Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators, Voivod, have announced North American tour dates for this coming June. Tour dates are in support of the band's new album Synchro Anarchy, which debuted at #2 on Billboard Canada's Hard Music Albums chart, #6 Current Hard Albums in the US, #7 on the UK's Rock & Metal chart and charted #7 in Germany among other countries including Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
The tour will kick off in Trois Rivieres, Quebec on June 1 with 14 dates to follow and will wrap up on June 19 in Boston, MA. All ticket info and links can be found here.
Michel "Away" Langevin (drums) comments on the tour: "At last! After more than two years without touring, we are finally hitting the road in June 2022 in North America. We are thrilled to play the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest, It will also be exciting for us to play songs from Synchro Anarchy for the first time live! We can’t wait to see our old Voïvodian friends again and meet some new ones. See you then!"
Tour dates:
June
1 - Trois Rivieres, QC - L’Entité
2 - Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre Music Theatre
3 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
4 - London, ON - The Music Hall
5 - Detroit, MI - Small’s
6 - Chicago, IL - Reggie’s
8 - Huntington, WV - The Loud
9 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
10 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Decibel Magazine Metal and Beer Festival (There will be a Voivod beer)
11 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Crafthouse
14 - Buffalo, NY - Rec Room
15 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
17 - Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel
18 - Liverpool, NY - Sharkey’s
19 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
August
12 - Belgium - Alcatraz Festival
Synchro Anarchy was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio in Québec, Canada and mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering in California, and produced by Voivod. The album features cover artwork by Michel “Away” Langevin.
The LP format of Synchro Anarchy is available to order here, and comes on 180g vinyl with an A2 poster and is 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
Voivod Synchro Anarchy tracklisting:
"Paranormalium"
"Synchro Anarchy"
"Planet Eaters"
"Mind Clock"
"Sleeves Off"
"Holographic Thinking"
"The World Today"
"Quest For Nothing"
"Memory Failure"
“Sleeves Off” video:
“Synchro Anarchy” video:
"Paranormalium" lyric video:
"Planet Eaters" video:
Voivod is:
Denis “Snake” Belanger (vocals)
Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (guitar)
Dominic “Rocky” Laroche (bass)
Michel “Away” Langevin (drums)
(Photo - Catherine Deslauriers)
