I can hardly find a time in the past few years where Gojira haven’t been touring. I was lucky to have a great photographer in Ireland (the sage Fiaz Farrelly) point me in the direction of listening to Gojira since he had been their photographer for a time and he couldn’t stress how much I would fall in love with this band. He was right, I was hooked but by then it was too late to catch their Dublin show. Now, at northern Spain’s heaviest music festival it was time to right that wrong.
Joe Duplantier and brother Mario take the stage along with guitarist Christian Andreu and bassist Jean-Michel Labadie kicking straight into Oroborus, the circle of life and death. Opening with that insane tapping guitar riff and then biting vocals, you’d swear you were listening to a recording their sound was so perfect. Soon after came big hits like Stranded and mosh fuel Flying Whales. In truth every song was amazing right through Grammy-nominated Silvera, heavy hitting L’Enfant Sauvage before finishing off with Blow Me Away You (Niverse) from debut album Terra Incognita. The sound and pyrotechnics were great and well-timed throughout and it wasn’t even too hard to squeeze my way through the crowd for a closer look.
Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who wanted a closer look because after the set finished Mario Duplantier ran off stage and joined the crowd on his body board. He was literally going to crowd surf. “Don’t keep him, we need that mother-fu*ker back on stage to finish the tour” his brother Joe said over the microphone.
In hindsight I think I would rather see them in a smaller venue on their own rather than as part of a festival billing to get the experience I was looking for but there’s no denying Gojira are one of the metal bands you absolutely have to see in your life.
Until next time, Gojira.
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Interstellar Duo NEORHYTHM are proud to announce the release of a new digital single, a cover of GOJIRA’s “Flying Whales.”
The band had this to say about the motivation behind the recording:
“The story of the album From Mars to Sirius is very similar to our personal history of traveling to Earth, so we could not fail to pay tribute to our brothers in the mind.”
“Flying Whales” is available on Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, Google Play, YouTube, Deezer, Tidal, and Amazon, all of which can be accessed at smarturl.it/FlyingWhales
NEORHYTHM released debut album Zetetic on June 17. Stream/purchase the album at the following location: neorhythm.bandcamp.com/album/zetetic
NEORHYTHM offer what can only be described as Metal from Space on debut album Zetetic. Creative in concept and aggressive in approach, Zetetic is an interstellar journey that is impossible to forget. The album was produced and mixed by Vladimir Lehtinen (SECOND TO SUN).
The band recently released the official video for album track “Matrix Sleep.” Check it out at the following link: youtu.be/gpXGXLdNKuw
The origin story of NEORHYTHM, as told by the cosmic metal duo, is an intriguing one, to say the least:On a distant planet in the constellation E61,3 (which we call Neuw ourselves),two renegade traitors of interstellar spaces from the red subrace of Nameless decided to penetrate the Virgo Supercluster. It happened on the earthly calendar in the year 1703. For more than 300 years our spaceship plowed through the galaxy until it came across the Milky Way to the bright yellow dwarf G2V, which you call Sol.A strong stream of stellar wind carried us to the orbit of planet Earth, where as a result of a breakdown of one of the plasma engines we were forced to land in the geographic terrestrial region of Lapland, in a barren taiga. Since we needed help, we sent encrypted sound signals to all regions of the universe, as well as to the top leaders of the human Terra planet, to provide us with technological support. Our signals, converted into musical scales, were intercepted by the developed radio frequencies of earthlings, and you can now listen to them in the form that you call songs.
“Zetetic is a collection of powerful, well-produced metal.”
– Zero Tolerance
“Neorhythm comes out swinging with their first record, never letting their level of intensity drop. A bright future awaits the mystery band.”
– Overdrive Music Magazine
“Zetetic is a very special record.”
– Lords of Metal
“One of the most solid debuts of the year.”
– RTMB Music
“The album’s concept revolves around an interstellar journey and the hard-edged delivery will certainly get your head spinning.”
– JP’s Music Blog
“Ever wondered what Meshuggah would sound like if their rhythms weren’t so complicated?” Neorhythm are the answer.”
– The Independent Voice
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/neorhythm/1385756477
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5ShQ1a9AhxjbFGCObrOpyB
Deezer: www.deezer.com/ru/artist/14912185
GooglePlay: play.google.com/store/music/artist/Neorhythm?id=Anzrctdjyzi6wkzppprmzjuiery
facebook.com/neorhythmofficial/
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GOJIRA SIGN WITH LISTENABLE AGAIN FOR THEIR BACK CATALOG
Listenable records is very honored to announce that GOJIRA have prolonged licencing rights with the label for the albums ‘From Mars to Sirius’ , ’The Link’ and ’The Link Alive’ initially released by Listenable as well . ‘The Way of Al Flesh’ is also still available.
The band comments :
« We’re delighted to announce that we’ve signed a new deal with LISTENABLE records and we keep on working with them as regards to our back catalog, they’ve done an amazing work throughout the years and have remained close friends to us; new gorgeous vinyl editions are being released and we’re all psyched !. »
The band recently released a brand new video of the song ‘Global Warming’ originally released on their now classic album ’From Mars to Sirius’ :
«A few months ago, we played ‘Global Warming’ together for the first time since the recording of From Mars To Sirius (2004). We ‘d never played it live before, as it is a challenging one to play, and place in a set list. It’s emotionally heavy, and would almost “hurt” the rest of the songs in a way. We just really wanted to do this on camera for our fans. Global warming is a reality and a relevant topic “
‘Global Warming’ video was recorded at the band’s own Silver Cord Studio in New York last April. and engineered and mixed by Johann Meyer.It was filmed by Anne Deguehegny and Bunny and edited by Anne Deguehegny and Mario Duplantier.
Watch the video HERE
Check GOJIRA exclusive vinyl, cds, merchandise HERE!
