First off the band was tight and pummeling... sharp asymetrical jams and punishing grooves.

Heres the setlist:

Voivod
Rebel Robot
Gasmask Revival
Unknown Knows
Blame Us
Real Aain
Panorama
The Multiverse
Les Cigares Volans
The Prow
Tribal Convictions
Astronomy Domine

E: We Carry On

Got to meet the guys after the show (all super cool and humble) and get the promo package they were giving out signed.

Yeah, Tornado would have been great, or Killing Tech or Cockroaches. I also was hoping for more Dimension Hatross. Macrosolutions or Chaosmongers, actually anything would have been great...Experiment, Psychic Vacuum. Tribal Convictions was absolutely insane but that's to be expected. I guess they had to play a lot from the new album, which was nice to hear live, but oh how I wish they would have played for another half hour or so. I was actually surprised to hear nothing from Outer Limits.

And doing 2 songs from "Angel Rat" while totally ignoring "The Outer Limits" seems odd. How about dropping "The Prow" (which has been played quite a bit in recent years) in favor of "Fix My Heart"?

Or, if they want to just play every song in their catalog, I guess that would be pretty cool too...haha.

"This song... is for... YOU. I've been away for quite a long time, and its great to be back! Tribal Convictions!!"

I spoke with Piggy after the show and thanked him for his "creative sense of harmony" to which he genuinely smiled from beneath his mop of hair. Also thanked Away for the beautiful and creative music as well as his artwork... and he was geniunely appreciative. Told Snake how great it was to have him back and he was very very proud saying how glad he was to be back... and said that he was only 60% drunk (at that point). Jasonic was surrounded by people all in Metallica shirts asking various questions about Metallica... when i got the chance to talk to him our conversation went as such:

U: "I read in an interview that playing in Voivod was the second time in your life that a dream has come true."

J: "Yes and playing with Ozzy the third."

U:"Looks like you've won the triple crown."

J:"Yes, i'm a lucky man."

U:"I wanted to thank you for bringing such great notoriety to Voivod, they are certainly deserving of all the accolades they get"

(jason then turned to me and stopped signing autographs)

J:"You're absolutely right... NICE SHIRT!!" (pointing at the new IRON GANG t-shirt i was sporting)

U:"Thanks Jason, i was in the Iron Gang way back in the 80's, i got all the tapes and mailers."

J Laughing) "Me too!!! It was awesome!!"

Jason then mightily shook my hand as a proud fellow Voivod fan.

It was really really cool meeting all the guys and getting autographs. And Tribal Convictions absolutely ripped. Some of the guys hanging out by the bus after the show were talking about the Voivodfan.com message board... which was totally cool. And a bunch of folks had vintage LPs of the VV stuff as well there for them to sign (i wish i had brought mine!)

To the Fucking Death!

It was great to see a bunch of other Vodheads out there singing the words to all the songs (and what wonderfully strange words they are) and raising fists in oddmetered time along with the band.

It was a wonderful sight to behold.... and i was proud to thank those guys individually for their contributions to the world of truly creative music on behalf of all of us.

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Originally posted by LivingEvil:
This is a tour supporting the new album so they should do mostly new songs.

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I agree actually...for any Voivod album. I saw them in '93 and they played a lot of Outer Limits stuff, but mixed it up, maybe half with other stuff. It was a great show. Right now I'm listening to a bootleg of a 1988 show and it's half Dimension Hatross. I think it sort of timestamps the set, but Voivod always knows to include an ample dose of previous material. I just wish I could have been to more shows back in the day.

I think every song should be played live and regularly at least in some time of their history. They're all meant to be heard live!