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How Voivod embraced East German culture, Killing Joke and Bauhaus to help soundtrack their prescient album Killing Technology
By Simon Young published
Canadian prog-thrashers Voivod predicted a grim future on their 1987 album

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: April 17 2026
By Rich Hobson published
Black metal sax solos, wild prog metal symphonies and a new album from technocore masters Electric Callboy lead this week's best new metal songs

Think Men Without Hats were all new wave and no prog? Think again
By Jerry Ewing published
The classically-trained Canadians were wearing their influences with pride by fifth album Sideways. And they were making a concept album about UFOs when their label dropped them

"Prepare yourselves for a night of epic music!" Voivod announce UK tour dates in June 2026
By Jerry Ewing published
Canadian prog metal legends Voivod will tour the UK with Midnight and Cryptosis in June

New book puts Canadian prog metal pioneers Voivod in the spotlight
By Jerry Ewing published
Jeff Wagner's 540-page biography, Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse Of Voïvod is published in November

Voivod didn’t try to invent prog metal. They just tried to be like Van der Graaf Generator
By Malcolm Dome published
Drummer Away recalls the Canadian outfit’s rapid transition from thrash over the course of their first four albums

Napalm Death have recorded a cover of a Ramones song with a guest appearance from Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore – and we cannot wait to hear it
By Stef Lach published
Napalm Death, Voivod, Ihsahn, Mondo Generator and more will cover The Ramones for a pair of upcoming tribute albums

How violence, rocket attacks and the Cold War helped Voivod make prog-thrash masterpiece Dimension Hatröss
By Malcolm Dome published
The story of Voivod’s ground-breaking 1988 album Dimension Hatröss, the album that helped shaped modern prog metal

“We were living with cockroaches, writing crazy concept albums and touring the planet”: how prog metal visionaries Voivod invented a whole new genre
By Dayal Patterson published
Canadian prog metal icons Voivod released their classic second album Rrröööaaarrr on this day in 1986. Drummer Away looks back on a career like no other
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