Voïvod release new single "Condemned to the Gallows" (2023 Version)
Canadian sci-fi metal innovators Voïvod are celebrating 40 eventful years of existence in 2023 with the announcement of their special anniversary studio album entitled Morgöth Tales, to be released on 21st July via Century Media Records. The band are Dominic “Rocky” Laroche (Bass), Michel “Away” Langevin (Drums), Denis “Snake” Bélanger (Vocals) & Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (Guitar). The new album is available now to pre-order HERE
The band have also released the album's second single Condemned to the Gallows, which is available to stream now.
Condemned To The Gallows (2023 Version) is a very special choice, as it once marked Voïvod’s first ever song released on an album, originally appearing on the “Metal Massacre V Compilation” back in 1984. Voïvod vocalist Denis “Snake” Bélanger comments:
“Morgöth Tales starts where it all began. ‘Condemned To The Gallows’ was the first song ever recorded in a studio. I recall being shocked, hearing my voice for the first time, and I was a bit intimidated. I had joined the band only a few months prior to that and I didn’t know how to sing or even if was capable of doing the job. So I jumped in, and this 40 year adventure was about to begin. Revisiting this song was a real trip. Going back in time when we were young and wild, recapturing that same fury inside that led us up to now made me realise that the spirit never gets old. Thanks to Mom, who kept well preserved, the only lyrics sheet existing on the surface of this planet, with my smudged left handed writing. Otherwise we would have been screwed.”
Photo (c) Catherine Deslauriers
Once more recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio, mastered by Maor Appelbaum and produced by Voïvod, Morgöth Tales includes fresh studio (re-)recordings by the band’s current line-up of nine especially selected, not-so-obvious picks from the band’s hyper-classy and extremely diverse back catalogue (between 1984 and 2003) as well as a brand-new song in the album’s title-track, Morgöth Tales.
Voïvod drummer Michel “Away” Langevin commented about “Morgöth Tales”:
“Morgöth Tales covers 40 years of space exploration. It was really exciting for us to revisit a more obscure part of the Voïvod catalogue, from thrash-punk to prog-metal to…? The title track is a new song, which we started writing in the tour bus and hotels during the Opeth European tour in November / December 2022. It has the vibe of the experimental music we are doing nowadays, with a new twist I think. We also had the great thrill of getting E-Force and Jasonic involved on this album. I hope you’ll dig it, Chewy, Rocky, Snake and I certainly had a blast recording it. All aboard and ready for take off!“
The Ltd. CD Jewelcase in O-Card and Digital Album formats will also come with a cover version of the Public Image Ltd. track “Home” (04:38) as bonus.
The LP format will come on 180g vinyl and with a 4page LP-Booklet in the following variants:
Black LP – Unlimited
White LP – Ltd. 800x copies (Canada - www.cmdistro.de)
Transparent Green LP – Ltd. 300x copies (www.cmdistro.de)
Red LP – Ltd. 300x copies (VOIVOD outlets)
The album pre-order is live now at: https://voivodband.lnk.to/MorgothTales
