Time to toss the band's eclectic style into the centrifuge and see what shakes out.
Gojira: Deep Cuts
About GOJIRA
Hometown
Ondres, Landes, France
Formed
1996
Genre
Metal
French heavy metal quartet GOJIRA have charted Top 10 albums in France, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, and Austria.
∙ After releasing a handful of late-’90s demo albums as Godzilla, the newly rebranded GOJIRA released their official debut LP, Terra Incognita, in 2001.
∙ From Mars to Sirius, their 2005 album, was voted one of Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.
∙ Since 2009, Metallica has repeatedly invited GOJIRA to tour with them.
∙ Magma earned them Best Rock Album and Best Metal Performance nominations at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
∙ In 2020, their song “Another World” landed the band on the Billboard charts for the first time in their career.
Members of GOJIRA include, or have included, Mario Duplantier, Joe Duplantier, and Jean-Michel Labadie.
Influenced by GOJIRAGOJIRA has influenced the music of Solace, Rocco Minichiello, Jesús Sotelo and more.