Progressive metal usually shows up sanded down. We leave the edges on.
Seven-string and five-string, drop tuned. Riffs with some thrash in them, hooks that stick, solos that actually go somewhere. Odd meters because that’s how it comes out, not to prove a point. Some of it’s messy, and that’s why it sounds like us.
What you hear on our records is what we play live, from start to finish. Nobody’s hiding behind a backing track.
Every release we’ve put out, we wrote, recorded and produced ourselves since 2013.
Odd Times is a progressive metal power trio from Montreal, Canada.
Formed in 2013 by three high school friends: Étienne Fournier (guitar, vocals), Maxime Bidégaré (bass) and Vincent Perreault (drums) have been writing and playing together ever since. The band builds its sound on the technical ambition of Dream Theater and Symphony X, the compositional restlessness of Rush, and the edge of Avenged Sevenfold.
Odd Times introduced itself in 2018 with the singles “Drive” and “Mayor of Fear,” followed in 2020 by its first full-length album, A Journey in the Desert, led by “Wandering Again” and “Path to the City.” The trio returned in 2025 with A Tale of Flames, a second full-length album carried by the singles “Dual Flames Paradox” and “Astral Collision.” Every release has been written, recorded and produced by the band itself.
The power trio has built a steady live presence across Montreal and now performs throughout eastern Canada, from Toronto to the Gaspé Peninsula, sharing stages with Stadaconé, Noor and Oktoplut. Festival appearances include En route vers Heavy MTL (2019), the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (2023) and Wacken Metal Battle Canada (2025), and has been interviewed on air at CIBL 101.5.
Odd Times also works the other side of the curtain. Since late 2025, the band has been staging shows with Longueuil un Pays on Montreal’s South Shore, for established Quebec acts and local artists. It’s experience that serves them on stage as much as behind it.
Odd Times is now expanding beyond Quebec, targeting festival and support slots across Canada, with international dates as the next horizon.
Releases and merch are available at https://oddtimes.bandcamp.com/merch
Étienne Fournier is a professional guitarist, composer and vocalist based in Montreal, where he also works as a guitar instructor and content creator with an audience of over one million followers across platforms. He is an endorsed artist for Kiesel Guitars and has collaborated with brands including Godin Guitars, Radial Engineering and Positive Grid.
He began on classical guitar at the age of eight before moving to electric; he never looked back since that day. He pursued the instrument through formal training, earning a bachelor’s degree in music from UQAM in 2022 and a graduate diploma (DESS) in film music in 2023. Alongside his studies, he performed extensively with rock cover acts, touring across Quebec and appearing at EPCOT, Walt Disney World.
Étienne is the principal composer, guitarist and vocalist of the progressive metal trio Odd Times, whose second full-length album, A Tale of Flames, was released in 2025.
He continues to teach, compose and build a following online, where his guitar-focused content reaches players worldwide.
Maxime Bidégaré is a bassist, bass instructor and content creator based in Montreal, producing demo and clinic content for manufacturers including Mesa Engineering, Ernie Ball and Godin Guitars, among others. He began playing at twelve in local punk and metal bands, later studying under Hugo Doyon-Karout of Beyond Creation and pursuing formal training at UQAM, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music in 2023.
Alongside his studies, Maxime performed extensively as a sideman across genres, backing rock and party cover acts, punk and ska bands, hip-hop and R&B artists, and country projects.
He is the bassist of the progressive metal trio Odd Times, whose second full-length album, A Tale of Flames, was released in 2025. He continues to teach, perform and create throughout Quebec.
Vincent Perreault is a drummer, pianist, DJ and composer. He began on piano at eight before discovering drums through the wonders of the video game Rock Band, which led him to pursue music studies through high school. He later turned to computer science, specializing in offensive security, and is currently completing a master’s degree in the field.
Music stayed. Vincent has been the drummer of the progressive metal trio Odd Times since its founding in 2013, and appears on the band’s second full-length album, A Tale of Flames, released in 2025. Since 2024, he has also performed as a DJ in Montreal bars and at cybersecurity conferences including Hackfest and NorthSec.
Vincent can usually be found either on stage or at hacking competitions around Montreal, where his two worlds meet.
