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ALBUM REVIEW: Voivod – Symphonique

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So, what exactly do you do after travelling across the universe, the multiverse, the macroverse, and the microverse? When you’ve explored the furthest reaches of space, survived a nuclear war, and the subsequent apocalypse? Well, if you’re Canadian Progressive Thrash Metal pioneers Voivod, you produce a galactic symphony.
Recorded live with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra on June 4, 2025, at the Grand Théâtre in Quebec City, Canada, Symphonique (Century Media Records) is a seventy-plus-minute performance that takes Voivod’s futuristic Metal and energises it even further with a classical music makeover. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Voivod – Morgöth Tales 

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Although hard rock and heavy metal existed in Canada before the emergence of Jonquière genre dodgers Voivod, the loudest expulsions of northerly rage still generally belonged to disgruntled ice hockey fans and angry moose. While prog legends Rush had already made a name for themselves and acts like Exciter and Anvil were slowly gaining the attention of metal fans across the world, Voivod were about to take Canadian noise to an entirely new level.

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EP REVIEW: Voivod – Ultraman

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Anyone familiar with progressive thrashers Voivod will be fully aware of the Canadian quartet’s leanings towards the surreal and strange world of science fiction, so the Ultraman EP (Century Media Records), a short-form tribute to cult Japanese TV icon Ultraman, should really come as no surprise.

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