According to a posting on the Voivod Facebook page, "the guys are recording a couple of news songs at their rehearsal spot. Expect something in the vein of 'Nothingface' with some elements from the other albums. It will be a classic Voivod album."
Regarding what the new Voivod songs sound like, Mongrain said in a recent interview, "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" Bélanger said, "The
song we played [on the recent European tour] ['Kaleidos'; see video
below] 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."In a recent interview with Exclaim.ca, Away stated about Voivod's forthcoming studio album, "We have four songs completed and about five other ones in progress and it's more in the progressive metal vein, so it's reminiscent of the 'Dimension Hatross' era. We hope to record in the fall and have a new album out in the spring of 2012, so before the end of the world."On the topic of the new Voivod live album, "Warriors Of Ice", featuring three-fourths of the band's classic lineup - Langevin, bassistJean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault and vocalist Denis "Snake" Bélanger - along with Mongrain, Away said, "I feel like it's an achievement because there was a point where we weren't sure if there was going to be a new Voivod album. It's not a studio album but still something we're very proud of. It's good vintage Voivod. . . There was never really a live album with Snake and Blacky since the one before was us as a trio with [ex-bassist/vocalist] Eric Forrest. So, yeah, it's refreshing to have an album with almost the original lineup involved."
Regarding upcoming Voivod releases, Away stated, "There are no professional [unreleased] recordings in the vaults [with late Voivod guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour], but we are re-releasing a few albums in the upcoming months with bonus live material from the '80s."
Voivod 2011 is:
Denis "Snake" Bélanger - Vocals
Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain - Guitar
Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault - Bass
Michel "Away" Langevin - Drums
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