JOE DUPLANTIER Gives An Update On New GOJIRA

Amidst all of the hype over Gojira‘s recent Olympic performance is one other chunk of huge information – Gojira continues to be engaged on a brand new document. The brand new document will likely be Gojira‘s first since their 2021 effort Fortitude and can sound like… properly, we’re really unsure what it will sound like.

In keeping with Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier in an interview with Chuck Armstrong of Loudwire Nights,

“I want I may… It isn’t a secret, however I’ve gotta say we’re in the course of it, and till it is accomplished, it is laborious to inform folks what it is gonna be,” mentioned Duplantier. “And likewise, I do not need to. I need folks to be shocked. However we’re working. We’re attempting to ship one thing that’s significant and impactful. We’re very bold when it comes to writing songs and the standard of it. And we wanna take a transparent step ahead and upward with this album. So we’re placing all our love and vitality on it.”

On the subject of latest Gojira materials, drummer Mario Duplantier mentioned in an October 2023 interview with El Expreso Del Rock that the brand new stuff is “totally different. It is a bit early to say however I’ve a sense it will be heavier.”

He later added on Gojira‘s course of: “We work on new stuff for a very long time, really. Now we have lots, lots, plenty of concepts. Now we have constructions of latest songs. However we’re so choosy that we actually need to take this time to drop one thing very distinctive.

“And why not having extra songs to document? As a substitute of getting 10 songs, perhaps have like 15 songs; I do not know. However we’re engaged on it very laborious. However it is a bit early within the course of to speak in regards to the date of launch and all that. However what I can inform is it is on a great way. We’re very happy with what now we have proper now.”