After an extensive North American tour with label-mates Napalm Death, everyone’s favourite Canadian progressive metal pioneers Voivod have announced their long overdue return to European stages for May.
All dates are shown below, and us lucky Brits get the chance to see them twice (though note that Bristol’s Temples Festival is already sold out). The band are all fired up, as they comment: “Here it is folks! See you in Europe soon! ‘We Are Connected’ tour! We are all very psyched about this trip!”
Voivod live in Europe 2015
Wed 20.05.2015 London (UK) – The Underworld
Thu 21.05.2015 Mechelen (Belgium) – Club Kamikaze
Fri 22.05.2015 Utrecht (The Netherlands) – Tivoli De Helling
Sat 23.05.2015 Gelsenkirchen (Germany) – Rock Hard Festival
Mon 25.05.2015 Berlin (Germany) – Cassiopeia
Thu 28.05.2015 Milan (Italy) – Rock In Park / Legend Club
Fri 29.05.2015 Barcelona (Spain) – Primavera Sound Festival
Sat 30.05.2015 Éragny-sur-Oise / Paris (France) – Covent Garden
Sun 31.05.2015 Bristol (UK) – Temples Festival
In further news, Voivod recently recorded a new song entitled ‘We Are Connected’ for an upcoming special double A-side split 7″ vinyl release with At The Gates, which was released on April 6th, 2015 in Europe via Century Media Records; it comes complete with artwork created for both bands by Voivod’s Michel ‘Away’ Langevin.
The 7” EP is available worldwide in the following limited editions:
1,000 x copies black vinyl
500 x copies white vinyl
500 x copies transparent red vinyl
Order it here from CM Distro before it’s too late. Alternatively, you can listen to ‘We Are Connected’ on Spotify.
Or, you can check it out in visual form on the Century Media YouTube channel right here:
Voivod are currently working on further follow-up material to their critically acclaimed latest album Target Earth, which was released in January 2013.