Gojira
The French metallers on their spooky house, the influence of Mike Oldfield, and inspiring people to change the world.
Words: Eleanor Goodman
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Gojira: a metal band with environmentalist leanings.
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JOE DUPLANTIER IS happy but knackered. Gojira’s genial vocalist has been doing interview after interview for their seventh album Fortitude. A powerful amalgamation of driving riffs, complex percussion and indigenous instrumentation, it’s hit No.6 in the UK and No.12 in the US.
“It’s a bit surreal, all that success, because it’s something that happens in another dimension almost – it’s all online,” he says, smiling. “My everyday life is really that I go get some bread, and cook breakfast.”