Closing in on 40 eventful years of existence, Canadian sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are pleased to announce the release of the “Ultraman – EP” on November 4th , 2022 via Century Media Records, complimenting their latest “Synchro Anarchy” album release in perfect timing for their upcoming touring activities as special guest to Opeth across Europe.
VOIVOD’s drummer Michel “Away Langevin” commented about the EP as follows: “As a kid I often dreamed of finding a Beta Capsule, so I could transform into Ultraman, keep the city from being destroyed by a giant fire spitting monster, and hopefully save Akiko Fuji in the process. I’m pretty sure many people had the same dream…we sure did in Voïvod, and that’s why we decided to cover the main and battle TV themes for this EP. The recordings were done during the ‘Synchro Anarchy’ sessions and Chewy sings the Japanese parts! For the B side, we tracked down the lost encore from the 35th anniversary show, Return To Morgöth – Live 2018. Enjoy!”
VOIVOD’s “Ultraman – EP” will be released in perfect timing for the band’s return to European stages as special guests for Swedish progressive metal/rock group Opeth on their upcoming “Evolution XXX” European tour in November 2022…
VOIVOD are proud to announce a unique Facebook/Instagram filter game to celebrate the forthcoming release of their ‘Forgotten In Space’ deluxe box set.
Can you steer your spacecraft through the galaxy of Morgöth and avoid the relentless attack of Korgüll The Exterminator as he tries to smash you into intergalactic debris? Points are awarded for avoiding being turned into space junk by Voivod’s ruthless cyborg warrior and his nihilistic desire to destroy everything in his path. Ready to play? All systems go!
‘Forgotten In Space’ is a deluxe celebration of Voivod’s, Noise Records discography and is the definitive collection of their recorded work plus rare and previously unreleased material and contains :
RRRÖÖÖAAARRR Remastered on red & black splatter vinyl
KILLING TECHNOLOGY Remastered on green & purple swirl vinyl
DIMENSION HATRÖSS Remastered on grey & red swirl vinyl
NO SPEED LIMIT LIVE ‘86 First time on vinyl. Green & black splatter vinyl
DIMENSION HATRÖSS – THE DEMOS First time on vinyl. Blue & white splatter vinyl
COSMIC DRAMA, 40 PAGE BOOK 40 page book containing new sleeve note interviews with Michel ‘Away’ Langevin telling the story of the early years of Voivod. Contains rare and previously unseen photos.
CHAOSMONGERS DVD Mini documentary of interviews, live performances, behind the scenes & promotional videos from 1985 to 1989. Also includes previously unreleased video concert, live in Chicago ’88 and audio concert from World War III festival 1985.
KORGÜLL THE EXTERMINATOR USB Contains all the tracks from the expanded studio albums plus the live & demo albums.
‘Forgotten In Space’ will also be available as a 5 x CDs and DVD clamshell box set containing all the studio albums, bonus rare demo and live albums, the DVD containing the mini documentary and previously unreleased live concerts and a 20 page booklet.
THE NOISE RECORDS YEARS DELUXE BOX-SET TO BE RELEASED ON JULY 29th 2022.
Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are getting closer to launch their upcoming studio album “Synchro Anarchy”, out worldwide on February 11th, 2022.
Therefore, a new single off “Synchro Anarchy” has been released, so make sure to check the album’s title track in a powerful video created by Syl Disjonk/5600 K productions HERE.
Michel “Away” Langevin comments:
“For this single, we asked our good friend Syl Disjonk, who did the videos for ‘The End Of Dormancy’ and ‘Kluskap ‘O Kom’, to film the band and work his magic. So here it is, the title track of the new album, enjoy!”
Next to the Jewelcase CD, LP and Digital Album formats, “Synchro Anarchy” will also be available in a Deluxe edition as Ltd. 2CD Mediabook and as Digital Album (2CD), containing the special “Return To Morgöth – Live 2018” bonus disc, which features a full live-show recording of VOIVOD’s 35th Anniversary hometown appearance at the Festival Jonquière En Musique from June 29th, 2018. The show was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron and mastered by Yannick St-Amand.
Jimmy Kay from The Metal Voice recently spoke to singer Snake and Guitarist Chewy from Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD about their upcoming studio album Synchro Anarchy, which will be released on February 11 , 2022 via Century Media Records.
Full interview here
How did you go about making the album “This time around we didn’t have anytime (in the studio). But we had a good experience when we did a live stream not too long ago. When we did the live stream recordings we were only the four of us and our producer (Francis Perron) who managed to create a live sound that was perfect. We kind of liked the sound of those live streams so we said maybe it would great for the next record to sound like that, just the four of us, not having multi-layers of stuff. So that is what we did with Syncho Anarchy, we did everything writing and recording in four months. What happened was we had an upcoming tour organized for March 2022 and the record company said it would be great to have something fresh for the tour (new material). So we all sat around the fire by the studio and said to each other can we pull it off can we make a record in 4 months? I said I’m going to give this a try. So we almost killed ourselves on the job. It’s like working under pressure, composing music and lyrics your brain does not go any faster then what it’s supposed to be. ” Snake
What does the music sound like on the new album “We did not have time to sit and think about it and I think we managed to create something special and you can feel the urgency in the music. “Snake “It was so intense to write everything in a short period of time, we didn’t have any perspective writing it. I think it’s a deep album, it’s very honest, it’s dark but I can see some light. There is a depth to it that is different from other albums. There are many different textures on the album, many different dimensions so to speak. I think the album is pretty varied but the core sound of the band is recognizable with the technical, progressive side and sci-fi side” Chewy
Will Voivod be coming out with an autobiography? “It is going to be for the 40th anniversary of the band but i don’t have much detail about it on what’s in it.”
VOIVOD Synchro Anarchy Tracklist: 1. Paranormalium 2. Synchro Anarchy 3. Planet Eaters 4. Mind Clock 5. Sleeves Off 6. Holographic Thinking 7. The World Today 8. Quest For Nothing 9. Memory Failure
VOIVOD is Denis “Snake” Belanger (vocals), Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (guitar), Dominic “Rocky” Laroche (bass), and Michel “Away” Langevin (drums).
Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD continue the promotional campaign for their upcoming studio album “Synchro Anarchy”, out worldwide on February 11th, 2022 via Century Media Records.
Today, a second single off “Synchro Anarchy” is being released, so go check out the album’s opening track “Paranormalium” in a lyric video created by Cloud Music Typography here:
VOIVOD guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain checked in with the following comment about the song:
““Paranormalium” opens with the very last guitar melody you hear on The Wake’s last song “Sonic Mycelium”, in the fade out of the string quartet. We wanted both entities or dimensions to connect through music as 2 parallel worlds can connect through distorted space-time, black holes, vibrations, spirituality or anything else.
“Paranormalium” is the name Denis “Snake” Bélanger came up with while writing the lyrics, trying to gather all of these concepts in one imaginary particle called “Paranormalium”. Depending on your individual perception or any influential inner or external event, makes oneself see or not see, be part of or not be part of, someone else’s reality OR even being stuck between many different dimensions as it is all connected in some ways through “Paranormalium”.
It’s one of the most complex, twisted and heavy songs on the album with many different landscapes. The melody comes back many times during the song in different forms, as reality can be consisted of the same material taking on different aspects. In the end, are we really living in the reality we think we’re in???”
Previously, VOIVOD launched the album’s first single “Planet Eaters” with a video clip directed by Pierre Menetrier here: https://youtu.be/lvHjNcjMqvU
“Synchro Anarchy” was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio / https://radicart.net/ in Québec, Canada and mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering / http://www.maorappelbaum.com/ in California, U.S.A and produced by VOIVOD. The album features cover artwork by VOIVOD’s Michel “Away” Langevin and includes the following track-listing:
VOIVOD – “Synchro Anarchy” – Album:
Paranormalium
Synchro Anarchy
Planet Eaters
Mind Clock
Sleeves Off
Holographic Thinking
The World Today
Quest For Nothing
Memory Failure
Next to the Jewelcase CD, LP and Digital Album formats, “Synchro Anarchy” will also be available in a Deluxe edition as Ltd. 2CD Mediabook and as Digital Album (2CD), containing the special “Return To Morgöth – Live 2018” bonus disc, which features a full live-show recording of VOIVOD’s 35th Anniversary hometown appearance at the Festival Jonquière En Musique from June 29 th, 2018. The show was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron, mastered by Yannick St-Amand and features the following track-listing:
VOIVOD – “Return To Morgöth – Live 2018” – Bonus Disc:
Closing in on 40 eventful years of existence, VOIVOD now return with their 15th (!) studio album, reaffirming to be one of the most fervently creative bands in the Universe. “Synchro Anarchy” follows 2018’s highly praised and Juno Award winning “The Wake” album as well as 2020’s stellar “Lost Machine – Live” release.
Michel “Away” Langevin added: “We are eager to present our latest work, a real collaborative effort. The new album represents countless hours of writing, demoing, recording, mixing and so on. The band and Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio gave their very best to make it happen under unusual circumstances, which led us to call it “Synchro Anarchy”. We feel that the sound and music are 100% Voïvod, and we hope everyone will enjoy it as much as we had fun making it. We certainly can’t wait to play it live!”
Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD kicking off the campaign for their new studio album “Synchro Anarchy”, scheduled for worldwide release on February 11th, 2022 via Century Media Records.
The first single off “Synchro Anarchy” is being launched today with the track “Planet Eaters”. Check it out in a video clip directed by Pierre Menetrier here:
VOIVOD drummer Michel “Away” Langevin commented about the track and the video as follows: “On April 21st, 2021 an animated video for the song “Nothingface” popped up online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uqv9G24YzI). The video was done by Pierre Menetrier on an Amiga computer in 1991, which I thought was beyond cool. The spectacular imagery and visual effects were just perfect for a Voïvod song. After wrapping up the recording and mixing of the “Synchro Anarchy” album, we all agreed on “Planet Eaters” as the first single/video. We thought the song had a vintage “Nothingface”/”Hatröss” vibe, so I immediately contacted Pierre and asked him if he could make a video for the song. Once again, the result is just mind-blowing. You just can’t get more Voïvodian than that!”
“Synchro Anarchy” was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio / https://radicart.net/ in Québec, Canada and mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering / http://www.maorappelbaum.com/ in California, U.S.A and produced by VOIVOD. The album features cover artwork by VOIVOD’s Michel “Away” Langevin and includes the following track-listing:
VOIVOD – “Synchro Anarchy” – Album:
Paranormalium
Synchro Anarchy
Planet Eaters
Mind Clock
Sleeves Off
Holographic Thinking
The World Today
Quest For Nothing
Memory Failure
Next to the Jewelcase CD, LP and Digital Album formats, “Synchro Anarchy” will also be available in a Deluxe edition as Ltd. 2CD Mediabook and as Digital Album (2CD), containing the special “Return To Morgöth – Live 2018” bonus disc, which features a full live-show recording of VOIVOD’s 35th Anniversary hometown appearance at the Festival Jonquière En Musique from June 29 th, 2018. The show was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron, mastered by Yannick St-Amand and features the following track-listing:
VOIVOD – “Return To Morgöth – Live 2018” – Bonus Disc:
Closing in on 40 eventful years of existence, VOIVOD now return with their 15th (!) studio album, reaffirming to be one of the most fervently creative bands in the Universe. “Synchro Anarchy” follows 2018’s highly praised and Juno Award winning “The Wake” album as well as 2020’s stellar “Lost Machine – Live” release.
Michel “Away” Langevin added: “We are eager to present our latest work, a real collaborative effort. The new album represents countless hours of writing, demoing, recording, mixing and so on. The band and Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio gave their very best to make it happen under unusual circumstances, which led us to call it “Synchro Anarchy”. We feel that the sound and music are 100% Voïvod, and we hope everyone will enjoy it as much as we had fun making it. We certainly can’t wait to play it live!”
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