Voïvod–Announce “Symphonique” Live Release ft. Quebec Symphony Orchestra: First Single “Forgotten In Space" Watch
- The Metal Voice
- Apr 17
- 2 min read
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, coming out on June 5th, 2026 worldwide via Century Media Records.
“Symphonique”, which functions like an epic piece of cinema, showcasing Voïvod’s pioneering futuristic metal with the strains of a symphony orchestra, 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.
First Single here
The upcoming live release, which traditionally comes with artwork created by Michel “Away” Langevin (to be seen above!), will be available as CD Jewelcase in O-Card, Gatefold 2LP (On either unlimited Black 180g double vinyl, 300x copies limited Yellow 180g double vinyl from Sony Music Canada Shop and EMP, or 300x copies limited Orange 180g double vinyl from Voïvod) and as Digital Album with the following tracklisting:
Voïvod – “Symphonique” (73:24):
1. Experiment (Symphonique) (07:43)
2. Holographic Thinking (Symphonique) (06:23)
3. The Unknown Knows (Symphonique) (05:10)
4. The End Of Dormancy (Symphonique) (08:33)
5. Into My Hypercube (Symphonique) (05:17)
6. Forgotten In Space (Symphonique) (06:27)
7. Cosmic Drama (Symphonique) (05:06)
8. Pre-Ignition (Symphonique) (05:24)
9. Nuclear War (Symphonique) (05:04)
10. Fall (Symphonique) (07:17)
11. Tribal Convictions (Symphonique) (05:07)
12. Astronomy Domine (Symphonique) (05:53) [Pink Floyd Cover Version]
The album’s pre-order is available starting today here: https://voivodband.lnk.to/Symphonique-Live
A first appetizer for “Symphonique” can now be heard online via DSP’s with the launch of the first single “Forgotten In Space (Symphonique)”, which can also be checked out in a visualizer clip by Cloud Motion Design / https://cloudmotion.design/ here
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Voïvod’s drummer and founding member Michel “Away” Langevin commented about the “Symphonique” release as follows: “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!”.
And Voïvod’s bassist Dominic “Rocky” Laroche added the following about the first single "Forgotten in Space (Symphonique)”: “Taken from the album ‘Killing Technology’, "Forgotten in Space" transports us to a Mad Max-esque science-fiction universe. Denis "Piggy" D'Amour was even inspired by it when composing parts of the original version. This incredible symphonic masterpiece, orchestrated by Hugo Begin, offers a powerful orchestral introduction that takes us on a musical journey where the fusion of metal and classical music invites us to imagine, for 6 minutes and 27 seconds, that humanity itself may have been forgotten in space…”.
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