Guess what! Gojira‘s From Mars To Sirius is 20 years outdated this 12 months, which additionally means you are outdated. Not Gojira although – they’re eternally youthful. Or not less than that is what I have been led to consider 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 informed Bloodstock TV’s Oran O’Beirne. “It took us a very long time. We wanted that point, I believe, simply to verify 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 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 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 verify every little thing is okay and highly effective sufficient and — I do not know — good sufficient as nicely. Nevertheless it’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 nearly completed. We’re going again to massive guitar riffs and a extra steel, however extra fashionable, sound,” he mentioned. “There are two extra songs to refine. We needed to maneuver shortly, however we did not succeed. We thought of it a lot that we nearly obtained 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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