It’s all good man, no worries. I do agree with you a bit though, the whole “Scandinavian fatigue” made me laugh, becuase it’s kinda true.

Also… Joe Duplantier is a fucking tool. I’m glad I didn’t buy the damn record. It’s not that good and I would go to support a bunch of hippie frog pieces of shit.

If the idea of writing about politics or environmentalism is so metal, why don’t we see a bunch of metal heads lining up behind Bono???….. not everyone likes U2.

All of Joes’s lyrics speak about a spriutial connection. Not all metal has to be about satan and how much they hate religion or how bad as they are. There’s too much of that SHIT! I want to hear something that gets me threw the day and helps me realized I’m not alone with everyday conflicts. This is a band that deserves all the credit for not just writing dumb shit and trying to pull it off as something original and great. That’s what the major of all this main stream music does. These guys are doing what they know and sharing it with us. Even if you don’t agree with their views, go see them live. THEY KICK MAJOR ASS!!

As for the politics – even if his views are flawed, at least he has the courage to stand by his beliefs. I find it refreshing to be honest. Besides it makes the lyrics more interesting.

I’m with Phil on the whole political thing. I appreciate the fact that he tries to not cram his beliefs down the throats of his audience but, as I’ve said before, some of his opinions seem to be founded in some seriously flawed thinking.

Also, while great, I do not believe they are the best band from the last 20yrs. I’d go so far as to say that I don’t think they are even the best band since 2000. I’d probably go farther than that, but I’ll leave it there.

But hey, if 20 yrs from now, people are bitching about how they think their drummer sucks, they’ve sold out, their music has changed, and the production on their new album is bad, I’ll have been proved wrong.

well said.

Benighted, Gorod, Loudblast, The Old Dead Tree, Yyrkoon (good one, ‘Topher), Trepalium…there are many more, but those are the ones that I listen to.

“So when you buy something from China, you are somehow helping China destroy Tibet.”
Sure, there is a genocide going on in Tibet being carried about by the Chinese government, but the idea that we are ’somehow’ supporting this by buying something from China sounds to me about as dubious as getting informed, ‘especially on the internet.’ This connection between buying Chinese goods and genocide is indirect at BEST and maybe just completely false at worst.

I sympathize with the idea of being aware of what’s going on in the world because many of our fellow American citizens don’t know shit, or they know a lot of bogus facts (probably taken from the internet). Writing good philosophical or political lyrics for metal music is extremely difficult, and I applaud Gojira’s effort (even if I completely disagree with some of his ideas), but let’s not give credit where no credit is deserved. With the exception of Chuck Schuldiner and Peter Dolving, I can’t think of many successful writers on this subject (and yes I realize these subjects are based often on opinions, but when it comes to metal writers some of these guys just make more logical and empirical sense than others).

If the idea of writing about politics or environmentalism is so metal, why don’t we see a bunch of metal heads lining up behind Bono? Or maybe it’s just that we all subconsciously fall victim to the stereotype that metal heads don’t know anything and have destroyed all their brain cells headbanging. Shame on us. Hold yourselves to higher standards, especially when it comes to important things like… baby seals dying.

Yyrkoon. Sorry man I had to, they fucking slay. ;)

Having said that, it’s not the ground breaking record that I was expecting from all the hype. I’m not saying it’s bad, far from it – it kills. It’s just not necessarily new territory. There’s clearly elements of the Mastodon sound in there, right from the off.

Aren’t there other factors to take into account here? Howabout the novelty of finding out – they have metal bands in France?! Remember how surprised people were back in the day when they found out there were metal bands in Brazil? Maybe in terms of Euro metal, we’re all just feeling some sort of Scandinavian fatigue. I mean, name me one other French metal band. Go on. I dare you.