Gojira‘s Joe Duplantier has shared an up to date on their “bold” subsequent album – see what he needed to say under.
Recent off their historic efficiency on the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games – the place they turned the primary metallic act to carry out within the historical past of the Olympics – frontman Joe Duplantier has offered an replace on the French metallers’ subsequent venture.
Talking on the Loudwire Nights podcast, Joe expanded on his brother – and Gojira drummer – Mario Duplantier’s feedback final October that the band’s subsequent album can be “heavier” than 2021’s ‘Fortitude’.
Joe mentioned: “It’s not a secret, however I’ve gotta say we’re in the midst of it, and till it’s accomplished, it’s arduous to inform individuals what it’s gonna be. And in addition, I don’t wish to. I need individuals to be shocked. However we’re working. We’re attempting to ship one thing that’s significant and impactful. We’re very bold by way of 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.”
Whereas the album has been within the works for a while now, the band have by no means been as standard as they’re now, coming off the again of their Paris Olympics efficiency. Most lately, the band made their cowl of ‘Ah, Ça Ira!’ out there on all main streaming platforms.
Throughout the ceremony, the band appeared on the aspect of a citadel surrounded by hearth and bursts of crimson streamers, with opera singer Marina Viotti later showing on a shifting prop boat. Their efficiency adopted a portion devoted to Les Miserables and got here simply after a beheaded Marie Antoinette was proven singing.
The spectacle left viewers asking themselves in the event that they’d simply seen “one of the memorable moments of 2024” or a “freakshow”. As heightened reactions on social media swirled, Gojira had been pressured to reply to claims their efficiency was “satanic”.
Joe Duplantier mentioned of their efficiency: “It’s French historical past. It’s French allure, you understand, beheaded individuals, crimson wine and blood in all places — it’s romantic, it’s regular. There’s nothing satanic.”
Regardless of the controversy, it massively elevated Gojira’s streaming numbers, with their month-to-month listeners capturing as much as just below 2.7million per week after their efficiency, a development of virtually 50 per cent.
They’re now set to affix Trivium and Machine Head because the headliners for subsequent yr’s version of Bloodstock competition. Gojira are set to shut out all the fest on Sunday (August 10). “We’re psyched to play Bloodstock once more subsequent yr,” mentioned frontman Joe Duplantier in an announcement. “Maintain on to your socks, it’s gonna be brutal!”