Guess what! Gojira‘s From Mars To Sirius is 20 years previous this 12 months, which additionally means you are previous. Not Gojira although – they’re eternally youthful. Or a minimum of that is what I have been led to imagine because of this model new stay in-studio session from Silver Twine 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 12 months’s Bloodstock Open Air competition 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 advised Bloodstock TV’s Oran O’Beirne. “It took us a very long time. We wanted that point, I feel, simply to verify we’re all on the identical web page, be sure what Gojira is bringing subsequent is powerful sufficient.
“Additionally, we do not have that a lot strain. We aren’t 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 might be lazy — it doesn’t suggest that — but it surely’s very essential to take the time to convey one thing contemporary and new and highly effective.”
He added: “For the brand new songs, we took a lot time simply to verify every little thing is okay and highly effective sufficient and — I do not know — sensible sufficient as effectively. 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 count on from the as-yet-untitled album. “It is virtually completed. We’re going again to large guitar riffs and a extra steel, however extra trendy, sound,” he mentioned. “There are two extra songs to refine. We needed to maneuver rapidly, however we did not succeed. We considered it a lot that we virtually acquired misplaced. It is tougher to match our tastes than after we had 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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