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Template:Short description Template:Good article Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Gojira is a French heavy metal band from Ondres. Founded as Godzilla in 1996, the band's lineup - brothers Joe (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Mario Duplantier (drums), Christian Andreu (lead guitar), and Jean-Michel Labadie (bass) - has been the same since the band changed its name to Gojira in 2001. Gojira has been known for its progressive and technical death metal styles and spiritual, philosophical, and environmentally themed lyrics. The band has gone "from the utmost obscurity during the first half of their career to widespread global recognition in the second".<ref name="AllMusic-bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gojira's first two albums, Terra Incognita (2001) and The Link (2003), and powerful live performances established its reputation as a leading French metal band. Maciste All'Inferno was a silent film score composed and performed for a one-night show in Bordeaux. Its third album, the critically acclaimed From Mars to Sirius (2005) with "Backbone", "The Heaviest Matter of the Universe", and "Flying Whales", was covered in the British metal press. The band then signed with Prosthetic Records, which gave it visibility in North America. The follow-up album, The Way of All Flesh (2008), charted on the Billboard 200, and Gojira later launched its first overseas headlining tour.

The band began recording the Sea Shepherd EP in a collaborative framework involving several metal musicians. In 2011, Gojira signed with Roadrunner Records. The band released L'Enfant Sauvage (2012) and Magma (2016), which peaked at numbers 34 and 24, respectively, on the Billboard 200 and were certified gold in France. Gojira shelved death metal in favor of a more straightforward style on Magma, the band's breakthrough album. In 2020, it released its first Template:Nowrap single, "Another World". The chart-topping Fortitude (2021) was the best-selling album in the US during its first week. In 2022, Gojira attained arena headliner status in Europe, the UK, and South America. With a DIY approach, the band produces its albums at its own recording studios in France and New York City.

Gojira has released seven studio albums and three live DVDs, and is the first French band to top the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. The band has received Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album for Magma and Best Metal Performance for the singles "Silvera", "Amazonia", and "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)". Gojira holds the record for the loudest concert (and sound) ever recorded at the Stade de France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Throughout its career, the band has been involved in environmental, human rights, and animal rights activism.

Gojira also became the first heavy metal band to perform at an Olympics opening ceremony during the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.

HistoryEdit

Background and formation (1993–1996)Edit

At the age of seventeen, while in high school, vocalist and guitarist Joe Duplantier formed his first band called Eclipse after discovering heavy metal three years earlier. His brother, Mario, started a band at the age of twelve and had already demonstrated his capabilities as a drummer. Over time, the two brothers embarked on jam sessions after school.<ref name="Grow2012-09-02">Template:Cite news</ref>

Joe and Mario Duplantier, aged nineteen and fourteen respectively in 1996, decided to start a technical death metal band emphasizing melodies<ref name="Eternels2008">Template:Cite news</ref> and recruited nineteen-year-old guitarist Christian Andreu. According to Mario, Andreu was "a passionate [fan], like we, of Metallica".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24">Template:Cite news</ref> They began practicing with guitars and drums in the Duplantiers' garage (where the group had set up a studio) in their hometown of Ondres in southern Landes, on the outskirts of Bayonne.<ref name="Marraud2019-06-20">Template:Cite news</ref> The band soon recruited bassist Alexandre Cornillon, a friend of Andreu from Hossegor.<ref name="Eternels2008"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Joe Duplantier said, "We wanted to go fast and strong. We had no plan, no pressure ... We didn't even have a [band] name".<ref name="Arnold2017-07-07">Template:Cite news</ref>

Early years and Terra Incognita (1996–2002)Edit

{{#invoke:Listen|main}} In 1996, the band settled on the name Godzilla.<ref name="Nicoleau2019">Template:Cite news</ref> The idea sprang from the original 1954 kaiju film Godzilla and "the myth of the big furious atomic lizard ... It was, in our heads, a symbol of devastating power".<ref name="VS-Webzine2001">Template:Cite news</ref> The band first performed in Bayonne bars<ref name="Marraud2019-06-20"/> (four months after its formation), selling cassettes at shows and to their friends.<ref name="Grow2012-09-02"/> Playing straight-ahead death metal with elements of thrash metal,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Godzilla self-released a pair of demo albums (Victim in 1996 and Possessed in 1997),<ref name="Humanite2017-09-04">Template:Cite news</ref> and toured southwest France.<ref name="WFenec-Bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Gojira's logo first appeared in 2001 on the album Terra Incognita

Cornillon left the band in 1998 and was replaced by Jean-Michel Labadie,<ref name="HF2020-12-26">Template:Cite magazine</ref> a "young bass player very active on the Basque scene", according to author Marie-Hélène Soenen.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> Godzilla won the tremplin Ultrasons (Ultrasound Springboard, a regional festival for emerging artists) in early 1999.<ref name="US2003-02-28">Template:Cite news</ref> The band toured regularly, serving as the opening act for Cannibal Corpse, Edge of Sanity, and Impaled Nazarene.<ref name="Humanite2017-09-04"/> In September 1999, the band supported Immortal during a ten-date tour in France that ended in Lille.Template:Sfn While touring with Immortal, Godzilla received national exposure, developing a reputation on the French metal scene for their "incendiary riffs".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> The band recorded Saturate, their third demo album, which was released in the Fall of 1999.<ref name="Balaš2017-08-15">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="WFenec-Bio"/>

The band released Wisdom Comes, their fourth demo album, in 2000.<ref name="Balaš2017-08-15"/><ref name="Proximus2019">Template:Cite news</ref> Godzilla then began writing what they intended as their first full-length album, a project planned since 1996. According to Joe Duplantier, Mike Oldfield inspired his songwriting.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2001, Godzilla was legally compelled to change its name.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They became "Gojira" Template:Nihongo, the rōmaji spelling for the original Japanese name for Godzilla.<ref name="Grow2012-09-02"/> Inspired by the production quality of an album by Watcha, a Parisian metal band, Gojira moved to the same Brussels studio to record their debut album, Terra Incognita. Before entering the recording studio, they asked friends and family for donations. Although Joe Duplantier said that Gojira took a long time to write the album, it was recorded in ten days.<ref name="Arnold2017-07-07"/>

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Gojira performing in Niort, France, during the October 2002 Terra Incognita Tour

After finishing recording and mixing by Stephan Kraemer at Impuls Studios, Gojira had no label, record company, or management.<ref name="WFenec2002-04">Template:Cite news</ref> Joe Duplantier said that after the tour with Immortal, Gojira became "a real war machine". However, Soenen wrote that record labels called them "too ambitious" for their style of music. Labels advised them to abandon death metal and sing in French; "The door was clearly closed", said Joe Duplantier.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> The band realized that their way out was to consider an independent infrastructure; they established Gabriel Editions (their own label) as a limited-liability company.Template:Sfn Andreu said that they could now "manage the band's activities, financing everything ourselves".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/>

Gojira released their debut studio album, Terra Incognita, on Gabriel Editions in March 2001.<ref name="WFenec2002-04"/> The album "made significant waves", according to John D. Buchanan of AllMusic.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> Do-it-yourselfers,<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> the band had a shipment of 1,500 albums delivered to the Duplantiers' parents' kitchen and persuaded a small store in Bayonne to sell them.<ref name="Arnold2017-07-07"/> Gojira then signed a contract with Sphere Management,<ref name="WFenec2002-04"/> and Richard Gamba became their manager. The band went on a nationwide tour to promote Terra Incognita, sharing the stage with French death–thrash metal crossover acts such as Scarve,<ref name="VS-Webzine2001"/> Hertz and Silence,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nihil, and No Flag.<ref name="WFenec2002-04"/> Gojira later signed with the independent Boycott Records–Next Music for national distribution.<ref name="VS-Webzine2001"/>Template:Sfn

The band acquired what became Le Studio des Milans (Red Kites' Studio), a recording studio and rehearsal space in the Landes forest, in November 2002.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The studio was originally a derelict barn, which Gojira rebuilt<ref name="Wood2008-12-01">Template:Cite news</ref> over a two-year period between tours and recording.Template:Sfn On their investment, Joe Duplantier said that "The budget is important for this [second] record, but for the next one, it will be minimal", and further noted that they could "henceforth produce" their music "from A to Z".Template:Sfn

The Link and From Mars to Sirius (2003–2007)Edit

{{#invoke:Listen|main}} Writing The Link, Gojira's second studio album, took a year.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> Mario Duplantier said about his approach to the album that "it was a period during which I wanted to play fast: I was starting to master the grind parts and the double bass pedal properly".Template:Sfn Newly purchased equipment had not been delivered to Le Studio des Milans, and the scheduled recording start date for the album had passed; it was hastilyTemplate:Sfn self-produced and recorded with Laurentx Etchemendy, the band's live engineer.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/><ref name="WFenec-Bio"/> The songs were conceived without delay on the vocals or reverb; Joe Duplantier called it "all very raw and very honest".<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> In April 2003, Gojira released The Link; 2,500 copies were shipped to French storesTemplate:Sfn with the same self-distribution as Terra Incognita.<ref name="LT2006-02-27">Template:Cite news</ref> The Link was well received.Template:Sfn In June, Gojira played at the Furyfest (an earlier version of Hellfest Summer Open Air) as part of a lineup of hardcore bands.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Renowned for their live performances, Gojira was developing a fan base through a 40-concert nationwide tour.Template:Sfn The band also performed beyond metropolitan France, including Belgium, Switzerland, and Bilbao.Template:Sfn

In March 2004, the band played with Loudblast, No Return, Scarve, the Old Dead Tree and Garwall at La Locomotive in Montmartre.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A reviewer described this Gojira concert as "timed, with millimeter precision, of a phenomenal power ... With a gigantic sound! ... the Landais cataclysm has just struck at La Locomotive".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira continued to promote the album and toured with the Swiss grindcore band Nostromo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Joe Duplantier (alongside singers of Loudblast and Scarve) appeared on the 2004 April issue of Rock Hard, which marked Gojira's first-ever magazine cover.Template:Sfn The band released The Link Alive, a concert DVD from The Link tour, in April 2004.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> The DVD was filmed by a team of seventeen cameramen during a sold-out 2003 show for an audience of 800 in Bordeaux.<ref name="Xtazine2004">Template:Cite news</ref> The Link Alive, self-produced and self-distributed, was marketed without a major distributor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and was followed by a 500-copy album version.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> In late May 2004, the organizers of the concert venue Le Florida in Agen invited Gojira and Yat-Kha for a three-show one-night stand of metal and ethno-rock music. Both bands played separately (Gojira toning down their performance) before playing together.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In July 2004, Terra Incognita and The Link had sold 7,000 and 8,000 copies respectively.<ref name="Lecaudey2004">Template:Cite news</ref> The Link era ended after a successful tour of almost two years, with significant financial difficulties.Template:Sfn Gojira signed with the Mon Slip label (which gave them a higher financial advance),Template:Sfn followed by a contract with French-based Listenable Records in December 2004.<ref name="BW-Listenable2004">Template:Cite news</ref>

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Gojira in Nantes during the October 2005 Sirius Tour

The band entered Le Studio des Milans to compose their third album, From Mars to Sirius, focusing on an "irreproachable sound".Template:Sfn "Gojira wants to control all stages of creation, from composition to mixing", said Labadie.<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> For the album's themes, Joe Duplantier was influenced by the possibility of other worlds and dimensions. He devoted his time to reading The Celestine Prophecy and books by Baird T. Spalding and other spiritual seekers.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> Writing the album took seven months,Template:Sfn reinforced by Labadie and Andreu.Template:Sfn The band performed "Backbone" and "The Heaviest Matter of the Universe" from their forthcoming album at the twenty-ninth Printemps de Bourges in April 2005.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira released From Mars to Sirius, their self-produced album, in September of that year; it received positive reviews from French music critics. Pascal Bagot of RFI wrote that "the public and critical acclaim is phenomenal".<ref name="Bagot2006-02-17">Template:Cite news</ref> Fifteen thousand albums were shipped to French stores.Template:Sfn Entering the Top Albums chart in France at No. 44, it remained on the chart for three weeks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the album's release, Gojira toured France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> That year, Listenable Records re-released The Link.<ref name="BW-Listenable2004"/>

In 2006, the "surging wave Gojira" inspired London journalist Lucy Williams of Kerrang! to write a laudatory article about the album.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/>Template:Sfn The band played a February concert at the Élysée Montmartre in Paris, where a number of journalists had gathered.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> By the end of the month, The Link Alive DVD had sold over 5,000 copies and From Mars to Sirius had sold 12,000 to 13,000 copies. According to Labadie, they earned their living primarily by touring. At that time, they worked jointly with Listenable Records, intending to promote their music overseas; "Gojira wants to work with people whose approach is sincere", said Labadie.<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> In May, after 300 concerts in France and the surrounding region, the band signed a contract with American label Prosthetic Records (an "exclusive licensing agreement" with Listenable Records) to give them exposure in North America.<ref name="Prosthetic2006-05-05">Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira performed in Brighton (their first UK show) on 19 May,<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22">Template:Cite news</ref> forging links with England's media community after a party organized by Kerrang!<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/>

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Mario (left) and Joe Duplantier during a 2007 Gojira concert at Denmark's Roskilde Festival

After Williams' article in Kerrang! and increased exposure in the British metal press, Gojira was asked to replace Mastodon at England's 2006 Download Festival; according to Joe Duplantier, "It was a decisive concert".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> In June, they performed on the main stage at the Hellfest Summer Open Air in Clisson,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and a series of summer festivals in Germany, England and the Scandinavian countries.<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> Prosthetic Records released From Mars to Sirius in the US on 22 August 2006,<ref name="Prosthetic2006-05-05"/> which led to a sudden pre-order of 5,000 copies on the label's website,Template:Sfn followed by an upload of a cover version of Metallica's "Escape".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> AllMusic writer Eduardo Rivadavia highlighted the album's songwriting, describing the "fluidity with which utmost heaviness and delicate melodies were made to coexist" in songs such as "Flying Whales", "World to Come", and "Where Dragons Dwell".<ref name="AllMusic-fmts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In September (a year after its release), the album had sold over 20,000 copies in France and as many abroad.Template:Sfn In early October, Gojira and Hatesphere began a co-headlining tour of the UK.Template:Sfn In November, the band performed at the European Unholy Alliance Tour, headlined by Slayer at Paris' Accor Arena.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band was included in Children of Bodom's US tour in late 2006, joining Amon Amarth and Sanctity as opening acts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Brandon Geist of Revolver wrote that since the release of From Mars to Sirius, "they have risen from virtual unknowns outside of their homeland to the single-most-buzzed-about metal band on the planet".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In March 2007, Listenable Records (Prosthetic Records in the US), reissued The Link with remastered audio and new booklet artwork in North America. The following month, the label released The Link Alive DVD in the US.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira later supported Lamb of God on their American tour with Trivium and Machine Head.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band made a cameo appearance in Machine Head's "Aesthetics of Hate" music video,<ref>Template:Cite AV mediaTemplate:Cbignore</ref> which was broadcast on 5 May on MTV2's Headbangers Ball.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band supported Trivium on the UK dates of their European tour with Sanctity and Annihilator,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and made a number of festival appearances.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> In October, Listenable Records re-released Gojira's 1997 demo album Possessed as a limited-edition CD.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira participated in the late-2007 Radio Rebellion Tour, featuring co-headliners Behemoth, Job for a Cowboy, and Beneath the Massacre.<ref name="RRT2007-11-25">Template:Cite news</ref> Near the end of their over-220-concert tour to promote From Mars to Sirius,<ref name="TWOAF2008-02-05">Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira began working on their follow-up album.<ref name="RRT2007-11-25"/>

The Way of All Flesh (2008–2011)Edit

Returning to Le Studio des Milans to write their fourth studio album, The Way of All Flesh, Gojira had developed their desired sound by touring. Joe Duplantier said that the album would be "more intense, more brutal, and more melodic" than its predecessor.<ref name="Cracknell2008-06-12">Template:Cite news</ref> The album took four months to write, with its songwriting finished in late March 2008.<ref name="Noiseweb2008">Template:Cite news</ref> The album was recorded from April to June,<ref name="TWOAF2008-02-05"/> and the drums were initially recorded by Logan Mader with Joe and Mario Duplantier in Los Angeles before they returned to Le Studio des Milans to continue working with Laurentx Etchemendy.<ref name="TWOAF2008-06-05">Template:Cite news</ref> Mader mixed the album in Los Angeles over a two-week period.<ref name="Cracknell2008-06-12"/> Randy Blythe of the American band Lamb of God, an active supporter of Gojira in the US, co-wrote and appeared on "Adoration for None".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In August, two months before the album was released, Gojira performed "Vacuity" live for the first time at the Rock en France Festival in Arras as the opening act for Metallica.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Andreu (left) and Joe Duplantier in 2009

The Way of All Flesh was released on 13 October 2008 in Europe on Listenable Records and the following day in North America on Prosthetic Records.<ref name="TWOAF2008-06-05"/> The album debuted at No. 138 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 4,200 copies in its first week of release.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It reached No. 28 on France's Top Albums chart, and No. 25 on the Official Finnish Albums Chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album topped the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart for one week, remaining on the chart for four weeks.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It reached No. 21 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Rivadavia wrote that the album provided "imaginative progressive headbangers ... that were rife with technical fireworks and songwriting variety" and "a few failed experiments".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gojira supported In Flames's European tour in October,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> touring North America in November and December.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Way of All Flesh ranked fifth on Metal HammerTemplate:'s list of the top 50 albums of 2008,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and LA Weekly listed it as one of the year's top 10 metal albums.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In late January 2009, Gojira began a headlining tour of France, the UK, and Ireland to promote the album.<ref>The Way of All Flesh tour began in January 2009:

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Andreu at the Bergen Calling Festival in Norway, 2011

The band's break ended earlier than expected after Gojira was announced as the opening act of Metallica's European and Russian tour in April 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In July of that year, they were included in the lineup of the rock-oriented Vieilles Charrues Festival in Brittany.<ref name="Charrues2010-07-16">Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Refn Playing for an audience largely unaccustomed to metal music, Gojira's "delicate mission" was to close Saturday evening on the Glenmor stage. Described in an article in Le Télégramme as "more powerful" than Motörhead's concert in 2008 on the same stage, the show began with "Lizard Skin" to an estimated crowd of 40,000 to 50,000; twenty minutes later, between 4,000 and 5,000 people remained. According to Le Télégramme, "The show had a rare sonic power ... so brutal that the band lost 90 percent of its attendance along the way". Undaunted, they continued to perform "as if their lives depended on it" with a drum solo of "breathtaking mastery". Since the Gojira show, metal has been slowly excluded from the Vieilles Charrues Festival.<ref name="Charrues2020-07-25">Template:Cite news</ref> In August, they headlined the Rock Altitude Festival in Switzerland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band continued to promote The Way of All Flesh into 2010, including the European Wacken Open Air,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Bloodstock Open Air,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Brutal Assault festivals.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Gojira had made substantial progress on their fifth album by March 2011, saying that they had written almost half of it; according to Joe Duplantier "These songs are original and a good reflection of what we are today".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band was relatively quiet during the year, focusing on new material and playing a handful of concerts in June and July, including at the Sonisphere Festival in Greece and France.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band became free agents during the summer of 2011, after their contract with Prosthetic Records expired.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Admired by Monte Conner, Gojira was acquired by Roadrunner Records on 9 November 2011.<ref name="Pasbani2011-11-09">Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Refn With their new recording contract, the band entered Spin Studios in New York City in November to record their next album.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

L'Enfant Sauvage (2012–2015)Edit

Gojira's fifth album, L'Enfant Sauvage, was co-produced by Josh Wilbur and Joe Duplantier.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> The band juxtaposed their death-metal roots with more ambient and sophisticated elements on the album<ref name="Hill2020-06-03">Template:Cite news</ref> to find "the ultimate sound" on which they had been working since their beginning.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> In 2012, K2 Agency founder John Jackson agreed to produce Gojira concerts abroad.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="BureauGuillo20170212">Template:Cite news</ref>

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Mario Duplantier performing in Brittany, France, in 2012

In March 2012, Devin Townsend and Meshuggah's Fredrik Thordendal joined Gojira for the collaboration track "Of Blood And Salt" (intended to appear on the unreleased Sea Shepherd EP) at the Soundwave Festival in Australia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With Volcom Entertainment, a limited-edition 7" single containing "Bleeding" and "End Of Time"—originally on Godzilla's 1997 Possessed demo—was released in 12" vinyl packaging in North America and Europe.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Refn Following an Australian tour with Mastodon and Kvelertak,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Gojira began a national tour supporting the album.<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02">Template:Cite news</ref> After many tours with Metallica, the band was invited to open a series of concerts on the European Black Album Tour<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (including the Stade de France, the country's largest stadium, on 12 May 2012).<ref name="BureauGuillo20170212"/> Gojira's performance was measured at 120 decibels in the backstage corridors,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> setting a stadium volume record.<ref name="BureauGuillo20170212"/>Template:Refn About Metallica's motive for taking Gojira on tour with them, James Hetfield told a reporter, "I discovered their music with From Mars to Sirius, an album that I loved. Humanly speaking, I liked them a lot. They have their feet on the ground, are intelligent, sensitive. I have immense respect for them. And then Mario is an incredible drummer."<ref name="Nicoleau2019"/> Gojira performed at the European Sonisphere Festival during the summer.<ref>Sonisphere Festival 2012:

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At the 2012 Aalborg Metal Festival in Denmark

Gojira released L'Enfant Sauvage in June 2012 on Roadrunner Records for worldwide distribution.<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/> The album reached No. 34 on the Billboard 200,<ref name="Billboard200">Template:Cite magazine</ref> selling 11,000 copies in the US in its first week. L'Enfant Sauvage charted 104 places higher in its first week than The Way of All Flesh did.<ref name="ESchart2012-07-04">Template:Cite news</ref> It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Tastemaker Albums chart,<ref name="BB-Tastemakers">Template:Cite magazine</ref> No. 13 on the US Top Rock Albums chart,<ref name="BB-TopRock">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and No. 6 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart.<ref name="BB-HardRock">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album reached the top 40 in six European countries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Flanders and Wallonia it charted for 10 and 14 weeks, respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> TerrorizerTemplate:'s Rob Sayce said that the album charted "without making a single concession to accessibility".Template:Sfn Dom Lawson of The Guardian gave the album the maximum rating of five stars,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Stephen Hill of Metal Hammer called the album "the bridge between Gojira's past and future".<ref name="Hill2020-06-03"/>

In June, Gojira participated in the Nova Rock Festival.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Flesh Alive DVD was released in the US on 31 July,<ref name="TFA2012-08-08"/> and the band then began the long L'Enfant Sauvage World Tour.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> Gojira's setlist during the tour contained "Tron", a short interlude<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> where Mario Duplantier and his brother swapped instruments.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira was scheduled to tour North America with Lamb of God and Dethklok, but the tour was postponed due to the incarceration of Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic;<ref name="Hartmann2012-07-31">Template:Cite news</ref> the tour was postponed until October.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, despite instabilities, the band continued to tour North America<ref name="Hartmann2012-07-31"/> and was included at the Slipknot's Knotfest at Somerset Amphitheater with Cannibal Corpse, Deftones, and Serj Tankian.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In August 2012, at the Heavy Montréal Festival, Labadie announced the European tour until the end of 2012 and a US and Canadian tour in 2013. By this time, Joe Duplantier had lived in New York for a year; his brother, Labadie, and Andreu remained in southwestern France. Labadie said, "We communicate differently, because of the time difference, and it is not really easy, but that is okay because he is truly happy to live in the States ... he is passionate about the United States; his mother is American".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 15 December, Gojira headlined the Indian Metal Festival in Bangalore; "the whole front row was crying", said Joe Duplantier.Template:Sfn Their musicianship and live performances had earned them the nickname "Gojiramazing" by fans in 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Labadie at the 2013 Wacken Open Air festival

In January and February 2013, Gojira, the Devin Townsend Project and the Atlas Moth toured North America.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In March, the band played a handful of UK concerts supporting Ghost on the Jägermeister Music Tour.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the middle of the month, Gojira headlined Norway's Trondheim Metal Fest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> L'Enfant Sauvage was nominated for Album Of The Year at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles on 2 May 2013.<ref name="Pasbani2013-05-03">Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira received the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award for Best Live Band at The O2 on 17 June 2013 in London.<ref name="MHawards2013">Template:Cite news</ref> The tour continued, and the band appeared at the Hellfest Summer Open Air,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the Wacken Open Air,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the Bloodstock Open Air.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira made its first Israeli appearance on 15 August 2013 at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, a "packed venue", according to TerrorizerTemplate:'s Avi Pitchon,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> whose security barriers were bent by the crowd.Template:Sfn The band performed at Austin's November Fun Fun Fun Fest,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> followed by a North American tour with 4Arm and Slayer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Gojira released Les Enfants Sauvages in March 2014, a live-CD/DVD and picture book documenting the band's more than 150 concerts on three continents in support of L'Enfant Sauvage.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The DVD includes a March 2013 Jägermeister Music Tour concert at London's Brixton Academy<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which was recorded by 14 cameras.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In an interview that month at Australia's Soundwave Festival, Mario Duplantier said that the band was working on a new album.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira supported Mastodon and Kvelertak on a string of North American dates in April and May. The band continued successfully touring in support of the album, further consolidating their discography and launching them "into a new realm of success", wrote Graham Hartmann of Loudwire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band played throughout the United States and Europe, including Rock on the Range,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Resurrection Fest,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Garorock Festival in Marmande (for the third time)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the Graspop Metal Meeting.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira continued on the festival circuit, headlining the Sylak Open Air Festival on 9 August 2014 in France<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and the Vagos Open Air Festival the following day in Lisbon.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Mastodon, Gojira and Kvelertak reunited for another US tour in October and November 2014.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Joe Duplantier began work on a recording studio in Ridgewood, Queens in November, and Mario moved to New York.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Template:Clear-left

Magma (2015-2019)Edit

Joe and Mario Duplantier finished building Silver Cord Studio, Joe's New York recording studio, in early April 2015.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/> It has become Gojira's recording studio and headquarters in America, joining Le Studio des Milans in Ondres.<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22">Template:Cite news</ref> Audio files were created sporadically since late 2013 "on the computer in the tour bus", said Mario Duplantier;<ref name="BB2015-09-07">Template:Cite news</ref> the new songs were a change in style for the band, as Joe experimented with clean vocals.<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17">Template:Cite news</ref> The brothers began recording Magma, Gojira's sixth album, at Silver Cord Studio on 6 April.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ten days into recording, however, recording was suspended when they learned that their mother was ill and flew back to France.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/>

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The death of Mario and Joe Duplantier's mother greatly affected the recording of Magma.

The band played a handful of dates in Europe for several festivals, ending L'Enfant SauvageTemplate:'s tour cycle.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 5 July 2015, Patricia Rosa Duplantier died of cancer;<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> Gojira concerts were canceled, and the recording of Magma was greatly affected.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/> The band again toured worldwide, commencing at Musilac Music Festival in Aix-les-Bains on 10 July,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and was billed beneath Korn at the Rock Off Festival in Istanbul on 1 August.<ref>Gojira resumed touring, performing worldwide:

Rolling Stone included the band's forthcoming release in their list of "25 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2016".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In May 2016, Joe Duplantier announced the itinerary (in larger venues) in France, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium and the UK for the tour supporting the upcoming album.<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> In early June, a private concert for one hundred people was filmed in black and white by seven cameras at a television studio in Plaine Saint-Denis (near Paris). Director Paul Ouazan decided to film a performance video focused on the crowd: "I was immediately convinced that the band had a fifth member: its audience". The performance was broadcast on Arte later that month.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band was included in the live lineup of the 13 June Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards at the Eventim Apollo in London.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They made their first world television appearance as musical guests of the day on Le Petit Journal three days later, performing an excerpt from "Silvera" in prime time on Canal+ in France.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

{{#invoke:Listen|main}} Magma, Gojira's self-produced album,<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/> was released on 17 June 2016 on Roadrunner Records. The album was available for streaming on the band's official YouTube channel two days before its release.<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17"/> It debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 17,000 units in its first week of release in the US.<ref name="LW2021-05-11">Template:Cite news</ref> The album debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart and No. 6 on the Tastemaker Albums chart.<ref name="BB-TopRock"/><ref name="BB-Tastemakers"/> It topped the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart, making Gojira the first French band to top that chart.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The album debuted (and peaked) at No. 17 on the BillboardTemplate:'s Canadian Albums Chart,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and debuted at No. 11 on Australia's Australian Albums Chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Magma reached the top 40 in twelve European countries and the top 10 in Switzerland, Finland, Austria, Norway and France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album had a generally-favorable critical reception, scoring a 79 on Metacritic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gojira departed from its tech-death<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17"/> and tried to emphasize its progressive–post-genres side, which divided some fans.<ref name="Hill2020-06-03"/> Remfry Dedman of The Independent called the band "pioneers of modern 21st-century progressive metal".<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17"/>

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Gojira in Toronto during the Magma Tour, 2016

Gojira began its three-to-four-year Magma world tour<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> in Europe and at a number of summer music festivals, followed by a 27-date headlining tour of North America with Tesseract as the opening act from mid-July through October 2016.<ref>2016 European and North American tour with Tesseract:

In January 2017, Gojira began a French tour with nine consecutive sold-out concerts.<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22"/>Template:Refn Two more sold-out concerts concluded the French leg of the tour at the Paris Olympia on 1 and 2 April.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Within eight months of its release, Magma had sold 400,000 copies worldwide.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 12 February 2017, the band was nominated for two Grammy Awards; Magma was nominated for Best Rock Album and its second single, "Silvera", was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At that time, Gojira was labeled a "French-American metal band" by the Los Angeles Times.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 6 May 2017, the band performed along with Opeth, Mastodon, Eagles of Death Metal, the Devin Townsend Project, and Russian Circles at Philadelphia's Electric Factory.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Magma received the Best Album award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards on 12 June 2017.<ref name="Munro2017-06-12">Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira began a short run of US co-headlining dates with Opeth,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and supported Metallica's US WorldWired Tour that summer with Avenged Sevenfold and Volbeat.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They headlined the Main Stage 2 at Download Festival, before Linkin Park on the Main Stage 1, in Paris on 9 June and Spain on 22 June.<ref>Download Festival 2017 in Paris and Spain:

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Gojira at Wacken Open Air in Germany, August 2018

In 2018, the band achieved headlining status at heavy metal festivals. Gojira played a string of festival dates throughout the summer, including the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, Brutal Assault Open Air, and Bloodstock Open Air.<ref>2018 marked their headlining debut at European festivals:

On 16 January 2019, Gojira released its Pol'and'Rock Festival 2018 set on YouTube.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That summer, they supported Slipknot on their US Knotfest Roadshow tour; Behemoth and Volbeat were also supporting acts.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Gojira headlined the first day of the Hellfest Summer Open Air, one of Europe's largest metal festivals, on 21 June.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> On 2 November, they supported Deftones during their Dia De Los Deftones Festival with Chvrches, Youth Code, JPEGMafia and Brutus at San Diego's Petco Park.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Fortitude (2020–present)Edit

In May 2020, Gojira streamed Live At Red Rocks on YouTube, their 2017 concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, to celebrate their thousandth performance.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band released "Another World", their first single in four years, on 5 August;<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> it was their first Billboard-charting single.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It peaked at No. 5 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales and No. 12 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs charts.<ref name="BB-hrdss">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="BB-hhrs">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Their performance at Hellfest 2019 was made available for streaming on YouTube in November 2020.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Gojira announced their seventh studio album, Fortitude, on 17 February 2021.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Production had begun in early 2018 at Silver Cord Studio, and its original June 2020 release date had been postponed to September of that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="Law2021-02-18">Template:Cite news</ref> Fortitude was called "one of 2021's most heavily anticipated metal releases".<ref name="JurekFortitude">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gojira's 2021 single, "Amazonia", was released as part of a month-long fundraiser by the band for a Brazilian indigenous rights initiative.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite magazine</ref> It peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs charts, and the band also placed the single "Born for One Thing" at No. 18.<ref name="BB-hhrs"/>

Fortitude, produced and recorded by Joe Duplantier at Silver Cord Studio and mixed by Andy Wallace, was released on 30 April 2021 on Roadrunner Records.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sonically, the album contained an array of genres, tempos, and socially conscious songs, as they continued venturing into new territory while maintaining the band's trademark sound.<ref name="JurekFortitude"/> Fortitude topped the US iTunes all-genre sales chart<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200. It topped the Billboard Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts. The album topped the Billboard Top Album Sales and Top Current Albums Sales charts with 27,372 album-equivalent units; 24,104 were album sales, making it the bestselling album in its opening week in the United States. Fortitude exceeded MagmaTemplate:'s chart positions and sales.<ref name="LW2021-05-11"/>Template:Refn The album topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It reached No. 3 on the Australian Albums Chart and No. 8 on the German Albums Chart.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Upon release, the album received critical praise reviews from music critics of The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, and Revolver.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In mid-May 2021, "New Found" peaked at No. 24 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs charts;<ref name="BB-hhrs"/> Gojira was No. 12 on the Billboard Artist 100.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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Gojira headlining Hellfest during the 2022 Fortitude Tour

Their headlining US tour commenced on 24 September.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 1 November, Lamb of God's Randy Blythe made a guest appearance at Gojira's concert in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia, which marked the first time they had performed "Adoration for None" live together.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira announced a UK and European headline tour from mid-January to mid-March 2022, with performances at the Tauron Arena Kraków, Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, and Cardiff International Arena, among other locations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band also announced a three-date French arena tour, including the Accor Arena. It marked Gojira's first-ever headline arena shows in Europe and the UK.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the tour was postponed to July 2022 and February 2023 due to Covid-19-related restrictions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "Amazonia" received a nomination for Best Metal Performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards.<ref name="Phillips2022">Template:Cite news</ref> Andreu left Gojira on the remaining eight dates of their 2022 North American tour with Deftones to be present with his newborn child. They recruited Aldrick Guadagnino from the French band Klone to replace him temporarily from 18 to 28 May.<ref name="Roche2022-05-18">Template:Cite news</ref> On 19 June, Gojira headlined the third day of Hellfest Summer Open Air, performing to a crowd of 60,000.<ref>Hellfest 2022:

On 26 July 2024, Gojira performed at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris;<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> their exhibition, held at the Conciergerie,<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> consisted in a live rendition of French classic revolutionary song "Ça Ira", arranged in collaboration with Victor Le Masne, and performed with opera singer Marina Viotti.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":2" /> In the process, the band became the first hard rock or metal act to ever perform in an opening ceremony at the Olympic Games.<ref name=":1" /> On 30 August, Gojira released a studio version of their rendition, named "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)", as a single on streaming services.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November, "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" was unveiled as a nominee for the Best Metal Performance at the 2025 Grammy Awards,<ref name="grammy2025">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> their third nomination in the category, which they ultimately won.<ref name=":4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Clear-left

Musical style and developmentEdit

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InfluencesEdit

Gojira was influenced by the early albums of Death, Metallica, Sepultura, Tool,<ref name="Soenen2016-06-10">Template:Cite news</ref> and Morbid Angel,<ref name="Grow2017-06-29">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and have also cited Led Zeppelin<ref name="Lecaudey2004"/> and Rage Against the Machine's debut album as influences. Mario Duplantier called Death "an obligatory path; they are at the origin of death metal", and Andreu agreed: "It's our culture, we come from Death." One of Labadie's earliest influences was Metallica's Ride the Lightning, the first metal album he listened to at age eleven. Joe Duplantier said that "Ride the Lightning saved my life when I faced difficult times in high school"<ref name="Soenen2016-06-10"/> and has also cited Machine Head's 1994 album, Burn My Eyes, as an influence. He described Morbid Angel's 1993 album, Covenant, as "beautiful, and it's full of magic and epic brutality" and praised their 1995 album Domination.<ref name="Grow2017-06-29"/> Other musical influences, to a lesser degree, include Slayer, Pantera, and Meshuggah.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-10"/> Gojira's music has been compared to that of Neurosis.<ref name="Bagot2006-02-17"/> In 2003, Joe Duplantier expressed admiration for Sade.Template:Sfn By 2016, the band had admitted their interest in the music of the Beatles.<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10">Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira also named Pink Floyd<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22"/> and Mike Oldfield as influences.Template:Sfn On Fortitude, they focused on the lingering influence that the "classic" rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s had on them.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The British sound continued to inspire the band's writing, citing Radiohead and trip hop act Portishead. In 2021, Joe Duplantier said that traditional rock, blues, and Americana had been childhood influences "reawakened" by long conversations with Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds: "The older the other guys and I get, the more we appreciate it".<ref name="Law2021-02-18"/>

In recollecting the band's early history, Joe Duplantier explained how they were "nourished by the rock energy of the Basque Country, fairly unique in France," but, by contrast, compared it to the broader context of their lifestyle, secluded in a forest with their American musical influences while being detached from the local scene. He said: "Thus, we created our own language, our own musical codes. The Gojira sound comes from there."<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> Andreu and Joe and Mario Duplantier described classical music as a particular inspiration;<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> Andreu said, "I listen to 70 percent classical music".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> About Gojira's songs, which rely on syncopation and contretemps (on- and off-beats), Mario Duplantier said: "Joe and I were introduced to classical very early on. There was a love and an understanding of this music in the family. There is a strong link between metal and classical music through [their] solemn side and attention paid to existential subjects: life and death. Pop [music] is more focused on romantic feelings."<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> The Duplantier brothers said that their upbringing in a Landes house "lost in the forest, with no neighbors," was reflected in Gojira's music and lyrics. Their father, Dominique Duplantier, was a French architectural drafter and painter; their mother, Patricia, was an American with Azorean roots. Mario Duplantier described his mother as

... a very free spirit, who has always encouraged our creativity. On the one hand, we had this extroverted mother who drew, sculpted, and made magnificent paintings out of driftwood; on the other hand [we had] a silent, 'workaholic' father who could spend whole days on gigantic drawings in Chinese ink with an almost-worrying rigor. These two aspects of our upbringing are found in Gojira, a mixture of discipline and something more extroverted, wacky, and chaotic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Lyrical themesEdit

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Spirituality, philosophy, and human domination over his environment are among the themes addressed in Gojira's songs

Gojira's lyrics address spirituality,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> life, death, rebirth, and nature.Template:Sfn The band realized from the start that it could combine metal's "darkness" with Joe Duplantier's lyrics, which were inspired by the "mystery of nature", the environment, human nature and psychology. When Joe proposed a song entitled "Love", his fellow musicians were uncertain but the audience reaction was positive. Duplantier then wrote about his beliefs in reincarnation and the "existence of the soul".<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> The band's lyrics revolve around the human condition and humanity's place in the world.<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/> Andreu said that to "speak and commit ourselves in the fields of ecology and spirituality is essential to the band."<ref name="Bagot2006-02-17"/>

From Mars to Sirius was a concept album about environmental issues, the death of Earth, and its "resurrection".<ref name="Richardson2019">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Balaš2017-08-15"/> Mario Duplantier said that the album's lyrics and title are "an allegory of [Joe's] desire to see humanity go from a destructive and masculine energy (symbolized by the warrior Mars) to an energy based on emotion and femininity". Gojira's lyrics have been described as philosophical "reflections on life". Mario Duplantier said about his brother's lyrics, "each album is a situational analysis of his life. I can see his convictions and his emotions of the moment by listening to our music again".<ref name="Nartz2017-01-23"/> The Way of All Flesh addressed the question of life after death. Joe Duplantier said, "That's the theme it's about death itself ... It's also about the immortality of the soul. That's the main subject for us."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The title of L'Enfant Sauvage (The Wild Child), according to Joe Duplantier, could not be adequately conveyed in English: "Sauvage is something that is not educated or something that is like free and completely free in nature ... The idea with L'Enfant Sauvage is like with a human that would grow up in nature, raised by wolves, for example, without the influence from others and the influence from institutions or society in general."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The album's title made an indirect reference to François Truffaut's film, The Wild Child, but Mario Duplantier said that "it is first and foremost about poetry".<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/>

Gojira is well known for environmentalism, and have used their lyrics and music videos to highlight climate change, marine pollution,<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> and deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.<ref name=":0" /> The song "Global Warming" explore human impacts on the environment, and "Toxic Garbage Island" refers to the Great Pacific garbage patch, a trash vortex in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/> "Amazonia" has been characterized by Alec Chillingworth of Metal Hammer as a protest song - "amidst a discography littered with them".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band's members were raised in the southwest of France and French Basque Country (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Thus, the rugged coastline and its surrounding scenic countryside inspired Gojira's interest in nature and the sea. Mario Duplantier has said that seeing oil spills in the nearby ocean inspired the band's interest in environmentalism.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Joe Duplantier believes that songs can make concrete changes in environmental practices. In articulating his environmentalist position, he also shared a sense of anger and frustration with the corrupt political systems and financial crime.<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> Paste called the song "Into the Storm" a "revolutionary anthem".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

ActivismEdit

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Sea Shepherd named MV Gojira after the band in recognition of their support of the charity.

Gojira was involved in action against injustices and social inequalities. For example, on 2 March 2004, a demonstration called Avis de KO Social (Social Knockout Notice) was organized by voluntary associations, labor unions, and NGOs to discuss, exchange views and protest at the Place de la Republique in central Paris against repressive policies undermining fundamental human rights and accentuating inequalities between the rich and the poor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Joe Duplantier advocated a moderate and constructive discourse, describing himself as "less refractory" than the other artists. A concert at the Zénith followed, and Gojira was the only metal band in the multi-genre lineup. All proceeds were donated to associations and organizations; Joe Duplantier cited specifically the Fight Against HIV/AIDS and Greenpeace.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

The band has frequently supported environmental causes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Richardson2019"/> Joe Duplantier has said if he was not a musician, he would be an environmental activist with Greenpeace or the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band cooperates with Sea Shepherd to raise money for the organization's work to protect marine life, especially dolphins, whales, and sharks.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sea Shepherd named a $4 million interceptor vessel the MV Gojira before they were forced to rename it the MV Brigitte Bardot by Toho the owners of the Godzilla/Gojira name.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Refn Members of both organizations may have a merchandise and literature booth at Gojira concerts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gojira participated in Le Cabaret Vert, a 2010 environmentally-friendly, multi-genre music festival in Charleville-Mézières, which aims to reduce its environmental impact.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Refn Joe Duplantier expressed the band's support for Sea Shepherd and its founder, Paul Watson, when he appeared onstage between two Gojira songs at the June 2012 Rock am Ring Festival in Germany.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gojira was invited to perform at the 2015 Emmaüs Lescar-Pau festival in France, organized by the international movement to fight poverty and homelessness. The theme of the festival was: "the climate, an emergency, a commitment."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2017 and 2018, Mario Duplantier collaborated with the Los Angeles art team SceneFour to create a collection of canvases entitled Vers le Cosmos (Towards the Cosmos) from videos of him drumming with LED-lit drumsticks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Proceeds from the sale of one work were donated to The Ocean Cleanup, an organization which aims to rid the oceans of plastic waste.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Gojira released "Amazonia", their second single from Fortitude, on 26 March 2021. The song and its music video address the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest;<ref name=":0" /> the video depicts the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, native Brazilians performing a ritual dance, and protests against the deforestation of the Amazon which have increased since Jair Bolsonaro became president in 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band established a month-long fundraiser for the Brazilian indigenous rights charity Articulation of Indigenous People of Brazil (APIB), dedicated to those impacted by harassment, violence, forced labour, and loss of their native lands due to the deforestation of the Amazon region.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The indigenously owned NGO APIB represents three hundred Brazilian indigenous groups.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The campaign quadrupled its initial goal of $75,000 on 30 April 2021, raising more than $300,000 by selling autographed instruments and memorabilia from bands such as Metallica, Slash, Slayer, Tool, and Lamb of God.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Refn Items in the auction included one of Slash's signature top hats, a signed Gibson "Appetite" Les Paul, and an autographed Fender Precision Bass used by Labadie during the recording of From Mars to Sirius.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A guitar owned by Joe Dupantier was sold for $27,000.<ref name="Guerin2021">Template:Cite news</ref>

The band's 2021 music video for "The Chant", filmed in West Bengal, was inspired by Tenzin Tsundue and depicts the refugee children of Tibet during its invasion by China in 1949 fleeing their country in the hope of preserving their culture. The music video was written and conceived by Joe Duplantier and directed by Russell Brownley.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Discussing "The Chant", Joe Duplantier said that he felt a kinship with all indigenous traditions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2021, Paris' Rock & Folk included Gojira in their global list of the "Top 10 Artists Committed to the Animal Cause".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Other projects and collaborationsEdit

EmpalotEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The Duplantier brothers formed Empalot, an avant-garde metal–jazz fusion–funk rock band, in 1998<ref name="Bendahan2012-08">Template:Cite magazine</ref> with Joe's friends from his high-school thrash metal band. Empalot had nine members, including two bass players, a guitarist, a saxophonist, an electronic keyboard player, a percussionist and a drummer.<ref name="CBempalot">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Refn Considered by the band the antithesis of Gojira because of its musical style<ref name="Bendahan2012-08"/> and festive side, Empalot emphasized burlesque and self-deprecating humor. Mario Duplantier said, "It's funny, it's crazy. We had a blast doing it. Above all, it's a bunch of guys who share the same convictions, the same sense of humor and common values". For Joe Duplantier, Empalot evoked happiness and laughter.<ref name="Proximus2019"/>

Empalot released Brout, a 1999 demo album.<ref name="Proximus2019"/> The following year, they won the regional tremplin Ultrasons highlighting local bands.<ref name="US2003-02-28"/> Empalot's first album, Tous aux Cèpes, was released in 2002.<ref name="Proximus2019"/><ref name="US2003-02-28"/> The band went on a regional underground tour from 1999 to 2004. An Empalot concert would attract an audience of 1,000 in their hometown,<ref name="CBempalot"/> and the band performed in disguise and under fictitious names.<ref name="US2003-02-28"/>Template:Refn Empalot en Concert, a live album, was released in 2004 before the band went on hiatus.<ref name="Proximus2019"/>

Avec vautoursEdit

Gojira composed the music for Xabi Molia's short film, Avec vautours (With Vultures), in early 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn It was filmed in the mountains of the French Basque country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Maciste All'InfernoEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In 2000, Alain Marty conceptualized the Printemps des Cinéconcerts (CineConcerts' Springtime), a series of film concerts in Bordeaux where regional artists of various musical genres and styles were invited to integrate their music with pre-selected films for two-week shows.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2003, Gojira received a request from Marty to compose the instrumental music for Maciste in Hell, a 1925 Italian black-and-white silent film directed by Guido Brignone, and to perform it at the Rock School Barbey, a former Bordeaux theater.<ref name="Gwardeath2019">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Xtazine2004"/>

That year, the band performed their music in two sold-out performances<ref name="Gwardeath2019"/> in front of the film screened at the theater.<ref name="Xtazine2004"/> Gojira's fifty-minute one-night show of avant-garde metal was recorded and released later in 2003 as an album entitled Maciste All'Inferno.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In a 2008 interview, Mario Duplantier expressed his hope to release a second version as a fully-fledged Gojira album.<ref name="Noiseweb2008"/>

Cavalera ConspiracyEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Max and Igor Cavalera, the founding brothers of the Brazilian band Sepultura, wanted to recruit a bass player for Cavalera Conspiracy (their new band) in 2007.<ref name="Cavalera2007-10-09">Template:Cite news</ref> Labadie was chosen through Roadrunner Records, but could not accept the offer for family reasons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Joe Duplantier called Gloria Cavalera, and he was invited to play bass.<ref name="Cavalera2007-10-09"/> He met Logan Mader, recording engineer on The Way of All Flesh in 2008, while recording with Cavalera Conspiracy in Los Angeles.<ref name="Wood2008-12-01"/> Joe performed with the band on 31 August 2007 at the 11th annual D-Low Memorial Show at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona,<ref name="Cavalera2007-10-09"/> a concert for Dana "D-Low" Wells (Max Cavalera's stepson, who was killed in a 1996 car crash).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The album Inflikted was released in March 2008,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a tour followed several months later.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Touring with Cavalera Conspiracy became problematic for Joe Duplantier, who preferred to concentrate on recording The Way of All Flesh and its promotion: "I put everything in Gojira, my whole life."<ref name="Wood2008-12-01"/>

Template:AnchorUnreleased Sea Shepherd EPEdit

In early November 2010, Gojira entered a Los Angeles studio with producer Logan Mader to begin recording a four-song extended play whose proceeds would benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-whaling organization. The EP would feature guest appearances from the international metal scene; sales were expected on the Gojira website "without going through traditional ways", said Joe Duplantier.<ref name="BB2010-11-08">Template:Cite news</ref>

As a preview of the Sea Shepherd EP, Gojira released "Of Blood And Salt" in May 2011 and appeared on a Metal Hammer UK sampler album with guest vocalist Devin Townsend and a guest guitar solo by Meshuggah's Fredrik Thordendal. The other tracks featured Brent Hinds,<ref name="Pasbani2011-11-09"/> Randy Blythe, Anders Fridén, and Max Cavalera. The EP was originally intended for release in August and September 2011;<ref name="Hart2011-07-29">Template:Cite news</ref> it was never released, however, because the hard drive which contained the recordings crashed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Gojira played at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France, on July 26, 2024, becoming the first metal band to ever play at the opening ceremony. Their performance from the Conciergerie, on the bank of the Seine, included depictions of a decapitated Marie Antoinette,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the band played a heavy metal rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira!", a revolutionary song that was popular during the French Revolution.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Aside from metal news websites and magazines, Gojira's performance made headlines in many news outlets as the first metal band ever to play in an Olympic opening ceremony, delivering an epic rendition of an old song.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, the band, together with Franco-Swiss opera singer Marina Viotti and French composer Victor Le Masne, won the Grammy Award for the best metal performance with their performance of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.<ref name=":4" />

Legacy and influenceEdit

Gojira was ranked sixth on Paris magazine L'ExpressTemplate:' 2009 list of the top 10 best-selling French music artists in the US.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2012, Gojira was top-ranked in the French metal category by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By August 2016, the band was one of France's biggest rock exports to the US.Template:Sfn French national newspaper Le Monde said in 2016 that Gojira was the country's first metal band to reach international status<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> without support from the Institut Français, which promotes French culture abroad.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Refn

Gojira has influenced bands and musicians such as the Agonist,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Alien Weaponry,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Avatar,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Betraying the Martyrs,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Black Crown Initiate,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the Contortionist,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Erra,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fit for an Autopsy,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hypno5e,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Jinjer,<ref>Jinjer cites Gojira as an influence:

Writing for Metal Hammer, Luke Morton noticed how Gojira gradually rose to prominence over the decades at a constant pace. After their headlining show at Bloodstock Open Air in 2018, he credited the band as having "cemented themselves as one of the best metal bands in the world".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2019, Kennedy called Gojira "the most important metal band out there right now";<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> he also said, "They're very important to the evolution of where things are going with hard rock and metal".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In December 2019, "Stranded" was ranked No. 8 on Guitar WorldTemplate:'s list of the decade's 20 best guitar riffs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In January 2020, Alternative Press included "Toxic Garbage Island" in the list of the "Top 50 metal songs from the past 20 years" and deemed it "one of the best metal songs of all time".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Kerrang! listed Joe Duplantier's tapping in "Silvera" among "The 20 Best Guitar Solos Of The 2010s".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2020, Stereogum called Gojira "one of this century's most important underground metal institutions": "The band figured out a way to weld the grimy, mathy complications of technical death metal to the grand, mathy complications of Template:Nowrap, and they quickly became the kind of band that other bands mythologize."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In April 2021, they were called "the band of the decade" by Metal Hammer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In June 2021, Brad Angle of Guitar World called Gojira "titans of groove metal: progressive, heavy-hitting riff giants", adding that they continue "in the lineage of Metallica, Sepultura, Pantera, Lamb of God and others".<ref name="Angle2021"/> The Guardian ranked "Amazonia" at No. 8 on its list of "The greatest songs about the climate crisis".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "L'Enfant Sauvage" was listed in RevolverTemplate:'s "15 Greatest Title Tracks in Metal History".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From Mars to Sirius was ranked at No. 10 and L'Enfant Sauvage at No. 44 on the Loudwire "100 Best Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century" list.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Will Hodgkinson of The Times dubbed Gojira the "French metal masters" after attending a 2023 show.<ref name="Hodgkinson2023-02-23"/>

Three Jurassic-era brittle star fossils, Ophiogojira labadiei, Ophiogojira andreui, and Ophioduplantiera noctiluca, were named after band members by scientists Ben Thuy and Lea Numberger from the National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg, and Tania Pineda-Enríquez from the Florida Museum of Natural History. They wrote that the genus Ophiogojira was named in honor of Gojira "for producing songs of an unfathomable intensity, beautifully dark and heavy, and exploring the abyss of life and death, of human strength and error, and of thriving and yet threatened oceans."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Band membersEdit

Current members<ref name="HF2020-12-26"/>

Touring members<ref name="Roche2022-05-18"/>

  • Aldrick Guadagnino − lead guitar (2022)

Former members<ref name="HF2020-12-26"/>

  • Alexandre Cornillon − bass (1996–1998)

DiscographyEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Studio albums

Awards and nominationsEdit

Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Music AwardsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Awards table !Template:Abbr |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2013 | L'Enfant Sauvage | Album of the Year | Template:Nom | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Pasbani2013-05-03"/> |- | Mario Duplantier | Best Drummer | Template:Nom |- !scope="row"| 2016 | "Silvera" | Best Film/Video | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Crespo2017">Template:Cite news</ref> |}

GAFFA Awards (Denmark)Edit

The GAFFA Awards (Danish: GAFFA-Prisen) is an annual Danish awards ceremony delivered since 1991 for Danish and international music.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Awards table !Template:Abbr |- !scope="row"| 2022 | Fortitude | International Release of the Year | Template:Nom | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |}

Grammy AwardsEdit

Template:Awards table !Template:Abbr |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2017 | "Silvera" | Best Metal Performance | Template:Nom | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |- | Magma | Best Rock Album | Template:Nom |- !scope="row"| 2022 | "Amazonia" | Best Metal Performance | Template:Nom | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Phillips2022"/> |- !scope="row"| 2025 | "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" | Best Metal Performance | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="grammy2025" /> |}

Heavy Music AwardsEdit

The Heavy Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony in partnership with Amazon Music and Ticketmaster.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Awards table !Template:Abbr |- !scope="row"| 2017 | rowspan="2"| Gojira | Best International Band | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- !scope="row"| 2018 | Best Live Band | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |}

Loudwire Music AwardsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Awards table !Template:Abbr |- !scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2012 | L'Enfant Sauvage | Metal Album of the Year | Template:Nom | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- | Mario Duplantier | Drummer of the Year | Template:Nom | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- | Joe Duplantier | Vocalist of the Year | Template:Nom | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- !scope="row" rowspan="6"| 2016 | Mario Duplantier | Best Drummer of the Year | Template:Nom | rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- | Joe Duplantier | Best Vocalist of the Year | Template:Nom |- | Magma | Best Metal Album | Template:Nom |- | "Silvera" | Best Metal Song | Template:Nom |- | rowspan="2"| Gojira | Best Metal Band of the Year | Template:Nom |- | Best Live Act | Template:Nom |- !scope="row"| 2017 | Mario Duplantier | Best Drummer | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |}

Metal Hammer Golden Gods AwardsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Awards table !Template:Abbr |- !scope="row"| 2013 | Gojira | Best Live Band | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MHawards2013"/> |- !scope="row"| 2016 | Joe Duplantier | Dimebag Darrell Shredder Award | Template:Nom | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- !scope="row"| 2017 | Magma | Best Album | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Munro2017-06-12"/> |}

Rhythm MusicRadar AwardsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The MusicRadar Awards is an annual awards ceremony in association with Rhythm magazine to celebrate drummers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Awards table !Template:Abbr |- !scope="row"| 2016 | rowspan="3"| Mario Duplantier | rowspan="3"| Best Metal Drummer | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- !scope="row"| 2020 | Template:Nom | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |- !scope="row"| 2021 | Template:Won | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |}

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