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Piggy makes the hall of fame (Voivod)

XHonusWagnerX - 6-1-2007 at 09:57 AM

VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour will be posthumously inducted into the Quebec Metal Hall of Fame during "1982 ? 2007: 25 ans M?tal Qu?b?cois", a three-day festival celebrating 25 years of Quebec metal, set to take place August 31 - September 2, 2007 at Club Soda in Montreal. A total of 12 bands will perform, with eight of the 12 groups reuniting specifically for the festival. The billing is shaping up as follows:

Friday, August 31 (artists from 1990s):

OBLIVEON
NECROTIC MUTATION
D?MENCE
AGONY
Air guitar competition

Saturday, September 1 (artists from 1980s):

DEAD BRAIN CELLS (D.B.C.)
SOOTHSAYER
DAMNATION
THE AFFECTED
Piggy induction to Quebec Metal Hall of Fame

Sunday, September 2 (artists from 2007):

NEGATIVA
BRIEF RESPITE
EMPATHY DENIED
DESCEND INTO NOTHINGNESS

D'Amour died August 26, 2005 in a Montreal hospital from complications of advanced colon cancer.

stateofdisgrace - 6-1-2007 at 02:22 PM

Nice!

Discipline - 6-1-2007 at 03:29 PM

How do they have a set of shows like that without Cryptopsy and Kataklysm?

panzerkreuzer - 6-1-2007 at 08:44 PM

why no voivod show at this billing?

clevohardcore - 6-2-2007 at 11:25 PM

I never hear dof those bands except VOIVOD.

JawnDiablo - 6-2-2007 at 11:32 PM

never liked voivod that much