Gojira

Gojira

Gojira was formed in 1996 in Ondres, France by brothers Joe and Mario Duplantier, who played guitar and drums respectively. They were joined by guitarist Christian Andreu, who had seen the brothers perform live. Originally called Godzilla, they were forced to change their name due to legal disputes. They decided on the closest name to the original, which was Gojira (The original Japanese name of the popular science fiction creature.) Musically, the band plays a mixture of several different types of music, including death metal, thrash metal and progressive metal, but there are also more atmospheric sections to many songs in a similar style to the American metal bands Mastodon and Neurosis. They also utilize a range of different vocal styles, from deep harsh vocals, to higher pitched screaming, and from coarse singing, to much cleaner vocals. They are often compared to bands like Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad and Morbid Angel. Lyrically, the band deals with subjects such as the environment and how people treat it. In particular, their album From Mars to Sirius has many songs which lyrically show a concern about human-induced climate change and how it could affect our planet. The band released their second studio album, The Link, in the United States on April 10th, 2007 with remastered audio and new booklet artwork. Their live DVD, The Link Alive, was released in the United States on May 27th, 2007, and worldwide a day later. Currently, Gojira is working on an (as yet) untitled fourth studio album to be released in late 2008.The band's bassist Jean-Michel Labadie said that the fourth album would be more melodic than the others