VOIVOD — Infini (review)

VOIVOD — Infini album cover Album · 2009 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Infini" is the twelfth full-length studio album by Canadian metal act Voivod. The album was released through Relapse Records/Nuclear Blast Records in June 2009. After guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour´s untimely death as a consequence of complications from colon cancer in August 2005, the three remaining members of Voivod opted to continue and finish the album they had started to write at the time using the demo guitar tracks that D'Amour´s had been recording for the album. The result was "Katorz" (2006).

Personally I thought that was the end of D'Amour´s involvement in Voivod, but it seems that D'Amour had a few more riffs and songs in his archives, and the material on "Infini" is build from the demo recordings found on D'Amour´s labtop.

Not surprisingly "Infini" sounds very much like "Katorz", which itself sounded like a more raw and unpolished version of the 2003 self-titled album. Hard rocking and energetic heavy metal which is predominantly vers/chorus stuctured and not particularly adventurous or progressive. D'Amour´s unique guitar riffs and lead vocalist Denis "Snake" Bélanger´s unique punked vocals are still the defining features of the band´s sound, but this is now pretty much the third album in a row with a relatively similar sound and style, and given the circumstances that´s perfectly understandable, but it´s seldom a positive for the listener.

"Infini" features a well sounding production job, which is actually less raw and unpolished than the production on "Katorz". So upon conclusion it´s another decent quality release from Voivod ending what is arguably their least interesting period (from 2003-2009). A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.
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