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“It was a historic moment for Gojira and for Metal!”: ESP officially welcomes Joe Duplantier to its artist roster after Olympic unveiling of his custom chrome offset

What can we expect from the signature model to come?

MusicRadar

“The latest addition to our artist family made his ESP debut at the Olympics Opening Ceremony, with a total viewership that exceeded one billion people”: ESP officially unveils Gojira’s Joe Duplantier as a signature artist

After setting the world ablaze with a custom-made, chromed-out XJ-1, the metal hero has now joined the ESP ranks

Guitar World

Gojira deny Olympics opening song was satanic: ‘It’s French history: beheaded people, red wine, and blood’

French metal band performed 19th-century French anthem “Ah! Ça Ira” along with an actor playing the beheaded Marie Antoinette

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“It’s French charm: you know, beheaded people.” Gojira respond to claims Olympics performance was “satanic”

Singer/guitarist Joe Duplantier shoots down allegations of satanism fired at the French extreme metal stars

Metal Hammer

"I think our roots are also in '70s and '80s rock, the beginning of progressive rock, and the beginning of electro music: Joe Duplantier on the combination and ideology that makes Gojira's vision of metal so special

In our in-depth video interview, the Gojira frontman and guitarist talks volume, gear and the push/pull between the principles of the old-school and a new vision for metal

MusicRadar

“That was something else”: Gojira’s Joe Duplantier sparks rumors he’s signed with another guitar brand after swapping his Charvel for a custom ESP during the band’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony performance

Could the heavy metal riffsmith be leaving Charvel, or is his show-stopping new axe the sign of a new dual-brand relationship with ESP?

Guitar World

“I love people and I hate people at the same time. I’ve a lot of passion”: how Gojira took took metal in a whole new direction with L’Enfant Sauvage

Twelve years before they played the Olympic opening ceremony, Gojira released their classic fifth album, 2012’s L’Enfant Sauvage

Metal Hammer

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“We grew up with the album Crises from Mike Oldfield… The Beatles’ I Want You (She’s So Heavy) could be on of our songs”: From eco activism to maddening production values, there’s more to Gojira than you might think

Taking influence from Pink Floyd, Björk and Metallica, the French band have never been shy about wanting success – but they’ve never sacrificed any of their progressive values

Louder

“We introduced his influence and that’s the moment we found ourselves”: Mike Oldfield is a prog hero for Gojira’s Joe Duplantier

French metal guitarist-vocalist admits it’s odd – but where he grew up there was no such thing as pigeonholing artists in genres

Louder

The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2024

From returning icons to underground heroes and metal's next generation, these are the albums you should be excited about this year

Metal Hammer

Neural DSP launches refreshed and expanded Archetype: Gojira X plugin and prospect of Joe Duplantier’s city-levelling guitar tones on a Quad Cortex come closer

Duplantier’s signature plugin is the latest to be updated by Neural DSP, and will soon be compatible with Quad Cortex amp modellers once the latter is updated

MusicRadar

NAMM 2024: “Able to capture the essence of what we bring to music” – Neural DSP crushed it with Archetype: Gojira. Now the go-to metal plugin is about to become Quad Cortex compatible

The Gojira signature plugin is the latest addition to the firm’s updated line of overhauled X plugins

Guitar World

10 times major metal stars cameoed in music videos

Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Grohl have all made music videos 10 times better just by showing up

Metal Hammer

"Anyone who was there will remember because they probably got pink-eye." Actress and metal musician Jessica Pimentel on licking Meshuggah’s faces, Orange Is The New Black and why Peter Steele was like a big brother to her

Orange Is The New Black actor and Brujeria vocalist Jessica Pimentel talks growing up in New York City, wild gigs and how metal helped inspire her acting

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"The closest metal scene was two hours away. We couldn't just go and see a show." From being an outsider to playing Sepultura songs with Max Cavalera, these are the life lessons of Gojira's Joe Duplantier

Joe Duplantier is one of metal's most thoughtful and widely respected figures. This is what he's learned through a career in music

Metal Hammer

“I cleaned the beach and dumped the rubbish in the mayor’s parking lot”: Gojira’s Joe Duplantier remembers his early environmental protests

Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier reflects on the “huge moment” he made headlines with his protests as a young man

Metal Hammer

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Avenged Sevenfold, Sevendust and Devildriver are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Metal Hammer

We went on the road with Gojira for their biggest French show ever, and it was mindblowingly good

You haven't lived until you've seen 16 thousand Parisians screaming along to Gojira

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