Watch Voivod's 'The End Of Dormancy (Symphonique)' Visualizer

Official Announcement | Published: May 17, 2026 4:15 PM EDT

(Freeman) After more than 40 eventful years of existence, Canada's progressive sci-fi metal innovators Voivod return with 'Symphonique,' a special live release together with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, set for release on June 5, 2026, worldwide via Century Media Records.

'Symphonique,' which functions like an epic piece of cinema, showcases VOÏVOD's pioneering futuristic metal with the strains of a symphony orchestra, and features a carefully curated Voivod best-of setlist composed of 12 songs across 73 minutes, recorded live on June 4th, 2025, at the Grand Theâtre in Quebec City, Canada.

Today, the next appetizer for 'Symphonique' can now be heard online via DSP's with the launch of the second single "The End Of Dormancy (Symphonique)," alongside an official visualizer curated by Cloud Motion Design.

Drummer and founding member Michel "Away" Langevin comments on 'Symphonique': "This live album with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra is a longtime dream turned reality. Thankfully, we will experience it again in 2027 with the Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, right in the region where VOÏVOD formed back in 1983. We wish to take this show across the globe with local orchestras one day, but in the meantime, I hope you will enjoy this epic release. It's the closest we've ever come to sounding like a dystopian sci-fi movie soundtrack, another dream of ours!"

Guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain shares the following about the second single "The End Of Dormancy (Symphonique)": "This one is very special to me. I wrote the riffs imagining Roman naval battles with a full orchestra, like the movies from the 50's and 60's. It has a very dramatic vibe. Little did I know that what we synthesized for a four-piece band would eventually explode into its primary, original imagined form. It's one of the most orchestral pieces on the album, and I remember vividly the crowd's reaction after the grand finale, it was one of these rare life's perfect moments. I'm very grateful for that incredible experience."