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Snake returns, Newstead recurited as bassist

Stanton K. Payne II | Middlebury, VT United States | 04/28/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Eric Forrest left Voivod in 2001 which was a good thing. Voivod disbanded for a shiort period of time. Piggy and Away met with Snake again and reformed Voivod. Snake returned to the band. From there, they recruited Jason Newstead as bassist after they learned that Jason Newstead had left Metallica. Jason Newstead is a true Voivodian and was a fan of the band's earlier work. Jason Newstead's bass technique is a lot better than Eric Forrest, but just as good as Blacky's. Jason knows almost every old Voivod songs before the Eric Forrest era and can play them perfectly.



When true Voivodians learned that Snake had returned to the band, this has made thousands of true Voivodians happy. The band has resurrected their old sounds the way Voivod is supposed to sound like. This album is a very good post Eric Forrest era album. Snake is the TRUE voice of Voivod! Piggy, Jasonic and Away composed the music together with the band's original sound which had made the true Voivodians extremely happy. Voivod went on a few club tours following the release of this album. Then they headlined the Ozzfest in 2002 on second stage. Note: Jason Newstead played bass for BOTH Voivod and Ozzy Osbourne during Ozzfest '02.



Following the tour, Voivod returned to the studio to work on their forthcoming album. It was a tragedy that Piggy passed away with colon cancer on August 25, 2005. Piggy was a legendary guitarist who had perfect ears. He could play anything on his guitar by Rush, Yes, and etc. He is gone, but will not be forgotten. Voivod is polishing up their forthcoming album with Piggy's guitar parts and will release it which Piggy would be proud of. I'm looking forward to that."