Yeah sure! My pleasure!

Yeah, well we started writing the album after touring for a few years, and it went pretty natural.  At first it was a little bit stressed, but after a few tries it worked. It was really teamwork, everyone got their ideas together in the jam space, you know? The improvising and recording the jams became the core of some of the songs. We did the arrangement altogether, it was a great creative journey, you know?

It was recorded at the Wild Studio here in Quebec, up north. Well not really up north but north of Montreal, and it was in the woods, pretty far away from the city or anything. There was nothing there, so we had to buy some food and drink, and we were pretty far from civilization. But we were really focused on our work, and that was a great environment to record the album, and to work in.

We produced it together really. I mean VOIVOD and Pierre Remillard, the owner of the studio, who worked on the engineering, and Blacky, who did the producing, and Stanford Parker mixed it.

Great! Actually it's been fantastic! All the reviews are great, it's all positive, the fans are happy, and we are really proud of it. It looks like a great year for VOIVOD! We are really psyched about 2013.

Of course we are going to do some touring this year, if everything goes well. We have some shows in April in South America, we have a couple of shows here, then I think we are going to head to Europe in either June or July. I'm not sure. We are going to try and play at places we have never been to, like China maybe. We're also going back to Australia, New Zealand, Tokyo and Moscow, but we would like to play some places we've never played.

Not yet. Nothing confirmed but we are working on it.

I've been in the band since 2008, so like 5 years?

I don't know, I haven't heard that. Maybe it's just a rumor? (laughs) We actually haven't discussed it yet (laughs)

I think it comes from Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. The word VOIVOD is used in Europe, in some countries, I think like the Czech Republic and around that area, and it's like a title. In some places, it means "prince" in others it's like a high-ranking government official. So it does have a meaning, it's not a word that we made up out of the blue. We took it from Bram Stoker's Dracula because he was a VOIVOD.

Out of the discography? My favorite album, or the one that I listen to the most is "Killing Technology", "Dimension Hatross", and "Nothingface."  I like them all, actually. I have listened to them all many,many,many times on cassette since I was 11 years old. I wasn't even playing guitar when I was introduced to them; VOIVOD was one of the  bands that got me into playing. All of my cassettes are in really, really bad shape, and the CD's as well.

Where do I see the band in 5 years? I see the band in 5 minutes. It's a day-by-day thing, you know? I think the guys have learned a lot from all of the situations that we have been through, so it's more healthy to think like that. Of course we'd still like to be writing and touring, and we'd like to be doing it as long as we can, as long as the fun is still there. As long as we are getting along together, and if things are going pretty good then I think just thinking about the present would be best. Hopefully we'll be here for a couple more years and will be having a blast and touring the world.

Oh wow, there has been a lot actually. My second or third show with VOIVOD was in Tokyo, and I had never been in Japan, or even in Europe. I had toured the states with other bands, but going to other countries was like going to another planet for me. I was so excited to be there, and it was so surreal. (It's like) When we went on our first European tour together, you know, I love to travel but I had never had the chance. I just can't believe that I am traveling and playing with my favorite band. It doesn't make sense to me (laughs) I pinch myself every day thinking about that. But as far as a moment, playing Moscow and playing in Tokyo, maybe, I don't know. It's hard to remember a specific moment where I can say, "Yes, this is my moment". When we played here in Quebec City in front of 80,000 people near our hometown it was amazing. But I think every little moment makes life interesting, and enjoyable, those are the things that I think about and that are important to me.

Oh there's a lot. I really like VIRUS from Norway; I think they are VOIVOD fans as well. I really like their music, but I am pretty open-minded when it comes to touring with bands. I like to go to a show, and see a variety of different kinds of music. When I go to shows where there is only death metal, or back metal, they all sound the same. So I think it's good to always have a different kind of music, or a different kind of aesthetic. There are a LOT of bands out there (laughs)

Sure!

There is a new website called VOIVOD.com I guess. It's linked to the Iron Gang website, which is the merch and the special stuff. Um, there's a VOIVODfan.com which is a fan site with a lot of old demos, posters, and also VOIVOD.net which is also another great fan site. So it's all linked to the main page, so there is a lot of information about VOIVOD on those pages. There is also our Facebook page.

Oh thank you so much. It has been a pleasure talking to you