Voivod’s bloody history from early Canadian barbaric speed/thrash to progressive metal structures and later to progressive rock is probably familiar to any true metalhead. Few musicians’ deaths have caused such an unanimous burst of grievances as when Voivod’s Piggy in 2005 succumbed to cancer which is weirdly appropriate for a person who seemed to be able to conjure genetic mutations simply by his tormented guitar composition. His final home recordings have been preserved by his bandmates and post-produced into a complete album, which shall be the final Voivod document.
Infini was built from the final songs created by the band with Piggy. There were many discussions and ideas as to how to complete these recordings of songs that had never been actually performed with the whole band in one room. All of his original demo guitar tracks appear as they were recorded, no re-amping, 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 Newsted.
Additionally, the world has one of the last chances now to see these robotic devastators on tour, performing material from the first 10 years of their discography with original bassist Blacky and guitarist Dan Mongrain (Martyr, Gorguts, Cryptopsy) completing the lineup. The following dates are currently confirmed (no US dates, sorry!):
Fri 05.06.09 Sweden Rock, Sweden
Fri 12.06.09 Download, Donington, UK
Sat 13.06.09 Waldrock, Wâlden, Netherlands
Fri 19.06.09 Hellfest, Clisson, France.
Tue 23.06.09 Petofi Csarnok, Budapest, Hungary with Down
Fri 26.06.09 Bang Your Head, Balingen, Messegelände, Southern Germany
Sat 27.06.09 Gods of Metal, Arena Park Nord, Bologna, Italy.
Mon 29.06.09 Rockwave, Athens, Greece
Fri 03.07.09 Woodstock en Beauce, QC
Sat 04.07.09 Jonquiere, QC
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
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.
