The band was formed nearly thirty years ago and from that originally have been a pure speed metal band, developed sound with elements of both thrash and progressive metal and the classic Voivod sound was a fact. The debut album "War & Pain " was in the record stores in 1984 and to date there has been a further 10 studio albums. The so-called commercial breakthrough came in 1989 with the album "Nothing Face", which even found its way onto the Billboard charts. 2005 the band was hit by tragedy when guitarist and one of grujdarna, Piggy (Denis D'Amour), died as a result of cancer. This caused the band for a while was at rest, but 2008 was hoisted the Voivodflag again. The latest studio given "Infini" was released in 2009 and consists of material recorded before the death of Piggy.
Voivod 1986
Voivod 2006
Voivod 2009
The band went to Sweden and Sweden Rock Festival a few years ago and now it is time again to set foot on a Swedish stage.
This time offers Sweden's toughest reservation companies enter into an exclusive gig with the band.
Location: KB, Malmö, Date: 22 / 4
Todays tune ”The Getaway” is taken from the fourteenth album, and the eleventh studio album ”Katorz", and was released on July 25, 2006. The name of the album is phonetic for "quatorze", the French word for fourteen.
The album features tracks recorded by him. It is also their second release with bassist Jason Newsted (formerly of Metallica). The song, "The X-Stream", is included in Guitar Hero II.
More info @ Official Voivod Website or Voivod on Myspace
Listen to ”Voivod - The Getaway" on Spotify here!Follow tuneoftheday.blogspot.com on Spotify here!
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