NEWS
2021/03/20
Michel ‘Away’ Langevin has been weathering the pandemic by doing what he does best: making new music and concentrating on his art. As the drummer and founder member of Voivod, those two creative elements have defined his life for close to four decades. In that time, his band have become one of the most respected acts to emerge from the early ’80s thrash metal melee, their sound expanding from its punkier roots to absorb elements of psychedelia and progressive rock. In a career that has contained several moments of musical innovation and triumph, the Canadian outfit have also faced moments of near collapse and tragedy. The original four-piece of Away, frontman Denis ‘Snake’ Bélanger, Jean-Yves ‘Blacky’ Thériault and guitarist Denis ‘Piggy’ D’Amour found themselves burnt out b...
