Katorz Explained

Katorz
Type:studio
Artist:Voivod
Cover:Voivod - Katorz.jpg
Released:July 25, 2006
Recorded:2004–2006
Studio:Chophouse Records, California (original demos)
Studio Piccolo and Studio Multisons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre:Heavy metal
Length:45:10
Label:The End (US)
Nuclear Blast (Europe)
Victor (Japan)
Producer:Glen Robinson and Voivod
Prev Title:Voivod
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Infini
Next Year:2009

Katorz is the eleventh studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod, released on July 25, 2006.

Demos for the album had been made, but before the band could properly begin recording it guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy) died on August 25, 2005, due to colon cancer. The guitar and bass tracks for Katorz had been recorded by D'Amour and bassist Jason Newsted (formerly of Metallica) on D'Amour's Mac at Newsted's house in California. When D'Amour would send the band a Pro Tools CD of the demos, he wrote "Katorz" on it, a phonetic spelling of "quatorze", the French word for fourteen.[1] After D'Amour's death, Langevin and Bélanger recorded their drum and vocal tracks, respectively, to be added to those existing tracks. The song, "The X-Stream", is included in the videogame Guitar Hero II.

Personnel

Voivod
Additional musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview with Michel Away Langevin from Voivod . Papadoyianni . Elina . Metal Temple . Yiannis Mitsakos . July 13, 2006 . February 3, 2021 . When Piggy was doing the demos in 2004, every time he brought us a pro-tool CD, he wrote Katorz on it, so we thought it was very natural to name the album Katorz. .