Voivod guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain was recently interviewed by Milosh from Agoraphobic News. Their complete video chat can be viewed below. An excerpt has been transcribed as follows:

Dan Mongrain shared some details about the upcoming Voivod documentary, Ultraman single, and more.

“The documentary is almost finished. There were still interviews... Yesterday, they did some interviews. But it’s in the process. And there’s always new stuff to add on. So it’s surprising. And since a lot of it was during the pandemic, you know, it slowed everything down. The DVOD2, I am not aware of. You know, DVDs are not super popular at this time as a medium so I think that the documentary will make up for it really, really good.”

Mongrain also mentioned something special for the band's 40th anniversary.

“I can say that there will be something special for the 40th anniversary. We are working on it. But mainly now, our focus is on the next tour with Opeth in Europe. And some shows we are gonna do headlining by ourselves. And we are gonna add maybe ten days of shows after the Opeth tour. But we are focusing on getting back together, playing the songs, warming up the machine again. But we are working on a project for sure, for 2023 that will be exciting for the fans. Pretty sure.”

Closing in on 40 eventful years of existence, Canadian sci-fi metal innovators, Voivod, are pleased to announce the release of their Ultraman EP on November 4 via Century Media Records.

Ultraman features a highly original tribute to the “Ultraman” TV series theme, as well as previously unreleased bonus live cuts, available both as 12” vinyl EP or as digital EP.

Drummer Michel “Away” Langevin states, “As a kid I often dreamed of finding a Beta Capsule, so I could transform into Ultraman, keep the city from being destroyed by a giant fire spitting monster, and hopefully save Akiko Fuji in the process. I’m pretty sure many people had the same dream…we sure did in Voïvod, and that’s why we decided to cover the main and battle TV themes for this EP. The recordings were done during the ‘Synchro Anarchy’ sessions and Chewy sings the Japanese parts! For the B side, we tracked down the lost encore from the 35th anniversary show, Return To Morgöth - Live 2018. Enjoy!”

The highly collectable Ultraman EP will be available in the following 180g vinyl editions and limitations:

- 1,500x copies Black vinyl (via CM Distro/Webshop)
- 500x copies Transparent Red vinyl (via CM Distro/Webshop)
- 500x copies Clear vinyl (via Voivod)

Pre-order here.

Ultraman EP vinyl tracklisting:

Side A:
"Ultraman" - Opening Theme (Japanese & French [URUTORAMANNO UTA])
"Ultraman" - Victory Theme (URUTORAMAN BGM)
"Ultraman" - Closing Theme (English [URUTORAMANNO UTA])
"Ultraman" - Opening Theme (Japanese [URUTORAMANNO UTA])
"Ultraman" - Victory Theme (URUTORAMAN BGM)
"Ultraman" - Closing Theme (Japanese [URUTORAMANNO UTA])
"Ultraman" - Opening Theme (Instrumental [URUTORAMANNO UTA])
"Ultraman" - Victory Theme (URUTORAMAN BGM)
"Ultraman" - Closing Theme (Instrumental [URUTORAMANNO UTA])

Side B:
"Overreaction" (Return To Morgöth - Live 2018)
"Voïvod" (Return To Morgöth - Live 2018)

Ultraman EP digital tracklisting:

"Ultraman" - Opening Theme (Japanese & French [URUTORAMANNO UTA]) (01:30)
"Ultraman" - Victory Theme (URUTORAMAN BGM (00:39)
"Ultraman" - Closing Theme (English [URUTORAMANNO UTA]) (00:47)
"Overreaction" (Return To Morgöth - Live 2018) (05:26)
"Voïvod" (Return To Morgöth - Live 2018) (06:09)

Voivod's Ultraman EP will be released in perfect timing for the band’s return to European stages as special guests for Swedish progressive metal/rock group Opeth on their upcoming Evolution XXX European tour in November 2022.

Guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain states about the tour, “We are very excited to join forces with Opeth on this European tour. Their art inspires and dissolves boundaries on many levels, we are proud to connect and take off on this journey!”

Voivod is:

Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (guitar)
Denis “Snake” Belanger (vocals)
Michel “Away” Langevin (drums)
Dominic “Rocky” Laroche (bass)

(Photo - Catherine Deslauriers)