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Nov 17, 2015 · One of the bigger shocks of metal’s last few years, Gojira’s sudden rise to prominence was remarkable for several reasons. Firstly, they are a French band that virtually no one with a modicum of sense has decried as a load of cack-handed bollocks. Secondly, despite the occasional nod towards one or two arcane influences, they have a sound ...
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Jul 29, 2021 · Combining a youthful love for the blastbeats and gore of death metal with a lyrical preoccupation with existential questioning, Gojira have evolved into one of the most pioneering, intelligent bands in the sphere of heavy music.
Gojira is a French heavy metal band from Ondres. Founded as Godzilla in 1996, the band's lineup—brothers Joe (lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar) and Mario Duplantier (drums), Christian Andreu (lead and rhythm guitar), and Jean-Michel Labadie (bass)—has been the same since the band changed its name to Gojira in 2001.
Everything started in 1996 in a garage in the southwest France, in a small town of Bayonne, where brothers Duplantier, Joe (vocals, guitars) and Mario (drums) founded a band with two friends, Christian Andreu (lead guitar) and Alexandre Cornillon (bass).
Jun 2, 2021 · Gojira are the first band in years to challenge metal’s old guard. Not by using gimmicks, like Slipknot’s masks, Sabaton’s tanks or Ghost’s popes, but simply by being themselves. Their unfiltered hopes and fears about living and dying blast urgently out of the music, empowering you to confront them yourself.
Coming out of Magma, Gojira weren't just one of the biggest metal bands on the scene—they were one of biggest rock bands in the world, unified and self-emboldened. Humbled and honored as he was by Magma’s success, Duplantier came out of that victory lap feeling exhausted—and eager to move on.
Jun 3, 2021 · For a generation of young headbangers, Gojira are the new titans of groove metal: progressive, heavy-hitting riff giants continuing in the lineage of Metallica, Sepultura, Pantera, Lamb of God and others.