Voivod - Katorz
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Artist: VoivodEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Music Label: The End Records
Soundtracks:
- The Getaway
- Dognation
- Mr Clean
- After All
- Odds & Frauds
- Red My Mind
- Silly Clones
- No Angel
- The X-Stream
- Polaroids
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Before his untimely death in August 2005 from colon cancer, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour was hard at work laying down the guitar tracks for an album in which he would not live to see completed. With Voivod having recently signed on to The End Records, one of the few labels that appreciate their unique sound, the conscientious D'Amour feared his illness would lead to disappointment for the label and his bandmates. Throughout much of his life D'Amour struggled with health problems, but this time he believed he was living in his final days. Taking his guitar and laptop to the studio, he gave everything his rapidly deteriorating health would allow.
_Katorz_, their fourteenth album, is typically different from every other Voivod release without straying away from their distinct sound. I really can't compare this very well with any of their other releases since they vary things from album to album. What _Katorz_ is in a nutshell is a great heavy metal record with equal doses of punk and progressive rock with neither being over nor underdeveloped. Denis "Snake" Belanger sings like no other singer with his anguished and robotic voice. Michel "Away" Langevin is still able to come up with some off the wall rhythms. Jason "Jasonic" Newsted, while not as good a bassist as former member Jean-Yves "Blacky" Theriault, acclimates himself nicely here. I'm not that great when it comes to speaking for other people (particularly when they are no longer alive), but I have a feeling that Piggy would be very proud.
Lyrically, the subject matter is more about everyday social and political concerns than the science fiction themes of the past. "The Getaway" shows the band expressing an anti-Operation Iraqi Freedom view. There is a bit of irony here since current Voivod bassist Newsted also played bass on Metallica's Black Album - The very same one with the pro-war anthem "Don't Tread on Me". "Mr. Clean" compares the exclusiveness of rock clubs to how society in general tries to weed out misfits. "Red My Mind" tackles the media's preoccupation with violence. "Silly Clones" deals with how people trade in their humanity and individuality for status, only to find emptiness in the end. "The X-Stream" seems to be about the daredevil adrenaline junkie culture.
Losing a guitarist with seemingly limitless talented like Piggy has to difficult, perhaps career shattering, for even the greatest of bands. Having said that, it brings me great pleasure to say that Voivod is going to start work on a new album in 2007. From what I've been able to gather, Piggy still has some leftover files from his laptop. What will happen after that, only time will tell. All I can say is good luck Denis, Michel, and Jason. You deserve it.
Katorz Poster
The follow-up to 2003's "Voivod", "Katorz" is the first album in the band's 20-plus-year career that did not feature founding guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour working alongside his bandmembers in the studio. D'Amour died August 26, 2005 in a Montreal hospital from complications of advanced colon cancer.In order to record "Katorz", singer Denis "Snake" Belanger, drummer Michael "Away" Langevin, and bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted utilized all of the guitar parts that Piggy had recorded for the record on his laptop with ProTools before his death.
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