At this yr’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 informed Bloodstock TV’s Oran O’Beirne. “It took us a very long time. We wanted that point, I feel, simply to ensure we’re all on the identical web page, ensure what Gojira is bringing subsequent is robust sufficient.
“Additionally, we do not have that a lot strain. 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 will be lazy — it doesn’t suggest that — however it’s very essential to take the time to carry one thing contemporary and new and highly effective.”
He added: “For the brand new songs, we took a lot time simply to ensure every part is okay and highly effective sufficient and — I do not know — sensible sufficient as effectively. But it surely’s on the way in which, it is on the way in which. 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 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 thought of it a lot that we virtually bought misplaced. It is tougher to match our tastes than after we had been 20, and that is regular.”
Since releasing Fortitude, Gojira have ascended to unprecedented heights for a steel band within the trendy period. They turned the primary steel act to carry out on the Olympic opening ceremony — a collaboration that additionally earned them a GRAMMY Award — and have since toured the world with Korn and ready to affix Metallica on the highway. Earlier this yr, in addition they carried out on the Again To The Starting farewell live performance for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, cementing their place amongst steel’s elite.
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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