VOIVOD Interviewed By MusiquePlus At HEAVY MTL; Video Available
June 25, 2008Canada's pioneering metal band VOIVOD was interviewed by the Quebec music channel MusiquePlus on Sunday, June 22 ahead of the band's trimphant return to the stage in front of 22,500 fans as part of the Heavy MTL festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the chat in two parts below. (Note: The interview was conducted in French.)
As previously reported, VOIVOD will support British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST on their August 12 concert at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
For more information, visit www.bellcentre.ca.
For the Heavy MTLperformance, VOIVOD was joined by original bass player Jean-Yves Theriault ("Blacky") for the first time in 17 years. Dan Mongrain from the Quebec band MARTYR, a good friend of the band, played guitar. Songs from the early catalogue were the focus for the Heavy MTL set, including VOIVOD's cover of the PINK FLOYD classic "Astronomy Domine", which closed the show before the band took a bow center stage and shared a group hug.
Jason Newsted is still very much part of the VOIVOD family and is working with the band on the new record along with Jean-Yves Theriault and Eric Forrest. However, Newsted is unable to perform live at this point.
As previously reported, VOIVOD will enter the studio to record its final album using songs left behind by founding guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, who died in August 2005 from colon cancer.
VOIVOD 2008 (photo courtesy of Flickr user "Jazmin$Million"):
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