Voivod's name comes from a character created by Langevin that many of the songs are based around. The band to date has thirteen studio albums with a fourteenth in the works. Since their formation the group has performed all over the world and has a major following among metal circles, even dubbed as one of the "Big Four" of Canadian thrash bands (Alongside Sacrifice, Razor and Annihilator). The band also found another stint of mainstream success in the late 90s with their self-titled record getting showcase on MTV. The band found mainstream success in the late 1980s with their fifth studio album Nothingface (1989), which is Voivod's only album to enter the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number 114. The band has a lot of distinctive trademarks such as guitarist Piggy's frequent use of unconventional minor chords, lyrical themes on cold war and science and drummer Away's distinctive artwork in every Voivod release. Voivod are a progressive metal band from Jonquière, Québec, Canada.Īctive since 1982, Voivod have changed their sound constantly over the years, shifting from early days of speed and thrash metal to a distinctive dissonant progressive metal to even a sound resembling stoner rock and grunge. Probot, E-Force, Metallica, Flotsam and Jetsam, Men Without Hats, Tau Cross, Paranoland, Cryptopsy, Gorguts, Aut'Chose, Les Ékorchés, Kosmos, Union Made, Martyr, Cœur Atomique, Project: Failing Flesh, Liquid Indian, Thunder Circus Metal Blade, Combat, MCA, Nuclear Blast, Century Media Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock Industrial Metal, Groove Metal, Space Rock
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