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- The Link
- Released 2005
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- Terra Incognita
- Released 2005
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- From Mars To Sirius
- Released 2006
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- The Way Of All Flesh
- Released 2008
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Taking their name from the original Japanese pronunciation of Godzilla, French heavy metal quartet Gojira have risen from utmost obscurity during the first half of their career to widespread global recognition in the second, including regular mention amongst the genre's leading new millennium upstarts. Originating from the town of Bayonne, on France's southernmost Atlantic Ocean coastline, Gojira recorded the first in a sequence of almost yearly demos in 1996, gradually honing their sound until the year 2000, when bandmembers Joe Duplantier (vocals/guitar), Christian Andreu (guitar), Jean-Michel Labadie (bass), and Mario Duplantier (drums), felt ready to record their first album, Terra Incognita, relying solely on their own devices. And despite its independent status, the aptly named LP made significant waves with its unpredictable blend of death, thrash, groove, progressive, and math metal -- recalling bands as diverse as Pantera, Meshuggah, Suffocation and Sepultura. Still, it took several years (and a curious detour into soundtrack music on 2003's Maciste All Inferno EP) for the metal world to catch on, and even Gojira's second album, The Link, had to be released through tiny independent, Boycott Records, before being reissued by Listenable. (This was followed by 2004's The Link Alive live album and DVD, whose audio component was limited to 500 copies -- a parting shot for Boycott.) Now finally gathering steam, Gojira saw their third full-length, From Mars to Sirius, enter the French charts at number 44, while collecting the most enthusiastic reviews of their career -- a level of acclaim that led, in turn, to numerous key European festival appearances, and lengthy European and North American tours with bands like Obituary, Hatesphere, Children of Bodom, and Machine Head, to name but a few. By the end of the album's long promotional cycle, Gojira were widely acknowledged as a force to be reckoned with, on-stage and in the studio, and their much anticipated fourth LP, The Way of All Flesh (released stateside by Prosthetic Records), made a strong showing by debuting at number 138 on the American charts, in October 2008. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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Their Name is so appropriate
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- By Mind3Xplosion
- 10/4/2009 20:43:24
- because they fuckin destroy live saw em Headlining In Orlando,Florida
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awesome
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- By The Anti Nice
- 6/3/2009 17:40:44
- These guys are tight. I saw em when they came to Seattle, mosh pit all night long baby, well the edge of it anyways. The nicest live show
- 4 out of 4 people
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complete GOJIRA!!!
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- By DARK K1LLLER
- 1/7/2009 05:45:15
- this band delivers what godzilla cant death defying waves of metal taken into a complyt"ly new trancending beat
- 2 out of 3 people
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Ridiculous sound
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- By Kingoomieiii
- 1/6/2009 04:53:32
- My roommate got me into these guys. Two years later, the intro to Backbone still kicks my ass.
- 3 out of 3 people
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Awesome band...
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- By JamesJamerson
- 12/16/2008 05:22:37
- Bought the "From Mars to Sirius" album on a whim when I was in a music store a while back.
Best. Purchase. Ever.
Can't get enough of this band, I can't even count how many times I've listened to "The Art of Dying" from their new album... - 4 out of 4 people
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