Michel "Away" Langevin, drummer for Canadian metal legends VOIVOD, is featured in a new interview with Patrick Prince at Powerline Magazine. An excerpt is available below:

Away: "We’ve had quite a few obstacles but we survived and now it’s the fourth lineup and I can’t even remember how many albums we’ve put out (laughs). And it’s cool because the people who love Voivod are very loyal. Every time we go out on the road we see the Voivod family again and again."

Do you think Chewy (new guitarist Daniel Mongrain) brings a newer sound?

Away: "It’s definitely a different sound and a very different picking as well than Piggy, and different approach, but we try to keep the spirit of Voivod intact. On the other had, we try not to over think it. We try to make it very natural. But I know Chewy is a huge fan of all the Voivod albums. I think that’s one of the factors of us having different styles and eras of Voivod presented on the new album. I notice the difference between Piggy and Chewy at the very first couple rehearsals, but after that it was the same to me, to my ears. It was a very natural and gradual process after a while, and he was very well accepted by everybody into Voivod, which is very great as well."

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Voivod recently unveiled the artwork for Target Earth. The original art was once again drawn by drummer Away (Michel Langevin) and features color schemes from each one of the band's previous albums.

Target Earth was recorded at producer Pierre Rémillard's Wild Studios in Quebec and mixed by Sanford Parker (PELICAN, NACHTMYSTIUM). The album will be available as a CD, gatefold double vinyl and a limited edition deluxe box set (details on that to be announced soon).

The official tracklisting for Target Earth is as follows:

'Target Earth'

'Kluskap O'Kom'

'Empathy For The Enemy'

'Mechanical Mind'

'Warchaic'

'Resistance'

'Kaleidos'

'Corps Étranger'

'Artefact'

'Defiance'

The album brings back original bass player, Blacky (Jean Yves Thériault), marking his first recordings with the band since 1991's Angel Rat. It's also the first to feature guitarist, Chewy (Dan Mongrain), who cut his teeth playing guitar to the late Denis D'Amour's riffs and thus has matched his style to a tee. Voivod, as a full group, hadn't sat down to write a record together since 2003's self-titled album. The end result harkens back to the group's late '80s output and after 30 years together as a band, one of their best yet.

The album tracks, 'Target Earth' and 'Mechanical Mind', can be heard below: