Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD will release their new studio album, “Synchro Anarchy”, on February 11, 2022 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2018’s “The Wake” was produced by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio and features cover artwork created by VOIVOD drummer Michel “Away” Langevin.
The lyric video for the second single from “Synchro Anarchy”, a song called “Paranormalium”, can be streamed below.
VOIVOD guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain states, ““
“Paranormalium” is the name Denis “Snake” Bélanger came up with while writing the lyrics, trying to gather all of these concepts in one imaginary particle called “Paranormalium”. Depending on your individual perception or any influential inner or external event, makes oneself see or not see, be part of or not be part of, someone else’s reality OR even being stuck between many different dimensions as it is all connected in some ways through “Paranormalium”.
“It’s one of the most complex, twisted and heavy songs on the album with many different landscapes. The melody comes back many times during the song in different forms, as reality can be consisted of the same material taking on different aspects. In the end, are we really living in the reality we think we’re in???”
Next to the Jewelcase CD, LP and Digital Album formats, “Synchro Anarchy” will also be available in a Deluxe edition as Ltd. 2CD Mediabook and as Digital Album (2CD), containing the special “Return To Morgöth – Live 2018” bonus disc, which features a full live-show recording of VOIVOD’s 35th Anniversary hometown appearance at the Festival Jonquière En Musique from June 29th, 2018. The show was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron, mastered by Yannick St-Amand and features the following track-listing:
VOIVOD – Return To Morgöth – Live 2018 – Bonus Disc:
1. Post Society
2. The Unknown Knows
3. Ravenous Medicine
4. Psychic Vacuum
5. Obsolete Beings
6. Technocratic Manipulators
7. Fall
8. The Prow
9. Order Of The Blackguards
10. The Lost Machine
11. Korgüll The Exterminator
The LP format of “Synchro Anarchy” is available to pre-order HERE, and will come on 180g vinyl with an A2 poster and will be available in the following variants/limitations.
- Black LP & Poster – unlimited
- Transp. Green LP & Poster – 1500x copies via CM Distro & Webshop Europe & all US outlets
- Transp. Sun Yellow LP & Poster – 300x copies via CM Webshop Europe
- White LP & Poster – 300x copies via all Canadian outlets & Napalm Records
- Silver LP & Poster – 300x copies via Nuclear Blast
- Red LP & Poster – 300x copies via EMP
- Sky Blue LP & Poster – 400x copies via Voïvod on tour
Langevin comments: “We are eager to present our latest work, a real collaborative effort. The new album represents countless hours of writing, demoing, recording, mixing and so on. The band and Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio gave their very best to make it happen under unusual circumstances, which led us to call it ‘Synchro Anarchy’. We feel that the sound and music are 100% VOIVOD, and we hope everyone will enjoy it as much as we had fun making it. We certainly can’t wait to play it live.”
“Synchro Anarchy” Album Artwork
“Synchro Anarchy” track listing:
1. Paranormalium
2. Synchro Anarchy
3. Planet Eaters
4. Mind Clock
5. Sleeves Off
6. Holographic Thinking
7. The World Today
8. Quest For Nothing
9. Memory Failure
VOIVOD is Denis “Snake” Belanger (vocals), Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (guitar), Dominic “Rocky” Laroche (bass), and Michel “Away” Langevin (drums).
