Voivod
Voivod is a heavy metal band from Canada. Their musical style has been changing since their beginnings. They started out as a speed metal band, but eventually began adding a mix of progressive metal and thrash metal to create their own unique metal style.
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 Voivod performing live at the Masters of Rock festival in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Jonquière, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Heavy metal, progressive metal, thrash metal, speed metal[1] |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Metal Blade, Noise, MCA, Mausoleum, Hypnotic, Chophouse, The End, Relapse |
| Members | Michel Langevin Denis Bélanger Jean-Yves Thériault Daniel Mongrain |
| Past member(s) | Denis D'Amour Pierre St. Jean Gilles Brisebois Eric Forrest Jason Newsted |
| Website | www |
Today, Voivod have released eleven studio albums as well as one EP, one live album, two compilations, seven demos and one DVD featuring a live concert. They rose to popularity with their fifth studio album Nothingface (1989), which was the first Voivod album to enter the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number 114, and is their most successful one yet.[2] The last studio album Voivod released is "Target Earth", from 2013. They are working on a new album.
The band's bassist, Jason Newsted, joined Voivod after he left Metallica in 2001.
Discography change
- War and Pain (1984)
- Rrröööaaarrr (1986)
- Killing Technology (1987)
- Dimension Hatröss (1988)
- Nothingface (1989)
- Angel Rat (1991)
- The Outer Limits (1993)
- Negatron (1995)
- Phobos (1997)
- Voivod (2003)
- Katorz (2006)
- Infini (2009)
- Target Earth (2013)
- The Wake (2018)
- Synchro Anarchy (2022)
- Morgöth Tales (2023)
References change
- ↑ Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Voivod". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
- ↑ "Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – Voivod". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
