An exhilarating 40-year run for Voivod, a quartet from Jonquière, Quebec, who over the years have defied the odds, faced tragedy head-on and even saw the band reach heights above many of their contemporaries. Voivod‘s 2018 album “The Wake” won a Juno Award in the Heavy Metal Album of the Year category, while the previous year Away picked up the Visionary Award at the Progressive Music Awards in London.
Four music-obsessed young people who started living their fantasies in their parents’ garages and basements in the early 1980s. But there was always something that distinguished the Voivods from their peers. Fascinated by the ever-changing sounds of Heavy Metal, Hardcore and Punk Rock that were brewing in the early 1980s Voivod also brought with them a love of Progressive Rock and science fiction that has always had a great influence. about their music. If heavy metal was the soundtrack of outsiders in the early 1980s, then Prog Rock was an even more unlikely bedmate. Prog was the least cool thing ever, but no one told Voivod that. And it is this desire to blend sounds so seemingly disparate that has always distinguished the band. Prog Metal as a concept was largely unheard of when Voivod released their debut album “War And Pain” in 1984.
“Forgotten In Space” is a deluxe celebration of Voivod‘s discography from the Noise Records period and will be released on July 29, 2022 on BMG in 5LP + DVD and 5CD + DVD formats. Available at this link the preorder in all its formats and the demo version of “Psychic Vacuum“: https://voivod.lnk.to/ForgottenInSpacePR
Set contains:
– Rrröööaarrr (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)
– Dimension Hatröss – The Demos (First time on vinyl, blue & white splatter)
– 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 5xCD and DVD clamshell boxset 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.