Voivod / Infini
Album: Infini   Collection:General
Artist:Voivod   Added:Aug 2009
Label:Relapse Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-08-16 Pull Date: 2009-10-18 Charts: Loud
Week Ending: Oct 18 Sep 27 Sep 13 Sep 6 Aug 30 Aug 23
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 17, 2009: New World Disorder
Volcano
4. Sep 05, 2009: Bloodstains Across Atherton - He Can't Be All 4 At Once
From The Cave
2. Sep 26, 2009: New World Disorder
Volcano
5. Aug 29, 2009: New World Disorder
Treasure Chase
3. Sep 12, 2009: New World Disorder
Volcano
6. Aug 22, 2009: New World Disorder
Volcano

Album Review
Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2009-10-09
Legendary French-Canadian Heavy Metal with a modern sound. VoiVod goes for a very rhythmic, trippy modern hard rock/metal sound. It’s a “grower” but it definitely pays off. This marks the last recording of guitarist/songwriter Dennis “Piggy” D’Amour (R.I.P.). This also continues the inclusion of Jason Newstead (Metallica, Flotsam + Jetsam). Overall, it’s a good one and sounds definitive of VoiVod’s ability to expand upon just rockin’ & riffin’.

(((((1))))) Straight ahead simple & repetitive hard rocker then 2nd half (@ 2:14) runs at a rippin’ Motorhead styled speed. “Came to rock n’ roll/came to steal yer souls!”
((((2)))) Bassy and more (!?) Lemmy-ish vocals with some good drumming & bass. Great guitar wails from Piggy. Odd chorus.
(((3)))) Very early 90’s, oddly “grungey” and clunky. Though the musicianship is tight enough to keep it afloat.
((((4)))) Mid-pace, bright guitar sound, big bass, rockin’. Lots of “typical VoiVodi-an” lyrics about our bleak present and possible future.
((((5)))) Sci-fi ambient intro, slow sludgy rock tempo with some cool drum fills & bass work. Would’ve fit well on their “Nothingface” album.
((((6)))) Catchy, moody, strummy hard rock into faster pace modern metal with a great vocals performance from Snake. Sorta like VoiVod mixing with a 90’s band like Failure or Chokebore.
(((((7))))) Great guitar tone, swingin’ & swaggery tempo with topical lyrics about modern day pirates.
(((((8))))) (FCC “SHIT” sung once) More sorta grungy metal, kinda fast with a Nirvana-like chorus (in the best way possible, not a direct rip off). “Your filling my head with krap in my head.”
((((9)))) Laid back, bassy, with the usual VoiVod obsession of space & technology. Nice warm guitar sound & more good bass from Mr. Newstead.
(((10))) Jumpy tempo, a little too redundant and again weirdly grungy.
(((11))) Slow, thudding with huge false stops/starts then slowly spiraling downward. Pretty tempo change around 3:12.
((((12)))) Spacey ambient intro, somewhat aggressive tempo & vocals. More solid bass/drum playing & sharp tones from the late, great Piggy.
((((((((13)))))))) Another space intro, then fast & rippin’ but also catchy & melodic. A good book end to their 80’s tune “Tornado”. Weirdly sounds like a stripped down Megadeth crossed with Motorhead. Awesome!

Track Listing
1. God Phones   7. Treasure Chase
2. From The Cave   8. Krap Radio
3. Eathache   9. In Orbit
4. Global Warning   10. Deathproof
5. A Room With A V.U.   11. Pyramindome
6. Destroy After Reading   12. Morpheus
  13. Volcano