{"id":183887,"date":"2025-10-02T01:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/183887\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T01:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:18:10","slug":"new-book-puts-canadian-prog-metal-pioneers-voivod-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/183887\/","title":{"rendered":"New book puts Canadian prog metal pioneers Voivod in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The restless creative spirit of Canadian prog metal quartet Voivod<\/a> is the subject of a brand new biography, Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse Of Vo\u00efvod, which will be published through Radical Research on November 17.<\/p>\n

The new biography has been written by US writer Jeff Wagner, who was the band’s product manager at their label Century Media for 2018’s The Wake<\/a> album, and who also wrote the band’s album release bios for the Voivod (2003) and Target Earth (2013) albums and the liner notes for their 40th anniversary release, Morgoth Tales (2023).<\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s a total honour to have written this book,” says Wagner. “The band were entirely forthcoming and super-helpful with their time, as was their manager, James MacLean. I spoke to every living member \u2013 except one \u2013 for this book. I also spoke with folks like Monte Conner, Brian Slagel, Glen Robinson, Wayne Archibald, Harris Johns, Ian Christe, and members of Opeth<\/a>, Cynic<\/a>, Anekdoten<\/a>, Virus, Deceased, Sindrome, Agalloch, Therion, Enslaved<\/a>, The Accused and Gorguts \u2013 and a bunch of other folks! \u2013 to help get the most rounded, complete picture of the band\u2019s influence and impact from people who have been close to them in a variety of capacities.”<\/p>\n

“And I held nothing back. There\u2019s almost no stone left unturned, hence the size of the book. Even the two Appendices are total nerd-fests that I think fans will find amusing and interesting. I know I\u2019m psyched with the book, as a fan, so I think a lot of other diehard Vo\u00efvodians will be too.”<\/p>\n

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Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse Of Vo\u00efvod will be published as a 540-page book featuring a 12-page colour spread.<\/p>\n

Pre-order Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse Of Vo\u00efvod<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Voivod\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Radical Research)<\/p>\n

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