Jean-Yves Thériault (, born 15 December 1962) is a Canadian musician who was the bassist for thrash/

progressive metal Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with t ...

band Voivod. He co-founded the band and appeared on the first six albums – ''War and Pain'', ''Rrröööaaarrr'', ''Killing Technology'', ''Dimension Hatross'', ''Nothingface'', and ''Angel Rat''. He departed the group in 1991 for personal reasons, and went on to co-found The Holy Body Tattoo Dance Society from 1992 to 1999. He composed, produced and engineered the scores for "White Riot", "L'Orage", "Poetry & Apocalypse", and "Our Brief Eternity". In 1997 he released ''The Electronic Voice Phenomena'' CD with

Mark Spybey Dead Voices on Air is Mark Spybey's Experimental music, experimental and Industrial music, industrial project formed after his departure from Zoviet France.Lengel, Kerry (December 2, 1999). "Dead Voices' Music Comes Alive", ''The Arizona Republic ...

and established the X-voto Recording label. Thériault co-produced the Negativa self-titled three-song EP with Pierre Rémillard at Wild Studio in St-Zenon, Quebec. Thériault returned to Voivod in 2008, after releasing a statement on 26 August 2008 regarding his involvement with the band. Thériault continues to create

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. His collaboration ''Hiatus'', created with Australian artist Matt Warren, was presented in conjunction with the photographic work of artists Lena Stuart and Sally Rees at the Richmond, Virginia, InLight Festival on 5 September 2008 . Thériault performed on Voivod's 2013 album Target Earth, also collaborating in composition. On 10 July 2014, it was announced that he had once again parted ways with Voivod. Thériault is currently working with Monica Emond on a new artistic project called Coeur Atomique. The duo have since released two songs and video entitled, "Castle Bravo" "The Waste". Coeur Atomique first album was officially released on 10 July 2017. A second album titled ''Landscape of Emergency I'' was released through Coup Sur Coup Records in 2021. Camera Obscura: lights on Voïvod a forthcoming book (2019) revisiting Blacky's years with the band. The author, Monica Emond, collaborating with Thériault on the musical project Cœur Atomique, bases her critical bio-essay on at-length interviews and exclusive material.

Equipment

Bass guitars

* Liberatore guitar 1989, 5 strings E-A-D-G-B, dbl J- EMG :: self-custom design * Liberatore guitar 1987, 4 strings, dbl P-EMG :: self-custom design * Liberatore guitar 1986, 4 strings Kahler tremolo, dbl P-

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:: self-custom design *

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1972, 4 strings original (no mod)

Amps

1986–1988 *2

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JCM 800 Head with FX mod by Rick Onslo

*2 Electro-Voice, EV Custom 4x15in speaker cabinets 1989–1991 *1

Serie 9000 PreAmp *

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MicroTech 1200 Head *2 Electro-Voice, EV Custom 4x15in speaker cabinets 2008 to present *2

Serie 9000 PreAmp *1 Acoustic 270 Head *1

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800RB Head *1 Kemper Profiler Head *2

Ampeg SVT The Ampeg SVT is a bass guitar amplifier designed by Bill Hughes and Roger Cox for Ampeg and introduced in 1969. The SVT is a stand-alone amplifier or "head" as opposed to a "combo" unit comprising amp and speaker(s) in one cabinet, and was capab ...

-810E cabs

Effects/Pedals

* Yamaha SPX-90 II *

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DM-1000 Digital Delay * BYW Audio Blacky's Blower, La Nocive, La Malefique

Discography

Coeur Atomique: *'' Landscape of Emergency I'' 2017 (Coeur Atomique/Coup Sur Coup) Online Free Release: *''Castle Bravo'' 2015 (Coeur Atomique) *''The Waste'' 2015 (Coeur Atomique) Voivod albums: *'' War & Pain'' 1984 (

Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records (often shortened to Metal Blade) is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982 based in the U.S. state of California. The label primarily focuses on heavy metal. History Metal Blade Records was ...

) *'' Rrröööaaarrr'' 1986 (

Noise Records Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased an ...

) *''

Killing Technology ''Killing Technology'' is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock in the band's thrash metal sound. According to interviews c ...

'' 1987 (Noise Records) *''

Dimension Hatröss ''Dimension Hatröss'' ( ) is the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1988 on Noise Records and is a concept album which narrates the exploits of Voivod’s mascot cyborg Korgull. The cover concept an ...

'' 1988 (Noise Records) *'' Nothingface'' 1989 (Mechanic /

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through the 1980s, often by acquiring other ...

) *''

Angel Rat ''Angel Rat'' is the sixth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. Produced by Terry Brown of Rush fame, it was released in 1991 by Mechanic/MCA Records and is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 1989 release '' Nothingfac ...

'' 1991 (Mechanic / MCA Records) *'' Target Earth'' 2013 (

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a German heavy metal record label with offices in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by R ...

) Jean-Yves Thériault albums: *'' Poetry and Apocalypse'' 1994 (xVoto Recording) *'' Our Brief Eternity'' 1997 (xVoto Recording) *'' Twin Adventure / Renaissance Synthétique'' 2022 (Minemine Records) Collaboration albums: *'' Spybey:Theriault'' 1997 (Ichor Recordings) *'' (Dis)integration'' 2008 (D-Group)

References

External links

Coeur Atomique Website

Minemine records Website

Personal Website

Voivod Fan Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Theriault, Jean-Yves 1962 births Living people Canadian heavy metal bass guitarists Musicians from Saguenay, Quebec Voivod (band) members Coup Sur Coup Records artists