Gojira (band)

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Image:Gojira_logo.jpg

Origin Bayonne, France
Years active 1996—present
Genres Death metal
Thrash metal
Progressive metal
Labels Listenable Records
Members Joe Duplantier
Mario Duplantier
Christian Andreu
Jean-Michel Labadie
Website(s) http://www.gojira-music.com

Gojira is a French progressive death metal band. They are known for their unique sound, combining elements of thrash metal, death metal, and progressive metal, along with other influences such as metalcore.

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[edit] Biography

The band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. Originally called Godzilla, they were forced to change their name due to legal disputes. They decided on the closest name to the original, which was Gojira (The original name of the popular science fiction creature.)

Musically, the band plays a mixture of several different types of music, including death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, and metalcore, but there are also more atmospheric sections to many songs in a similar style to the American metal band Mastodon. They also utilize a range of different vocal styles, from deep death grunts, to higher pitched screaming, and from coarse singing, to much cleaner vocals.

Lyrically, the band deals with subjects such as the environment and how people treat it. In particular, their latest album From Mars To Sirius has many songs which lyrically show a concern about human-induced climate change and how it could affect our planet.

[edit] Members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Early Demos

[edit] Studio Albums

[edit] Live Albums

  • The Link Alive CD/DVD (2005)

[edit] Videography

  • The Link Alive (2004)
  • To Sirius (2005)

[edit] External links

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