Following the terrible tragedy of Denis "Piggy" D'Amour's passing, the remnants of Voivod were left with a grab bag of puzzle pieces by Piggy, which they assembled into two farewell salutes, Katorz and Infini. Almost unanimously it was assumed the band would never continue on from this point.
Flash forward three years after Piggy's death and nobody in their right minds could've foreseen the legendary Voivod back on a stage in their first-ever Japanese appearance. After a 17-year hiatus, original bassist Jean-Yves "Blacky" Theriault returned to the fold (despite helping his crew out with session work on The Outer Limits). Buzzworthy enough, as Blacky remains today the only bassist truly able to match Piggy note-for-note in linear progression.
The bigger newsbyte of course, is the addition of Martyr mastermind and guitarist Dan Mongrain to the band. Bearing more hair than Troy Polamalu and danged near the entire arsenal of his predecessor, Mongrain achieves what no one would assume possible: the full-on replication of Piggy's position in Voivod.
Read the complete Voivod - Tatsumaki: Voivod Live Japan 2008 DVD Review
(DVD cover courtesy MVD Visual)
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