WOODS OF YPRES Drummer Rae Amitay On JUNO Award Win - "I Wish More Than Anything That David Could Share In This Moment"
April 20, 2013, 11 years ago
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) awarded WOODS OF YPRES the 2013 JUNO Award in the Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year category for their Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light album. Sadly, Woods Of Ypres founder/frontman David Gold passed away in December 2011 before Woods 5's official release.
Drummer Rae Amitay (THRAWSUNBLAT), who is not on the album but was enlisted by Gold for Woods Of Ypres' planned European tour, commented on the JUNO win:
"So unbelievably proud of Joel Violette, I have no words. Sig (producer Siegfried Meier), you too! My heart is so filled with joy for the Gold family. I wish more than anything that David could share in this moment with them."Other bands in the category were as follows:
CANCER BATS - Dead Set On Living (Distort/Universal)
CASTLE - Blacklands (Prosthetic/Sony)
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - Epicloud (HevyDevy/eOne)
EX DEO - Caligvla (Napalm/Fontana North)
A full list on nominees can be found at this location.
Check out footage of Amitay and Violette paying tribute to Gold in April 2012, and an audio clip from Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light:
