Infini May Be Voivod's Last Album

04/20/09 1:55pm

by Craig Clark (CHARTattack)

Quebec metal innovators Voivod will release Infini on CD and in a double vinyl package on June 23 through Sonic Unyon in Canada and Relapse Records in the U.S.

The follow-up to 2006's Katorz features the last 13 songs written by Voivod's late guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, who passed away from colon cancer in 2005. It may be the last album released under the Voivod name.

All the guitar demos originally recorded by D'Amour on a laptop computer in his bachelor apartment appear as they were with no overdubs. Drummer Michel "Away" Langevin tracked his parts in Montreal with longtime engineer Glen Robinson (Gwar, Ramones).

The recordings were then sent to ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted at San Francisco's Fantasy Studios, where he laid down the bass tracks with Enrique Gonzalez Muller. Denis "Snake" Belanger then recorded his vocals with Robinson in Montreal. The album was mixed in San Francisco by Newsted and Gonzalez Muller.

While Newsted remains a member of Voivod, original bassist Jean-Yves "Blacky" Theriault and Martyr guitarist Dan Mongrain will join Langevin and Belanger on tour as Voivod this summer.

"If we don't play live again, then the songs die with Piggy and he wouldn't want that," says Belanger. "His genius deserves to be heard by new and lifelong fans."

Here are Voivod's performance dates:

June 5 Solvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival
June 12 Donington, England @ Donington Park (Download Festival)
June 13 Walden, Netherlands @ Waldrock
June 19 Clisson, France @ Hellfest
June 23 Budapest, Hungary @ Petofi Csarnok w/Down
June 26 Balingen, Germany @ Bang Your Head Festival
June 27 Bologna, Italy @ Arena Park Nord (Gods Of Metal Festival)
June 29 Athens, Greece @ Rockwave Festival
July 3 St. Ephrem, QC @ Woodstock En Beauce
July 4 Jonquiere, QC @ TBA
July 11 Krakow, Poland @ Knock Out Festival
July 12 Vizovice, Czech Republic @ Areal likerky R. Jelinek (Masters Of Rock Festival)
July 25 Lorca, Spain @ Lorca Rock
Aug. 14 Oulu, Finland @ Club Teatria (Jalometalli Metal Music Festival)
Aug. 15 Dinkelsbuhl, Germany @ Summer Breeze Festival
Aug. 28 Bergen, Norway @ Hole In The Sky

Here are the tracks on Infini:

"God Phones"
"From The Cave"
"Earthache"
"Global Warning"
"A Room With A V.U."
"Destroy After Reading"
"Treasure Chest"
"Krap Radio"
"In Orbit"
"Deathproof"
"Pyramidome"
"Morpheus"
"Volcano"