Denis "Snake" Bélanger (born August 9, 1964) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of heavy metal band Voivod."Voivod The Wake" . AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Early life Bélanger was born on August 9, 1964 and grew up in Jonquière, Quebec." Back to the Futuristic : Voivod’s ‘The Outer Limits,’ the Group’s 8th Album, Is Inspired by the Sci-Fi of a More Innocent Time". Los Angeles Times, By MIKE BOEHM, Aug. 28, 1993
Career Bélanger joined Michel Langevin, Denis D'Amour and Jean-Yves Thériault to form Voivod in 1982,"Voivod To Infini and Beyond" . Exclaim, By Greg Pratt, Jul 24, 2009 in northern Quebec. He appeared on the albums War & Pain, Rrröööaaarrr, Killing Technology, Dimension Hatröss, Nothingface, Angel Rat and The Outer Limits.
Bélanger departed the group in 1994, after completing a tour in support of The Outer Limits."Voivos The Outer Limits" . AllMusic Review by Greg Prato He formed his own band, Union Made with Peter Jackson"Barf / Noël dans la rue : Le p’tit poisson, y’é mort!" . Voir, Christine Fortier 2 December 1999 and worked on the song "Dictatosaurus" with Dave Grohl's side project dubbed Probot."Voïvod 35 ans plus tard" . La Presse, Édition 26 July 2018, section ARTS, page 5. Émilie Côté
Bélanger rejoined Voivod in 2002 and appeared on the albums, Voivod (2003), Katorz (2006), Infini (2009), Target Earth (2013), and The Wake (2018)."Voivod: „Kizártnak tartom, hogy egyedül vagyunk” . Shock Magazine, October 18, 2018 This last album won a Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year."Voivod / René Lussier and Robbie Kuster Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal QC, July 30" . Exclaim!, By Nilan Perera, Jul 01, 2019
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