Philip Anselmo performs with Voivod in vancouver; video available
Down/ex-Pantera frontman Philip Anselmo joined Canadian metal innovators Voivod on stage at the August 11, 2009 concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to perform the song "Nothingface". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be viewed below (clip shot and uploaded by Ryan Stroud)."Infini", the new album from Voivod, sold around 840 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 67 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Voivod's final album featuring the group's late guitarist, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, "Infini" was released in the U.S. on June 23 via Relapse Records. The CD, which was issued in Europe via Nuclear Blast, contains the last thirteen songs written by Piggy and again features bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted (ex-Metallica). Jason played bass on all the songs and mixed the album, which was released as a deluxe, digipack CD and was also issued on vinyl as a double Lp.
"Infini" was built from the final songs created by the band with D'Amour. All his original demo guitar tracks appear as they were recorded - with no re-amping and no overdubs; just Piggy as he played the tracks he envisioned in his small bachelor apartment, the amp in the bathroom, capturing his performance with the laptop given to him by Jason.