In this week’s episode of The Downbeat Podcast series Stray From The Path drummer Craig Reynolds meets one of his heroes in Mario Duplantier, the drummer of French metal titans Gojira. Aside from chat about what it takes to reach new heights of musicianship, Duplantier also talks about jamming with a legend like Metallica frontman
Now that the dust has settled after single “Amazonia” was released as part of a month-long fundraiser for a Brazilian indigenous rights charity curated by Gojira, the French titans have taken the plunge with another single “Into The Storm“. Both cuts will appear on the bands seventh studio album “Fortitude” which will appear on 30th
The second single “Amazonia” from the upcoming 30th April Roadrunner Records releasing Gojira album “Fortitude” has surfaced, granted a music video directed and edited by Charles De Meyer and with cinematography by Maximiliaan Dierickx and Vincent Moon while also serving as a charity fundraiser. It has to be said that the images of some of
And so the wheels of the big machine have started once more with French masters Gojira climbing back into the saddle and delivering us from evil with “Born For One Thing“. A new single, it’s slated for release on a new album going by the name “Fortitude” which is due on 30th April via Roadrunner
Recorded & mixed by Johann Meyer with additional footage and editing by Bryce Hall, French Metal titans Gojira have unleashed their entire pro-shot full set from Hellfest in France in 2019 for our viewing pleasure. A set that includes “Oroborus“, “L’enfant Sauvage” and “Silvera” and clocks in a just over an hour, it may not
It seems that Frenchmen Gojira have a wealth of unseen footage in their archives as from out of nowhere they’ve broadsided us with an unreleased song from 2003. Recorded live at Silver Cord Studios in New York, “Inferno” inspired by the 1925 film “Maciste all’ Inferno” in which the devil takes Maciste to hell to
Following a couple of teases via social media French titans Gojira have hit Planet Metal like the Meteorite in Deep Impact with new single “Another World“, complete with animated music video that has a little bit in Interstellar influence in it. Their US run with Poppy and Deftones that was set for this summer has
Having scrapped off all their touring plans for the entirety of 2020 earlier this week, Frenchmen Gojira have taken the approach that rather than take any risks they’re going to come out fighting in 2021. Who can blame them, it makes perfect sense. They’ve shared an extended cut of their song “Pray” from their performance
Back in 2012, the highly influential “L’Enfant Sauvage” from Gojira was met by Universal critical acclaim when it was released by Roadrunner Records. The Frenchmen had created a masterpiece that combines Technical Death Metal, Progressive and Groove styles and in the first week alone shipped almost three times as many copies as it’s predecessor “The
Frenchmen Gojira marked their 1000th show with a performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver Colorado on 11th May 2017, part of a run with Devin Townsend Project and Opeth that will go down in history as one of the biggest tours on Planet Metal. In the absence of the ability to your this
