquière Performance Available

July 13, 2009

Two legendary Canadian heavy metal bands of the '80s — VOIVOD and DEATH DEALER — reunited for ONLY one night for an historical event in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada on July 4, 2009. After 25 years of distilling the spirit and the sound of the Jonquière heavy metal style throughout the world, the two bands made this event a "return from the past" with this symbolic and historic show staged in the city where they both started their careers in 1983.

Watch fan-filmed video footage of VOIVOD's performance below (courtesy of "lheavy1970").

"Infini", the new album from VOIVOD, sold around 840 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 67 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

VOIVOD's final album featuring the group's late guitarist, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, "Infini" was released in the U.S. on June 23 via Relapse Records. The CD, which was issued in Europe via Nuclear Blast, contains the last thirteen songs written by Piggy and again features bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted (ex-METALLICA). Jason played bass on all the songs and mixed the album, which was released as a deluxe, digipack CD and was also issued on vinyl as a double LP.

"Infini" was built from the final songs created by the band with D'Amour. All his original demo guitar tracks appear as they were recorded — with no re-amping and 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.

Hellena Miahailidou of Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with VOIVOD vocalist Denis "Snake" Belanger. The chat is now available is text and audio format at this location.

Released in July 2006 on The End Records, VOIVOD's "Katorz" album has sold more than 10,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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