Legendary Canadian metal act VOIVOD has released Warriors of Ice, a 15-track live set captured for their most diehard fans. This is the main set VOIVOD performed during their 2010 US tour. It was their very first headlining show in the city of Montreal in more than a decade and from the excited sound of the audience, it’s more than apparent that this is a show they so desperately needed. The guys jam with extra passion on this night as they unload fierce rockers, such as “The Prow”, “Global Warning” and “Nothingface”. This reviewer has always loved this band’s raw, stripped down, totally brutal form of punk-laced progressive thrash metal. It can get totally ugly and then beautiful within a fraction of moments, and for a live album that’s exactly what you are looking for.
Being that it’s the first official Voivod live album to feature original band members Denis ‘Snake’ Belanger on vocals, drummer Michel “Away” Langevin and bass player Jean-Yves ‘Blacky’ Theriault (not to mention new guitarist Dan “Chewy” Mongrain, who does a more than competent job), you can’t help but get amped about what you are hearing. Since their beloved guitar genius Denis “Piggy” D’Amour died in 2005, the band has clearly been put to the test. When most acts would have folded it up, these guys seem to just dig in deeper, for the sake of the music and their overall legacy. Only true metal music lovers can appreciate this band, for others just don’t get them because they don’t fit a mold or that ‘formula’. You can’t predict where they will come from next.. you just know they are going to keep coming at you. Voivod, I am afraid, like some futuristic robot, cannot be killed. At the heart of their frenzied sonic blitz is a group of dudes who just want to play music their way… and to not let the fans down that have come to look upon them as an ultimate metal legend.
ROCKET REVIEW:
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VOIVOD – “Warriors of Ice” (CD)
(Sonic Unyon/2011)
1. Voivod
2. The Unknown Knows
3. The Prow
4. Ripping Headaches
5. Ravenous Medicine
6. Tribal Convictions
7. Overreaction
8. Panorama
9. Global Warning
10. Treasure Chase
11. Tornado
12. Nothingface
13. Brain Scan
14. Nuclear War
15. Astronomy Domine
http://www.voivod.com/
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