Voivod (album)

Voivod
Studio album by Voivod
Released	March 4, 2003
Recorded	October 13-November 26, 2002
Genre	Heavy Metal, progressive metal
Label	Chophouse
Producer	Voivod, Jasonic, Brian Joseph Dobbs
Voivod chronology
Voivod Lives (2000) Voivod (2003) Katorz (2006)

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Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Voivod is the thirteenth album, and tenth studio album, by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod and the first to feature, since 1993's The Outer Limits, returning vocalist Denis Bélanger (Snake) and their first recording bassist Jason Newsted (Jasonic), formerly of Metallica. It was released in 2003 on Newsted's Chophouse Records label. This is also the last completed album Voivod made before guitarist Denis D'Amour (Piggy) died of colon cancer in 2005.

This album is notable for gaining the band greater exposure to a younger audience. A music video was produced for "We Carry On" and received heavy rotation on MTV2's Headbangers Ball and Fuse TV's Uranium upon release. The band was also interviewed on the latter program with Newsted detailing his transition from Metallica to Voivod, a group of which he had been a longtime fan. Voivod also performed on the Second Stage of Ozzfest 2003. This had Newsted assuming bass duties for both Voivod and headlining act, Ozzy Osbourne.^[3]

Track listing

• Songs by Voivod. Lyrics by Snake

1. "Gasmask Revival" – 4:16
2. "Facing Up" – 4:48
3. "Blame Us" – 5:35
4. "Real Again?" – 4:52
5. "Rebel Robot" – 4:48
6. "The Multiverse" – 5:28
7. "I Don't Wanna Wake Up" – 5:49
8. "Les Cigares Volants" – 4:06
9. "Divine Sun" – 5:05
10. "Reactor" – 3:55
11. "Invisible Planet" – 4:37
12. "Strange and Ironic" – 4:31
13. "We Carry On" – 7:42 (4:38 + hidden track)

Credits

• Denis Bélanger aka Snake - vocals
• Michel Langevin aka Away - drums
• Denis D'Amour aka Piggy - guitar
• Jason Newsted aka Jasonic - bass guitar
• Produced by Voivod, Jason Newsted and Brian Joseph Dobbs

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