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CD/DVD Releases: Voivod To Release Live Album

Posted on Sunday, May 01 @ 17:15:00 UTC by nightowl

Canadian metal innovators Voivod will release a new live album, Warriors Of Ice, in the U.S. on June 21 via Sonic Unyon Metal. The CD, which can already be purchased digitally (see below), will be made available in Canada on June 17 through Indica Records.

Late in 2009, Voivod released their live Tatsumaki: Voivod Japan 2008 DVD, filmed the previous fall when they toured Japan for the first time ever. To celebrate its release of the DVD, Voivod performed in front of a sold-out crowd on December 12, 2009 at Club Soda in their adopted hometown of Montreal, Quebec. It was their first headlining show in the city of Montreal in more than ten years and it was celebrated in grand style. It was a fitting end to a busy year that saw them named "Metal Band Of The Year" at the 2010 Indie Awards in Canada. The show was recorded for posterity and is now being released as the fifteen-track Warriors Of Ice, the first official Voivod live album to feature original band members Denis "Snake" Belanger on vocals, Jean-Yves "Blacky" Theriault on bass and Michel "Away" Langevin on drums, as well as new guitarist Dan "Chewy" Mongrain.

Warriors Of Ice highlights the classic period of the original Voivod lineup as well as a few new songs, all raging with the band's notorious live energy. Containing songs from their classic albums, spanning from 1984's War And Pain right up through 1991's Angel Rat, as well as two songs from their 2009 Infini LP, the album is built of Voivod's signature songs, from "Voivod" and "Nuclear War" to "Tribal Convictions" and "Astronomy Domine" (Pink Floyd cover).

Warriors Of Ice track listing:

01. Voivod
02. The Unknown Knows
03. The Prow
04. Ripping Headaches
05. Ravenous Medicine
06. Tribal Convictions
07. Overreaction
08. Panorama
09. Global Warning
10. Treasure Chase
11. Tornado
12. Nothingface
13. Brain Scan
14. Nuclear War
15. Astronomy Domine

The 15-track set captured on Warriors Of Ice is undeniably packed with Voivod fan favorites, making it an absolute must-have release for diehard fans and a great starting point for the uninitiated as well. This is the main set Voivod ravaged their audiences with on their 2010 U.S. tour alongside Kreator, and at their headlining slot at the 2010 Scion Rock Fest.

Voivod is currently touring Europe, and will begin to assault the North American masses again this May when it is scheduled as one of the top headliners of the 2011 Maryland Deathfest.

Voivod is currently working on material for a new studio album. The CD will contain the band's first music to be written with new guitarist Dan Mongrain (Martyr) following the passing of Denis "Piggy" D'Amour in 2005.

Tatsumaki: Voivod Japan 2008 was released on November 17, 2009 via MVD Entertainment Group. The disc contains professionally filmed footage (three-camera shoot) of Voivod's September 20, 2008 concert at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan. The band was in Japan taking part in the two-night Thrash Domination 2008 event alongside Testament and Forbidden.

Infini, the latest album from Voivod, 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.

[Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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