ON TOUR W/VOIVOD
Wed 3. West Springlfield, VA @ Jaxx*
Thu 4. Philadelphia, PA @Trocadero*
Fri 5. Worcester, MA @ The Palladium*
Sat 6. New York City, NY @ Nokia Theater*
Sun 7. Montreal, QC @ Club Soda*
Mon 8. Québec, QC @ L'Impérial*
Tue 9. Toronto, ON @ The Opera House*
Wed 10. Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's*
Thu 11. Detroit, MI @ Blondie's*
Fri 12. Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge*
Sat 13. Columbus, OH @ Scion Rock Fest
Sun 14. St.Paul, MN @ Station 4*
Wed 17. Austin, TX @ SXSW "Relapse" Showcase
Fri 19. Austin, TX @ SXSW "Thrasher" Showcase
Sat 20. Austin, TX @ SXSW "M is for Montreal"
SXSW info
Sun 18.04.10 Tochka Club, Moscow, Russia
Mon 19.04.10 Orlandina Club, St. Petersburg, Russia
Thu 5. Germany @ Wacken Open Air
HEAVY MTL X-MAS METTANT EN VEDETTE: VOIVOD
Inepsy + Les Ékorchés + Voivod
Saturday, December 12th @ CLUB SODA, Montreal
www.geg.ca
KREATOR + VOIVOD 2010
** March 3-12:
KREATOR
VOIVOD
NACHTMYSTIUM
EVILE
LAZARUS A.D.
** March 14:
KREATOR
VOIVOD
NACHTMYSTIUM
EVILE
LAZARUS A.D
"Hordes Of Chaos Part II" tour dates:
March 03 - Jaxx, West Springfield, VA
March 04 - The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
March 05 - The Palladium (MA), Worcester, MA
March 06 - Nokia Theater, New York, NY
March 07 - Club Soda, Montreal, QUE
March 08 - Imperial de Quebec, Quebec City, QUE
March 09 - Opera House, Toronto, ONT
March 10 - Peabody's Cleveland, OH
March 11 - Blondie's, Detroit, MI
March 12 - The Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
March 14 - Block Station 4, St Paul, MN
On tour with Voivod:
O C T O B E R
Fri 16.10.2009 Salle Sylvio-Lacharité (Le Théâtre Granada), Sherbrooke, Canada w/Mononc’ Serge et Anonymus
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Voivod - Tatsumaki Voivod In Japan 2008
This is the first show that Voivod has ever played in Japan! It's a three-camera shoot originally recorded in 2008 for TV broadcast.
On tour with Voivod:
J U L Y
Sat 11.07.09 Knock Out Festival, WKS Wawel Stadium, Krakow, Poland
Sun 12.07.09 Masters of Rock, Vizovice, Czech Republic
Fri 17.07.09 Festival D'Ete, Imperial, Quebec city, QC, Canada, w/to be confirm
Sat 25.07.09 Lorca Rock, Lorca, Spain
Sun 26.07.09 Barcelona, Spain w/Sepultura
A U G U S T
Wed 5.08.09 Burton Cummins Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada w/Down
Fri 7.08.09 Edmonton Events Centre, Edmonton, Canada w/Down
Sat 8.08.09 MacEwan Hall Calgary
Mon 10.08.09 The Commodore, Vancouver, Canada w/Down
Fri 14.08.09 Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, Club Teatria, Oulu, Finland.
Sat 15.08.09 Summer Breeze, Germany.
Fri 28.08.09 Hole In The Sky, USF, Norway.
Sat 29.08.09 John Dee, Oslo, Norway.
S E P T E M B E R
Sat 12.09.09 Arena Santa Lucia, Monterrey w/ Testament and more
Sat 13.09.09 Salon Jose Cuervo, Mexico City w/ Sacred Reich, Grave Digger, The Agonist, Deicide, Misery Index
Fri 18.09.09 The Koolhaus, Toronto, Canada w/Down
Tour Highlights:
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 5/6 2009
Tornado @ Sweden Rock
Astronomy Domine @ Sweden Rock
Overreaction @ Sweden Rock
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 12/6 2009
Tribal Convictions
The Unknown Knows
WALDROCK 13/6 2009
The Unknown Knows
NOUVEAU CASINO 18/6 2009
Overreaction
HELLFEST 19/6 2009
Tribal Convictions (With Eric Forrest)
Astronomy Domine
PETÖFI CSARNOK HALL BUDAPEST 23/6 2009
The Unknown Knows
Voivod
Tribal Convictions
The Prow
Astronomy Domine
Pics from Budapest:
Pics1
Pics2
BANG YOUR HEAD 26/6 2009
Overreaction
GODS OF METAL - Monza, It 27/06/2009
Entire show filmed by max1334 - 350 megs Xvid format
On tour with Voivod:
J U N E
Thu 05.06.09 Sweden Rock, Sweden
Fri 12.06.09 Download, Donington, UK
Sat 13.06.09 Waldrock, Wâlden, Netherlands
Thu 18.06.09 Nouveau Casino, Paris, France w/ Nashville Pussy
Fri 19.06.09 Hellfest, Clisson, France.
Sat 20.06.09 Trix Zaal, Antwerp, Belgium w/Coalesce, Kylesa, Torche
Tue 23.06.09 Peto"fi Csarnok Hall, Budapest, Hungary w/ Down
Fri 26.06.09 Bang Your Head, Balingen, Messegelände, Southern Germany
Sat 27.06.09 Gods of Metal, Stadio Brianteo, Viale Goivan Battista Stucchi, Monza, Italy.
Mon 29.06.09 Rockwave Festival, Terra Vibe Park, Athens, Greece
J U L Y
Fri 03.07.09 Woodstock en Beauce, QC
Sat 04.07.09 Jonquiere, QC w/ Death Dealer
Fri 11.07.09 Knock Out, Krakow, Poland
Sun 12.07.09 Masters of Rock, Vizovice, Czech Republic
Sat 25.07.09 Lorca Rock, Lorca, Spain
Sun 26.07.09 Barcelona, Spain w/Sepultura
A U G U S T
Fri 14.08.09 Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, Club Teatria, Oulu, Finland.
Sat 15.08.09 Summer Breeze, Germany.
Fri 28.08.09 Hole In The Sky, USF, Norway.
S E P T E M B E R
Sept 12 Monterrey Mexico (Arena Santa Lucia) tickets tba
Other bands Testament, more TBA, ticket price around 30 usd
Sept 13 Mexico City (Salon Jose Cuervo) tickets ticketmaster.com.mx
other bands Sacred Reich, Grave Digger, The Agonist, Deicide, Misery Index
Hi everybody, I survive Japan, our invasion was successful, no serious injuries and lots of sushi. We have wanted to play here for so long, this is a dream come true, we will definitely come back if we can. Japan is a great place, the people are amazing and the fans are unbelievably loyal. The venue crew was probably the best crew ever. Everybody in the band is so stoked. The two shows were recorded so that means there will be a DVD release of VV in Japan in the future.
ARIGATO JAPAN!!!
Not so many years ago I would not have dreamed that I would be playing metal again, let alone playing with Michel and Denis, and playing the music of Voivod. But it is happening, so I think it is important to explain how I came to be doing the thing that I never thought, after seventeen years, I would ever do again.
First of all I would like to thank Michel, Denis and Dan. They have been so great in this process. It is so fantastic to have the chance to work with them. We have been very excited to play shows together. But it also has been very hard at times – mostly for Michel and Denis, going though the process of dealing with the fact that Piggy is gone. I feel very lucky to be close to them again, and to have this chance to play music together.
When Piggy died I thought it would be the end of the Voivod saga. Piggy was the most important person in the band. None of us could have ever imagined that it would be possible to be a group without Denis D’Amour. He was the cornerstone of Voivod. I can still remember when I lived in Jonquiere and I would hear about this amazing guitarist who could play his entire record collection. He was a legend, even back then. From the first day I met him, I realized that he was the real deal. When I saw him play he became my guitar hero.
This brings me back to the reason why I’m playing with Voivod today. Michel called me a few months ago. He wanted to know if I would be interested in playing a couple of shows with him, Snake and Dan Mongrain as Voivod. I did not hesitate, I said yes, for sure. The reason was simple. I wanted it. I felt the need to play again, nostalgia for the old days, for something I had not done in a very long time.
The other, more important reason is that I wanted to play for Piggy. I wanted to celebrate his legacy in the best way possible, and that was to play his music again, playing it the way we used to back in the 80’s. This was also the best way for me to say thank you for everything that he brought to me, his teaching, his friendship, his brotherhood. I truly believe that is what Piggy would have wanted us to do. I may be naïve but I hope that all of the hardcore supporters of Voivod would understand and agree with this, that this is the best way to pay ultimate respect for someone that brought so much into our lives. Even during the final stages of his cancer he managed to find the energy and the courage to write more music. When I first heard about it I was astonished by his dedication to his career, but thinking about it some more, I was not surprised. This man was living for his music, and he wanted his music to outlive him. He wrote enough music and arrangements so that it would be possible for the band to finish his work without him. It is hard to believe that there will be yet another chapter to this incredible story but I’m very proud to be part of it. Piggy lived his life for the music and the music now lives for him.
Long live Piggy, long live Voivod! To the Death!!
VOIVOD To Headline Finland's JALOMETALLI Festival
Voivod at Thrash Domination
September 20th & 21st in Kawasaki, Japan
With Forbidden and Testament
Voivod supporting Judas Priest
August 12th at the Bell Center, Montréal
Heavy MTL
June 22nd, Montréal
Monsters of Rock Festival
July 26th, Calgary, Alberta
Original Bassist BLACKY, MARTYR Guitarist To Perform With VOIVOD In Canada - Apr. 30, 2008
Canada's pioneering metal band VOIVOD, whose last performance took place on July 30, 2003 in Florida during that summer's Ozzfest tour, will make its trimphant return to the stage on June 22, 2008 as part of the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal.
The group has issued the following update regarding its upcoming activities:
"A lot has happened since the band's last live appearance. The band had taken time off to begin writing what would become the album 'Katorz'. In April 2005 while the new album was in progress, guitarist Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour became ill before recording began and sadly died of colon cancer. It took awhile to recover from the sudden passing of Denis before Michel 'Away' Langevin, Denis 'Snake' Belanger and Jason 'Jasonic' Newsted could begin to assemble the songs from the demos and create 'Katorz'. Discussions of a tribute show and possible guitar players for it followed, yet it just did not seem right to perform without Denis, but time does help heal wounds and this summer VOIVOD feel it is time to perform the music Denis helped create once more.
"On June 22, VOIVOD will perform in Montreal as part of the Heavy MTL festival and July 26, 2008 in Calgary for the Monsters Of Rock festival with 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, will play guitar. Songs from the early catalogue will be the focus for these short festival sets.