Gojira plan to launch a brand new album in 2026, marking the acclaimed French metallic band’s first LP since 2021’s Fortitude. The information comes courtesy of a brand new interview with drummer Mario Duplantier
Whereas Gojira might have rapidly capitalized on the worldwide consideration they obtained after final yr’s mind-blowing efficiency of the music “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” on the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, the band selected to take its time to excellent the forthcoming album.
“It took us a very long time,” Duplantier advised Bloodstock TV of the artistic course of for the upcoming LP (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “We wanted that point, I believe, simply to verify we’re all on the identical web page, be sure what Gojira is bringing subsequent is powerful sufficient. Additionally, we don’t have that a lot strain. We’re not a younger band anymore. We’re not like Sleep Token or Lorna Shore the place the following album is so essential. We’ve been a band for 30 years, so Gojira is already a longtime band.”
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He continued, “It doesn’t imply that we may be lazy — it doesn’t imply that — nevertheless it’s very essential to take the time to convey one thing contemporary and new and highly effective. For the brand new songs, we took a lot time simply to verify every thing is okay and highly effective sufficient and, I don’t know, sensible sufficient, as effectively. But it surely’s on the best way, it’s on the best way. 2026, for certain.”
The aforementioned “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” won the 2025 Grammy for Best Metal Performance, and was named Heavy Consequence‘s No. 1 metal/hard rock song of 2024. Duplantier, in the meantime, landed at No. 56 on Consequence‘s record of the 100 Best Drummers of All Time.
Gojira will embark on a Canadian tour supporting Korn in September, in addition to play a headlining present in Madison, Wisconsin, on September twenty third and the Aftershock competition in Sacramento, California, on October 4th. Tickets to their upcoming live shows are available here.
Watch Mario Duplantier’s interview with Bloodstock TV beneath.
