Canadian progressive metal legends VOIVOD have announced a stunning new live album, 'Symphonique', set for release on June 5, 2026 via Century Media Records. The record captures the band's historic performance from June 4, 2025, at the Grand Théâtre in Québec City alongside the prestigious Quebec Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre Symphonique De Québec).
The 12-track album runs 73 minutes and features a curated selection of VOIVOD classics reimagined in full orchestral arrangements. The first single, "Forgotten In Space (Symphonique)", is already available with an official visualizer created by Cloud Motion Design.
Drummer Michel "Away" Langevin described the project as a lifelong aspiration finally realized: "This live album with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra is a longtime dream turned reality." He added that the result is "the closest we've ever come to sounding like a dystopian sci-fi movie soundtrack."
Bassist Dominic "Rocky" Laroche praised Hugo Bégin's orchestration as "an incredible symphonic masterpiece" that fuses metal and classical music. Guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain called the collaboration "a dream come true," noting its resemblance to the movie soundtracks that inspired the band from its earliest days.
The album closes with VOIVOD's renowned cover of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine." The band previously performed with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal in January 2025 and plans another orchestral collaboration with the Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean in 2027.
VOIVOD, formed in Jonquière, Quebec in 1982, have consistently pushed the boundaries of what heavy metal can be. 'Symphonique' represents perhaps their most ambitious artistic statement yet, and pre-orders are now open.