Guess what! Gojira‘s From Mars To Sirius is 20 years previous this yr, which additionally means you are previous. Not Gojira although – they’re eternally youthful. Or at the very least that is what I have been led to imagine because of this model new reside in-studio session from Silver Wire Studios. It is particularly cool as a result of they did not simply rip out the hits. The session runs as follows:
- “Ocean Planet” 00:00
- “From The Sky” 06:17
- “The place Dragons Dwell” 12:12
At this yr’s Bloodstock Open Air pageant within the UK, Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier confirmed that the band’s long-awaited new album will lastly arrive in 2026. The follow-up to 2021’s Fortitude has been within the works for a number of years, with recording periods already underway.
“We already did document some drums and guitars and basses,” Duplantier informed Bloodstock TV’s Oran O’Beirne. “It took us a very long time. We wanted that point, I believe, simply to ensure we’re all on the identical web page, make sure that what Gojira is bringing subsequent is powerful sufficient.
“Additionally, we do not have that a lot stress. We’re not a younger band anymore… We have been a band for 30 years, so Gojira is already a longtime band. It doesn’t suggest that we could be lazy — it doesn’t suggest that — however it’s very essential to take the time to convey one thing recent and new and highly effective.”
He added: “For the brand new songs, we took a lot time simply to ensure all the things is ok and highly effective sufficient and — I do not know — good sufficient as properly. But it surely’s on the best way, it is on the best way. 2026, for certain.”
In a separate interview with Le Parisien, Duplantier teased what followers can anticipate from the as-yet-untitled album. “It is virtually completed. We’re going again to huge guitar riffs and a extra steel, however extra fashionable, sound,” he mentioned. “There are two extra songs to refine. We wished to maneuver rapidly, however we did not succeed. We thought of it a lot that we virtually received misplaced. It is tougher to match our tastes than once we have been 20, and that is regular.”
Additionally, the truth that new Gojira might be going to be silly heavy is thrilling. Give me From Mars To Sirus 2: Fuck You, This Is Even Heavier.
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