Gojira - Free Willy Metal

[Dev]

The new Terrorizer just did a live report on Gojira. Apparently the whole experience is just earth shattering.

They're certainly powerful live yeah.

But this remind me of an anecdote after The Ocean show, I asked two webzine mates, fond of Gojira who saw them 6 or 7 times :

'So what do you think of Gojira now?'

They just laughed because of my question and never answered.

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

France's GOJIRA Sign North American Deal With PROSTHETIC RECORDS - May 5, 2006
Prosthetic Records has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with France's Listenable Records to release the new album from French metal titans GOJIRA throughout North America. The band's latest opus, "From Mars to Sirius", will be released through Prosthetic on August 22.

Mixing technical proficiency, heavy-as-concrete riffs, and socially-conscious lyrics, GOJIRA truly is a thinking man's metal band, combining fierce aggression, varying tempos, and intelligent observations into an all-encompassing 64-minute voyage throughout "From Mars to Sirius".

"From Mars to Sirius" will be the band's first album with a formal North American release, all while the group has logged 300+ live shows in France and Europe and sold over 8,000 copies of its last album throughout Europe. Now with Prosthetic's backing, GOJIRA will bring its futuristicly heavy sound across the Atlantic. The band is currently playing live dates and festivals throughout Europe for much of the summer.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51892

 

[JayKeeley]

Well, finally.

Me no likey MP3s, me likey CD with coverart and inlay.

 

[lurch70]

how to fuck up a bands career 101 ...
this band is going to be huge ... trust me on this one

 

[Nate The Great]

I believe I shall have to induct this album into the RC Hall of Fame Thread. It has generated enough buzz, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[lurch70]

this disc merits countless listens ... someone have the lyrics for this???

 

[Dev]

http://www.darklyrics.com/g/gojira.html

 

[lurch70]

thanks dude ... some weeks ago they were not there yet, did not bother to check since.

they are so Voivodian in the lyrical department

 

[Dev]

Gojira signed on Prosthetic Records for the US.

www.prostheticrecords.com

 

[JayKeeley]

yep, see 7 posts above yours.

 

[Dev]

 

[lurch70]

just got this in an email ...

i like how Earache is already using Gojira as a band to compare one of theirs to ...

granted, the new Anata is a solid effort and dare I say somewhat original in structure and sound.

Anata "The Conductor's Departure" CD
<http://www.earache.com/lists/lt.php?id=MktTBwoFTAwPSABWVAEB>
Already revered for producing shape shifting Death Metal of the highest
calibre, Anata return with another set of breathlessly technical material
that morphs from mental riff contortion to inverse melodic deviance in the
blink of an eye. Refusing to bow to their homeland's endless pursuit of In
Flames impersonation, Anata instead rival the likes of Meshuggah, Gojira
and Opeth in terms of pure disregard for convention - all the while
applying a furious Death Metal gloss that sets them apart.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I still haven't heard Gojira and no one seems to care

 

[JayKeeley]

What's stopping you?

 

[Dick Sirloin]

The fact that
1) I have no idea where to order it
2) Every time I ask for gaysendit, no one does (ex: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4579566&postcount=127 )
3) I admit, I get scared of RC Fad Bands

 

[lurch70]

bucketload of videos on you tube

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=gojira&search_type=search_videos

me thinks the visuals add a lot to the intensity of this band


as an alternative ... some great smaple audio and vidoes HERE: http://gojirafanusa.com/Audio_Video.html

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Hmmm... watched the "To Sirius" video... not too sure if I like this

Oh well, back to Black Sabbath

 

[JayKeeley]

^attention span of a goldfish

....and therein lies the [lack of] enthusiasm for everyone to offer you samples.

 

[lurch70]

watch this video ... if this one does not get your blood pumping ... go listen to Fagalloch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRuFIcvQGRA&search=gojira

they have a very strange mix of styles ... Morbid Angel meets later day Voivod ... meets, as you guys calls it ... "hardcore"

 

[Dick Sirloin]

^attention span of a goldfish

....and therein lies the [lack of] enthusiasm for everyone to offer you samples.

Shut up, I'm listening to "The Rite of Spring" right now, contemplating Stravinsky's use of the bassoon and how it fits into the modernist weltanschaaung