Eric Forrest | |
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 Eric Forrest and Sébastien Chiffot (Toulouse, France, 2022) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | February 13, 1970 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Heavy metal, thrash metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Bass, vocals |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Formerly of | Voivod |
Eric Forrest (born 1970) is a Canadian heavy metal musician. Active since 1988, Forrest is best known for playing in a number of metal bands, including Voivod, E-Force, and Project Failing Flesh.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Forrest was a member of the bands Liquid Indian and Thunder Circus. He joined Voivod in early 1994 as bassist and vocalist, picking up the nickname "E-Force". He recorded two studio albums with Voivod, Negatron (1995) and Phobos (1997), and the live album Voivod Lives (2000), [1] before departing in 2001 when original singer Denis Bélanger returned. [2]
Upon his departure from Voivod, Forrest formed his own band called E-Force. In 2003 he formed the band Project: Failing Flesh in Vienna, Virginia, which released three albums up to 2012. [3] [4] In 2017, Forrest conducted a European tour in which he performed songs from the Negatron and Phobos albums by Voivod. [5] [6] [7] The band assembled for that tour, operating under the name E-Force Performing Voivod, continued touring and played at the Brutal Assault festival in 2018. [8]
In 2020 Forrest announced the forthcoming album called Mindbender [9] .
In 2021 the band signed with the Danish label Mighty Music [10] : Mindbender was released on September 19th, 2021 [11] [12] .
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