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Voivod

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Alternative Metal
Progressive Metal
Thrash Metal

http://www.voivod.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/voivod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Voivod

31 янв 2025 :	Watch: VOIVOD Plays First Concert With Montreal Symphony Orchestra
27 янв 2025 :	VOIVOD Is Still Hoping To Get The Call To Score A Sci-Fi Movie: 'It Would Be Very Challenging In The Most Creative Way'
23 янв 2025 :	See VOIVOD's 'Forgotten' 2003 'Blame Us' Performance Video Featuring Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED
15 сен 2024 :	VOIVOD To Join Forces With Montreal Symphony Orchestra For Two Special Concerts In January 2025
10 апр 2024 :	AWAY Says VOIVOD's Long-Awaited Official Documentary Is 'Almost Done'
29 мар 2024 :	VOIVOD's Long-Awaited Official Documentary 'We Are Connected' To Premiere At Festivals This Summer
21 фев 2024 :	VOIVOD Performs "Rebel Robot" Live At Wacken Open Air 2023; Pro-Shot Video Posted
6 сен 2023 :	VOIVOD Shares Music Video For 'Fix My Heart (2023 Version)' From 'Morgöth Tales' Album
2 авг 2023 :	VOIVOD Releases 'Thrashing Rage' Live Video From Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL
26 июл 2023 :	VOIVOD's MICHEL 'AWAY' LANGEVIN: Artificial Intelligence Can 'Definitely' Be 'An Amazing Tool'
21 июл 2023 :
12 июл 2023 :	VOIVOD's MICHEL 'AWAY' LANGEVIN: 'My Main Fear' About Artificial Intelligence
2 июл 2023 :	VOIVOD To Re-Release 2003 Album Featuring Former METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED - "We Secured The Rights," Says MICHEL "AWAY" LANGEVIN; Video
15 июн 2023 :
30 май 2023 :	VOIVOD Live At Rock Hard Festival 2023; Pro-Shot Video Of Full Set Streaming
19 май 2023 :	VOIVOD Shares 'Nuage Fractal (2023 Version)' From Upcoming 'Morgöth Tales' Album
17 май 2023 :	Watch: Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Joins VOIVOD On Stage In Fort Lauderdale
15 апр 2023 :	VOIVOD Celebrates 40 Years With Anniversary Album 'Morgöth Tales'; Details Revealed
13 мар 2023 :	VOIVOD Wins JUNO Award In 'Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year' Category For 'Synchro Anarchy'
27 фев 2023 :	VOIVOD To Release Album Of Re-Recorded Versions Of Early Songs To Celebrate 40th Anniversary
29 дек 2022 :	VOIVOD's SNAKE On Surviving Through Music Industry Changes: 'You Have To Make The Best Out Of The Situation'
3 ноя 2022 :	VOIVOD's AWAY On Rise Of Grunge In Early 1990s: 'We Could Feel The Wind Changing'
20 окт 2022 :	VOIVOD Releases AI Technology-Based Video For 'Quest For Nothing'
7 сен 2022 :	VOIVOD Announces 'Ultraman' EP
20 июн 2022 :	VOIVOD To Be Inducted Into Metal Hall Of Fame At Pure Filth Festival 2022
19 июн 2022 :	VOIVOD - Unboxing Video Released For Forgotten In Space: The Noise Records Years Deluxe Box Set

27 янв 2025

VOIVOD Is Still Hoping To Get The Call To Score A Sci-Fi Movie: 'It Would Be Very Challenging In The Most Creative Way'

In a new interview with Bilal Butt of the CHOM 97.7 radio station, guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD was asked if he and his bandmates are still hoping to one day score a sci-fi movie, as they had previously stated. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I think it's still there on the list, because it would be very challenging in the most creative way to write music for a story that's already been written and creative with a script and images. I think as an artist and creator, you're always looking for stuff like that to happen and provoke it when it's your own music and your own world. But when you're asked to help, collectively, on audio sculptures or something that can enhance another form of art, it's always motivating. And it's always a matter of accomplishing ourselves through this medium that is VOIVOD. And I think we can do it. It would be a great experience, for sure. We're still waiting for the call. [Laughs]"

Later this month, VOIVOD will perform with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal. This legendary Quebec band, known worldwide for redefining the boundaries of metal for over 40 years, will take the stage for two extraordinary concerts, conducted by Dina Gilbert, at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on January 29, 2025 and January 30, 2025 in a groundbreaking collaboration.

Regarding how the collaboration with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal came about, VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin told The Metal Voice: "Oh my God, I think we've been dreaming about that forever. But it came through a strange chain of circumstances, where I did an interview for the magazine L'Itinéraire, for homeless people selling magazines on the street, and then I did an interview with one of the journalists for the magazine, and it ended up being published online by La Presse. And then the people directing the orchestra, the organization, they were made aware of that by one of the musicians from the orchestra, which is a metal dude and he's a fan."

The drummer continued: "It's funny because since my cousin Richard Langevin is married to Diane Dufresne, a famous singer from Montreal, and she had done the orchestra before, so they got in touch with him, because I was mentioning him in the article because he showed me how to draw. [Laughs] And anyhow, they phoned Richard, my cousin, and he phoned my mother. [Laughs] And when I came back from touring with VOIVOD, I had a message on my answering machine saying that the orchestra were looking for us. So, quite amazing."

Langevin added: "We didn't approach [the orchestra], but we always talked about either doing symphonic shows or doing a soundtrack for a sci-fi movie or something like that. It's part of the dreams we have."

Mongrain, who previously wrote an eight-minute arrangement for the brass quintet that performed with VOIVOD at the Montreal International Jazz Festival (Festival International de Jazz de Montréal) in June 2019, went on to say that the collaboration with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal is "a dream come true."

"I never tried to write for a whole orchestra," he explained. "I know a little bit about it, studying orchestration at university and knowing my music theory and all that. But what happened is that my help with the project was to provide the music sheets to the arranger, Hugo Bégin. He did an amazing work. He took the music sheet that I wrote for guitar and bass. So he had a template to work on. And so he orchestrated it for the whole orchestra and added his own color to it. And it's very efficient. It's like a movie soundtrack, like the movie we used to watch, like 'Planet Of The Apes' and 'Ben-Hur' and 'Mad Max' and all that. VOIVOD has been influenced since the beginning by those movies, so you can hear it, but with the whole orchestra, it's very exciting. So I exchanged a lot of e-mails and messages with Hugo, the arranger, and we worked really hard on it and he was really, really fast and efficient. And until the last minute, the last day, there was little modifications here and there, but it's gonna be amazing. It's a dream come true, but it's so big that you only imagine something like that in your wildest dreams, but you know it's not gonna happen. So this is just a life-changing experience, a bonus in a career. It's gonna be grandiose."

Added Langevin: "We're also gonna put a lot of work into the visuals with a company called Noisy Head. They're really high tech. It's gonna be spectacular. They did stuff for Lizzo or CHEMICAL BROTHERS. And also they did a symphonic show with the music of Harmonium. And so, yeah, it's gonna be pretty sci-fi visually as well."

For more information, visit www.osm.ca.

VOIVOD is a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Québec. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s. Starting out as a speed metal band, VOIVOD have added a mix of progressive metal and thrash metal to create their own unique metal style, and are credited as one of the "big four" Canadian thrash metal bands, along with SACRIFICE, RAZOR and ANNIHILATOR. They are considered by many as one of the most influential metal bands from the '80s, influencing and gaining praise from multiple bands and across numerous genres.

VOIVOD found mainstream success in the late 1980s with their fifth studio album, "Nothingface" (1989),which is the band's only album to enter The Billboard 200 chart, peaking at number 114.

As previously reported, VOIVOD's long-awaited official documentary, "We Are Connected", received its world premiere on July 29, 2024 at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec. Canada.

"We Are Connected" dives deep into the 40-plus-year legacy of one of the most original and influential metal bands in history. From their explosive beginnings in Jonquière to their groundbreaking global journey, VOIVOD's story is one of unparalleled creativity, resilience, and evolution. The film covers VOIVOD's history from unlikely origins in northern Québec at the height of the Cold War to underground success to sharing tours and stages with IRON MAIDEN, RUSH and METALLICA. Included in the documentary are high and lows throughout those 40 years, from major-label support and Billboard recognition to seismic lineup changes and an event many critics claimed to be the end of VOIVOD: the death of co-founding guitarist and composer Dennis "Piggy" D'Amour.

Directed by Felipe Belalcazar and produced with full access to the band's archives, this film features exclusive insights and appearances by metal icons like Tobias Forge (GHOST),Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH),Jason Newsted (METALLICA),Zach Blair (RISE AGAINST, GWAR),Tom G. Warrior (CELTIC FROST, TRIPTYKON) and Ivan Doroschuk (MEN WITHOUT HATS),among many others.

Last April, Langevin was asked by Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice why it has taken so long to put the documentary together. Away said: "It first started when Piggy passed in 2005, where we had the idea of doing some documentary, mainly to honor him. And so, when Piggy passed, we were like maybe two or three years without doing any touring. At this point, Snake, [then-VOIVOD bassist] Jason Newsted and I were on a mission to finish the two albums we had started in 2004. And so it gave me some time to gather the archives and put it into digital format. When we reformed for the Heavy Montreal festival in 2008, we just went on tour forever. And so everything was sort of put aside for a long time. And then, it must be about seven or eight years ago when Felipe got in touch with me. He really wanted to do that movie, and he sent me the DVD of the documentary he had done about the band DEATH, 'Death By Metal'. And I was really amazed. It's a bit like a Ken Burns documentary vibe where, if he's missing some archives, he will do a pan or a zoom on an old photo so the visual keeps moving. And I really liked that documentary, and I was convinced he could do something great for VOIVOD. So we started working on this. And, of course, his travels were cut short by the pandemic. But it's a period that it gave me the opportunity, since VOIVOD was not touring, it gave me the opportunity to gather even more archives and put them into digital format. So, now after all these years, it's almost done. [Laughs]. The last mile. [Laughs]"

Back in 2006, it was reported that VOIVOD had recruited Canadian documentarian Sam Dunn to helm the band's documentary after he interviewed members of VOIVOD for his "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" movie.

"It was a real honor to be asked, and we've already started shooting," Dunn said at the time. "The documentary is going to be about Piggy's life and the making of the new record and how those are tied together."

After VOIVOD's collaboration with Dunn failed to materialize for reasons that are not clear, the band recruited Belalcázar, who has a proven record of delivering quality productions to millions of metal fans around the world, most recently the aforementioned critically acclaimed Chuck Schuldiner documentary "Death By Metal".

Earlier last year, VOIVOD completed a North American tour with PRONG.

VOIVOD has been touring in support of its latest album, "Morgöth Tales", which was released via Century Media, The Orchard and Sony Music.

The band's 2022 release, "Synchro Anarchy", garnered significant acclaim, winning the 2023 Juno Award for "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album" in Canada.

Once more recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio, mastered by Maor Appelbaum and produced by VOIVOD, "Morgöth Tales" includes fresh studio re-recordings by the band's current lineup of nine especially selected, not-so-obvious picks from the band's hyper-classy and extremely diverse back catalogue (between 1984 and 2003) as well as a brand-new song and the album's title track, "Morgöth Tales".

Photo credit: Catherine Deslauriers

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