When asked if Voivod has been working on new material and when we can expect a new album from the band, drummer Michel "Away" Langevin said, "Yeah, we're writing new material. We have some songs ready and we're working on some other songs. After this tour, we hope to have some time to write and fine-tune everything so that we can record in the fall and maybe have a new album out early next year."
Regarding what the new Voivod songs sound like, guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain — who replaced the group's late axeman Denis "Piggy" D'Amour - said, "As a Voivod fan since I am 12 years old and early rise of Voivod in late '80s and everything, I think… I'm in conflict of interest right now. [Laughs] I like the old stuff as much as the new stuff, so I think it's a blend of everything. It's really a team work and Blacky [Jean-Yves Thériault] is back on the 'blower bass' - he's got the original sound — and we're having a blast jamming, improvising and writing. I think it's working pretty good."
On the topic of the lyrical themes covered in the new Voivod tracks, singer Denis "Snake" Belanger said, "The song we played tonight ['Kaleidos'] is about conspiracy involving drugs and the FBI… (Laughs) It's hard to describe because we're kind of early in the process. There's another song called 'Target Earth', which is more like a spacy, conspiracy, controlling the information around the world. The main thing is the 'war' of information. You know, somebody Osama Bin Laden is dead, someone [else] says he's not… It gets to a point where everybody has his own story and nobody is sure what the truth is. There's people above everything controlling the information."
Voivod will release a new live album, "Warriors Of Ice", in the U.S. on June 21 via Sonic Unyon Metal. The CD, which can already be purchased digitally, will be made available in Canada on June 17 through Indica Records.
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