Photo: Stéphane Bourgeois
After more than 40 eventful years of existence, Canada’s progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOÏVOD return with ‘Symphonique,’ a special live release together with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, out now via Century Media Records.
‘Symphonique,’ which functions like an epic piece of cinema, showcases VOÏVOD’s pioneering futuristic metal with the strains of a symphony orchestra, and features a carefully curated VOÏVOD best-of setlist composed of 12 songs across 73 minutes, recorded live on June 4th, 2025, at the Grand Théâtre in Québec City, Canada.
Today, a next appetizer for ‘Symphonique’ can now be seen in a visualizer created by Luc Leclerc / Above The Void, featuring background animation by Sébastien Fournier / Cirkus Animation for the song “The Unknown Knows (Symphonique),” available below.
The previously launched ‘Symphonique’ live-songs can still be viewed here:
Watch “Forgotten In Space (Symphonique)” HERE
Watch “The End Of Dormancy (Symphonique)” HERE
VOÏVOD’s drummer and founding member Michel “Away” Langevin comments on ‘Symphonique’:
“This live album with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra is a longtime dream turned reality. Thankfully, we will experience it again in 2027 with the Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, right in the region where VOÏVOD formed back in 1983. We wish to take this show across the globe with local orchestras one day, but in the meantime, I hope you will enjoy this epic release. It’s the closest we’ve ever come to sounding like a dystopian sci-fi movie soundtrack, another dream of ours!”
‘Symphonique’ follows the release of VOÏVOD’s latest Juno Award-winning studio album, ‘Synchro Anarchy’ (2022), which reached #7 on the official album sales charts in Germany, #64 in Switzerland, #67 in Austria, and #88 in the Netherlands upon release. It also arrives after the band’s special 40th anniversary release, ‘Morgöth Tales’ (2023), from which a selection of videos can be found below.
VOÏVOD – ‘Synchro Anarchy’:
VOÏVOD – ‘Morgöth Tales’:
“Nuage Fractal (2023 Version)”
“Thrashing Rage (Live At Rock Hard Festival 2023)”
“Rise (Live at Wacken Open Air 2023)”
“Rebel Robot” (Live at Wacken Open Air 2023)