The Bone Reader: Warriors Of Ice – An interview with Voivod

The Bone Reader recently conducted an interview with Away of Voivod, and it features questions focusing on curating Roadburn 2012, the release of a new album and much more.

TBR: First off, some very cool news hot off the press! “Roadburn is elated to announce the curator for the 17th edition of the festival: Voivod. After the band’s widely acclaimed and artistically inspiring performances at the 2011 festival, Voivod has agreed to curate our festival on Friday, April 13, 2012.”

Away: Well, we played Roadburn this year – that’s where we started our Euro tour and we played two shows. It’s just an amazing festival and we’re lucky enough that they asked us to be curators for a day in 2012. We’re pretty excited, of course, and already started to contact bands that reach the range of music that either interest us or music that was influenced by us. From punk to psychedelic to industrial to metal to noise, we tried to cover the whole spectrum.

TBR: Can you tell us a bit about how that came together and maybe a preview of what you guys have in mind?

Away: All the bands we’ve contacted haven’t responded yet. The ones that have seem to be really excited. Right now, it’s just a wish list that we have – hopefully it’s going to work out.

TBR: The word out there is that 2012 will see the release of a new album by VOIVOD. Are you able to share the title with us? Any hints about the release date?

Away: We have no title yet but we have about 10 songs in progress, four of which are pretty much done. There are elements of all the eras of Voivod within the music – we’ve tried to keep the Voivod essence intact. So we’re moving onward and hope to be recording in the winter. We’ll have a new album early next year and then go back on the road!

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