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VOIVOD Performs With Former Frontman ERIC FORREST At France's HELLFEST; Video Available

June 23, 2009

Former VOIVOD/current E-FORCE bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest joined VOIVOD on stage at this year's Hellfest on June 19, 2009 in Clisson, France to perform the band's classic track "Tribal Convictions". Watch fan-filmed video footage of the performance below (courtesy of Slaytanic1).

Forrest joined VOIVOD in early 1994 following the departure of original vocalist Denis "Snake" Bélanger. He recorded two albums with the band — "Negatron" (1995) and "Phobos" (1997) — before departing in 2001 when Snake returned. In 2005, he formed his own group, whcih he named E-FORCE after his VOIVOD moniker.

Three new songs from VOIVOD — "Deathproof", "Earthache" and "Global Warning" — are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. All three tracks will appear on VOIVOD's final album featuring the group's late guitarist, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, which is being released in the U.S. today (Tuesday, 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.

(Thanks: Slaytanic1 / Ian Salsbury)

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