Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD releasing their newest and much anticipated studio album “The Wake” today via Century Media Records worldwide.
The album’s standard track-listing reads as follows:
VOIVOD – “The Wake” (56:02)
1. Obsolete Beings (05:36)
2. The End of Dormancy (07:42)
3. Orb Confusion (6:00)
4. Iconspiracy (05:15)
5. Spherical Perspective (07:41)
6. Event Horizon (06:10)
7. Always Moving (05:11)
8. Sonic Mycelium (12:24)
Next to a standard jewelcase CD edition and a Digital Album release, “The Wake“ is also available as limited 2CD Mediabook edition with a bonus disc of 11 tracks featuring the 5 songs off 2016’s “Post Society” EP as well 6 live tracks from 2018’s 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, alternate artwork, an expanded booklet of 32 pages and a set of 3 stickers. The track-listing for that edition’s bonus disc is as follows:
VOIVOD – Bonus CD (63:15)
Post Society – EP:
1. Post Society (06:18)
2. Forever Mountain (05:12)
3. Fall (06:41)
4. We Are Connected (07:26)
5. Silver Machine (04:47)
Live at 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise 2018:
6. Inner Combustion (Live 2018) (04:22)
7. Order Of The Blackguards (Live 2018) (05:03)
8. Psychic Vacuum (Live 2018) (04:16)
9. Lost Machine (Live 2018) (06:01)
10. Fall (Live 2018) (06:37)
11. Voivod (Live 2018) (06:27)
The 2LP release of “The Wake” comes on 180gr. vinyl with an etching design on Side D, packaged in a gatefold sleeve and with a double-sided poster. Next to standard black vinyl, the album is also available in the following limited coloured editions:
Black 2LP: Unlimited Pink 2LP: 100x copies / CM Webshop Europe (SOLD OUT) White 2LP: 100x copies / CM Webshop Europe Red 2LP: 300x copies / CM Distro Europe Silver 2LP: 200x copies / Nuclear Blast Golden 2LP: 200x copies / Season Of Mist Transparent sun yellow 2LP: 100x copies / CM Webshop USA
Order “The Wake“ here: https://VOIVODBand.lnk.to/TheWake
VOIVOD’s “The Wake” is the highly anticipated successor to 2013’s “Target Earth” album as well as the 2016 mini-album “Post Society”. The album was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Recording Studio in Canada and its artwork was once again created by VOIVOD drummer Michel “Away” Langevin.
Check out the previously released singles off “The Wake” here:
‘Iconspiracy’ video: https://youtu.be/hCuSHngMy-g
‘Always Moving’ video: https://youtu.be/SEJRfsDLFI0
‘Obsolete Beings’ video: https://youtu.be/8ToK9VLJcxU
Additionally, VOIVOD have recently released a 7” EP for the album’s second single ‘Always Moving’, which features ‘Order Of The Blackguards (Live 2018)’ as B-Side and is limited to a total of 1000 copies, in the following editions:
Black 7″: 500x copies / CM Distro Europe Lilac 7″: 100x copies / CM Webshop Europe (SOLD OUT) Clear 7″: 200x copies / CM Distro Europe (SOLD OUT) Transparent red 7″: 200x copies / Band edition on tour
Get the 7” EP from CM Distro here while supplies last: http://www.cmdistro.de/Artist/Voivod/198?Page=1&PageSize=25&Sort=13
VOIVOD, who are celebrating their 35th band-anniversary, are currently successfully touring across Europe to launch “The Wake”. Here is a list of the dates coming up:
VOIVOD – European Tour 2018
SEPTEMBER
21.09.2018 Winterthur (Switzerland) – Gaswerk **
22.09.2018 Seyssinet Pariset (France) – Ilyade **
24.09.2018 Barcelona (Spain) – Boveda **
25.09.2018 Madrid (Spain) – Nazca **
26.09.2018 Porto (Portugal) – Hard Club **
28.09.2018 Vitrolles (France) – Salle Guy Obino ***
29.09.2018 Paris (France) – Petit Bain ***
30.09.2018 Nantes (France) – Ferrailleur ***
OCTOBER
02.10.2018 Southampton (UK) – The Joiners ***
03.10.2018 Cardiff (UK) – The Globe ***
04.10.2018 Leeds (UK) – Temple Of Boom ***
05.10.2018 Glasgow (UK) – Cathouse ***
06.10.2018 Manchester (UK) – Rebellion ***
07.10.2018 London (UK) – Underworld ***
09.10.2018 Brussels (Belgium) – Magasin 4 ***
10.10.2018 Amstelveen (The Netherlands) – P60 ***
11.10.2018 Eindhoven (The Netherlands) – Dynamo ***
12.10.2018 Cologne (Germany) – Luxor ***
13.10.2018 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo ***
14.10.2018 Copenhagen (Denmark) – Pumpehuset ***
15.10.2018 Stockholm (Sweden) – Klubb Nalen ***
17.10.2018 Helsinki (Finland) – Tavastia ***
18.10.2018 Tampere (Finland) – Klubi ***
20.10.2018 Oslo (Norway) – John Dee ***
Support bands:
** Nightrage (from 18 until 26 September)
*** Bio-Cancer (from 28 September until 20 October)
VOIVOD are:
Snake – Vocals
Chewy – Guitar
Rocky – Bass
Away – Drums
VOIVOD online:
http://voivod.com
http://www.facebook.com/Voivod