• Voivod are named after a fictional character, created by Michel Langevin, according to whom, he is "an antihero, a vampire lord in a post-nuclear age, immortal and unstoppable. (His) story is being told in seven parts, covering our first five albums, from "War and Pain" to "Nothingface. We resumed the concept on "Phobos". We demoed the last chapter, but we have no plans at all to turn those into a proper album. Yet."
• In early 2008 Voivod selected Daniel Mongrain as Piggy's onstage replacement and returned to playing live. Blacky would return for tours in 2008, 2009 and 2010, but Jason Newsted was still considered the band's permanent bassist. As of 2012, Jason is apparently no longer in Voivod.
• After rumors of a reunion with original singer persisted, Snake returned to the fold in early 2002 and Jason "Jasonic" Newsted, who had just left Metallica, joined Voivod as their new bassist. The reunion lineup recorded and released a self-titled album in 2003, which was critically praised and became the most successful album Voivod had released in years. In 2004, the band returned to the studio to record their second post-reunion album; however, Piggy died of colon cancer on August 26, 2005 before the new album could come to fruition. Its resulting album, Katorz, arrived a year later, but Voivod did not tour in support of it as they were not comfortable enough to find an immediate replacement for Piggy.
• In 1994, because of the sales for The Outer Limits being poor compared to their other releases, Voivod decided to abandon their five year relationship with MCA Records. Also during that year, Snake left the band to form a new project Union Made, and was replaced by a then-unknown singer and bassist named Eric Forrest. After releasing two more albums, Negatron and Phobos, to poor reviews, Voivod disappeared for a while before Forrest decided to leave the band.
• In 1990, Voivod returned to the studio with former Rush producer Terry Brown to record album number six. The album, now known as Angel Rat, was delayed for several months before it finally arrived in November 1991 because its release wasn't ready, Blacky had already left the band due to poor relationships with the members, and one song, "Nomads", was taken off of the album. Despite the fact that it was highly anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result of the band's success with the previous album, the album was not as successful as Nothingface. Following the release of Angel Rat, Voivod took a brief hiatus before they found Pierre St. Jean as their new bassist in early 1992, and returned to the studio later that year to record one more album for MCA. The resulting album, The Outer Limits, recieved favorable reviews but did not match the succcess of Nothingface and Angel Rat. The artwork on this album was done in 3D, and some copies came with 3D glasses. Gigs across the USA in September 1993 had Voivod heading a bill alongside Damn the Machine and Clutch.

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