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{{Short description|French heavy metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Gojira
| background        = group_or_band
| image             = Gojira Hellfest 2022.jpg
| image_size        = 285
| landscape         = Yes
| caption           = Gojira performing at [[Hellfest]] in France in 2022.<br>''(left to right)'' [[Christian Andreu]], [[Mario Duplantier]],<br>[[Joe Duplantier]], and [[Jean-Michel Labadie]]
| alias             = Godzilla (1996–2001)
| origin            = [[Ondres]], [[Landes (department)|Landes]], France
| genre             = <!--Genres are sourced under the section #Musical style-->
{{flatlist|
* [[Technical death metal]]<!--Please do not add any more Death genres-->
* {{nowrap|[[progressive metal]]}}
* [[groove metal]]
* [[post-metal]]  
}}
| years_active      = 1996-present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* Gabriel Editions
* Boycott Records
* Next Music
* [[Listenable Records|Listenable]]
* [[Prosthetic Records|Prosthetic]]
* [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
}}
| spinoffs          = [[Empalot]]
| website           = {{url|gojira-music.com}}
| current_members   = * [[Joe Duplantier]]
* [[Mario Duplantier]]
* [[Christian Andreu]]
* [[Jean-Michel Labadie]]
| past_members      = * Alexandre Cornillon
}}
'''Gojira''' is a French [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band from [[Ondres]]. Founded as '''Godzilla''' in 1996, the band's lineup - brothers [[Joe Duplantier|Joe]] (vocals, guitar) and [[Mario Duplantier]] (drums), [[Christian Andreu]] (guitar), and [[Jean-Michel Labadie]] (bass) - has been the same since the band changed its name to Gojira in 2001. Gojira has been known for its [[Progressive metal|progressive]] and [[technical death metal]] styles and [[Spirituality|spiritual]], [[Philosophy|philosophical]], and [[Environmentalism in music|environmentally themed lyrics]]. The band has gone "from the utmost obscurity during the first half of their career to widespread global recognition in the second".<ref name="AllMusic-bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000721409/biography|title=Gojira {{!}} Artist Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|last1=Buchanan|first1=Jonathan D.|access-date=30 October 2021|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104184927/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000721409/biography|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gojira's first two albums, ''[[Terra Incognita (Gojira album)|Terra Incognita]]'' (2001) and ''[[The Link (album)|The Link]]'' (2003), and powerful live performances established its reputation as a leading French metal band. ''[[Maciste All'Inferno (album)|Maciste All'Inferno]]'' was a silent [[film score]] composed and performed for a one-night show in [[Bordeaux]]. Its third album, the critically acclaimed ''[[From Mars to Sirius]]'' (2005) with "Backbone", "The Heaviest Matter of the Universe", and "Flying Whales", was covered in the British metal press. The band then signed with [[Prosthetic Records]], which gave it visibility in North America. The follow-up album, ''[[The Way of All Flesh (album)|The Way of All Flesh]]'' (2008), charted on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and Gojira later launched its first overseas headlining tour.

The band began recording the ''[[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society|Sea Shepherd]] [[Extended play|EP]]'' in a collaborative framework involving several metal musicians. In 2011, Gojira signed with [[Roadrunner Records]]. The band released ''[[L'Enfant Sauvage (album)|L'Enfant Sauvage]]'' (2012) and ''[[Magma (Gojira album)|Magma]]'' (2016), which peaked at numbers 34 and 24, respectively, on the ''Billboard'' 200 and were certified [[SNEP|gold]] in France. Gojira shelved [[death metal]] in favor of a more straightforward style on ''Magma'', the band's breakthrough album. In 2020, it released its first {{nowrap|''Billboard''-charting}} single, "Another World". The chart-topping ''[[Fortitude (album)|Fortitude]]'' (2021) was the [[Top Album Sales#2021|best-selling album]] in the US during its first week. In 2022, Gojira attained [[arena]] headliner status in Europe, the UK, and South America. With a [[Do it yourself|DIY approach]], the band produces its albums at its own recording studios in France and New York City.

Gojira has released seven studio albums and three live DVDs, and is the first French band to top the [[Billboard charts#Albums|''Billboard'' Hard Rock Albums]] chart. The band has received [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]] for ''Magma'' and [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] for the singles "Silvera", "Amazonia", and "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)". Gojira holds the record for the loudest concert (and sound) ever recorded at the [[Stade de France]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=((Bureau)) |first1=Eric |title=En Images. Metallica embrase le Stade de France |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/en-images-metallica-enflamme-le-stade-de-france-12-05-2012-1997194.php |website=Le Parisen |date=12 May 2012 |publisher=LVMH |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116204511/https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/en-images-metallica-enflamme-le-stade-de-france-12-05-2012-1997194.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout its career, the band has been involved in [[Environmental movement|environmental]], [[human rights]], and [[Animal rights movement|animal rights]] activism.<!-- PER WP:LEADCITE, INFO IN THE LEAD IS CITED IN THE BODY -->

Gojira also became the first heavy metal band to perform at an Olympics opening ceremony during the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in France.

==History==
===Background and formation (1993–1996)===
At the age of seventeen, while in high school, vocalist and guitarist [[Joe Duplantier]] formed his first band called Eclipse after discovering [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] three years earlier. His brother, [[Mario Duplantier|Mario]], started a band at the age of twelve and had already demonstrated his capabilities as a drummer. Over time, the two brothers embarked on [[jam session]]s after school.<ref name="Grow2012-09-02">{{cite news|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=2 September 2012|title=Gojira's Joe Duplantier: My Life Story|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/gojiras-joe-duplantier-my-life-story|url-status=live|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver Magazine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808034211/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/gojiras-joe-duplantier-my-life-story|archive-date=8 August 2020|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>

Joe and Mario Duplantier, aged nineteen and fourteen respectively in 1996, decided to start a [[technical death metal]] band emphasizing melodies<ref name="Eternels2008">{{cite news|author=Gazus|date=12 October 2008|title=Entretien avec Joseph et Mario Duplantier|trans-title=Interview with Joseph and Mario Duplantier|url=http://www.leseternels.net/interviews.aspx?id=224|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Les Eternels|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201224201922/http://www.leseternels.net/interviews.aspx?id=224|archive-date=24 December 2020|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> and recruited nineteen-year-old guitarist [[Christian Andreu]]. According to Mario, Andreu was "a passionate [fan], like we, of [[Metallica]]".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24">{{cite news|last=Soenen|first=Marie-Hélène|date=24 June 2016|title=Gojira, du zen dans le metal|trans-title=Gojira, Zen in the metal|url=https://www.telerama.fr/musique/gojira-du-zen-dans-le-metal,144063.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Télérama]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201212141419/https://www.telerama.fr/musique/gojira-du-zen-dans-le-metal,144063.php|archive-date=12 December 2020|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> They began practicing with guitars and drums in the Duplantiers' garage (where the group had set up a studio) in their hometown of [[Ondres]] in southern [[Landes (department)|Landes]], on the outskirts of [[Bayonne]].<ref name="Marraud2019-06-20">{{cite news|last=Marraud|first=Sébastien|date=20 June 2019|title=Hellfest 2019: Gojira (enfin) prophète en son pays|trans-title=Hellfest 2019: Gojira (finally) prophet in its country|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/landes/ondres/hellfest-2019-gojira-enfin-prophete-en-son-pays-2572804.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Sud Ouest (newspaper)|Sud Ouest]]|location=[[Bordeaux]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219160408/https://www.sudouest.fr/2019/06/19/hellfest-2019-gojira-enfin-prophete-en-son-pays-6231993-4691.php|archive-date=19 December 2020|access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> The band soon recruited bassist Alexandre Cornillon, a friend of Andreu from [[Soorts-Hossegor|Hossegor]].<ref name="Eternels2008"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.compagniedumielnoir.com/l-equipe|title= Alexandre Cornillon: Auteur, metteur en scène|trans-title=Alexandre Cornillon: Author, theater director|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=Compagnie du Miel Noir|place=[[Soorts-Hossegor|Soorts-Hossegor, Landes]]|language=fr|access-date=20 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210420144608/https://www.compagniedumielnoir.com/l-equipe|archive-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> Joe Duplantier said, "We wanted to go fast and strong. We had no plan, no pressure&nbsp;... We didn't even have a [band] name".<ref name="Arnold2017-07-07">{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=Laurent|date=7 July 2017|title=Gojira: 'La scène est notre maison'|trans-title=Gojira: 'The stage is our home'|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-belfort-hericourt-montbeliard/2017/07/07/eurockeennes|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[L'Est Républicain]]|place=[[Belfort]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201220115530/https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-belfort-hericourt-montbeliard/2017/07/07/eurockeennes|archive-date=20 December 2020|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

===Early years and ''Terra Incognita'' (1996–2002)===
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In 1996, the band settled on the name Godzilla.<ref name="Nicoleau2019">{{cite news |last1=Nicoleau |first1=Jean–Philippe |last2=Guerin |first2=Benoit |date=21 June 2019 |title=Les Français de Gojira au firmament du metal |trans-title=The French of Gojira in the firmament of metal |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/festivals/les-francais-de-gojira-au-firmament-du-metal-6408672 |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[Ouest-France]] |place=[[Clisson]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210123165657/https://www.ouest-france.fr/festivals/les-francais-de-gojira-au-firmament-du-metal-6408672 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> The idea sprang from the original 1954 ''[[kaiju]]'' film ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' and "the myth of the big furious atomic lizard&nbsp;... It was, in our heads, a symbol of devastating power".<ref name="VS-Webzine2001">{{cite news|author=Greg|date=2001|title=VS Greg interview Gojira|url=http://www.vs-webzine.com/Interview_gojira.htm|url-status=live|website=VS-Webzine|language=fr|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201220110132/http://www.vs-webzine.com/Interview_gojira.htm|archive-date=20 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref> The band first performed in Bayonne [[Bar (establishment)|bar]]s<ref name="Marraud2019-06-20"/> (four months after its formation), selling cassettes at shows and to their friends.<ref name="Grow2012-09-02"/> Playing straight-ahead [[death metal]] with elements of [[thrash metal]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira, 20 ans de metal...|trans-title=Gojira, 20 years of metal...|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/02/11/2515589-gojira-20-ans-metal-enfin-nomination-grammy-awards.html|url-status=live|work=[[La Dépêche du Midi]]|date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210421174311/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/02/11/2515589-gojira-20-ans-metal-enfin-nomination-grammy-awards.html|archive-date=21 April 2021|access-date=18 August 2021|trans-quote=We began playing pretty intense thrash and death metal ...}}</ref> Godzilla self-released a pair of demo albums (''[[Victim (album)|Victim]]'' in 1996 and ''[[Possessed (Gojira album)|Possessed]]'' in 1997),<ref name="Humanite2017-09-04">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Grande scène. Gojira, les rois du metal aimantent encore|trans-title=Large scene. Gojira, the kings of metal still magnetize|url=https://www.humanite.fr/grande-scene-gojira-les-rois-du-metal-aimantent-encore-641392|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[L'Humanité]]|location=Paris|date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219143421/https://www.humanite.fr/grande-scene-gojira-les-rois-du-metal-aimantent-encore-641392|archive-date=19 December 2020|access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> and toured [[South West France (wine region)|southwest France]].<ref name="WFenec-Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.w-fenec.org/metal/gojira.html|title=Biographie: Godzilla|trans-title=Biography: Godzilla|last=Bally|first=Oli|date=November 2012|website=W-Fenec|language=fr|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201220105601/https://www.w-fenec.org/metal/gojira.html|archive-date=20 December 2020|access-date=19 December 2020|url-status=live|quote=Note: Oli Bally is a teacher who created W-Fenec in 1998}}</ref>

[[File:Gojira logo.svg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Gojira's logo first appeared in 2001 on the album ''[[Terra Incognita (Gojira album)|Terra Incognita]]''|alt=The band's logo, written in bold in black and white]] 
Cornillon left the band in 1998 and was replaced by [[Jean-Michel Labadie]],<ref name="HF2020-12-26">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: Tout Savoir sur le Groupe|trans-title=Gojira: Know Everything About the Group {{!}} 1996−present|url=https://hardforce.com/artist/9963/gojira|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Hard Force Magazine|location=Paris|date=n.d.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226115257/https://hardforce.com/artist/9963/gojira|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=1 March 2021|oclc=32640105}}</ref> a "young bass player very active on the [[French Basque Country|Basque]] scene", according to author Marie-Hélène Soenen.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> Godzilla won the ''tremplin Ultrasons'' (Ultrasound Springboard, a regional festival for emerging artists) in early 1999.<ref name="US2003-02-28">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Il n'en restera qu'un...|trans-title=Only one will remain...|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2003/02/28/144074-il-n-en-restera-qu-un.html|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[La Dépêche du Midi|La Dépêche]]|date=28 February 2003|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210407200818/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2003/02/28/144074-il-n-en-restera-qu-un.html|archive-date=7 April 2021|access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> The band toured regularly, serving as the opening act for [[Cannibal Corpse]], [[Edge of Sanity]], and [[Impaled Nazarene]].<ref name="Humanite2017-09-04"/> In September 1999, the band supported [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] during a ten-date tour in France that ended in [[Lille]].{{sfn|Badin|2008|p=28}} While touring with Immortal, Godzilla received national exposure, developing a reputation on the French metal scene for their "incendiary riffs".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> The band recorded ''[[Saturate (Gojira album)|Saturate]]'', their third demo album, which was released in the Fall of 1999.<ref name="Balaš2017-08-15">{{cite magazine|last=Balaš|first=Jadranka|date=15 August 2017|title=Gojira: From an Underground Beast to the Very Top of the Metal World|url=https://www.hardwiredmagazine.com/gojira-from-the-beast-from-the-underground-to-the-very-top-of-the-metal-world/?lang=en|url-status=live|language=en|magazine=Hardwired Magazine|location=[[Serbia]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219163025/https://www.hardwiredmagazine.com/gojira-from-the-beast-from-the-underground-to-the-very-top-of-the-metal-world/?lang=en|archive-date=19 December 2020|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="WFenec-Bio"/>

The band released ''[[Wisdom Comes]]'', their fourth demo album, in 2000.<ref name="Balaš2017-08-15"/><ref name="Proximus2019">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: l'enfant sauvage né dans le magma|trans-title=Gojira: the wild child born in the magma|url=https://www.proximus.be/pickx/fr/1941594/gojira-lenfant-sauvage-ne-dans-le-magma|url-status=live|work=[[Proximus]]|location=[[Brussels]]|date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127083010/https://www.proximus.be/pickx/fr/1941594/gojira-lenfant-sauvage-ne-dans-le-magma|archive-date=27 November 2019|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref> Godzilla then began writing what they intended as their first full-length album, a project planned since 1996. According to Joe Duplantier, [[Mike Oldfield]] inspired his songwriting.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11">{{cite news|last=Daly|first=Joe|date=11 November 2016|title=Every Gojira album in their own words|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-gojira-album-in-their-own-words|work=[[Metal Hammer]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508200312/https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-gojira-album-in-their-own-words|archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>

In 2001, Godzilla was legally compelled to change its name.{{sfn|Sayce|2013|p=22}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://musee.sacem.fr/index.php/Detail/entities/7911 |title=Gojira (groupe) 1996 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=[[Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique]] |access-date=18 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622153202/https://musee.sacem.fr/index.php/Detail/entities/7911 |location=Paris |language=fr |type=[[Fonds]] |archive-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> They became "Gojira" {{Nihongo|2=ゴジラ|3=}}, the ''[[rōmaji]]'' spelling for the original Japanese name for Godzilla.<ref name="Grow2012-09-02"/> Inspired by the production quality of an album by Watcha, a [[Paris]]ian metal band, Gojira moved to the same [[Brussels]] studio to record their debut album, ''[[Terra Incognita (Gojira album)|Terra Incognita]]''. Before entering the recording studio, they asked friends and family for donations. Although Joe Duplantier said that Gojira took a long time to write the album, it was recorded in ten days.<ref name="Arnold2017-07-07"/>

[[File:Gojira live on October 4, 2002.jpg|thumb|alt=Gojira onstage, seen from the audience|Gojira performing in [[Niort]], France, during the October 2002 Terra Incognita Tour]]
After finishing recording and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] by Stephan Kraemer at Impuls Studios, Gojira had no label, record company, or management.<ref name="WFenec2002-04">{{cite news|last=Bally|first=Oli|date=April 2002|title=Gojira - Interview à Calais (avril 2002)|trans-title=Interview in Calais (April 2002)|url=https://www.w-fenec.org/metal/gojira,897,interview-a-calais-avril-2002.html|url-status=live|website=W-Fenec|language=fr|access-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219230657/https://www.w-fenec.org/metal/gojira,897,interview-a-calais-avril-2002.html|archive-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> Joe Duplantier said that after the tour with Immortal, Gojira became "a real war machine". However, Soenen wrote that record labels called them "too ambitious" for their style of music. Labels advised them to abandon death metal and sing in French; "The door was clearly closed", said Joe Duplantier.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> The band realized that their way out was to consider an independent infrastructure; they established Gabriel Editions (their own label) as a [[Société à responsabilité limitée|limited-liability company]].{{sfn|Portnoi|2003|p=50}} Andreu said that they could now "manage the band's activities, financing everything ourselves".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/>

Gojira released their debut studio album, ''Terra Incognita'', on Gabriel Editions in March 2001.<ref name="WFenec2002-04"/> The album "made significant waves", according to John D. Buchanan of [[AllMusic]].<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> Do-it-yourselfers,<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> the band had a shipment of 1,500 albums delivered to the Duplantiers' parents' kitchen and persuaded a small store in Bayonne to sell them.<ref name="Arnold2017-07-07"/> Gojira then signed a contract with Sphere Management,<ref name="WFenec2002-04"/> and Richard Gamba became their manager. The band went on a nationwide tour to promote ''Terra Incognita'', sharing the stage with French death&ndash;thrash metal [[Crossover thrash|crossover]] acts such as [[Scarve]],<ref name="VS-Webzine2001"/> Hertz and Silence,<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira, Hertz and Silence, Kevorkia: Lame de metal|trans-title=Gojira, Hertz and Silence, Kevorkia: Metal blade|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20011024&article=3428292&type=ar|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Le Télégramme]]|date=24 October 2001|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226121415/https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20011024&article=3428292&type=ar|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> Nihil, and No Flag.<ref name="WFenec2002-04"/> Gojira later signed with the independent Boycott Records&ndash;Next Music for national distribution.<ref name="VS-Webzine2001"/>{{sfn|Portnoi|2003|p=50}}

The band acquired what became Le Studio des Milans ([[Red kite|Red Kite]]s' Studio), a recording studio and rehearsal space in the [[Landes forest]], in November 2002.{{sfn|Kelham|2009|p=46}}{{sfn|Portnoi|2003|p=50}} The studio was originally a derelict barn, which Gojira rebuilt<ref name="Wood2008-12-01">{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=1 December 2008|title=Gojira: The Heaviest Matter of the Universe|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/gojira-heaviest-matter-universe|url-status=live|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231181127/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/gojira-heaviest-matter-universe|archive-date=31 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> over a two-year period between tours and recording.{{sfn|Kelham|2009|p=47}} On their investment, Joe Duplantier said that "The budget is important for this [second] record, but for the next one, it will be minimal", and further noted that they could "henceforth produce" their music "from A to Z".{{sfn|Portnoi|2003|p=50}}

===''The Link'' and ''From Mars to Sirius'' (2003–2007)===
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Writing ''[[The Link (album)|The Link]]'', Gojira's second studio album, took a year.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> Mario Duplantier said about his approach to the album that "it was a period during which I wanted to play fast: I was starting to master the [[Blast beat|grind parts]] and the [[Bass drum#Kit drumming|double bass pedal]] properly".{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=34}} Newly purchased [[Recording studio#Design and equipment|equipment]] had not been delivered to Le Studio des Milans, and the scheduled recording start date for the album had passed; it was hastily{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=34}} self-produced and recorded with Laurentx Etchemendy, the band's live engineer.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/><ref name="WFenec-Bio"/> The songs were conceived without [[Delay (audio effect)|delay]] on the vocals or [[Reverberation|reverb]]; Joe Duplantier called it "all very raw and very honest".<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> In April 2003, Gojira released ''The Link''; 2,500 copies were shipped to French stores{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=34}} with the same self-distribution as ''Terra Incognita''.<ref name="LT2006-02-27">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: le métal n'a pas de prix (Jean-Michel Labadie interview)|trans-title=Gojira: metal is priceless|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20060227&article=11622468&type=ar|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Le Télégramme]]|location=[[Brittany]]|date=27 February 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227145519/https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20060227&article=11622468&type=ar|archive-date=27 December 2020|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> ''The Link'' was well received.{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=32}} In June, Gojira played at the Furyfest (an earlier version of [[Hellfest (French music festival)|Hellfest Summer Open Air]]) as part of a lineup of [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]] bands.<ref>{{cite news|last=Deplasse|first=Hervé|date=15 June 2012|title=Highway to Hellfest: rencontre avec le créateur du festival|trans-title=Highway to Hellfest: meeting with the creator of the festival|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2012/06/15/musique/musique/highway-hellfest/|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Les Inrockuptibles]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201225171730/https://www.lesinrocks.com/2012/06/15/musique/musique/highway-hellfest/|archive-date=25 December 2020|access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> Renowned for their live performances, Gojira was developing a fan base through a 40-concert nationwide tour.{{sfn|Badin|2008|p=29}} The band also performed beyond [[metropolitan France]], including Belgium, [[Switzerland]], and [[Bilbao]].{{sfn|Laffilé|2006|p=41}}

In March 2004, the band played with [[Loudblast]], No Return, Scarve, [[the Old Dead Tree]] and Garwall at La Locomotive in [[Montmartre]].<ref>{{cite news |author= Stéphane |date=2004 |title=VsGreg interview Stéphane de Loudblast |url=http://www.vs-webzine.com/Interview_louds.htm |url-status=live |website=VS-Webzine |language=fr |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211119140615/http://www.vs-webzine.com/Interview_louds.htm |archive-date=19 November 2021 |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> A reviewer described this Gojira concert as "timed, with millimeter precision, of a phenomenal power&nbsp;... With a gigantic sound!&nbsp;... the Landais cataclysm has just struck at La Locomotive".<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Les 10 ans du VS Fest 1|trans-title=The 10 years of VS Fest 1|url=http://www.metal-impact.com/index.php?name=LiveReports&req=showcontent&id=49|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Metal Impact|date=29 March 2004|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201220152034/http://www.metal-impact.com/index.php?name=LiveReports&req=showcontent&id=49|archive-date=20 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref> Gojira continued to promote the album and toured with the Swiss [[grindcore]] band Nostromo.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bally|first=Oli|date=April 2004|title=Interview de Nostromo (avril 2004)|trans-title=Interview with Nostromo (April 2004)|url=https://www.w-fenec.org/metal/nostromo,733,interview-de-nostromo-avril-2004.html|url-status=live|work=W-Fenec|language=fr|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201220140715/https://www.w-fenec.org/metal/nostromo,733,interview-de-nostromo-avril-2004.html|archive-date=20 December 2020|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> Joe Duplantier (alongside singers of Loudblast and Scarve) appeared on the 2004 April issue of ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'', which marked Gojira's first-ever magazine cover.{{sfn|Benji|2006|p=23}} The band released ''[[The Link Alive]]'', a concert [[DVD]] from ''The Link'' tour, in April 2004.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> The DVD was filmed by a team of seventeen cameramen during a sold-out 2003 show for an audience of 800 in [[Bordeaux]].<ref name="Xtazine2004">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: Interview|url=http://xtasymusic.free.fr/Xtasy%20pages/interviews/gojira_itw.htm|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Xtazine|place=[[Orléans]]|date=19 March 2004|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201225003946/http://xtasymusic.free.fr/Xtasy%20pages/interviews/gojira_itw.htm|archive-date=25 December 2020|access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> ''The Link Alive'', self-produced and self-distributed, was marketed without a major distributor<ref>{{cite news|author=Pierre–Antoine|date=4 April 2004|title=Gojira: Entretien avec Joe Duplantier|trans-title=Gojira: Interview with Joe Duplantier|url=http://www.noise-web.com/interviews/2004/0404_gojira.htm|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Noiseweb|place=La Locomotive (concert venue)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201220155456/http://www.noise-web.com/interviews/2004/0404_gojira.htm|archive-date=20 December 2020|access-date=23 February 2021|trans-quote="You are going to release a DVD soon but that you will distribute yourself..."}}</ref> and was followed by a 500-copy album version.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> In late May 2004, the organizers of the concert venue Le Florida in [[Agen]] invited Gojira and [[Yat-Kha]] for a three-show one-night stand of metal and [[Folk music|ethno-rock]] music. Both bands played separately (Gojira toning down their performance) before playing together.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Rencontre rock|trans-title=Rock encounter|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2004/05/28/118302-rencontre-rock.html|language=fr|url-status=live|work=[[La Dépêche du Midi]]|date=28 May 2004|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210718154432/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2004/05/28/118302-rencontre-rock.html|archive-date=18 July 2021|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> In July 2004, ''Terra Incognita'' and ''The Link'' had sold 7,000 and 8,000 copies respectively.<ref name="Lecaudey2004">{{cite news|last=Lecaudey|first=Martine|date=16 July 2004|title=Rock tellurique avec les Landais de Gojira|trans-title=Telluric rock with the Landais of Gojira|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2004/07/16/259032-rock-tellurique-avec-les-landais-de-gojira.html|url-status=live|language=fr|work=La Dépêche du Midi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210303180910/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2004/07/16/259032-rock-tellurique-avec-les-landais-de-gojira.html|archive-date=3 March 2021|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref> ''The Link'' era ended after a successful tour of almost two years, with significant financial difficulties.{{sfn|Laffilé|2006|p=42}} Gojira signed with the Mon Slip label (which gave them a higher financial advance),{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=32}} followed by a contract with French-based [[Listenable Records]] in December 2004.<ref name="BW-Listenable2004">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Listenable Records Sign Gojira|url=https://bravewords.com/news/listenable-records-sign-gojira|url-status=live|work=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]]|date=6 December 2004|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227142343/https://bravewords.com/news/listenable-records-sign-gojira|archive-date=27 December 2020|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Gojira live 15 October 2005.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Gojira onstage, again from the audience|Gojira in [[Nantes]] during the October 2005 Sirius Tour]]
The band entered Le Studio des Milans to compose their third album, ''[[From Mars to Sirius]]'', focusing on an "irreproachable sound".{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=32}} "Gojira wants to control all stages of creation, from composition to mixing", said Labadie.<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> For the album's themes, Joe Duplantier was influenced by the possibility of other worlds and [[Multiverse|dimensions]]. He devoted his time to reading ''[[The Celestine Prophecy]]'' and books by [[Baird T. Spalding]] and other spiritual seekers.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> Writing the album took seven months,{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=32}} reinforced by Labadie and Andreu.{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=34}} The band performed "Backbone" and "The Heaviest Matter of the Universe" from their forthcoming album at the twenty-ninth [[Printemps de Bourges]] in April 2005.{{sfn|Badin|2005|p=23}}<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Le Printemps de Bourges présente sa 29e édition|trans-title=Printemps de Bourges presents its 29th edition|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/culture/20050222.OBS9421/le-printemps-de-bourges-presente-sa-29e-edition.html|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[L'Obs]]|date=24 February 2005|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226190810/https://www.nouvelobs.com/culture/20050222.OBS9421/le-printemps-de-bourges-presente-sa-29e-edition.html|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> Gojira released ''From Mars to Sirius'', their self-produced album, in September of that year; it received positive reviews from French music critics. Pascal Bagot of [[Radio France Internationale|RFI]] wrote that "the public and critical acclaim is phenomenal".<ref name="Bagot2006-02-17">{{cite news|last=Bagot|first=Pascal|date=17 February 2006|title=Le métal à la française|trans-title=Metal in a French way|url=https://musique.rfi.fr/musique/20060217-le-metal-francaise|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Radio France Internationale]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302230816/https://musique.rfi.fr/musique/20060217-le-metal-francaise|archive-date=2 March 2021|access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> Fifteen thousand albums were shipped to French stores.{{sfn|Doucet|2005|p=34}} Entering the [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|Top Albums]] chart in France at No.&nbsp;44, it remained on the chart for three weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=From+Mars+To+Sirius&cat=a|title=Gojira − From Mars to Sirius|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|publisher=lescharts.com|language=fr|access-date=6 November 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211106172226/https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=From+Mars+To+Sirius&cat=a|archive-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> After the album's release, Gojira toured France, Belgium, and the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> That year, Listenable Records re-released ''The Link''.<ref name="BW-Listenable2004"/>

In 2006, the "surging wave Gojira" inspired [[London]] journalist Lucy Williams of ''[[Kerrang!]]'' to write a laudatory article about the album.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/>{{sfn|Benji|2006|p=23}} The band played a February concert at the [[Élysée Montmartre]] in Paris, where a number of journalists had gathered.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> By the end of the month, ''The Link Alive'' DVD had sold over 5,000 copies and ''From Mars to Sirius'' had sold 12,000 to 13,000 copies. According to Labadie, they earned their living primarily by touring. At that time, they worked jointly with Listenable Records, intending to promote their music overseas; "Gojira wants to work with people whose approach is sincere", said Labadie.<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> In May, after 300 concerts in France and the surrounding region, the band signed a contract with American label [[Prosthetic Records]] (an "exclusive licensing agreement" with Listenable Records) to give them exposure in [[North America]].<ref name="Prosthetic2006-05-05">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=France's Gojira Sign North American Deal With Prosthetic Records|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/france-s-gojira-sign-north-american-deal-with-prosthetic-records/|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=5 May 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227153609/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/france-s-gojira-sign-north-american-deal-with-prosthetic-records/|archive-date=27 December 2020|access-date=27 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Gojira performed in [[Brighton]] (their first [[UK]] show) on 19 May,<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22">{{cite news|last=Brannigan|first=Paul|date=22 May 2016|title='We can change the world' An audience with Gojira - metal's most important band|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/we-can-change-the-world-an-audience-with-gojira-metal-s-most-important-band|url-status=live|work=[[Metal Hammer]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210129223556/https://www.loudersound.com/features/we-can-change-the-world-an-audience-with-gojira-metal-s-most-important-band|archive-date=29 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> forging links with England's media community after a party organized by ''Kerrang!''<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/>

[[File:Gojira Roskilde Festival 2007.jpg|thumb|alt=Close-up of Mario on drums and Joe Duplantier on guitar|Mario ''(left)'' and Joe Duplantier during a 2007 Gojira concert at Denmark's [[Roskilde Festival]]]]
After Williams' article in ''Kerrang!'' and increased exposure in the British metal press, Gojira was asked to replace [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] at England's [[Download Festival#2006|2006 Download Festival]]; according to Joe Duplantier, "It was a decisive concert".<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> In June, they performed on the main stage at the Hellfest Summer Open Air in [[Clisson]],<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Hellfest Summer Open Air 2006|url=https://hardforce.com/concert/15145/the-hellfest-summer-open-air-2006-2006-06-25|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Hard Force Magazine|location=Paris|date=2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227123935/https://hardforce.com/concert/15145/the-hellfest-summer-open-air-2006-2006-06-25|archive-date=27 December 2020|access-date=27 December 2020|oclc=32640105}}</ref> and a series of summer festivals in [[Germany]], [[England]] and the [[Scandinavia]]n countries.<ref name="LT2006-02-27"/> Prosthetic Records released ''From Mars to Sirius'' in the US on 22 August 2006,<ref name="Prosthetic2006-05-05"/> which led to a sudden pre-order of 5,000 copies on the label's website,{{sfn|Benji|2006|p=25}} followed by an upload of a cover version of Metallica's "Escape".<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira's Cover Of Metallica's 'Escape' Posted Online|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-s-cover-of-metallica-s-escape-posted-online/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=8 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328231248/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-s-cover-of-metallica-s-escape-posted-online/|archive-date=28 March 2019|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> AllMusic writer Eduardo Rivadavia highlighted the album's songwriting, describing the "fluidity with which utmost heaviness and delicate melodies were made to coexist" in songs such as "Flying Whales", "World to Come", and "Where Dragons Dwell".<ref name="AllMusic-fmts">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000575883 |title=Gojira: From Mars to Sirius |website=AllMusic |last1=Rivadavia |first1=Eduardo |access-date=31 October 2021 |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031232021/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000575883 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September (a year after its release), the album had sold over 20,000 copies in France and as many abroad.{{sfn|Benji|2006|p=23}} In early October, Gojira and [[Hatesphere]] began a co-headlining tour of the UK.{{sfn|Benji|2006|p=25}} In November, the band performed at the European [[The Unholy Alliance Tour|Unholy Alliance Tour]], headlined by [[Slayer]] at Paris' [[Accor Arena]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Slayer, In Flames, Children of Bodom: More European 'Unholy Alliance' Details Surface|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/slayer-in-flames-children-of-bodom-more-european-unholy-alliance-details-surface/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=3 June 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150512002005/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/slayer-in-flames-children-of-bodom-more-european-unholy-alliance-details-surface/|archive-date=12 May 2015|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> The band was included in [[Children of Bodom]]'s US tour in late 2006, joining [[Amon Amarth]] and [[Sanctity (band)|Sanctity]] as opening acts.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth: More North American Tour Dates Announced|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=58730|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=19 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426050329/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=58730|archive-date=26 April 2011|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> Brandon Geist of ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' wrote that since the release of ''From Mars to Sirius'', "they have risen from virtual unknowns outside of their homeland to the single-most-buzzed-about metal band on the planet".<ref>{{cite news|last=Geist|first=Brandon|date=1 March 2007|title=Coming to America: Gojira on First U.S. Tour, Flying Whales, Dressing-Room Fires|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/coming-america-gojira-first-us-tour-flying-whales-dressing-room-fires|url-status=live|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101002317/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/coming-america-gojira-first-us-tour-flying-whales-dressing-room-fires|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>

In March 2007, Listenable Records (Prosthetic Records in the US), reissued ''The Link'' with remastered audio and new booklet artwork in North America. The following month, the label released ''The Link Alive'' DVD in the US.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Live Video Clips From Current North American Tour Available|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-live-video-clips-from-current-north-american-tour-available/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=4 March 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227134641/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-live-video-clips-from-current-north-american-tour-available/|archive-date=27 December 2020|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> Gojira later supported [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] on their American tour with [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] and [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Lamb of God, Machine Head, Trivium, Gojira: North American Tour Dates Announced|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lamb-of-god-machine-head-trivium-gojira-north-american-tour-dates-announced/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=11 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426050350/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63629|archive-date=26 April 2011|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> The band made a cameo appearance in Machine Head's "[[Aesthetics of Hate]]" music video,<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Sloat, Mike (director)|date=5 May 2007|title=Machine Head – Aesthetics Of Hate [Official Video]|medium=Music video|language=en|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWks-8C9RMs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/NWks-8C9RMs| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|access-date=9 February 2021|location=United States|publisher=(on behalf of [[Roadrunner Records]]); Aresa; Fintage Publishing BV; LatinAutorPerf|via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which was broadcast on 5 May on [[MTV2]]'s ''[[Headbangers Ball]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Machine Head - 'Aesthetics Of Hate' Video To Air On Headbanger's Ball This Weekend|url=https://bravewords.com/news/machine-head-aesthetics-of-hate-video-to-air-on-headbangers-ball-this-weekend|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=3 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125221804/https://bravewords.com/news/machine-head-aesthetics-of-hate-video-to-air-on-headbangers-ball-this-weekend|archive-date=25 January 2021|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> The band supported Trivium on the UK dates of their European tour with Sanctity and [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira And Sanctity Added To Trivium's European Tour|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-and-sanctity-added-to-trivium-s-european-tour/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=5 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426050405/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=66553|archive-date=26 April 2011|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> and made a number of festival appearances.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> In October, Listenable Records re-released Gojira's 1997 demo album ''[[Possessed (Gojira album)|Possessed]]'' as a limited-edition [[Compact disc|CD]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title='Xfm Sessions' Recording Posted Online|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-xfm-sessions-recording-posted-online/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=15 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016133124/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82840|archive-date=16 October 2007|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> Gojira participated in the late-2007 Radio Rebellion Tour, featuring co-headliners [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]], [[Job for a Cowboy]], and [[Beneath the Massacre]].<ref name="RRT2007-11-25">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=New Performance Footage Posted Online|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-new-performance-footage-posted-online/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=25 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423132837/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=85523|archive-date=23 April 2008|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> Near the end of their over-220-concert tour to promote ''From Mars to Sirius'',<ref name="TWOAF2008-02-05">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira In Writing Mode|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-in-writing-mode-video-available/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814015742/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-in-writing-mode-video-available/|archive-date=14 August 2020|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> Gojira began working on their follow-up album.<ref name="RRT2007-11-25"/>

===''The Way of All Flesh'' (2008–2011)===
Returning to Le Studio des Milans to write their fourth studio album, ''[[The Way of All Flesh (album)|The Way of All Flesh]]'', Gojira had developed their desired sound by touring. Joe Duplantier said that the album would be "more intense, more brutal, and more melodic" than its predecessor.<ref name="Cracknell2008-06-12">{{cite news|last=Cracknell|first=Nick|date=12 June 2008|title=Gojira's Studio Deja Vu|url=https://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/gojiras-studio-deja-vu-248011|url-status=live|work=[[MusicRadar]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901183246/https://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/gojiras-studio-deja-vu-248011|archive-date=1 September 2020|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> The album took four months to write, with its songwriting finished in late March 2008.<ref name="Noiseweb2008">{{cite news|last=Paufert|first=Geoffrey|date=October 2008|title=Gojira: The Way of All Flesh (Interview with Mario Duplantier)|url=http://www.noise-web.com/interviews/2008/1008_gojira.htm|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Metal Obs' Magazine|location=[[Niort]]|publisher=H.I.M. Media|issue=23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231230945/http://www.noise-web.com/interviews/2008/1008_gojira.htm|archive-date=31 December 2020|access-date=1 January 2021|via=Noiseweb|trans-quote="We locked ourselves in our rehearsal room for 4 months, from November 20th to March 20th roughly, with small cuts when Joe worked with [[Cavalera Conspiracy]]".}}</ref> The album was recorded from April to June,<ref name="TWOAF2008-02-05"/> and the drums were initially recorded by [[Logan Mader]] with Joe and Mario Duplantier in [[Los Angeles]] before they returned to Le Studio des Milans to continue working with Laurentx Etchemendy.<ref name="TWOAF2008-06-05">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=New Album Title, Release Date Announced|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-new-album-title-release-date-announced/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=5 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607225225/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98427|archive-date=7 June 2008|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> Mader mixed the album in Los Angeles over a two-week period.<ref name="Cracknell2008-06-12"/> [[Randy Blythe]] of the American band Lamb of God, an active supporter of Gojira in the US, co-wrote and appeared on "Adoration for None".<!-- check the album talk page before editing it to All the Tears --><ref>{{cite news|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=29 September 2015|title=Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Joins Gojira Onstage for 'Backbone'|url=https://loudwire.com/lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-joins-gojira-backbone-live/|url-status=live|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101003328/https://loudwire.com/lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-joins-gojira-backbone-live/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> In August, two months before the album was released, Gojira performed "Vacuity" live for the first time at the Rock en France Festival in [[Arras]] as the opening act for Metallica.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: Performance Footage Of New Song Available|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-performance-footage-of-new-song-available/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=16 August 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201231235940/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-performance-footage-of-new-song-available/|archive-date=31 December 2020|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Gojira live - Nachtleben, Ffm - 2009 - JD - 7.JPG|thumb|alt=Close-up side view of Joe Duplantier onstage, with Christian Andreu partly hidden in the background|Andreu ''(left)'' and Joe Duplantier in 2009]]
''The Way of All Flesh'' was released on 13 October 2008 in Europe on Listenable Records and the following day in North America on Prosthetic Records.<ref name="TWOAF2008-06-05"/> The album debuted at No.&nbsp;138 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 4,200 copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira's 'The Way Of All Flesh' Lands On Billboard Chart|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-north-american-tour-dates-announced/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=22 October 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170103205915/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-s-the-way-of-all-flesh-lands-on-billboard-chart/|archive-date=3 January 2017|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> It reached No.&nbsp;28 on France's Top Albums chart, and No.&nbsp;25 on the [[The Official Finnish Charts#Charts|Official Finnish Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=The+Way+Of+All+Flesh&cat=a|title=Gojira − The Way of Al Flesh (album)|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2008|publisher=finnishcharts.com|language=en|access-date=1 January 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101152312/https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=The+Way+Of+All+Flesh&cat=a|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The album topped the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers Albums]] chart for one week, remaining on the chart for four weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/tln/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Heatseekers Albums |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121195501/https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/tln/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It reached No.&nbsp;21 on the ''Billboard'' [[Independent Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/ind/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Independent Albums |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> Rivadavia wrote that the album provided "imaginative progressive headbangers&nbsp;... that were rife with technical fireworks and songwriting variety" and "a few failed experiments".<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000797980|pure_url=yes}}|title=Gojira {{!}} The Way of All Flesh|website=AllMusic|last1=Rivadavia|first1=Eduardo|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> Gojira supported [[In Flames]]'s European tour in October,<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira To Tour Europe With In Flames In October|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-to-tour-europe-with-in-flames-in-october|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=29 April 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101234252/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-to-tour-europe-with-in-flames-in-october|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=2 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> touring North America in November and December.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=In Flames, All That Remains, Gojira, 36 Crazyfists: Fall 2008 Tour Dates Announced|url=https://metalinjection.net/news/in-flames-all-that-remains-gojira-36-crazyfists-fall-2008-tour-dates-announced|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|date=21 August 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101183031/https://metalinjection.net/news/in-flames-all-that-remains-gojira-36-crazyfists-fall-2008-tour-dates-announced|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> ''The Way of All Flesh'' ranked fifth on ''[[Metal Hammer]]''{{'}}s list of the top 50 albums of 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/features/metal-hammer-critics%E2%80%99-top-50-albums-2008-6-4/ |title=Metal Hammer Critics' Top 50 Albums 2008: 6-4 |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=25 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225064044/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/features/metal-hammer-critics%E2%80%99-top-50-albums-2008-6-4/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> and ''[[LA Weekly]]'' listed it as one of the year's top 10 metal albums.<ref>{{cite news|last=Freeman|first=Phil|date=22 December 2008|title=Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008|url=http://www.laweekly.com/top-10-metal-albums-of-2008/|url-status=live|work=[[LA Weekly]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101144337/http://www.laweekly.com/top-10-metal-albums-of-2008/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>

In late January 2009, Gojira began a headlining tour of France, the UK, and [[Ireland]] to promote the album.<ref>''The Way of All Flesh'' tour began in January 2009:
* {{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Trepalium To Support Gojira On French Tour|url=https://bravewords.com/news/trepalium-to-support-gojira-on-french-tour|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=8 January 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101193718/https://bravewords.com/news/trepalium-to-support-gojira-on-french-tour|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}
* {{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Pilgrimz To Support Gojira In UK, Ireland|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/pilgrimz-to-support-gojira-in-u-k-ireland/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=30 January 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101200337/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/pilgrimz-to-support-gojira-in-u-k-ireland/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> On 17 March, the band's first North American headlining tour was announced; their opening bands were [[The Chariot (band)|the Chariot]] and [[Car Bomb (band)|Car Bomb]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=North American Tour Dates Announced|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-north-american-tour-dates-announced/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=17 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319063128/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=116355|archive-date=19 March 2009|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> In June, Gojira followed [[Soulfly]] on the main stage at the Hellfest Summer Open Air and performed to more than 20,000 people.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Meurot |first=Julien |date=August 2009 |title=Hellfest Open Air |url=http://www.metalobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MO32.pdf |language=fr |magazine=Metal Obs' Magazine |location=[[Niort]] |publisher=H.I.M. Media |issue=32 |page=12 |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101184348/http://www.metalobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MO32.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> They appeared for the fourth time at [[Belgium]]'s July [[Dour Festival]]<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: Dour Festival|url=https://www.dourfestival.eu/fr/artist/detail/Gojira/|url-status=live|language=fr|website=Dour Festival|date=n.d.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704162418/https://www.dourfestival.eu/fr/artist/detail/Gojira/|archive-date=4 July 2019|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> and [[Eurockéennes|Les Eurockéennes de Belfort]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Les Eurockéennes 2009|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2009/04/20/musique/musique/les-eurockeennes-2009-le-programme/|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Les Inrockuptibles]]|location=Paris|date=20 April 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101211335/https://www.lesinrocks.com/2009/04/20/musique/musique/les-eurockeennes-2009-le-programme/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> ''Terra Incognita'' was re-released with bonus tracks on 24 August in Europe and on 15 October in North America.<ref name="Garorock2009-10-01">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Pro-Shot Footage From France's Garorock Festival Available|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-pro-shot-footage-from-france-s-garorock-festival-available/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=1 October 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102153546/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-pro-shot-footage-from-france-s-garorock-festival-available/|archive-date=2 January 2021|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> Gojira accompanied Metallica on their tour of the US and Canada from 14 September to 12 October, performing before Lamb of God.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Metallica announce awesome openers for Fall 2009 Tour|url=https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/metallica-announce-awesome-openers-fall-2009-tour|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|date=9 July 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101220334/https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/metallica-announce-awesome-openers-fall-2009-tour|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe began to join Gojira on "Backbone" at concerts when the bands appeared together.<ref>Randy Blythe performed "Backbone" at concerts with Gojira:
* {{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira...|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-says-band-will-take-six-month-break-in/|url-status=live|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=15 August 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101233255/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-says-band-will-take-six-month-break-in/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=15 August 2021}}
* {{cite news|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=29 September 2015|title=Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Joins Gojira Onstage for 'Backbone'|url=https://loudwire.com/lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-joins-gojira-backbone-live/|url-status=live|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101003328/https://loudwire.com/lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-joins-gojira-backbone-live/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}
* {{cite news|last=Kennelty|first=Greg|date=29 September 2015|title=Gojira Joined by Lamb of God's Randy Blythe On Stage For 'Backbone'|url=https://metalinjection.net/av/gojira-joined-by-lamb-of-gods-randy-blythe-on-stage-for-backbone|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102143700/https://metalinjection.net/av/gojira-joined-by-lamb-of-gods-randy-blythe-on-stage-for-backbone|archive-date=2 January 2021|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> The tour included headline dates on off days, supported by [[Burst (band)|Burst]] and [[Zoroaster (band)|Zoroaster]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Announces Headlining Shows On Metallica Tour 'Off' Days|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-announces-headlining-shows-on-metallica-tour-off-days/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=19 March 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161022164742/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-announces-headlining-shows-on-metallica-tour-off-days/|archive-date=22 October 2016|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> As their popularity spread to America's metal scene, a [[Blabbermouth.net]] poster said that the band "has become one of metal's most acclaimed and admired acts".<ref name="Garorock2009-10-01"/> Gojira returned to France after the US tour for a few concerts and began a planned six-month hiatus; Joe Duplantier cited "just five days' break" since 2004.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Frontman Says Band Will Take Six-Month Break In 2010|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-says-band-will-take-six-month-break-in/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=15 August 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101233255/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-says-band-will-take-six-month-break-in/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Gojira BergenCalling2011 ChristianMisje-5171.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Close-up of Christian Andreu, long hair flying, playing a guitar with a cutaway bottom|Andreu at the [[Bergen]] Calling Festival in [[Norway]], 2011]]
The band's break ended earlier than expected after Gojira was announced as the opening act of Metallica's European and [[Russia]]n tour in April 2010.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: European Live Dates Supporting Metallica Confirmed|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-european-live-dates-supporting-metallica-confirmed|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=7 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102181935/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-european-live-dates-supporting-metallica-confirmed|archive-date=2 January 2021|access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> In July of that year, they were included in the lineup of the rock-oriented [[Vieilles Charrues Festival]] in [[Brittany]].<ref name="Charrues2010-07-16">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira. 'Beaucoup vont partir en courant!'|trans-title=Gojira. 'Many will run away!'|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/ig/loisirs/ete/vieilles-charrues-2010/samedi/gojira-beaucoup-vont-partir-en-courant-16-07-2010-992058.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Le Télégramme|place=Brittany|date=16 July 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210321131348/https://www.letelegramme.fr/ig/loisirs/ete/vieilles-charrues-2010/samedi/gojira-beaucoup-vont-partir-en-courant-16-07-2010-992058.php|archive-date=21 March 2021|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Before the concert, ''[[Le Télégramme]]'' warned festival attendees that "Gojira could blow up the sound barrier tonight".<ref name="Charrues2010-07-16"/>}} Playing for an audience largely unaccustomed to metal music, Gojira's "delicate mission" was to close Saturday evening on the Glenmor stage. Described in an article in ''[[Le Télégramme]]'' as "more powerful" than [[Motörhead]]'s concert in 2008 on the same stage, the show began with "Lizard Skin" to an estimated crowd of 40,000 to 50,000; twenty minutes later, between 4,000 and 5,000 people remained. According to ''Le Télégramme'', "The show had a rare sonic power&nbsp;... so brutal that the band lost 90 percent of its attendance along the way". Undaunted, they continued to perform "as if their lives depended on it" with a drum solo of "breathtaking mastery". Since the Gojira show, metal has been slowly excluded from the Vieilles Charrues Festival.<ref name="Charrues2020-07-25">{{cite news|last=L'Hours|first=Dimitri|date=25 July 2020|title=Souvenirs en live: Quand le monstre Gojira fait fuir le public des Charrues|trans-title=Live memories: When the monster Gojira made audiences run away from the Charrues|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/dossiers/souvenirs-en-live/souvenirs-en-live-quand-le-monstre-gojira-fait-fuir-le-public-des-charrues-25-07-2020-12586208.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Le Télégramme|place=[[Brittany]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219155217/https://www.letelegramme.fr/dossiers/souvenirs-en-live/souvenirs-en-live-quand-le-monstre-gojira-fait-fuir-le-public-des-charrues-25-07-2020-12586208.php|archive-date=19 December 2020|access-date=2 January 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In August, they headlined the Rock Altitude Festival in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Kruger: Live Video of 'Muscle' Featuring Gojira's Joe Duplantier Available|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-confirmed-for-germanys-wacken-open-air-2010|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=15 October 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102184011/https://bravewords.com/news/kruger-live-video-of-muscle-featuring-gojiras-joe-duplantier-available|archive-date=2 January 2021|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> The band continued to promote ''The Way of All Flesh'' into 2010, including the European [[Wacken Open Air]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Confirmed For Germany's Wacken Open Air 2010|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-confirmed-for-germanys-wacken-open-air-2010|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=18 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125204358/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-confirmed-for-germanys-wacken-open-air-2010|archive-date=25 January 2021|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> [[Bloodstock Open Air]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Confirmed For UK's Bloodstock Festival|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-confirmed-for-u-k-s-bloodstock-festival/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=12 January 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102205516/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-confirmed-for-u-k-s-bloodstock-festival/|archive-date=2 January 2021|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> and [[Brutal Assault]] festivals.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira, Catamenia, Monstrosity Confirmed For Czech Republic's Brutal Assault|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-catamenia-monstrosity-confirmed-for-czech-republics-brutal-assault-festival-2010|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=26 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125205356/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-catamenia-monstrosity-confirmed-for-czech-republics-brutal-assault-festival-2010|archive-date=25 January 2021|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>

Gojira had made substantial progress on their fifth album by March 2011, saying that they had written almost half of it; according to Joe Duplantier "These songs are original and a good reflection of what we are today".<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Working On Material For New Album|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-working-on-material-for-new-album/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=15 March 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170101003935/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-working-on-material-for-new-album/|archive-date=1 January 2017|access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> The band was relatively quiet during the year, focusing on new material and playing a handful of concerts in June and July, including at the [[Sonisphere Festival]] in [[Greece]] and France.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=30 June 2011 |title=Gojira: Quality Footage From Greece's Sonisphere Festival |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-quality-footage-from-greece-s-sonisphere-festival/ |url-status=live |work=Blabbermouth.net |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211101190145/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-quality-footage-from-greece-s-sonisphere-festival/ |archive-date=1 November 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Messieurs 100.000 watts|trans-title=Gentlemen 100,000 watts|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2011/07/06/messieurs-100-000-watts|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[L'Est Républicain]]|date=5 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102234411/https://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2011/07/06/messieurs-100-000-watts|archive-date=2 January 2021|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> The band became [[Free agent (business)|free agents]] during the summer of 2011, after their contract with Prosthetic Records expired.<ref>{{cite news |last=Neilstein |first=Vince |date=27 July 2011 |title=Poll: With Which Record Label Will Gojira End Up? |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2011/07/27/poll-with-which-record-label-will-gojira-end-up/ |url-status=live |work=[[MetalSucks]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318172803/https://www.metalsucks.net/2011/07/27/poll-with-which-record-label-will-gojira-end-up/ |archive-date=18 March 2016 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> Admired by [[Monte Conner]], Gojira was acquired by [[Roadrunner Records]] on 9 November 2011.<ref name="Pasbani2011-11-09">{{cite news|last=Pasbani|first=Robert|date=9 November 2011|title=Gojira Officially Sign With Roadrunner Records|url=https://metalinjection.net/news/gojira-officially-sign-with-roadrunner-records|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103002829/https://metalinjection.net/news/gojira-officially-sign-with-roadrunner-records|archive-date=3 January 2021|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|After a "fiercely" competitive bidding war between record labels.{{sfn|Sayce|2013|p=23}}}} With their new recording contract, the band entered Spin Studios in [[New York City]] in November to record their next album.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pasbani|first=Robert|date=7 November 2011|title=Gojira Officially Recording New Album...|url=https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/gojira-officially-recording-new-album-signed-with-roadrunner-records|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210108204924/https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/gojira-officially-recording-new-album-signed-with-roadrunner-records|archive-date=8 January 2021|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>

===''L'Enfant Sauvage'' (2012–2015)===
Gojira's fifth album, ''[[L'Enfant Sauvage (album)|L'Enfant Sauvage]]'', was co-produced by Josh Wilbur and Joe Duplantier.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> The band juxtaposed their death-metal roots with more ambient and sophisticated elements on the album<ref name="Hill2020-06-03">{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Stephen|date=3 June 2020|title=Every Gojira album ranked from worst to best|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-gojira-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best|url-status=live|department=Features|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210108215625/https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-gojira-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best|archive-date=8 January 2021|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> to find "the ultimate sound" on which they had been working since their beginning.<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> In 2012, K2 Agency founder John Jackson agreed to produce Gojira concerts abroad.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gottfried |first=Gideon |date=15 September 2017 |title=K2 Acquires Factory Music Management |url=https://www.pollstar.com/News/k2-acquires-factory-music-management-133075 |url-status=live |work=[[Pollstar]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102212537/https://www.pollstar.com/News/k2-acquires-factory-music-management-133075 |archive-date=2 November 2021 |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="BureauGuillo20170212">{{cite news|last1=((Bureau))|first1=Eric|last2=Guillo|first2=Jean-Nicholas|date=27 April 2020|orig-date=First published 12 February 2017|title=Le métal de Gojira fait trembler l'Amérique|trans-title=Gojira's metal shakes America|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/video-le-metal-de-gojira-fait-trembler-l-amerique-12-02-2017-6673989.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Le Parisien|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116181137/https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/video-le-metal-de-gojira-fait-trembler-l-amerique-12-02-2017-6673989.php|archive-date=16 January 2021|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Mario Duplantier Gojira 2012.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Mario Duplantier playing drums in black gloves|Mario Duplantier performing in [[Brittany]], France, in 2012]]
In March 2012, [[Devin Townsend]] and [[Meshuggah]]'s [[Fredrik Thordendal]] joined Gojira for the collaboration track "Of Blood And Salt" (intended to appear on the unreleased Sea Shepherd EP) at the [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)#2012|Soundwave Festival]] in [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Devin Townsend, Meshuggah's Fredrick Thordendal Perform With Gojira In Perth (Video)|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/devin-townsend-meshuggah-s-fredrik-thordendal-perform-with-gojira-in-perth-video/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=7 March 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141122171753/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/devin-townsend-meshuggah-s-fredrik-thordendal-perform-with-gojira-in-perth-video/|archive-date=22 November 2014|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> With [[Volcom Entertainment]], a limited-edition [[Single (music)#Types of physical singles|7" single]] containing "Bleeding" and "End Of Time"&mdash;originally on Godzilla's 1997 ''Possessed'' demo&mdash;was released in [[Twelve-inch single|12" vinyl]] packaging in North America and Europe.<ref>{{cite news |last=Neilstein |first=Vince |date=8 March 2012 |title=New Old Gojira Album |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2012/03/08/new-old-gojira-album/ |url-status=live |work=MetalSucks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605045025/https://www.metalsucks.net/2012/03/08/new-old-gojira-album/ |archive-date=5 June 2012 |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Volcom Entertainment had originally organized two exhibitions of Mario Duplantier's art in France.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: 1997 Demo Tracks To Be Released On Vinyl|url=https://archive.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-1997-demo-tracks-to-be-released-on-vinyl/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=9 March 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103182355/https://archive.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-1997-demo-tracks-to-be-released-on-vinyl/|archive-date=3 January 2021|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref>}} Following an Australian tour with Mastodon and [[Kvelertak]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Darke|first=Brayden|date=9 December 2011|title=Mastodon Gojira Kvelertak Australian Tour 2012 – Soundwave Sidewaves|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/mastodon-gojira-kvelertak-australian-tour-2012-soundwave-sidewaves/|url-status=live|magazine=[[Music Feeds]]|location=Australia|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116160150/https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/mastodon-gojira-kvelertak-australian-tour-2012-soundwave-sidewaves/|archive-date=16 January 2021|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> Gojira began a national tour supporting the album.<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02">{{cite news|last=Guerin|first=Benoit|date=2 May 2012|title=Gojira, un enfant sauvage au Stade de France (Interview)|trans-title=Gojira, a wild child at the Stade de France|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/musiques/gojira-un-enfant-sauvage-au-stade-de-france-466162|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Ouest-France]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210110162013/https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/musiques/gojira-un-enfant-sauvage-au-stade-de-france-466162|archive-date=10 January 2021|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> After many tours with Metallica, the band was invited to open a series of concerts on the [[2012 European Black Album Tour|European Black Album Tour]]<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Metallica Kick Off European Summer Vacation In Prague|url=https://bravewords.com/news/metallica-kick-off-european-summer-vacation-in-prague-setlist-revealed|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=7 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117125817/https://bravewords.com/news/metallica-kick-off-european-summer-vacation-in-prague-setlist-revealed|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> (including the [[Stade de France]], the country's largest stadium, on 12 May 2012).<ref name="BureauGuillo20170212"/> Gojira's performance was measured at 120 [[decibel]]s in the backstage corridors,<ref>{{cite news|last=((Bureau))|first=Eric|date=12 May 2012|title=Metallica embrase le Stade de France|trans-title=Metallica sets the Stade de France ablaze|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/en-images-metallica-enflamme-le-stade-de-france-12-05-2012-1997194.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Le Parisien|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116204511/https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/en-images-metallica-enflamme-le-stade-de-france-12-05-2012-1997194.php|archive-date=16 January 2021|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> setting a stadium volume record.<ref name="BureauGuillo20170212"/>{{refn|group=nb|The loudest [[Football chant|crowd roar]] at the [[Stade de France]] was measured by a [[sound level meter]] at 109 decibels, from 80,000 fans during the [[2015 Coupe de la Ligue Final]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Le Stade de France bat un record du monde de décibels|trans-title=Stade de France breaks a world decibel record|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/le-scan-sport/buzz/2015/04/11/27002-20150411ARTFIG00161-le-stade-de-france-bat-un-record-du-monde-de-decibels.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Le Figaro]]|date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116210911/https://www.lefigaro.fr/le-scan-sport/buzz/2015/04/11/27002-20150411ARTFIG00161-le-stade-de-france-bat-un-record-du-monde-de-decibels.php|archive-date=16 January 2021|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>}} About Metallica's motive for taking Gojira on tour with them, [[James Hetfield]] told a reporter, "I discovered their music with ''From Mars to Sirius'', an album that I loved. Humanly speaking, I liked them a lot. They have their feet on the ground, are intelligent, sensitive. I have immense respect for them. And then Mario is an incredible drummer."<ref name="Nicoleau2019"/> Gojira performed at the European Sonisphere Festival during the summer.<ref>Sonisphere Festival 2012:
* {{cite news |last=Young |first=Alex |date=20 February 2012 |title=Queen, Faith No More, Kiss to headline Sonisphere UK 2012 |url=https://consequence.net/2012/02/queen-faith-no-more-kiss-to-headline-sonisphere-uk-2012/ |url-status=live |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211103193916/https://consequence.net/2012/02/queen-faith-no-more-kiss-to-headline-sonisphere-uk-2012/ |archive-date=3 November 2021 |access-date=3 November 2021}}
* {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Metallica... |trans-title=Metallica at the Sonisphere Festival in Yverdon (Switzerland) |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2012/02/16/metallica-a-yverdon |url-status=live |language=fr |work=L'Est Républicain |date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211103194252/https://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2012/02/16/metallica-a-yverdon |archive-date=3 November 2021 |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> The band shared two French dates with Slayer headlining: 27 May in [[Toulouse]] and 29 May in [[Clermont-Ferrand]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Blanc |first=Amaury |date=9 February 2012 |title=Les deux dates réunissant Slayer et Gojira |trans-title=The two dates bringing together Slayer and Gojira in Toulouse and Clermont-Ferrand  |url=http://www.radiometal.com/article/les-deux-dates-reunissant-slayer-et-gojira-a-toulouse-et-clermont-ferrand-seront-mises-en-vente-demain,57490| language=fr |url-status=live |work=Radio Metal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211103202737/http://www.radiometal.com/article/les-deux-dates-reunissant-slayer-et-gojira-a-toulouse-et-clermont-ferrand-seront-mises-en-vente-demain,57490 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |access-date=3 November 2021 |via=''Nous Productions'' ([[List of Warner Music Group labels#As Warner Music|Warner Music France]])}}</ref> [[Mascot Records]] released a live DVD/[[Blu-ray]], ''[[The Flesh Alive]]'', on 4 June in Europe.<ref name="TFA2012-08-08">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title='The Flesh Alive' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-the-flesh-alive-dvd-first-week-sales-revealed/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=8 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117132931/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-the-flesh-alive-dvd-first-week-sales-revealed/|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Gojira Aalborg Metal Festival 2012.jpg|thumb|alt=Gojira onstage, under blue and white lights|At the 2012 [[Aalborg]] Metal Festival in Denmark]]
Gojira released ''L'Enfant Sauvage'' in June 2012 on Roadrunner Records for worldwide distribution.<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/> The album reached No.&nbsp;34 on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="Billboard200">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Billboard 200 |date=n.d. |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=11 May 2021 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116133755/https://www.billboard.com/music/gojira/chart-history/TLP |url-status=live }}</ref> selling 11,000 copies in the US in its first week. ''L'Enfant Sauvage'' charted 104 places higher in its first week than ''The Way of All Flesh'' did.<ref name="ESchart2012-07-04">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira's 'L'Enfant Sauvage' Cracks U.S. Top 40|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-s-l-enfant-sauvage-cracks-u-s-top/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160817212455/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-s-l-enfant-sauvage-cracks-u-s-top/|archive-date=17 August 2016|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> It peaked at No.&nbsp;9 on the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard charts#Tastemakers|Tastemaker Albums]] chart,<ref name="BB-Tastemakers">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/tas/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Tastemakers |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> No.&nbsp;13 on the US [[Billboard charts#Top Rock Albums|Top Rock Albums]] chart,<ref name="BB-TopRock">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/rck/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Top Rock Albums |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> and No.&nbsp;6 on the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard charts#Top Hard Rock Albums|Hard Rock Albums]] chart.<ref name="BB-HardRock">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/mtl/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Hard Rock Albums |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116131252/https://www.billboard.com/music/gojira/chart-history/MTL |url-status=live }}</ref> The album reached the top 40 in six European countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=L%27enfant+sauvage&cat=a|title=Gojira − L'Enfant Sauvage)|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2012|publisher=Finnish charts|language=en|access-date=16 January 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116142126/https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=L'enfant+sauvage&cat=a|archive-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> In [[Flanders]] and [[Wallonia]] it charted for 10 and 14 weeks, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/30bb9/Gojira-L'enfant-sauvage|title=Gojira − L'Enfant Sauvage|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=30 June 2012|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=6 November 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117153903/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/30bb9/Gojira-L'enfant-sauvage|archive-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]''{{'}}s Rob Sayce said that the album charted "without making a single concession to accessibility".{{sfn|Sayce|2013|p=23}} Dom Lawson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the album the maximum rating of five stars,<ref>{{cite news |last=Lawson |first=Dom |date=21 June 2012 |title=Gojira: L'Enfant Sauvage − review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/21/gojira-lenfant-sauvage-review |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421174910/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/21/gojira-lenfant-sauvage-review |archive-date=21 April 2019 |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> and Stephen Hill of ''Metal Hammer'' called the album "the bridge between Gojira's past and future".<ref name="Hill2020-06-03"/>

In June, Gojira participated in the [[Nova Rock Festival#2012 lineup|Nova Rock Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/festival/nova-rock-2012/|title=Nova Rock 2012 - Nickelsdorf, Austria (Pannonia Fields II)|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2012|website=Consequence|access-date=22 January 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101061135/https://consequenceofsound.net/festival/nova-rock-2012/|archive-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> ''The Flesh Alive'' DVD was released in the US on 31 July,<ref name="TFA2012-08-08"/> and the band then began the long L'Enfant Sauvage World Tour.<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> Gojira's setlist during the tour contained "Tron", a short interlude<ref>{{cite news|last=Sandvall|first=Anders|date=30 December 2012|title=Gojira with support at L'Enfant Sauvage World Tour 2012-13|url=https://www.metal-rules.com/2012/12/30/gojira-with-support-at-lenfant-sauvage-world-tour-2012-13-european-tour-mejeriet-lund-sweden/|url-status=live|work=[[Metal Rules]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210123140957/https://www.metal-rules.com/2012/12/30/gojira-with-support-at-lenfant-sauvage-world-tour-2012-13-european-tour-mejeriet-lund-sweden/|archive-date=23 January 2021|access-date=4 November 2021|quote=Note: ''Metal Rules'' was cited in ''[[The New York Times]]''}}</ref> where Mario Duplantier and his brother swapped instruments.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zina Walschots|first=Natalie|date=14 February 2013|title=Gojira, Devin Townsend Project, The Atlas Moth|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/gojira_devin_townsend_project_atlas_moth-phoenix_concert_theatre_toronto_on_february_13|url-status=live|work=[[Exclaim!]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210330231121/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/gojira_devin_townsend_project_atlas_moth-phoenix_concert_theatre_toronto_on_february_13|archive-date=30 March 2021|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> Gojira was scheduled to tour North America with Lamb of God and [[Dethklok]], but the tour was postponed due to the [[Randy Blythe manslaughter case|incarceration of Randy Blythe]] in the [[Czech Republic]];<ref name="Hartmann2012-07-31">{{cite news |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=31 July 2012 |title=Gojira Reveal 2012 North American Tour Dates |url=https://loudwire.com/gojira-reveal-2012-north-american-tour-dates/ |url-status=live |work=[[Loudwire]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208203657/https://loudwire.com/gojira-reveal-2012-north-american-tour-dates/ |archive-date=8 February 2020 |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> the tour was postponed until October.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hart|first=Josh|date=3 August 2012|title=Lamb of God Singer Randy Blythe Released from Jail, Tour to Be Rescheduled|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/lamb-god-singer-randy-blythe-released-jail-tour-be-rescheduled|url-status=live|work=[[Guitar World]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117162410/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/lamb-god-singer-randy-blythe-released-jail-tour-be-rescheduled|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> However, despite instabilities, the band continued to tour North America<ref name="Hartmann2012-07-31"/> and was included at the [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]'s [[Knotfest]] at [[Somerset Amphitheater]] with Cannibal Corpse, [[Deftones]], and [[Serj Tankian]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Riemenschneider|first=Chris|date=4 June 2012|title=Slipknot to tie up Somerset with Knotfest on August 18|url=https://www.startribune.com/slipknot-to-tie-up-somerset-with-knotfest-on-aug-18/157030545/?refresh=true|url-status=live|work=[[Star Tribune]]|location=[[Minnesota]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117195317/https://www.startribune.com/slipknot-to-tie-up-somerset-with-knotfest-on-aug-18/157030545/?refresh=true|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> In August 2012, at the [[Heavy Montréal#2012|Heavy Montréal Festival]], Labadie announced the European tour until the end of 2012 and a US and Canadian tour in 2013. By this time, Joe Duplantier had lived in New York for a year; his brother, Labadie, and Andreu remained in southwestern France. Labadie said, "We communicate differently, because of the time difference, and it is not really easy, but that is okay because he is truly happy to live in the States&nbsp;... he is passionate about the United States; his mother is American".<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Live 'N Loud Meets Gojira|url=http://liveandloudmagazine.com/2012/09/live-n-loud-meets-gojira/|url-status=live|department=Interview|work=Live 'N Loud magazine|date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027064052/http://liveandloudmagazine.com/2012/09/live-n-loud-meets-gojira/|archive-date=27 October 2020|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> On 15 December, Gojira headlined the Indian Metal Festival in [[Bangalore]]; "the whole front row was crying", said Joe Duplantier.{{sfn|Desgroux|2016|p=51}} Their musicianship and live performances had earned them the nickname "Gojiramazing" by fans in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Raziq |first=Rauf |date=2012 |title=Gojira: L'Enfant Sauvage − Review |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fn6m/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC Online]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426151840/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fn6m/ |archive-date=26 April 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Gojira, Jean Michel Labadie at Wacken Open Air 2013 02.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|alt=Jean-Michel Labadie onstage, in a black T-shirt|Labadie at the 2013 [[Wacken Open Air]] festival]]
In January and February 2013, Gojira, the [[Devin Townsend]] Project and [[the Atlas Moth]] toured North America.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Josiah |date=23 October 2012 |title=Devin Townsend Project Join Gojira for North American Tour |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/devin_townsend_project_join_gojira_for_north_american_tour |url-status=live |work=Exclaim! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129055839/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/devin_townsend_project_join_gojira_for_north_american_tour |archive-date=29 January 2019 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> In March, the band played a handful of UK concerts supporting [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]] on the [[Jägermeister Music Tour]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Ghost, Gojira and The Defiled For Jagermeister Music Tour 2013!|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/ghost-gojira-the-defiled-for-jagermeister-music-tour-2013|url-status=live|work=[[Rock Sound]]|date=26 November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117184834/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/ghost-gojira-the-defiled-for-jagermeister-music-tour-2013|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> In the middle of the month, Gojira headlined Norway's [[Trondheim]] Metal Fest.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira, Hatebreed, Napalm Death, Anaal Nathrakh Among First Acts Confirmed For Trondheim Metal Fest 2013|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-hatebreed-napalm-death-anaal-nathrakh-among-first-acts-confirmed-for-trondheim-metal-fest-2013|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=6 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210123222603/http://www.allmetalfest.com/trondheim-metal-fest-2013/|archive-date=23 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> ''L'Enfant Sauvage'' was nominated for Album Of The Year at the ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' Golden Gods Awards at [[L.A. Live|Club Nokia]] in [[downtown Los Angeles]] on 2 May 2013.<ref name="Pasbani2013-05-03">{{cite news|last=Pasbani|first=Robert|date=3 May 2013|title=Revolver Golden Gods Awards 2013: Winners And Performance Highlights|url=https://metalinjection.net/show-recap/revolver-golden-gods-awards-2013-winners-and-performance-highlights|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117163853/https://metalinjection.net/show-recap/revolver-golden-gods-awards-2013-winners-and-performance-highlights|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> Gojira received the [[Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards#2013|''Metal Hammer'' Golden Gods Award]] for Best Live Band at [[The O2]] on 17 June 2013 in London.<ref name="MHawards2013">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=18 June 2013 |title=Double win for Black Sabbath at Golden Gods awards |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-22948294 |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=BBC Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202012320/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-22948294 |archive-date=2 February 2015 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> The tour continued, and the band appeared at the Hellfest Summer Open Air,<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Nantes: Gojira, nouvelle tête d'affiche du Hellfest 2013 à Clisson|trans-title=Nantes: Gojira, new headliner of Hellfest 2013 in Clisson|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/clisson-44190/nantes-gojira-nouvelle-tete-daffiche-du-hellfest-2013-a-clisson-41de345c-dba2-11e9-8deb-0cc47a644868|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Ouest-France|date=11 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210123225220/https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/clisson-44190/nantes-gojira-nouvelle-tete-daffiche-du-hellfest-2013-a-clisson-41de345c-dba2-11e9-8deb-0cc47a644868|archive-date=23 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> the Wacken Open Air,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=11 June 2013 |title=Gojira, Uli Jon Roth And More Newly Confirmed For Wacken Open Air 2013 |url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-uli-jon-roth-and-more-newly-confirmed-for-wacken-open-air-2013-as-i-lay-dying-appearance-cancelled |url-status=live |work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105134105/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-uli-jon-roth-and-more-newly-confirmed-for-wacken-open-air-2013-as-i-lay-dying-appearance-cancelled |archive-date=5 November 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> and the Bloodstock Open Air.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bliss |first=Tony |date=14 May 2013 |title=News: Gojira confirm exclusive UK festival appearance at Bloodstock 2013 |url=https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-gojira-confirm-exclusive-uk-festival-appearance-at-bloodstock-2013/ |url-status=live |work=Dead Press! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228185525/https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-gojira-confirm-exclusive-uk-festival-appearance-at-bloodstock-2013/ |archive-date=28 February 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> Gojira made its first [[Israel]]i appearance on 15 August 2013 at Reading 3 in [[Tel Aviv]], a "packed venue", according to ''Terrorizer''{{'}}s Avi Pitchon,<ref>{{cite news|last=Whelan|first=Kez|date=27 August 2013|title=Gojira in Tel-Aviv: Live Review|url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/live-reviews/gojira-in-tel-aviv-live-review/|url-status=live|work=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|others=Written by Avi Pitchon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003094540/http://www.terrorizer.com/news/live-reviews/gojira-in-tel-aviv-live-review/|archive-date=3 October 2013|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> whose security barriers were bent by the crowd.{{sfn|Desgroux|2016|p=51}} The band performed at [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]'s November [[Fun Fun Fun Fest]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 lineup revealed|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/07/fun-fun-fun-fest-2013-lineup-revealed/|url-status=live|work=Consequence|date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210123232958/https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/07/fun-fun-fun-fest-2013-lineup-revealed/|archive-date=23 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> followed by a North American tour with 4Arm and Slayer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bowar |first=Chad |date=3 September 2013 |title=Slayer Announce Fall 2013 North American Tour |url=https://loudwire.com/slayer-fall-2013-north-american-tour/ |url-status=live |work=Loudwire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122071423/https://loudwire.com/slayer-fall-2013-north-american-tour/ |archive-date=22 January 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>

Gojira released ''[[Les Enfants Sauvages]]'' in March 2014, a live-CD/DVD and picture book documenting the band's more than 150 concerts on three continents in support of ''L'Enfant Sauvage''.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=24 January 2014 |title=Gojira: Trailer For 'Les Enfants Sauvages' Limited-Edition Photo Book, Live CD/DVD |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-trailer-for-les-enfants-sauvages-limited-edition-photo-book-live-cddvd/ |url-status=live |work=Blabbermouth.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131222531/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-trailer-for-les-enfants-sauvages-limited-edition-photo-book-live-cddvd/ |archive-date=31 January 2014 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> The DVD includes a March 2013 [[Jägermeister Music Tour]] concert at London's [[Brixton Academy]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Bliss|first=Tony|date=2 May 2013|title=Gojira film Brixton Academy show for upcoming DVD!|url=https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-gojira-film-brixton-academy-show-for-upcoming-dvd/|url-status=live|work=Dead Press!|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117224818/https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-gojira-film-brixton-academy-show-for-upcoming-dvd/|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> which was recorded by 14 cameras.<ref>{{cite news|last=Godla|first=Frank|date=17 March 2014|title=Is Gojira's Les Enfants Sauvages DVD Worth Picking Up?|url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/is-gojiras-les-enfants-sauvages-dvd-worth-picking-up|url-status=live|department=Reviews|work=Metal Injection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210110190548/https://metalinjection.net/reviews/is-gojiras-les-enfants-sauvages-dvd-worth-picking-up|archive-date=10 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> In an interview that month at Australia's Soundwave Festival, Mario Duplantier said that the band was working on a new album.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Mario Duplantier: 'We Want To Make The Strongest Album We Can Do'|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojiras-mario-duplantier-we-want-to-make-the-strongest-album-we-can-do/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=4 March 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140626053426/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojiras-mario-duplantier-we-want-to-make-the-strongest-album-we-can-do/|archive-date=26 June 2014|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> Gojira supported Mastodon and Kvelertak on a string of North American dates in April and May. The band continued successfully touring in support of the album, further consolidating their discography and launching them "into a new realm of success", wrote Graham Hartmann of ''Loudwire''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=3 February 2014 |title=Mastodon Announce 2014 Headlining U.S. Tour With Gojira and Kvelertak |url=https://loudwire.com/mastodon-2014-headlining-u-s-tour-gojira-kvelertak/ |url-status=live |work=Loudwire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024012413/https://loudwire.com/mastodon-2014-headlining-u-s-tour-gojira-kvelertak/ |archive-date=24 October 2020 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> The band played throughout the United States and Europe, including [[Rock on the Range#2014 lineup|Rock on the Range]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Rock on the Range reveals 2014 lineup|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/01/rock-on-the-range-reveals-2014-lineup-guns-n-roses-motorhead-and-mastodon/|url-status=live|work=Consequence|date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210124171504/https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/01/rock-on-the-range-reveals-2014-lineup-guns-n-roses-motorhead-and-mastodon/|archive-date=24 January 2021|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> [[Resurrection Fest]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire Resurrection Fest Performance|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-pro-shot-footage-of-entire-resurrection-fest-performance/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210124172232/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-pro-shot-footage-of-entire-resurrection-fest-performance/|archive-date=24 January 2021|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> Garorock Festival in [[Marmande]] (for the third time)<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Ils ont fait Garorock: ...|trans-title=They made Garorock: the history of the festival in 20 photos|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/culture/garorock/ils-ont-fait-garorock-l-histoire-du-festival-en-20-photos-7765187.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Sud Ouest|date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210124170757/https://www.sudouest.fr/2015/06/25/ils-ont-fait-garorock-l-histoire-du-festival-en-20-photos-1963530-3603.php|archive-date=24 January 2021|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> and the [[Graspop Metal Meeting#Graspop Metal Meeting 2014|Graspop Metal Meeting]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Slayer, Megadeth et Anthrax à l'affiche du Graspop 2014|trans-title=Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax on the Graspop 2014 billing|url=https://www.rtbf.be/culture/musique/detail_slayer-megadeth-et-anthrax-a-l-affiche-du-graspop-2014?id=8191605|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[RTBF]]|date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210124181325/https://www.rtbf.be/culture/musique/detail_slayer-megadeth-et-anthrax-a-l-affiche-du-graspop-2014?id=8191605|archive-date=24 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> Gojira continued on the festival circuit, headlining the Sylak Open Air Festival on 9 August 2014 in France<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Droit|first=Christophe|date=23 February 2014|title=Le Sylak Open Air 2014 dévoile ses premiers artistes|trans-title=Sylak Open Air 2014 unveils its first artists|url=https://hardforce.com/actu/6824/le-sylak-open-air-2014-devoile-ses-premiers-artistes|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Hard Force Magazine|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210124193534/https://hardforce.com/actu/6824/le-sylak-open-air-2014-devoile-ses-premiers-artistes|archive-date=24 January 2021|access-date=24 January 2021|oclc=32640105}}</ref> and the [[Vagos Open Air#2014|Vagos Open Air]] Festival the following day in [[Lisbon]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rodrigues |first=José Miguel |date=28 May 2018 |title=Vagos Open Air 2014: Gojira |url=https://www.loudmagazine.net/vagos-open-air-2014-gojira-confirmados/ |url-status=live |language=pt |work=Loud Magazine |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211105164724/https://www.loudmagazine.net/vagos-open-air-2014-gojira-confirmados/ |archive-date=5 November 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> Mastodon, Gojira and Kvelertak reunited for another US tour in October and November 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=7 July 2014|title=Mastodon Announce New Leg of 2014 U.S. Tour With Gojira and Kvelertak|url=https://loudwire.com/mastodon-fall-2014-u-s-tour-gojira-kvelertak/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024123137/https://loudwire.com/mastodon-fall-2014-u-s-tour-gojira-kvelertak/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> Joe Duplantier began work on a recording studio in [[Ridgewood, Queens]] in November, and Mario moved to New York.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30">{{cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=30 March 2016|title=Gojira Preview 'Emotional', 'Epic' New Album|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/gojira-preview-emotional-epic-new-album-162261/|url-status=live|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609152121/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gojira-preview-emotional-epic-new-album-20160330?page=3|archive-date=9 June 2016|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
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===''Magma'' (2015-2019)===
Joe and Mario Duplantier finished building Silver Cord Studio, Joe's New York recording studio, in early April 2015.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/> It has become Gojira's recording studio and headquarters in America, joining Le Studio des Milans in Ondres.<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22">{{cite news|last=Marraud|first=Sébastien|date=22 January 2017|title=Le plus international...|trans-title=The most international of French rock bands|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/gironde/cenon/gojira-n-est-plus-un-groupe-de-death-metal-3432951.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Sud Ouest|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210129212348/https://www.sudouest.fr/2017/01/22/gojira-n-est-plus-un-groupe-de-death-metal-3120200-4608.php|archive-date=29 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021|trans-quote="We have both a QG in Ondres and another in Brooklyn." "QG" > ''Quartier Général'' (Headquarters).}}</ref> [[Audio file format|Audio files]] were created sporadically since late 2013 "on the computer in the tour bus", said Mario Duplantier;<ref name="BB2015-09-07">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Mario Duplantier Talks Next Album (Video)|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojiras-mario-duplantier-talks-next-album-video/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=7 September 2015|orig-date=Interview 28 August 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210130002435/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojiras-mario-duplantier-talks-next-album-video/|archive-date=30 January 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> the new songs were a change in style for the band, as Joe experimented with clean vocals.<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17">{{cite news|last=Dedman|first=Remfry|date=17 June 2016|title=Gojira, Magma: Album Stream (Interview)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gojira-magma-album-stream-a7082706.html|url-status=live|language=en-GB|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103355/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gojira-magma-album-stream-a7082706.html|archive-date=8 November 2020|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> The brothers began recording ''[[Magma (Gojira album)|Magma]]'', Gojira's sixth album, at Silver Cord Studio on 6 April.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kielty |first= Martin Kielty |date=6 April 2021 |title=Gojira tease studio return |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-tease-studio-return |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105173241/https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-tease-studio-return |archive-date=5 November 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> Ten days into recording, however, recording was suspended when they learned that their mother was ill and flew back to France.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/>

[[File:2017 RiP - Gojira - by 2eight - 8SC9299.jpg|thumb|alt=Joe Duplantier on guitar and Mario on drums onstage|The death of Mario and Joe Duplantier's mother greatly affected the recording of ''Magma''.]]
The band played a handful of dates in Europe for several festivals, ending ''L'Enfant Sauvage''{{'}}s tour cycle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dodon |first=Julien |date=24 May 2015 |title=Tu aimes le métal? Gojira est là pour toi |trans-title=Do you like metal? Gojïra is there for you |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/clermont-ferrand-63000/loisirs/tu-aimes-le-metal-gojira-est-la-pour-toi_11452596/ |url-status=live |language=fr |department=Interview (with Christian Andreu) |work=La Montagne |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211105190710/https://www.lamontagne.fr/clermont-ferrand-63000/loisirs/tu-aimes-le-metal-gojira-est-la-pour-toi_11452596/ |archive-date=5 November 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> On 5 July 2015, Patricia Rosa Duplantier died of cancer;<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> Gojira concerts were canceled, and the recording of ''Magma'' was greatly affected.<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/> The band again toured worldwide, commencing at [[Musilac Music Festival]] in [[Aix-les-Bains]] on 10 July,<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=11 July 2015 |title=Musilac 2015, Jour 1: sous le soleil exactement... |trans-title=Musilac 2015, Day 1: exactly under the sun... |url=https://www.rollingstone.fr/musilac-2015-jour-1-sous-le-soleil-exactement/ |url-status=live |language=fr |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518092134/https://www.rollingstone.fr/musilac-2015-jour-1-sous-le-soleil-exactement/ |archive-date=18 May 2021 |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> and was billed beneath [[Korn]] at the Rock Off Festival in [[Istanbul]] on 1 August.<ref>Gojira resumed touring, performing worldwide:
* {{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Rock Off festival to gather music lovers in Istanbul|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/weekend-in-istanbul-greek-music-a-rock-festival-and-a-silent-concert-86245|url-status=live|language=en|work=[[Hürriyet Daily News]]|agency=[[Anadolu Agency]]|date= 31 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814180612/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/weekend-in-istanbul-greek-music-a-rock-festival-and-a-silent-concert-86245|archive-date=14 August 2018|access-date=9 January 2022}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://hardforce.com/concert/7982/rock-off-2015-2015-08-02|title=Agenda - Rock Off 2015|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|language=fr|magazine=Hard Force Magazine|access-date=30 January 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210130193253/https://hardforce.com/concert/7982/rock-off-2015-2015-08-02|archive-date=30 January 2021|oclc=32640105}}
* {{cite news|last=Palmer|first=Siobhan|date=7 August 2015|title=Reading Festival 2015: Line-up|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/reading-festival-2015-line-up/|url-status=live|language=en-GB|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030172932/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/reading-festival-2015-line-up/|archive-date=30 October 2015|access-date=31 January 2021|url-access=subscription}}
* {{cite news|last=Adams|first=Gregory|date=9 March 2015|title=Heavy Montreal Reveals 2015 Lineup|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/heavy_montreal_reveals_2015_lineup|url-status=live|publisher=[[Exclaim!]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225114245/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/heavy_montreal_reveals_2015_lineup|archive-date=25 February 2018|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> On 28 August, Mario Duplantier announced before Gojira's concert in [[Dublin]] that recording had resumed and was almost completed.<ref name="BB2015-09-07"/> The band played at Brazil's [[Rock in Rio#Rock in Rio 6|Rock in Rio]] festival, one of the world's largest music festivals, on 19 September and closed their set with "The Gift of Guilt".<ref>Rock in Rio 2015:
* {{cite news|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2015|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/festival/rock-in-rio-2015/|title=Rock in Rio 2015|website=Consequence|access-date=6 November 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206001820/https://consequenceofsound.net/festival/rock-in-rio-2015/|archive-date=6 February 2016}}
* {{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Rock in Rio 2015: franceses do Gojira levantam multidão com metal ambiental|trans-title=... French from Gojira raise crowd with environmental metal|url=https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/noticia/rock-rio-2015-franceses-do-gojira-levantam-multidao-com-metal-ambiental/|url-status=live|language=pt|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012193534/http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/noticia/rock-rio-2015-franceses-do-gojira-levantam-multidao-com-metal-ambiental/#imagem0|archive-date=12 October 2015|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> From mid-September to mid-October, their tour visited [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], [[Argentina]], and the Santiago Gets Louder Festival in [[Chile]]. Gojira went to [[Japan]] as the supporting act for Slayer in [[Osaka]] and [[Tokyo]] in October 2015, followed by a performance at the [[Loud Park Festival#2015 (October 10–11)|Loud Park Festival]] at [[Saitama Super Arena]] before returning to Israel shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Beirne|first=Oran|date=15 September 2015|title=Exclusive: Joe Duplantier of Gojira Talks New Album|url=https://www.overdrive.ie/exclusive-joe-duplantier-gojira-talks-new-album/|url-status=live|work=Overdrive.ie|others=Transcription: Katie McGarr|location=[[Dublin]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031233115/https://www.overdrive.ie/exclusive-joe-duplantier-gojira-talks-new-album/|archive-date=31 October 2020|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref>

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' included the band's forthcoming release in their list of "25 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2016".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bienstock|first1=Richard|last2=Epstein|first2=Dan|last3=Geist|first3=Brandon|last4=Grow|first4=Kory|last5=Krovatin|first5=Christopher|author-link5=Christopher Krovatin|last6=Wiederhorn|first6=Jon|date=12 January 2016|title=25 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2016 - Metallica, Deftones, Gojira and more...|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/25-most-anticipated-metal-albums-of-2016-20665/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108100112/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/25-most-anticipated-metal-albums-of-2016-20665/|archive-date=8 November 2020|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> In May 2016, Joe Duplantier announced the itinerary (in larger venues) in France, [[Italy]], [[Poland]], Switzerland, Belgium and the UK for the tour supporting the upcoming album.<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> In early June, a private concert for one hundred people was filmed in black and white by seven cameras at a [[television studio]] in [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Plaine Saint-Denis]] (near [[Paris]]). Director Paul Ouazan decided to film a performance video focused on the crowd: "I was immediately convinced that the band had a fifth member: its audience". The performance was broadcast on [[Arte]] later that month.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marie-Hélène|first=Soenen|date=25 June 2016|title=Un fantastique live de Gojira à voir sur Arte concert|trans-title=A fantastic Gojira live to see on Arte concert|url=https://www.telerama.fr/television/un-fantastique-live-de-gojira-a-voir-sur-arte-concert,144380.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Télérama|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108145520/https://www.telerama.fr/television/un-fantastique-live-de-gojira-a-voir-sur-arte-concert,144380.php|archive-date=8 November 2020|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> The band was included in the live lineup of the 13 June [[Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards#2016|''Metal Hammer'' Golden Gods Awards]] at the [[Hammersmith Apollo|Eventim Apollo]] in London.<ref>{{cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Sam |date=13 June 2013 |title=Anthrax, Lemmy Honoured At Golden Gods |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/anthrax-lemmy-honoured-at-golden-god-awards/ |url-status=live |work=[[Universal Music Group|UDiscoverMusic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511155020/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/anthrax-lemmy-honoured-at-golden-god-awards/ |archive-date=11 May 2019 |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> They made their first world television appearance as musical guests of the day on ''[[Le Petit Journal (TV programme)|Le Petit Journal]]'' three days later, performing an excerpt from "Silvera" in prime time on [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] in France.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Faure|first=Laurence|date=17 June 2016|title=Gojira: Live au 'Petit Journal'|trans-title=Live at the 'Little Diary'|url=https://hardforce.com/actu/16615/gojira-le-live-au-petit-journal|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Hard Force Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603183932/https://hardforce.com/actu/16615/gojira-le-live-au-petit-journal|archive-date=3 June 2018|access-date=6 November 2021|oclc=32640105}}</ref>

{{Listen|type=music|filename=Gojira - Stranded.ogg|title="Stranded"|description=A sample of "Stranded" from ''Magma''}}
''Magma'', Gojira's self-produced album,<ref name="Grow2016-03-30"/> was released on 17 June 2016 on Roadrunner Records. The album was available for streaming on the band's official [[YouTube]] channel two days before its release.<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17"/> It debuted at No.&nbsp;24 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 17,000 units in its first week of release in the US.<ref name="LW2021-05-11">{{cite news|last=Hartamann|first=Graham|date=11 May 2021|title=Gojira's 'Fortitude' Is the Highest-Selling Album in the United States|url=https://loudwire.com/gojira-fortitude-highest-selling-album-united-states/|url-status=live|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511201934/https://loudwire.com/gojira-fortitude-highest-selling-album-united-states/|archive-date=11 May 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> The album debuted and peaked at No.&nbsp;4 on the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Albums chart and No.&nbsp;6 on the Tastemaker Albums chart.<ref name="BB-TopRock"/><ref name="BB-Tastemakers"/> It topped the ''Billboard'' Hard Rock Albums chart, making Gojira the first French band to top that chart.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=15 August 2018 |title=Gojira Frontman: 'It Looks Like We're Going To Write 100 Songs' For Next Album |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-it-looks-like-were-going-to-write-100-songs-for-next-album/ |url-status=live |work=Blabbermouth.net |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210927180931/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-it-looks-like-were-going-to-write-100-songs-for-next-album/ |archive-date=27 September 2021 |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> The album debuted (and peaked) at No.&nbsp;17 on the ''Billboard''{{'s}} [[Canadian Albums Chart]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/cna/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Billboard Canadian Albums |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121195502/https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/cna/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and debuted at No.&nbsp;11 on Australia's [[ARIA Albums Chart|Australian Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=Magma&cat=a|title=Gojira - Magma (album)|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2008|publisher=Australian charts|language=en|access-date=6 February 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614202902/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=Magma&cat=a|archive-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> ''Magma'' reached the top 40 in twelve European countries and the top 10 in Switzerland, Finland, Austria, Norway and France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://acharts.co/album/100511|title=Gojira − Magma (Chart Stats: Historic Performance)|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|publisher=[[:pt:Acharts.co|Acharts.co]] (aCharts.us)|language=en|access-date=6 November 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807214940/https://acharts.co/album/100511|archive-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> The album had a generally-favorable critical reception, scoring a 79 on Metacritic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/magma/gojira|title=Magma by Gojira|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=5 February 2021|archive-date=17 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617193006/http://www.metacritic.com/music/magma/gojira|url-status=live}}</ref> Gojira departed from its [[Technical death metal|tech-death]]<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17"/> and tried to emphasize its [[Progressive metal|progressive]]&ndash;[[Post-metal|post-genres]] side, which divided some fans.<ref name="Hill2020-06-03"/> Remfry Dedman of ''[[The Independent]]'' called the band "pioneers of modern 21st-century progressive metal".<ref name="Dedman2016-06-17"/>

[[File:Gojira live Toronto 2016 117.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Gojira onstage under red lights, seen from the audience|Gojira in [[Toronto]] during the Magma Tour, 2016]]
Gojira began its three-to-four-year Magma world tour<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Michel|first=Magali|date=13 April 2017|title=Ils Oeuvrent Dans L'ombre: ...|trans-title=They Work In The Shadow: Spotlight on Nicolas Riot, lighting designer, co-founder of Chirac Design|url=https://headlinemagazine.net/2017/04/13/ils-oeuvrent-dans-lombre-coup-de-projecteur-sur-nicolas-riot-concepteur-lumiere-cofondateur-de-chirac-design/|url-status=live|language=fr|department=Interview|magazine=Headline Magazine|place=[[Birmingham]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127133502/https://headlinemagazine.net/2017/04/13/ils-oeuvrent-dans-lombre-coup-de-projecteur-sur-nicolas-riot-concepteur-lumiere-cofondateur-de-chirac-design/|archive-date=27 November 2020|access-date=6 November 2021|trans-quote="Almost six weeks of touring then a month break before resuming for five or six weeks. The pace of these wanderings around the world is immutable and will stretch over three or four years".}}</ref> in Europe and at a number of summer music festivals, followed by a 27-date headlining tour of North America with [[Tesseract (band)|Tesseract]] as the opening act from mid-July through October 2016.<ref>2016 European and North American tour with Tesseract:
*{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira, le groupe de metal ...|trans-title=Gojira, the French metal band that conquered the planet|url=https://www.rtbf.be/culture/musique/detail_gojira-le-groupe-de-metal-francais-qui-a-conquis-la-planete?id=9321971|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[RTBF]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207173128/https://www.rtbf.be/culture/musique/detail_gojira-le-groupe-de-metal-francais-qui-a-conquis-la-planete?id=9321971|archive-date=7 February 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}
*{{Cite news|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|date=2 May 2016|title=Gojira Announce 2016 North American Tour With Tesseract|url=http://loudwire.com/gojira-2016-north-american-tour-tesseract/|url-status=live|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606063317/http://loudwire.com/gojira-2016-north-american-tour-tesseract/|archive-date=6 June 2016|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> By this time, Gojira had made seventeen US tours.<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/>{{sfn|Desgroux|2016|p=51}} The band began their UK and European arena tour in November and December with [[Alter Bridge]], [[Volbeat]] and [[Like a Storm]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Epic tour is epic|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/alter-bridge-announce-arena-tour-with-volbeat-and-gojira/|url-status=live|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=4 July 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210207140148/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/alter-bridge-announce-arena-tour-with-volbeat-and-gojira/|archive-date=7 February 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> A November 2016 ''Metal Hammer'' article said that Gojira had "emerged as one of the most important metal outfits on the planet",<ref name="Daly2016-11-11"/> with a "loyal, passionate, fiercely evangelical fanbase".<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> In mid-November, the band appeared on a live broadcast of the [[BBC Radio 1|BBC Radio 1 Rock Show]] at London's [[Maida Vale Studios]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lach|first=Stef|date=15 November 2016|title=Watch Gojira perform The Shooting Star live on the BBC|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-gojira-perform-the-shooting-star-live-on-the-bbc|url-status=live|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210213145337/https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-gojira-perform-the-shooting-star-live-on-the-bbc|archive-date=13 February 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> [[Kirk Hammett]] later called ''Magma'' "an incredible piece of art".<ref>{{cite news|last=Divita|first=Joe|date=23 November 2016|title=Metallica's Kirk Hammett Calls Gojira's 'Magma' Album 'An Incredible Piece of Art'|url=https://loudwire.com/metallica-kirk-hammett-gojira-magma-album-incredible-piece-art/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030231822/https://loudwire.com/metallica-kirk-hammett-gojira-magma-album-incredible-piece-art/|archive-date=30 October 2020|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref>

In January 2017, Gojira began a French tour with nine consecutive sold-out concerts.<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22"/>{{refn|group=nb|Grindcore band Nostromo, with whom Gojira shared the stage on the ''Terra Incognita'' tour, was chosen as the opener for the tour.<ref name="Nartz2017-01-23"/><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Michel|first=Magali|date=30 January 2017|title=Nantes ovationne Gojira|trans-title=Nantes acclaims Gojira|url=https://headlinemagazine.net/2017/01/30/nantes-ovationne-gojira/|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Headline Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928130256/https://headlinemagazine.net/2017/01/30/nantes-ovationne-gojira/|archive-date=28 September 2020|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>}} Two more sold-out concerts concluded the French leg of the tour at the Paris [[Olympia (Paris)|Olympia]] on 1 and 2 April.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Concludes French Leg Of 'Magma' Tour With Two Sold-Out Shows In Paris|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-concludes-french-leg-of-magma-tour-with-two-sold-out-shows-in-paris-video/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609165916/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-concludes-french-leg-of-magma-tour-with-two-sold-out-shows-in-paris-video/|archive-date=9 June 2017|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> Within eight months of its release, ''Magma'' had sold 400,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|last=d'Avout|first=Caroline|date=12 February 2017|title=Grammy Awards: ...|trans-title=Grammy Awards: Gojira very close to the stars|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/weekend/spectacles-musique/grammy-awards-le-francais-gojira-tout-pres-des-etoiles-1210934|url-status=live|work=[[Les Echos (France)|Les Echos]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206013620/https://www.lesechos.fr/weekend/spectacles-musique/grammy-awards-le-francais-gojira-tout-pres-des-etoiles-1210934|archive-date=6 February 2021|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> On 12 February 2017, the band was nominated for two Grammy Awards; ''Magma'' was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]] and its second single, "Silvera", was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] at the [[59th Annual Grammy Awards]] at the [[Staples Center]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Grammys 2017: The complete list of winners|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/02/12/winners-list-who-won-what-59th-annual-grammys/97737914/|url-status=live|work=[[USA Today]]|date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025200/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/02/12/winners-list-who-won-what-59th-annual-grammys/97737914/|archive-date=12 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> At that time, Gojira was labeled a "French-American metal band" by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=6 February 2017|title=Meet Gojira, the hard rockers who became a Grammy surprise|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-gojira-grammys-20170206-story.html|url-status=live|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209065244/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-gojira-grammys-20170206-story.html|archive-date=9 February 2017|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> On 6 May 2017, the band performed along with [[Opeth]], Mastodon, [[Eagles of Death Metal]], the Devin Townsend Project, and [[Russian Circles]] at [[Philadelphia]]'s [[Franklin Music Hall|Electric Factory]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaye |first=Ben |date=20 December 2016 |title=Mastodon, Opeth, Gojira, Eagles of Death Metal to play massive metal show in Philadelphia |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/12/mastodon-opeth-gojira-eagles-of-death-metal-to-play-massive-metal-show-in-philadelphia/ |url-status=live |work=Consequence |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210213222814/https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/12/mastodon-opeth-gojira-eagles-of-death-metal-to-play-massive-metal-show-in-philadelphia/ |archive-date=13 February 2021 |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> ''Magma'' received the Best Album award at the ''Metal Hammer'' Golden Gods Awards on 12 June 2017.<ref name="Munro2017-06-12">{{cite news|last=Munro|first=Scott|date=12 June 2017|title=Golden Gods 2017: Mastodon, A7X and Gojira among winners|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/golden-gods-2017-mastodon-a7x-gojira-among-winners|url-status=live|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210117171431/https://www.loudersound.com/news/golden-gods-2017-mastodon-a7x-gojira-among-winners|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> Gojira began a short run of US co-headlining dates with Opeth,<ref>{{cite news|last=Childers|first=Chad|date=6 December 2016|title=Opeth + Gojira Reveal Brief 2017 U.S. Tour|url=https://loudwire.com/opeth-gojira-reveal-brief-2017-u-s-tour/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803120902/https://loudwire.com/opeth-gojira-reveal-brief-2017-u-s-tour/|archive-date=3 August 2020|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> and supported [[Metallica]]'s US [[WorldWired Tour]] that summer with [[Avenged Sevenfold]] and [[Volbeat]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Lindy |date=13 February 2017 |title=Metallica announce huge tour with Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat and Gojira |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/metallica_announce_huge_tour/ |url-status=live |work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520011008/https://www.altpress.com/news/metallica_announce_huge_tour/ |archive-date=20 May 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> They headlined the Main Stage 2 at [[Download Festival#2017|Download Festival]], before [[Linkin Park]] on the Main Stage 1, in Paris on 9 June and Spain on 22 June.<ref>Download Festival 2017 in Paris and Spain:
* {{cite news|last=Cosson|first=Nolwenn|date=9 June 2017|title=Gojira, ...|trans-title=Gojira, Blink 182 or even Linkin Park. The first big headliners of the rock and metal festival will perform this Friday|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/le-plessis-pate-91220/les-premiers-concerts-du-download-festival-font-vibrer-l-ex-base-militaire-de-bretigny-sur-orge-09-06-2017-7035795.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Le Parisien|place=[[Brétigny-sur-Orge Air Base]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213213947/https://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/le-plessis-pate-91220/les-premiers-concerts-du-download-festival-font-vibrer-l-ex-base-militaire-de-bretigny-sur-orge-09-06-2017-7035795.php|archive-date=13 February 2021|access-date=7 November 2021}}
* {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=26 June 2017 |title=Download Festival Madrio 2017 |url=https://www.antena3.com/noticias/cultura/system-down-pogos-rabia-metal-download_201706265950d6480cf26ceeda345535.html |url-status=live |language=es |work=[[Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel)|Antena 3]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211107181648/https://www.antena3.com/noticias/cultura/system-down-pogos-rabia-metal-download_201706265950d6480cf26ceeda345535.html |archive-date=7 November 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> On 15 July, Gojira had top billing at the [[Dynamo Open Air#2017|Dynamo Metal Fest]] in [[Eindhoven]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Jim |date=26 March 2017 |title=Interview: Joe Duplantier of Gojira |url=https://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2017/03/interview-joe-duplantier-of-gojira-2017gla/ |url-status=live |work=The Moshville Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723170159/https://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2017/03/interview-joe-duplantier-of-gojira-2017gla/ |archive-date=23 July 2017 |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> The band played a US headlining tour during the fall; [[Converge (band)|Converge]], [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]], [[Pallbearer (band)|Pallbearer]], [[Oni (band)|Oni]], and [[Torche (band)|Torche]] supported them on selected dates with festival appearances.<ref>{{cite news|last=Petro|first=Larry|date=9 August 2017|title=Gojira Set To Launch US Headline Tour|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=25294|url-status=live|work=[[KBUE]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026123405/http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=25294|archive-date=26 October 2020|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> In 2017, Mario Duplantier returned to France due to [[Multiple citizenship|visa-related]] technical reasons and to see his family, saying that Gojira "is a bit in Ondres, a little bit in Brooklyn, a bit in Bassussarry&nbsp;... Between the Landes, the United States, and the Basque Country".<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22"/>

[[File:Gojira - Wacken Open Air 2018-6596.jpg|thumb|alt=Gojira on a large festival stage|Gojira at Wacken Open Air in Germany, August 2018]]
In 2018, the band achieved headlining status at heavy metal festivals. Gojira played a string of festival dates throughout the summer, including the [[Tuska Open Air Metal Festival]], [[Brutal Assault|Brutal Assault Open Air]], and [[Bloodstock Open Air#BOA 2018|Bloodstock Open Air]].<ref>2018 marked their headlining debut at European festivals:
* {{cite news|last=Collins|first=Dillon|date=15 August 2018|title=Joe Duplantier Talks Becoming A Headliner, Being Somewhere Between A Scientist and Poet, and 'Surprising' New Material|url=https://metalinjection.net/interviews/gojiras-joe-duplantier-talks-becoming-a-headliner-being-somewhere-between-a-scientist-and-poet-and-surprising-new-material|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125230743/https://metalinjection.net/interviews/gojiras-joe-duplantier-talks-becoming-a-headliner-being-somewhere-between-a-scientist-and-poet-and-surprising-new-material|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=14 February 2021}} 
* {{cite magazine|last=McHugh|first=Dan|date=26 August 2018|title=Interview: Mario Duplantier − Gojira|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/interview-mario-duplantier-gojira-2018/|url-status=live|magazine=Distorted Sound Magazine|location=UK|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210214151347/https://distortedsoundmag.com/interview-mario-duplantier-gojira-2018/|archive-date=14 February 2021|access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> In early August 2018, Gojira played to the largest crowd of their career at [[Pol'and'Rock Festival]] in [[Kostrzyn nad Odrą]], [[Poland]]. More than 400,000 people attended the festival.<ref>Gojira's performed at the Pol'and'Rock Festival − 400,000 attendees: 
* {{cite news |author=Redakcja |date=31 July 2017 |title=Pol'and'Rock Festival 2018 |url=https://www.radiozet.pl/Co-gdzie-kiedy-jak/Pol-and-Rock-Festival-2018-rozpiska-godzinowa-koncertow-Woodstock |url-status=live |language=pl |work=[[Radio ZET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204120932/https://www.radiozet.pl/Co-gdzie-kiedy-jak/Pol-and-Rock-Festival-2018-rozpiska-godzinowa-koncertow-Woodstock |archive-date=4 December 2020 |access-date=8 November 2021}}
* {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=4 July 2018 |title=Music festivals: What's the world's biggest? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44697302 |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902130601/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44697302 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref> Nick John, who managed Gojira, Mastodon and Slayer, died of cancer on 8 September; John had managed Gojira since 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stutz|first=Colin|date=9 September 2018|title=Mastodon's Longtime Manager Nick John Dies|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8474938/nick-john-mastodon-manager-dead-slayer-gojira|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428200400/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8474938/nick-john-mastodon-manager-dead-slayer-gojira|archive-date=28 April 2019|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>

On 16 January 2019, Gojira released its Pol'and'Rock Festival 2018 set on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chapstick|first=Kelsey|date=16 January 2019|title=Watch Gojira's Crushing Hour-Long Set at Massive Pol'And'Rock Festival 2018|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/watch-gojiras-crushing-hour-long-set-massive-polandrock-festival-2018|url-status=live|work=Revolver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105180305/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/watch-gojiras-crushing-hour-long-set-massive-polandrock-festival-2018|archive-date=5 November 2019|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref> That summer, they supported Slipknot on their US Knotfest Roadshow tour; [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] and Volbeat were also supporting acts.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=4 March 2019|title=Slipknot Ready New Album, Plot North American Tour|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-new-album-knotfest-roadshow-tour-dates-802821/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111190451/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-new-album-knotfest-roadshow-tour-dates-802821/|archive-date=11 November 2020|access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> Gojira headlined the first day of the Hellfest Summer Open Air, one of Europe's largest metal festivals, on 21 June.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Roulleau |first=Denis |date=26 June 2019 |title=Live Report − Hellfest Experience |url=https://www.rollingstone.fr/live-report-hellfest-2019/ |url-status=live |language=fr |magazine=Rolling Stone |location=Paris |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220717114849/https://www.rollingstone.fr/live-report-hellfest-2019/ |archive-date=17 July 2022 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> On 2 November, they supported Deftones during their Dia De Los Deftones Festival with [[Chvrches]], [[Youth Code]], [[JPEGMafia]] and [[Brutus (Belgian band)|Brutus]] at [[San Diego]]'s [[Petco Park]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=29 July 2019|title=Deftones Recruit Chvrches, Gojira for 2019 Dia De Los Deftones Festival|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/deftones-chvrches-gojira-dia-de-los-deftones-festival-864805/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127062413/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/deftones-chvrches-gojira-dia-de-los-deftones-festival-864805/|archive-date=27 November 2020|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>

===''Fortitude'' (2020–present)===
In May 2020, Gojira streamed ''Live At Red Rocks'' on YouTube, their 2017 concert at [[Red Rocks Amphitheatre]] in [[Morrison, Colorado]], to celebrate their thousandth performance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Munro|first=Scott|date=4 August 2020|title=Gojira light up social media with Another Place To Be teaser|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-light-up-social-media-with-another-place-to-be-teaser|url-status=live|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210306143635/https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-light-up-social-media-with-another-place-to-be-teaser|archive-date=6 March 2021|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> The band released "Another World", their first single in four years, on 5 August;<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=5 August 2020|title=Gojira Share 'Another World', First New Song in Four Years|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gojira-another-world-new-song-1039656/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116110438/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gojira-another-world-new-song-1039656/|archive-date=16 January 2021|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> it was their first ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''-charting single.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|date=14 August 2020|title=Gojira Makes First Billboard Songs Chart Appearance With 'Another World'|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/gojira-billboard-songs-chart-another-world|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903112942/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/9434729/gojira-billboard-songs-chart-another-world|archive-date=3 September 2020|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> It peaked at No.&nbsp;5 on the [[Billboard charts#Rock|Hard Rock Digital Song Sales]] and No. 12 on the [[Billboard charts#Rock|Hot Hard Rock Songs]] charts.<ref name="BB-hrdss">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/hrd/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Hard Rock Digital Song Sales |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121195503/https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/hrd/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BB-hhrs">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/hsg/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Hot Hard Rock Songs |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210511161604/https://www.billboard.com/music/gojira/chart-history/HSG |url-status=live }}</ref> Their performance at Hellfest 2019 was made available for streaming on YouTube in November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=19 November 2020 |title=Watch Gojira's Entire Hellfest 2019 Performance |url=https://metalinjection.net/video/watch-gojiras-entire-hellfest-2019-performance-while-its-still-up |url-status=live |work=Metal Injection |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203111306/https://metalinjection.net/video/watch-gojiras-entire-hellfest-2019-performance-while-its-still-up |archive-date=3 February 2021 |access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>

Gojira announced their seventh studio album, ''[[Fortitude (album)|Fortitude]]'', on 17 February 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=17 February 2021|title=See Gojira's Trippy Video for Heavy Headbanger 'Born for One Thing'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gojiras-trippy-born-for-one-thing-1129360/|url-status=live|language=en-US|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218075029/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gojiras-trippy-born-for-one-thing-1129360/|archive-date=18 February 2021|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> Production had begun in early 2018 at Silver Cord Studio, and its original June 2020 release date had been postponed to September of that year due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Law2021-02-18">{{cite news|last=Law|first=Sam|date=18 February 2021|title=Inside Gojira's new metal masterpiece&nbsp;...|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/inside-gojira-new-metal-masterpiece-fortitude-and-their-fight-for-our-future/?next|url-status=live|work=[[Kerrang!]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220181303/https://www.kerrang.com/features/inside-gojira-new-metal-masterpiece-fortitude-and-their-fight-for-our-future/?next|archive-date=20 February 2021|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> ''Fortitude'' was called "one of 2021's most heavily anticipated metal releases".<ref name="JurekFortitude">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0003483886 |title=Gojira: Fortitude |website=AllMusic |last1=Jurek |first1=Thom |access-date=14 November 2021 |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113225249/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0003483886 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gojira's 2021 single, "Amazonia", was released as part of a month-long fundraiser by the band for a [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Brazilian]] [[indigenous rights]] initiative.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=2021-03-26|title=Gojira Rage Against Deforestation in New 'Amazonia' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gojira-amazonia-1147594/|url-status=live|language=en-US|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326175220/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gojira-amazonia-1147594/|archive-date=2021-03-26|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref> It peaked at No.&nbsp;17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Hard Rock Songs charts, and the band also placed the single "Born for One Thing" at No.&nbsp;18.<ref name="BB-hhrs"/>

''Fortitude'', produced and recorded by Joe Duplantier at Silver Cord Studio and mixed by [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]], was released on 30 April 2021 on Roadrunner Records.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Emily|date=17 February 2021|title=Gojira announce new album Fortitude, unleash huge single 'Born For One Thing'|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/gojira-announce-new-album-fortitude-unleash-lead-single-born-for-one-thing/|url-status=live|work=Kerrang!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217185227/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/gojira-announce-new-album-fortitude-unleash-lead-single-born-for-one-thing/|archive-date=17 February 2021|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> Sonically, the album contained an array of genres, tempos, and [[Social consciousness|socially conscious]] songs, as they continued venturing into new territory while maintaining the band's trademark sound.<ref name="JurekFortitude"/> ''Fortitude'' topped the US [[iTunes]] all-genre sales chart<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=30 April 2021|title=Rumor Mill|url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=326273&title=FLIPOVER-FRIDAY%3A-NEW-ARRIVALS-AT-iTUNES-AND-APPLE-MUSIC|url-status=live|work=[[Hits (magazine)|Hits]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210505151554/https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=326273&title=FLIPOVER-FRIDAY:-NEW-ARRIVALS-AT-iTUNES-AND-APPLE-MUSIC|archive-date=5 May 2021|access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> and debuted at No.&nbsp;12 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. It topped the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts. The album topped the ''Billboard'' [[Top Album Sales#2021|Top Album Sales]] and [[Billboard charts#Albums|Top Current Albums Sales]] charts with 27,372 [[album-equivalent unit]]s; 24,104 were [[Record sales|album sales]], making it the bestselling album in its opening week in the United States. ''Fortitude'' exceeded ''Magma''{{'s}} chart positions and sales.<ref name="LW2021-05-11"/>{{refn|group=nb|[[DJ Khaled]]'s [[Khaled Khaled]] took the No.&nbsp;1 spot on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 94,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s, but 15,000 were pure sales. Gojira sold more traditional copies (24,104), outperforming DJ Khaled's new album. DJ Khaled's album-equivalent units included more streaming equivalent albums than Gojira, which helped him gain the highest chart position.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=12 May 2021 |title=Gojira's Fortitude Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart |url=https://consequence.net/2021/05/gojira-fortitude-no-1-top-album-sales-chart/ |url-status=live |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512133137/https://consequence.net/2021/05/gojira-fortitude-no-1-top-album-sales-chart/ |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref>}} The album topped the [[UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts|UK Rock & Metal Albums]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/ |title=Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210511175100/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> It reached No.&nbsp;3 on the Australian Albums Chart and No.&nbsp;8 on the [[GfK Entertainment charts|German Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Makes Global Chart Impact With 'Fortitude'|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-makes-global-chart-impact-with-fortitude/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210512165303/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-makes-global-chart-impact-with-fortitude/|archive-date=12 May 2021|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> Upon release, the album received critical praise reviews from music critics of ''The Guardian'', ''Rolling  Stone'', ''Kerrang!'', ''Metal Hammer'', and ''Revolver''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Petro |first=Larry |date=29 October 2021 |title=Gojira Drop New Video For 'Sphinx' |url=http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=39792 |url-status=live |work=[[KBUE]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104052829/http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=39792 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> In mid-May 2021, "New Found" peaked at No.&nbsp;24 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs charts;<ref name="BB-hhrs"/> Gojira was No.&nbsp;12 on the ''Billboard'' [[Artist 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/ats/ |title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Billboard Artist 100 |date=15 May 2021 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Gojira au Hellfest 2022.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|alt=Gojira onstage, under orange and blue lights|Gojira headlining [[Hellfest]] during the 2022 Fortitude Tour]]
Their headlining US tour commenced on 24 September.<ref>{{cite news |last=Enis |first=Eli |date=12 July 2021 |title=Gojira Announce New Fall Headline Tour Dates |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/events/gojira-announce-new-fall-headline-tour-dates |url-status=live |work=Revolver |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715085626/https://www.revolvermag.com/events/gojira-announce-new-fall-headline-tour-dates |archive-date=15 July 2021 |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> On 1 November, Lamb of God's Randy Blythe made a guest appearance at Gojira's concert in his hometown of [[Richmond, Virginia]], which marked the first time they had performed "Adoration for None" live together.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=2 November 2021 |title=Gojira and Randy Blythe Perform Joint Song 'Adoration for None' for First Time Ever: Watch |url=https://consequence.net/2021/11/gojira-randy-blythe-adoration-for-none-live/ |url-status=live |work=Consequence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105093734/https://consequence.net/2021/11/gojira-randy-blythe-adoration-for-none-live/ |archive-date=5 November 2021 |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> Gojira announced a UK and European headline tour from mid-January to mid-March 2022, with performances at the [[Tauron Arena Kraków]], [[Motorpoint Arena Nottingham]], and [[Cardiff International Arena]], among other locations.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=1 July 2021 |title=Gojira announce huge UK and European tour for 2022 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-announce-huge-uk-and-european-tour-for-2022 |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703125547/https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-announce-huge-uk-and-european-tour-for-2022 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref> The band also announced a three-date French arena tour, including the [[Accor Arena]]. It marked Gojira's first-ever headline [[arena]] shows in Europe and the UK.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lemaire |first=Clara |date=1 July 2021 |title=Gojira: 3 concerts... |trans-title=Gojira: 3 concerts in France in 2022 including a date at the Accor Arena in Paris |url=https://www.rocknfolk.com/concerts/gojira-3-concerts-en-france-en-2022-dont-une-date-a-laccor-arena-a-paris/64261 |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[Rock & Folk]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719175011/https://www.rocknfolk.com/concerts/gojira-3-concerts-en-france-en-2022-dont-une-date-a-laccor-arena-a-paris/64261 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |access-date=24 December 2021 |trans-quote=A major first, but also a consecration for the group, which held the Olympia for two dates during its last visit to Paris in 2017.}}</ref> However, the tour was postponed to July 2022 and February 2023 due to Covid-19-related restrictions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Emily |date=16 February 2022 |title=Gojira reschedule UK and European tour ... |url=https://www.kerrang.com/gojira-reschedule-uk-and-european-tour-with-alien-weaponry-and-employed-to-serve |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=Kerrang! |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220716163227/https://www.kerrang.com/gojira-reschedule-uk-and-european-tour-with-alien-weaponry-and-employed-to-serve |archive-date=16 July 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref> "Amazonia" received a nomination for Best Metal Performance at the [[64th Annual Grammy Awards#Rock|2022 Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Phillips2022">{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Jevon |date=3 April 2021 |title=Here's the complete list of 2022 Grammy Award winners |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-04-03/2022-grammy-winners-complete-list |url-status=live |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404012603/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-04-03/2022-grammy-winners-complete-list |archive-date=4 April 2022 |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> Andreu left Gojira on the remaining eight dates of their 2022 North American tour with Deftones to be present with his newborn child. They recruited Aldrick Guadagnino from the French band Klone to replace him temporarily from 18 to 28 May.<ref name="Roche2022-05-18">{{cite news |last=Roche |first=Sam |date=18 May 2022 |title=Gojira's Christian Andreu to sit out remainder of band's North America tour |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gojira-christian-andreu-will-not-play-remainder-of-us-tour |url-status=live |work=Guitar World |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220519171813/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gojira-christian-andreu-will-not-play-remainder-of-us-tour |archive-date=19 May 2022 |access-date=15 July 2022 }}</ref> On 19 June, Gojira headlined the third day of Hellfest Summer Open Air, performing to a crowd of 60,000.<ref>Hellfest 2022:
* {{cite news |last=Colombani |first=Franck |date=29 June 2022 |title=Hellfest: ... |trans-title=Hellfest: Metallica closes a Dantesque festival in style |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/06/27/musique-metallica-cloture-en-beaute-un-hellfest-gargantuesque_6132154_3246.html |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[Le Monde]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220627081257/https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/06/27/musique-metallica-cloture-en-beaute-un-hellfest-gargantuesque_6132154_3246.html |archive-date=27 June 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022 |url-access=subscription }}
* {{cite news |last1=((Bureau)) |first1=Eric |last2=Valentin |first2=Michel |date=20 June 2022 |title=Journal de bord du Hellfest, ... |trans-title=Hellfest logbook, day 3: And the monster Gojira atomized us |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/journal-de-bord-du-hellfest-jour-3-et-le-monstre-gojira-nous-atomisa-20-06-2022-BSHSMYZQ4BBWRH4JJ2BM3YHXGE.php |language=fr |work=Le Parisien |access-date=17 July 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716142526/https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/journal-de-bord-du-hellfest-jour-3-et-le-monstre-gojira-nous-atomisa-20-06-2022-BSHSMYZQ4BBWRH4JJ2BM3YHXGE.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The band then went on a 4-date South America tour, including performances at the [[Movistar Arena (Bogotá)|Movistar Arena]] and the [[Estadio Luna Park|Luna Park arena]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lamet |first=Christian |date=1 September 2022 |title=Gojira |url=https://hardforce.com/actu/40656/gojira-ca-chauffe-en-amerique-du-sud-chili |url-status=live |language=fr |magazine=Hard Force Magazine |location=Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925142700/https://hardforce.com/actu/40656/gojira-ca-chauffe-en-amerique-du-sud-chili |archive-date=25 September 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |oclc=32640105}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|A riot broke out at the entrance to the  [[Teatro Caupolicán|Caupolicán Theatre]] in [[Chile]] on 30 August 2022 when 80 fans attempted to enter the venue during the concert, which had sold out in less than 24 hours. This required the intervention of [[Carabineros de Chile|national police officers]], and two security guards were injured.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=31 August 2022 |title=Video: Avalancha humana deja dos guardias heridos en concierto de Gojira |trans-title=Video: Human avalanche leaves two guards injured at Gojira concert |url=https://www.24horas.cl/actualidad/nacional/avalancha-humana-deja-dos-guardias-heridos-en-concierto-de-gojira |url-status=live |language=es-CL |work=[[24 horas (Chilean TV program)|24 horas]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901015935/https://www.24horas.cl/actualidad/nacional/avalancha-humana-deja-dos-guardias-heridos-en-concierto-de-gojira |archive-date=1 September 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>}}

On 26 July 2024, Gojira performed at the [[2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in [[Paris]];<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Del Bello |first=Romain |date=27 July 2024 |title=JO 2024 : Gojira, la surprise metal de la cérémonie d'ouverture |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2024/07/27/paris-2024-gojira-la-surprise-metal-de-la-ceremonie-d-ouverture_6259110_1654986.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 September 2024 |language=fr |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |archive-date=24 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824055340/https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2024/07/27/paris-2024-gojira-la-surprise-metal-de-la-ceremonie-d-ouverture_6259110_1654986.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=29 July 2024 |title=Gojira Reflect on Mind-Blowing Olympics Performance |url=https://consequence.net/2024/07/gojira-reflect-olympics-performancce/ |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence Heavy]] |archive-date=3 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903142150/https://consequence.net/2024/07/gojira-reflect-olympics-performancce/ |url-status=live }}</ref> their exhibition, held at the [[Conciergerie]],<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> consisted in a live rendition of French classic [[French Revolution|revolutionary]] song "[[Ça Ira]]", arranged in collaboration with Victor Le Masne, and performed with [[opera singer]] Marina Viotti.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Alex |date=26 July 2024 |title=What was with that heavy metal band? That was Gojira. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/opening-ceremony-heavy-metal-band-gojira.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 July 2024 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> In the process, the band became the first [[hard rock]] or metal act to ever perform in an opening ceremony at the [[Olympic Games]].<ref name=":1" /> On 30 August, Gojira released a studio version of their rendition, named "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)", as a single on streaming services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=30 August 2024 |title=Gojira Unleash Single Version of Electrifying Olympics Performance |url=https://consequence.net/2024/08/gojira-single-version-olympics-mea-culpa-ah-ca-ira/ |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence Heavy]] |archive-date=3 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903142151/https://consequence.net/2024/08/gojira-single-version-olympics-mea-culpa-ah-ca-ira/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hobson |first=Rich |date=30 August 2024 |title=The 13 best new metal songs you need to hear right now |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/best-new-metal-gojira- |access-date=3 September 2024 |website=[[Louder (magazine)|Louder]]}}</ref> In November, "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" was unveiled as a nominee for the Best Metal Performance at the [[67th Annual Grammy Awards#Rock|2025 Grammy Awards]],<ref name="grammy2025">{{cite web |last1=Kaufman |first1=Spencer |title=Grammys 2025: Gojira, Judas Priest, Metallica among metal nominees |url=https://consequence.net/2024/11/grammys-2025-metal-nominees/ |website=[[Consequence of Sound|Consequence]] |access-date=19 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111073616/https://consequence.net/2024/11/grammys-2025-metal-nominees/ |archive-date=11 November 2024 |date=8 November 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> their third nomination in the category, which they ultimately won.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=67th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/67th-annual-grammy-awards-2024 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>
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Gojira's sound blends several styles. Rooted<!--]] NOTE to editors, by 2016 they no longer saw themselves primarily as a technical death metal band; this is why it is worded the way it is!--> in [[technical death metal]],<ref>Gojira is a band with technical death metal roots:
* {{cite news |last=Dedman |first=Remfry |date=17 June 2016 |title=Gojira, Magma: Album Stream (Interview) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gojira-magma-album-stream-a7082706.html |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=The Independent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103355/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gojira-magma-album-stream-a7082706.html |archive-date=8 November 2020 |access-date=18 January 2022 |quote=their technical death metal roots}}
* {{cite news |last=Slingerland |first=Calum |date=18 July 2016 |title=Gojira Evolve − Since 'Having a Metal Band Is About Doing Whatever the Fuck You Want' |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/gojira_evolve_since_having_a_metal_band_is_about_doing_whatever_the_fuck_you_want |url-status=live |work=Exclaim! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301190611/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/gojira_evolve_since_having_a_metal_band_is_about_doing_whatever_the_fuck_you_want |archive-date=1 March 2021 |access-date=18 January 2022 |quote=the band stray from their technical death metal roots}}
* {{cite news |author=Olivier, Bobby |date=29 October 2021 |title=The 50 Best Rock Bands Right Now |url=https://www.spin.com/2021/10/best-rock-bands-2021/ |url-status=live |work=Spin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110092839/https://www.spin.com/2021/10/best-rock-bands-2021/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=18 January 2022 |quote=the searing technical death metal that fueled the band}}</ref> the band combines [[death metal]], [[thrash metal]], [[groove metal]], [[progressive metal]], and [[post-metal]].<ref>Gojira's sound encompass several musical styles:
* {{cite news|last=Renaud|first=Philippe|date=16 July 2016|title=Gojira: le calme après la tempête|trans-title=Gojira: calm after the storm|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/475648/festival-d-ete-de-quebec-gojira-le-calme-apres-la-tempete|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Le Devoir]]|location=[[Quebec]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210320143519/https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/475648/festival-d-ete-de-quebec-gojira-le-calme-apres-la-tempete|archive-date=20 March 2021|access-date=20 March 2021|trans-quote="Technical death metal. Groove metal with a thrash tendency. Progressive metal. All of this at the same time".}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000721409/biography |title=Artist Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |last1=Buchanan |first1=Jonathan D. |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104184927/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000721409/biography |url-status=live }}
* {{cite news|last=Mills|first=Matt|date=April 2021|title=10 metal bands who went 'soft' − and were better off for it|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-metal-bands-who-went-soft|url-status=live|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414162140/https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-metal-bands-who-went-soft|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=30 October 2021}}
* {{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira: The Link|url=https://hardforce.com/album/6796/the-link?tab=releases|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Hard Force Magazine|location=Paris|date=n.d.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210424170507/https://hardforce.com/album/6796/the-link?tab=releases|archive-date=24 April 2021|access-date=30 October 2021|oclc=32640105}}</ref> They have also incorporated [[mathcore|math metal]]<ref name="AllMusic-bio"/> and [[avant-garde metal]] into their music.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sabouret|first=Jean-Pierre|date=2012|title=Gojira: L'Avant-Garde Française|trans-title=Gojira: The French Avant-Garde|department=Interview|magazine=Guitarist & Bass Magazine|language=fr|location=[[Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis|Montreuil]]|publisher=Duchâteau-Voisin|issue=255|page=24|oclc=644431866}}</ref> ''Magma'' marked a significant change in Gojira's sound. Writer Remfry Dedman said that the album "reinvented the band's signature death metal sound, introducing an accessible thread without compromising their raw intensity".<ref>{{cite news|last=Dedman|first=Remfry|date=20 April 2017|title=Gojira, Code Orange and Car Bomb Round–Table Interview|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gojira-code-orange-and-car-bomb-round-table-interview-a7691961.html|url-status=live|language=en-GB|work=[[The Independent]]|location=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123193516/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gojira-code-orange-and-car-bomb-round-table-interview-a7691961.html|archive-date=23 November 2020|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Thus, some songs showcased musical traits associated with [[post-punk]], [[neo-psychedelia]],<ref name="JurekFortitude"/> and leaning towards [[post-rock]].<ref name="Hadusek2016">{{cite news |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=24 June 2016 |title=Album Review: Gojira – Magma |url=https://consequence.net/2016/06/album-review-gojira-magma/ |url-status=live |work=Consequence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429095838/https://consequence.net/2016/06/album-review-gojira-magma/ |archive-date=29 April 2021 |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref> The band's musical palette sometimes extends by stepping into [[progressive rock]] territory on quieter passages.<ref name="Hodgkinson2023-02-23">{{cite news |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |author-link=Will Hodgkinson |date=23 February 2023 |title=Gojira review – an arena spectacular from the French metal masters |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/gojira-review-an-arena-spectacular-from-the-french-metal-masters-grgvd0979 |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=[[The Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230223174230/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gojira-review-an-arena-spectacular-from-the-french-metal-masters-grgvd0979 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |access-date=25 February 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Gojira plays a technical, rhythmic style of heavy metal with [[polyrhythm]]ic patterns, a [[Heavy metal drumming#Subgenres|fast double bass drum]],<ref name="Hartmann2019-03-25">{{cite news|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|date=25 March 2019|title=10 Times Mario Duplantier Was the Best Drummer on Earth|url=https://loudwire.com/10-times-mario-duplantier-best-drummer-on-earth/|url-status=live|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108002340/https://loudwire.com/10-times-mario-duplantier-best-drummer-on-earth/|archive-date=8 November 2020|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> [[blast beat]]s, precision drumming, [[Jazz drumming|jazzy fills]],<ref>Blast beats, precision drumming, and jazz drum fills:
* {{cite news|last=Renaud|first=Philippe|date=16 July 2016|title=Gojira: le calme après la tempête|trans-title=Gojira: calm after the storm|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/475648/festival-d-ete-de-quebec-gojira-le-calme-apres-la-tempete|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Le Devoir]]|location=[[Quebec]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210320143519/https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/475648/festival-d-ete-de-quebec-gojira-le-calme-apres-la-tempete|archive-date=20 March 2021|access-date=20 March 2021|trans-quote="powerful blast beats distributor".}}
* {{cite news|last=Williams|first=Stuart|date=31 December 2020|title=The 10 best metal drummers in the world right now|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-10-best-metal-drummers-in-the-world-right-now-as-voted-for-by-you|url-status=live|work=[[MusicRadar]]|location=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110091259/https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-10-best-metal-drummers-in-the-world-right-now-as-voted-for-by-you|archive-date=10 January 2021|access-date=30 October 2021|quote=Few metal drummers match such precision}}
* {{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=5 Greatest Metal Drummers of All Time|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-5-greatest-metal-drummers-all-time|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217020908/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-5-greatest-metal-drummers-all-time|archive-date=17 February 2021|access-date=4 April 2021|quote=from extreme-metal blasts to jazzy fills}}</ref> and [[Syncopation|syncopated]] guitar [[riff]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Luke |date=16 August 2018 |title=The 10 best Gojira songs, chosen by Car Bomb's Greg Kubacki |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-10-best-gojira-songs-chosen-by-car-bombs-greg-kubacki |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020124721/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-10-best-gojira-songs-chosen-by-car-bombs-greg-kubacki |archive-date=20 October 2021 |access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> Mario Duplantier's style on ''From Mars to Sirius'' and ''The Way of All Flesh'' was called a "paradise for drumophiles", and he has been considered Gojira's "anchor" since the group's inception.<ref name="Hartmann2019-03-25"/> Their songs have "atypical" [[Odd time signatures|time signatures]] and uncommon [[song structure]]s<ref>{{cite news |last=Renaud |first=Philippe |date=13 August 2012 |title=Gojira... |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/critiques-cd/201208/13/01-4564636-gojira-plus-solide-que-ca-.php |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211030165508/https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/critiques-cd/201208/13/01-4564636-gojira-plus-solide-que-ca-.php |archive-date=30 October 2021 |access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> and display "technical precision" with a sonic characteristic described as "sheer heaviness".<ref name="Hodgkinson2023-02-23"/> The band's sound is characterized by a [[Pick slide|pick-scrape]] technique that occurred spontaneously for the first time while playing "Embrace the World" during their 2003 ''The Link'' tour. Subsequently, the Gojira pick-scrape has become "a calling card" of the band. Joe Duplantier's first electric guitar, a [[Gibson Flying V]], was used for guitar solos on albums. Andreu and Joe Duplantier's guitar playing includes [[tapping]] [[Guitar solo|solo]] techniques, and on ''Magma'', they introduced a new sonority with the use of the [[DigiTech Whammy|whammy pedal]]. Gojira creates [[Texture (music)|textures]] and [[Ambient music|ambiences]] throughout their albums.<ref name="Angle2021">{{cite news |last=Angle |first=Brad |date=3 June 2021 |title=Gojira's Joe Duplantier: 'My approach to guitar is very physical... but not sexual!' |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/gojira-joe-duplantier-fortitude |url-status=live |work=Guitar World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605223544/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/gojira-joe-duplantier-fortitude |archive-date=5 June 2021 |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> They also use [[Palm mute|palm-muted]] guitar riffs and [[String harmonic#Guitar|pinch harmonics]].<ref>Pinch harmonics and palm muting technique:
* {{cite news |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |date=2 November 2008 |title=Gojira: The Way of All Flesh |url=https://www.popmatters.com/gojira-the-way-of-all-flesh-2496111788.html |url-status=live |work=[[PopMatters]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210827221951/https://www.popmatters.com/gojira-the-way-of-all-flesh-2496111788.html |archive-date=27 August 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
* {{cite news |last=Schafer |first=Joseph |date=29 April 2021 |title=Gojira's Fortitude Embraces Melody Without Losing Integrity |url=https://consequence.net/2021/04/album-review-gojira-fortitude/ |url-status=live |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029172914/https://consequence.net/2021/04/album-review-gojira-fortitude/ |archive-date=29 October 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> [[Minimal music|Minimalist]], almost [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]] guitar riffs occasionally appear, contrasting with intricate drum patterns.<ref name="Hodgkinson2023-02-23"/><ref name="Hadusek2016"/> Their albums have been punctuated by instrumental interludes, which also feature non-musical sounds mingled with the band's music.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=5 Best Instrumental Metal Songs|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-5-best-instrumental-metal-songs|url-status=live|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320140910/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-5-best-instrumental-metal-songs|archive-date=20 March 2021|access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> Vocal styles vary, from the [[Screaming (music)|screaming technique]] often used in [[extreme metal]] to death metal's [[death growl]], [[Pitch (music)|pitch]] screaming and [[Singing|clean vocals]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Alfano |first=Chris |date=28 July 2014 |title='I Wanted to Be a Fireman' − an Interview with Gojira's Joe Duplantier |url=https://geargods.net/rigged/i-wanted-to-be-a-fireman-an-interview-with-gojiras-joe-duplantier/ |url-status=live |work=[[Gear Gods]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119212554/https://geargods.net/rigged/i-wanted-to-be-a-fireman-an-interview-with-gojiras-joe-duplantier/ |archive-date=19 January 2021 |access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> Screams and clean vocals are sometimes combined to create an aggressive, melodic effect.<ref>Sing-screaming, melodic screaming:
* {{cite news |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=17 February 2021 |title=Gojira Announce New Album Fortitude... |url=https://consequence.net/2021/02/gojira-new-album-fortitude-new-song-born-for-one-thing/ |url-status=live |work=Consequence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414114034/https://consequence.net/2021/02/gojira-new-album-fortitude-new-song-born-for-one-thing/ |archive-date=14 April 2021 |access-date=17 January 2022}}
* {{cite magazine |last=Dickinson |first=Finn |date=17 June 2016 |title=Gojira − Magma |url=https://pearshapedarchive.com/article/gojira-magma/ |url-status=live |magazine=PearShaped Magazine |place=[[University of Exeter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123181034/https://pearshapedarchive.com/article/gojira-magma/ |archive-date=23 January 2021 |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> Joe Duplantier's vocals feature a post-punk<!--He is compared to Jaz Coleman of post-punk band Killing Joke.--> singing style in some of Gojira's songs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ayers |first=Chris |date=1 February 2006 |title=Gojira: From Mars to Sirius |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/gojira-from_mars_to_sirius |url-status=live |work=[[Exclaim!]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210807160337/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/gojira-from_mars_to_sirius |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

===Influences===
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Gojira was influenced by the early albums of [[Death (metal band)|Death]], [[Metallica]], [[Sepultura]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]],<ref name="Soenen2016-06-10">{{cite news|last=Soenen|first=Marie-Hélène|date=10 June 2016|title=Les cinq albums de metal qui ont changé la vie de Gojira|trans-title=The five metal albums that changed Gojira's life|url=https://www.telerama.fr/sortir/les-cinq-albums-de-metal-qui-ont-change-la-vie-de-gojira,143153.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Télérama]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210227161623/https://www.telerama.fr/sortir/les-cinq-albums-de-metal-qui-ont-change-la-vie-de-gojira,143153.php|archive-date=27 February 2021|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> and [[Morbid Angel]],<ref name="Grow2017-06-29">{{cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=29 June 2017|title=Gojira's Joe Duplantier: My 10 Favorite Metal Albums|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/gojiras-joe-duplantier-my-10-favorite-metal-albums-201839/|url-status=live|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210227162805/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/gojiras-joe-duplantier-my-10-favorite-metal-albums-201839/sepultura-chaos-a-d-1993-193622/|archive-date=27 February 2021|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> and have also cited [[Led Zeppelin]]<ref name="Lecaudey2004"/> and [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s [[Rage Against the Machine (album)|debut album]] as influences. Mario Duplantier called Death "an obligatory path; they are at the origin of death metal", and Andreu agreed: "It's our culture, we come from Death." One of Labadie's earliest influences was Metallica's ''[[Ride the Lightning]]'', the first metal album he listened to at age eleven. Joe Duplantier said that "''Ride the Lightning'' saved my life when I faced difficult times in high school"<ref name="Soenen2016-06-10"/> and has also cited Machine Head's 1994 album, ''[[Burn My Eyes]]'', as an influence. He described Morbid Angel's 1993 album, ''[[Covenant (Morbid Angel album)|Covenant]]'', as "beautiful, and it's full of magic and epic brutality" and praised their 1995 album ''[[Domination (Morbid Angel album)|Domination]]''.<ref name="Grow2017-06-29"/> Other musical influences,<!--To a lesser degree, according to Gojira: as mentioned in the interview.--> to a lesser degree, include [[Slayer]], [[Pantera]], and [[Meshuggah]].<ref name="Soenen2016-06-10"/> Gojira's music has been compared to that of [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]].<ref name="Bagot2006-02-17"/> In 2003, Joe Duplantier expressed admiration for [[Sade (singer)|Sade]].{{sfn|Portnoi|2003|p=51}} By 2016, the band had admitted their interest in the music of [[the Beatles]].<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10">{{cite news|last=Colombani|first=Franck|date=10 June 2016|title=Gojira: 'Le metal, c'est de la dentelle'|trans-title=Gojira: 'Metal, it is lace'|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2016/06/16/gojira-le-metal-c-est-de-la-dentelle_4951952_1654986.html|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Le Monde]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160617224915/http://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2016/06/16/gojira-le-metal-c-est-de-la-dentelle_4951952_1654986.html|archive-date=17 June 2016|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> Gojira also named [[Pink Floyd]]<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22"/> and [[Mike Oldfield]] as influences.{{sfn|Blanchard|2016|p=40}} On ''Fortitude'', they focused on the lingering influence that the "classic" rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s had on them.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kajzer |first=Jackie |author-link=Full Metal Jackie |date=22 March 2021 |title=Gojira's Joe Duplantier Wants 'Fortitude' Album to Inspire the Best in People |url=https://loudwire.com/gojira-joe-duplantier-fortitude-album-full-metal-jackie-2021-interview/ |url-status=live |work=Loudwire |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210508233713/https://loudwire.com/gojira-joe-duplantier-fortitude-album-full-metal-jackie-2021-interview/|archive-date=8 May 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> The British sound continued to inspire the band's writing, citing [[Radiohead]] and [[trip hop]] act [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]. In 2021, Joe Duplantier said that [[Rock music|traditional rock]], [[blues]], and [[Americana (music)|Americana]] had been childhood influences "reawakened" by long conversations with Mastodon guitarist [[Brent Hinds]]: "The older the other guys and I get, the more we appreciate it".<ref name="Law2021-02-18"/>

In recollecting the band's early history, Joe Duplantier explained how they were "nourished by the rock energy of the Basque Country, fairly unique in France," but, by contrast, compared it to the broader context of their lifestyle, secluded in a forest with their American musical influences while being detached from the local scene. He said: "Thus, we created our own language, our own musical codes. The Gojira sound comes from there."<ref name="Soenen2016-06-24"/> Andreu and Joe and Mario Duplantier described [[classical music]] as a particular inspiration;<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> Andreu said, "I listen to 70 percent classical music".<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Jagunk|author2=Yoch|date=24 August 2009|title=Discussion − Gojira (Interview with Christian Andreu)|url=https://issuu.com/zyva/docs/zyva1/28|language=fr|magazine=Zyva Magazine|location=[[Lyon]]|publisher=[[Issuu]]|issue=1|page=28|oclc=743017035|access-date=29 January 2022|archive-date=17 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917152616/https://issuu.com/zyva/docs/zyva1/28|url-status=live}}</ref> About Gojira's songs, which rely on [[syncopation]] and ''contretemps'' ([[Beat (music)#On-beat and off-beat|on- and off-beats]]), Mario Duplantier said: "Joe and I were introduced to classical very early on. There was a love and an understanding of this music in the family. There is a strong link between metal and classical music through [their] solemn side and attention paid to existential subjects: life and death. Pop [music] is more focused on romantic feelings."<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> The Duplantier brothers said that their upbringing in a Landes house "lost in the forest, with no neighbors," was reflected in Gojira's music and lyrics. Their father, Dominique Duplantier, was a French [[Architectural drawing|architectural drafter]] and painter; their mother, Patricia, was an American with [[Azores|Azorean]] roots. Mario Duplantier described his mother as

<blockquote>... a very free spirit, who has always encouraged our creativity. On the one hand, we had this extroverted mother who drew, sculpted, and made magnificent paintings out of driftwood; on the other hand [we had] a silent, 'workaholic' father who could spend whole days on gigantic drawings in Chinese ink with an almost-worrying rigor. These two aspects of our upbringing are found in Gojira, a mixture of discipline and something more extroverted, wacky, and chaotic.<ref>{{cite news|last=Soenen|first=Marie-Hélène|date=8 July 2016|title=Gojira, une affaire de famille|trans-title=Gojira, a family affair|url=https://www.telerama.fr/musique/gojira-artistes-de-mere-en-fils-et-de-pere-en-fille,143998.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Télérama]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201212133248/https://www.telerama.fr/musique/gojira-artistes-de-mere-en-fils-et-de-pere-en-fille,143998.php|archive-date=12 December 2020|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref></blockquote>

===Lyrical themes===
[[File:Gojira live Toronto 2016 119.jpg|thumb|alt=Gojira onstage, performing in front of a large screen|Spirituality, philosophy, and human domination over his environment are among the themes addressed in Gojira's songs]]
Gojira's lyrics address spirituality,<ref>{{cite news|last=Pasbani|first=Robert|date=29 August 2011|title=Gojira Frontman Talks Lyrical Themes Of Upcoming Album|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/gojira-frontman-talks-lyrical-themes-upcoming-album|url-status=live|work=Metal Injection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210227185023/https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/gojira-frontman-talks-lyrical-themes-upcoming-album|archive-date=27 February 2021|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> life, death, rebirth, and nature.{{sfn|Laffilé|2008|p=27}} The band realized from the start that it could combine metal's "darkness" with Joe Duplantier's lyrics, which were inspired by the "mystery of nature", the environment, [[human nature]] and [[psychology]]. When Joe proposed a song entitled "Love", his fellow musicians were uncertain but the audience reaction was positive. Duplantier then wrote about his beliefs in [[reincarnation]] and the "existence of the [[soul]]".<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> The band's lyrics revolve around the [[human condition]] and humanity's place in the world.<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/> Andreu said that to "speak and commit ourselves in the fields of ecology and spirituality is essential to the band."<ref name="Bagot2006-02-17"/>

''From Mars to Sirius'' was a [[concept album]] about [[environmental issues]], the death of Earth, and its "resurrection".<ref name="Richardson2019">{{cite news|last=Richardson|first=Jake|date=2019-04-22|title=10 Artists Helping To Save The Planet...|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/10-artists-helping-to-save-the-planet-this-earth-day/|url-status=live|work=Kerrang!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409230131/https://www.kerrang.com/features/10-artists-helping-to-save-the-planet-this-earth-day/|archive-date=2021-04-09|access-date=2021-11-20}}</ref><ref name="Balaš2017-08-15"/> Mario Duplantier said that the album's lyrics and title are "an allegory of [Joe's] desire to see humanity go from a destructive and masculine energy (symbolized by the warrior [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]) to an energy based on emotion and femininity". Gojira's lyrics have been described as [[Philosophy|philosophical]] "reflections on life". Mario Duplantier said about his brother's lyrics, "each album is a situational analysis of his life. I can see his convictions and his emotions of the moment by listening to our music again".<ref name="Nartz2017-01-23"/> ''The Way of All Flesh'' addressed the question of life after death. Joe Duplantier said, "That's the theme it's about death itself&nbsp;... It's also about the immortality of the soul. That's the main subject for us."<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Frontman: 'I'm So Pissed Off With The Situation On Earth Right Now'|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-i-m-so-pissed-off-with-the-situation-on-earth-right-now/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=20 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629005103/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99417|archive-date=29 June 2008|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>  The title of ''L'Enfant Sauvage'' (''The Wild Child''), according to Joe Duplantier, could not be adequately conveyed in English: "''Sauvage'' is something that is not educated or something that is like free and completely free in nature&nbsp;... The idea with ''L'Enfant Sauvage'' is like with a human that would grow up in nature, raised by wolves, for example, without the influence from others and the influence from institutions or society in general."<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Frontman Talks About The Making Of 'L'Enfant Sauvage'|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-talks-about-the-making-of-l-enfant-sauvage/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=28 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014212043/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-talks-about-the-making-of-l-enfant-sauvage/|archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> The album's title made an indirect reference to [[François Truffaut]]'s film, ''[[The Wild Child]]'', but Mario Duplantier said that "it is first and foremost about poetry".<ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/>

Gojira is well known for [[Environmentalism in music|environmentalism]], and have used their lyrics and music videos to highlight [[climate change]], [[marine pollution]],<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> and [[deforestation of the Amazon rainforest]].<ref name=":0" /> The song "Global Warming" explore [[human impact on the environment|human impacts on the environment]], and "Toxic Garbage Island" refers to the [[Great Pacific garbage patch]], a trash vortex in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite news|last=Camp|first=Zoe|date=2018-06-25|title=See Gojira Debut Rare Studio Performance of 'Global Warming'|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-gojira-debut-rare-studio-performance-global-warming|url-status=live|language=en|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625215942/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-gojira-debut-rare-studio-performance-global-warming|archive-date=2018-06-25|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref><ref name="Guerin2012-05-02"/> "Amazonia" has been characterized by Alec Chillingworth of ''Metal Hammer'' as a [[protest song]] - "amidst a discography littered with them".<ref>{{cite news |last=Chillingworth |first=Alec |date=26 April 2021 |title=Gojira's Fortitude is metal for the masses − and all the better for it |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/gojira-fortitude-album-review |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210501215741/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/gojira-fortitude-album-review |archive-date=1 May 2021 |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> The band's members were raised in the [[Côte d'Argent|southwest of France]] and [[French Basque Country]] ([[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Humbert |first=Paul |date=3 February 2019 |title=De la scène à l'Etna ... |trans-title=From the stage to the Etna with Jean-Michel Labadie (Gojira) and Jérôme Clementz |url=https://www.vojomag.com/de-la-scene-a-letna-avec-jean-michel-labadie-gojira-et-jerome-clementz/ |url-status=live |language=fr |department=Interview |magazine=Vogo Magazine |place=[[Savoy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811181306/https://www.vojomag.com/de-la-scene-a-letna-avec-jean-michel-labadie-gojira-et-jerome-clementz/ |archive-date=11 August 2020 |access-date=21 November 2021|trans-quote=Labadie: "...the whole band having grown up in the South-West of France. I grew up in the Basque Country."}}</ref> Thus, the rugged coastline and its surrounding scenic countryside inspired Gojira's interest in nature and the sea. Mario Duplantier has said that seeing [[oil spill]]s in the nearby ocean inspired the band's interest in environmentalism.<ref>{{cite news|last=Andersen|first=Eric|date=2009-10-09|title=Gojira Spreading Eco-Friendly Message|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-spreading-eco-friendly-message/|url-status=live|work=[[The Daily Iowan]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210402152250/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-spreading-eco-friendly-message/|archive-date=2021-04-02|access-date=2021-04-02|via=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> Joe Duplantier believes that songs can make concrete changes in environmental practices. In articulating his environmentalist position, he also shared a sense of anger and frustration with the [[political corruption|corrupt political systems]] and [[financial crime]].<ref name="Brannigan2016-05-22"/> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' called the song "Into the Storm" a "revolutionary anthem".<ref>{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Scott |date=16 April 2021 |title=The 10 Best New Songs |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-new-songs/best-new-songs-lucy-dacus/ |url-status=live |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422202322/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-new-songs/best-new-songs-lucy-dacus/ |archive-date=22 April 2021 |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

==Activism==
[[File:Trimaran-Gojira.jpg|thumb|alt=Submersible at a dock|[[Sea Shepherd]] named ''[[MV Gojira]]'' after the band in recognition of their support of the charity.]]
Gojira was involved in action against injustices and social inequalities. For example, on 2 March 2004, a demonstration called ''Avis de KO Social'' (Social Knockout Notice) was organized by [[voluntary association]]s, [[Trade union|labor union]]s, and [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] to discuss, exchange views and protest at the [[Place de la Republique]] in central Paris against repressive policies undermining fundamental human rights and accentuating inequalities between the rich and the poor.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=2 March 2004 |title='Avis de K.O. social' au Zénith de Paris |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/social/20040301.OBS5115/avis-de-k-o-social-au-zenith-de-paris.html |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[L'Obs]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211113181135/https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/social/20040301.OBS5115/avis-de-k-o-social-au-zenith-de-paris.html |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> Joe Duplantier advocated a moderate and constructive discourse, describing  himself as "less refractory" than the other artists. A concert at the [[Zénith Paris|Zénith]] followed, and Gojira was the only metal band in the multi-genre lineup. All proceeds were donated to associations and organizations; Joe Duplantier cited specifically the Fight Against [[HIV/AIDS]] and [[Greenpeace]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Benji |date=April 2004 |title=Scarve, Gojira, Loudblast ...  |trans-title=Scarve, Gojira, Loudblast − The Titans' Thrash |department=Interview |magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |language=fr |location=Paris |publisher=Grands Malades Editions |issue=32 |page=29 |issn=1630-8204}}</ref>

The band has frequently supported environmental causes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Munroe|first=Scott|date=2016-05-21|title=Gojira: Everyone has a responsibility to change the world|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-everyone-has-a-responsibility-to-change-the-world|url-status=live|language=en|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107003231/https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-everyone-has-a-responsibility-to-change-the-world|archive-date=2021-01-07|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref><ref name="Richardson2019"/> Joe Duplantier has said if he was not a musician, he would be an [[Environmental movement|environmental activist]] with Greenpeace or the [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira : Entretien Avec Joe Duplantier|trans-title=Interview with Joe Duplantier|url=http://www.radiometal.com/article/gojira-entretien-avec-joe-duplantier,425|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Radio Metal|date=2008-10-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201212145013/http://www.radiometal.com/article/gojira-entretien-avec-joe-duplantier,425|archive-date=12 December 2020|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref> The band cooperates with Sea Shepherd to raise money for the organization's work to protect marine life, especially dolphins, whales, and sharks.<ref>{{cite book |last=Edmondson |first=Jacqueline |date=2013 |title=Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories that Shaped our Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQPXAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA416 |location=Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood]] |page=416 |isbn=978-0-313-39347-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Le groupe Gojira joue pour Sea Shepherd|trans-title=The band Gojira play for Sea Shepherd|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/electro/le-groupe-gojira-joue-pour-sea-shepherd_3306025.html|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[France Info]]|date=10 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122180518/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/electro/le-groupe-gojira-joue-pour-sea-shepherd_3306025.html|archive-date=22 January 2021|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> Sea Shepherd named a $4 million interceptor vessel the MV ''Gojira'' before they were forced to rename it the [[MV Brigitte Bardot|MV ''Brigitte Bardot'']] by [[Toho]] the owners of the Godzilla/Gojira name.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Interceptor Vessel Named After French Metal Band Gojira|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/interceptor-vessel-named-after-french-metal-band-gojira/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=2010-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804022203/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/interceptor-vessel-named-after-french-metal-band-gojira/|archive-date=2020-08-04|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|In 2010, the [[trimaran]] ''Ocean 7 Adventurer'' was purchased by Sea Shepherd and renamed [[MV Brigitte Bardot#MV Gojira|MV ''Gojira'']] to join "[[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations#Operation No Compromise (2010–2011)|Operation No Compromise]]" in [[Antarctica]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewin |first=Frédéric |date=16 February 2011 |title=Victoire du capitaine... |trans-title=Captain Watson's victory: Japan suspends whaling |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/sciences-nature/victoire-du-capitaine-watson-le-japon-suspend-la-chasse-a-la-baleine-16-02-2011-1296176_1924.php |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[Le Point]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609221625/https://www.lepoint.fr/sciences-nature/victoire-du-capitaine-watson-le-japon-suspend-la-chasse-a-la-baleine-16-02-2011-1296176_1924.php |archive-date=9 June 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ziobrowski|first=Peter|date=20 May 2019|title=Shipping News: Trimaran owned by Sea Shepherd docks in Halifax|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/shipping-news-trimaran-owned-by-sea-shepherd-docks-in-halifax-313729/|url-status=live|work=[[The Chronicle Herald]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208185134/https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/shipping-news-trimaran-owned-by-sea-shepherd-docks-in-halifax-313729/|archive-date=8 December 2020|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> Sea Shepherd received legal pressure from the Japanese company that oversees the [[Godzilla]]&ndash;Gojira brand. MV ''Gojira'' was renamed [[MV Brigitte Bardot|MV ''Brigitte Bardot'']] in honor of the French actress and animal activist [[Brigitte Bardot]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Join Sea Shepherd Tampa Memorial Day weekend for tours of the M/V Brigitte Bardot|url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/205407/Join-Sea-Shepherd-Tampa-Memorial-Day-weekend|url-status=live|work=Sail World|date=18 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122194824/https://www.sail-world.com/news/205407/Join-Sea-Shepherd-Tampa-Memorial-Day-weekend|archive-date=22 January 2021|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>}} Members of both organizations may have a merchandise and literature booth at Gojira concerts.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bénard|first=Nicolas|date=2017|title=Camion Blanc: Homo Metallicus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCpEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT142|language=fr|location=[[Yvelines]]|publisher=Camion Blanc|isbn=978-2-35779-981-3|page=142|trans-quote="Nicolas Bénard is a doctor of history, associate researcher at the [[Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University]]".}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schafer |first=Joseph |date=November 26, 2012 |title=Interview: Gojira's Joe Duplantier |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-gojiras-joe-duplantier/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211010207/https://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-gojiras-joe-duplantier/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2023 |website=[[Invisible Oranges]] |language=en}}</ref>

Gojira participated in Le Cabaret Vert, a 2010 environmentally-friendly, multi-genre music festival in [[Charleville-Mézières]], which aims to reduce its environmental impact.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Le Cabaret vert attire le public belge|trans-title=The Green Cabaret attracts the Belgian public|url=https://www.lavenir.net/cnt/38948692|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[L'Avenir (Belgian newspaper)|L'Avenir]]|date=4 August 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210402160252/https://www.lavenir.net/cnt/38948692|archive-date=2 April 2021|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|The band described itself as [[militant]] without pretending to call themselves ecologists and pointed out: "we take planes, cars, like everyone else. But we try to be eco-responsible".<ref name="Charrues2010-07-16"/>}} Joe Duplantier expressed the band's support for Sea Shepherd and its founder, [[Paul Watson]], when he appeared onstage between two Gojira songs at the June 2012 [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park#2012 festival|Rock am Ring Festival]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira supports Paul Watson at Rock am Ring|url=https://www.artistsforseashepherd.com/gojira-supports-paul-watson/|url-status=live|work=Artists for Sea Shepherd|date=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819195846/https://www.artistsforseashepherd.com/gojira-supports-paul-watson/|archive-date=19 August 2020|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> Gojira was invited to perform at the 2015 [[Emmaus (charity)|Emmaüs]] Lescar-Pau festival in France, organized by the international movement to fight poverty and homelessness. The theme of the festival was: "the climate, an emergency, a commitment."<ref>{{cite news|author=N.R.|date=18 April 2015|title=Festival Emmaüs à Lescar (64)|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/2015/04/18/festival-emmaus-a-lescar-64-fauve-zebda-et-moriarty-sont-a-l-affiche-1896571-5458.php?nic|url-status=live|work=[[Sud Ouest (newspaper)|Sud Ouest]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210402162631/https://www.sudouest.fr/2015/04/18/festival-emmaus-a-lescar-64-fauve-zebda-et-moriarty-sont-a-l-affiche-1896571-5458.php?nic|archive-date=2 April 2021|access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref>

In 2017 and 2018, Mario Duplantier collaborated with the Los Angeles art team SceneFour to create a collection of [[Canvas#For painting|canvases]] entitled ''Vers le Cosmos'' (''Towards the [[Cosmos]]'') from videos of him drumming with [[Light-emitting diode|LED]]-lit [[Drum stick|drumstick]]s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Morrissey|first=Janet|date=16 April 2019|title=Keeping Rhythm, and Hanging It in a Gallery|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/business/scenefour-drummers-music-art.html|url-status=live|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190626081819/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/business/scenefour-drummers-music-art.html|archive-date=26 June 2019|access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> Proceeds from the sale of one work were donated to [[The Ocean Cleanup]], an organization which aims to rid the oceans of [[Plastic pollution|plastic waste]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Drummer Mario Duplantier's Art Collection To Benefit Ocean Preservation|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-drummer-mario-duplantier-s-art-collection-to-benefit-ocean-preservation-new-video-streaming|url-status=live|work=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]]|date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210422130221/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-drummer-mario-duplantier-s-art-collection-to-benefit-ocean-preservation-new-video-streaming|archive-date=22 April 2021|access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref>

Gojira released "Amazonia", their second single from ''Fortitude'', on 26 March 2021. The song and its music video address the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest;<ref name=":0" /> the video depicts the [[2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires]], native Brazilians performing a ritual dance, and protests against the deforestation of the Amazon which have increased since [[Jair Bolsonaro]] became president in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|last=Soares|first=Gustavo|date=26 March 2021|title=Banda francesa Gojira...|trans-title=French band Gojira releases music about wildfires in the Amazon|url=https://www.uai.com.br/app/noticia/musica/2021/03/26/noticias-musica,270247/banda-francesa-gojira-lanca-musica-sobre-queimadas-na-amazonia.shtml|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Portal UAI|publisher=[[Estado de Minas]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326194123/https://www.uai.com.br/app/noticia/musica/2021/03/26/noticias-musica,270247/banda-francesa-gojira-lanca-musica-sobre-queimadas-na-amazonia.shtml|archive-date=26 March 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Milhorance|first=Flávia|date=23 January 2021|title=Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague over Amazon rainforest|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/23/jair-bolsonaro-could-face-charges-in-the-hague-over-amazon-rainforest|url-status=live|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610000407/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/23/jair-bolsonaro-could-face-charges-in-the-hague-over-amazon-rainforest|archive-date=10 June 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> The band established a month-long fundraiser for the [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Brazilian]] [[indigenous rights]] charity Articulation of Indigenous People of Brazil (APIB), dedicated to those impacted by harassment, violence, [[forced labour]], and loss of their native lands due to the deforestation of the Amazon region.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Madison|date=2021-03-26|title=Gojira Share Video for New Song 'Amazonia'|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/gojira-share-video-for-new-song-amazonia-watch/|url-status=live|language=en-us|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326135946/https://pitchfork.com/news/gojira-share-video-for-new-song-amazonia-watch/|archive-date=2021-03-26|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref> The indigenously owned [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] APIB represents three hundred Brazilian indigenous groups.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=1 July 2020|title=Bolsonaro's Brazil: A Pariah State? − Sacrificing forests and rights for trade|url=https://www.fern.org/story-articles/bolsonaro%E2%80%99s-brazil-a-pariah-state/|url-status=live|work=[[FERN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105024137/https://www.fern.org/story-articles/bolsonaro%E2%80%99s-brazil-a-pariah-state/|archive-date=5 January 2021|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> The campaign quadrupled its initial goal of $75,000 on 30 April 2021, raising more than $300,000 by selling autographed instruments and memorabilia from bands such as Metallica, [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], Slayer, Tool, and Lamb of God.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|date=30 April 2021|title=Gojira's Charity Auction Has Quadrupled Its Fundraising Goal|url=https://loudwire.com/gojira-charity-auction-quadrupled-fundraising-goal/|url-status=live|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210501184840/https://loudwire.com/gojira-charity-auction-quadrupled-fundraising-goal/|archive-date=1 May 2021|access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb| Bands that participated in Gojira's auction campaign also included Sepultura, [[Bring Me the Horizon]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Korn]], Mastodon, Rage Against the Machine,<ref name="Guerin2021"/> Slipknot, and Deftones.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Titus|first=Christa|date=13 April 2021|title=Gojira Unleash 'Into the Storm'...|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/gojira-into-the-storm-9556021|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210414212949/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/rock/9556021/gojira-into-the-storm|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref>}} Items in the auction included one of Slash's signature top hats, a signed [[Gibson Les Paul#Signature models|Gibson "Appetite" Les Paul]], and an autographed [[Fender Precision Bass]] used by Labadie during the recording of ''From Mars to Sirius''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Scarlett |first=Elizabeth |date=26 April 2021 |title=Gojira release their final single before the release of new album Fortitude |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-release-their-final-single-before-the-release-of-new-album-fortitude |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429210226/https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-release-their-final-single-before-the-release-of-new-album-fortitude |archive-date=29 April 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> A guitar owned by Joe Dupantier was sold for $27,000.<ref name="Guerin2021">{{cite news|last=Guerin|first=Harry|date=1 May 2021|title=Gojira's Fortitude: the perfect wake-up call for 2021|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0505/1213109-gojira-make-their-bid-for-metal-album-of-the-year/|url-status=live|work=[[RTÉ]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430195816/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0505/1213109-gojira-make-their-bid-for-metal-album-of-the-year/|archive-date=30 April 2021|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>

The band's 2021 music video for "The Chant", filmed in [[West Bengal]], was inspired by [[Tenzin Tsundue]] and depicts the refugee children of [[Tibet]] during its [[Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China|invasion by China in 1949]] fleeing their country in the hope of preserving [[Tibetan culture|their culture]]. The music video was written and conceived by Joe Duplantier and directed by Russell Brownley.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=30 April 2021|title=Gojira Release 'The Chant' Music Video|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-release-the-chant-music-video-fortitude-album-out-now|url-status=live|work=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501233107/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-release-the-chant-music-video-fortitude-album-out-now|archive-date=1 May 2021|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> Discussing "The Chant", Joe Duplantier said that he felt a kinship with all indigenous traditions.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=30 April 2021|title=See Gojira's Epic New Video for 'The Chant'|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-gojiras-epic-new-video-chant|url-status=live|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511212106/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-gojiras-epic-new-video-chant|archive-date=11 May 2021|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>

In 2021, Paris' ''[[Rock & Folk]]'' included Gojira in their global list of the "Top 10 Artists Committed to the Animal Cause".<ref>{{cite news |last=Lemaire |first=Clara |date=7 July 2021 |title=Top 10 des Artistes Engagés pour la Cause Animale |trans-title=Top 10 Artists Committed to the Animal Cause |url=https://www.rocknfolk.com/news/top-10-des-artistes-engages-pour-la-cause-animale/64415 |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[Rock & Folk]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712132333/https://www.rocknfolk.com/news/top-10-des-artistes-engages-pour-la-cause-animale/64415 |archive-date=12 July 2021 |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

==Other projects and collaborations==
===Empalot===
{{Main|Empalot}}
The Duplantier brothers formed [[Empalot]], an [[avant-garde metal]]&ndash;[[jazz fusion]]&ndash;[[funk rock]] band, in 1998<ref name="Bendahan2012-08">{{cite magazine|last=Bendahan|first=Laurent|date=August 2012|title=Mario Duplantier – Le batteur sauvage (Interview)|trans-title=Mario Duplantier − The wild drummer|url=https://www.batteurmag.com/article/1717/|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Batteur Magazine|location=Paris|publisher=MVM Editions|issue=260|issn=1265-9711|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220202649/https://www.batteurmag.com/article/1717/|archive-date=20 February 2021|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> with Joe's friends from his high-school thrash metal band. Empalot had nine members, including two bass players, a guitarist, a saxophonist, an [[electronic keyboard]] player, a percussionist and a drummer.<ref name="CBempalot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.culturebully.com/interview-with-joe-duplantier-of-gojira |title=Interview with Joe Duplantier of Gojira |access-date=7 April 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806002848/http://www.culturebully.com/interview-with-joe-duplantier-of-gojira |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|With live engineer Laurentx Etchemendy (saxophone) and lighting engineer Stéphane Chateauneuf (vocals); Chateauneuf appears in ''[[The Link Alive]]'' DVD's short show "Tchang & Tanguy" and the "Love" and "To Sirius" music videos.}} Considered by the band the antithesis of Gojira because of its musical style<ref name="Bendahan2012-08"/> and festive side, Empalot emphasized [[burlesque]] and [[Self-deprecation|self-deprecating]] humor. Mario Duplantier said, "It's funny, it's crazy. We had a blast doing it. Above all, it's a bunch of guys who share the same convictions, the same sense of humor and common values". For Joe Duplantier, Empalot evoked happiness and laughter.<ref name="Proximus2019"/>

Empalot released ''[[Brout (album)|Brout]]'', a 1999 demo album.<ref name="Proximus2019"/> The following year, they won the regional ''tremplin Ultrasons'' highlighting local bands.<ref name="US2003-02-28"/> Empalot's first album, ''[[Tous aux Cèpes]]'', was released in 2002.<ref name="Proximus2019"/><ref name="US2003-02-28"/> The band went on a regional [[Underground music|underground]] tour from 1999 to 2004. An Empalot concert would attract an audience of 1,000 in their hometown,<ref name="CBempalot"/> and the band performed in disguise and under fictitious names.<ref name="US2003-02-28"/>{{refn|group=nb|Empalot toured with avant-garde French metal&ndash;[[Music genre#Subtypes|fusion]] bands such as [[:fr:Psykup|Psykup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lebikini.com/2003/06/06/psykup-leiden-delicatessen-empalot/|title=Psykup + Leiden + Delicatessen + Empalot|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=6 June 2003|publisher=[[:fr:Le Bikini|Le Bikini]] (concert venue)|location=[[Toulouse]]|access-date=21 February 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221220135/https://lebikini.com/2003/06/06/psykup-leiden-delicatessen-empalot/|archive-date=21 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Empalot |language=fr |department=Live concert dates |magazine=[[Rock Sound]] |location=Paris |publisher=Ixo Publishing |date=February 2002 |issue=110 |page=24 |issn=1465-0185}}</ref>}} ''Empalot en Concert'', a live album, was released in 2004 before the band went on hiatus.<ref name="Proximus2019"/>

===''Avec vautours''===
Gojira composed the music for Xabi Molia's [[short film]], ''Avec vautours'' (''With Vultures''), in early 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unifrance.org/film/24350/avec-vautours|title=Avec Vautours {{!}} Auteur de la musique: Gojira (Groupe)|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2003|website=[[UniFrance]]|agency=[[Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée|National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image]]|others=Under the control of [[Ministry of Culture (France)]]|language=fr|trans-title=With vultures {{!}} Music author: Gojira (Group)|access-date=30 January 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314175849/https://www.unifrance.org/film/24350/avec-vautours|archive-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>{{sfn|Portnoi|2003|p=51}} It was filmed in the mountains of the French Basque country.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dejeans|first=Arnaud|date=12 September 2013|title=Pays basque: Xabi Molia le conquérant|trans-title=Basque Country: Xabi Molia the conqueror|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/2013/09/12/xabi-molia-le-conquerant-1165769-4690.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Sud Ouest (newspaper)|Sud Ouest]]|location=[[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210130143625/https://www.sudouest.fr/2013/09/12/xabi-molia-le-conquerant-1165769-4690.php|archive-date=30 January 2021|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

===''Maciste All'Inferno''===
{{Main|Maciste All'Inferno (Gojira album)}}
In 2000, Alain Marty conceptualized the ''Printemps des Cinéconcerts'' (CineConcerts' Springtime), a series of film concerts in [[Bordeaux]] where regional artists of various musical genres and styles were invited to integrate their music with pre-selected films for two-week shows.<ref>{{cite news |last=Collet-Lejuif |first=Sylvie |date=18 May 2009 |title=Printemps des CinéConcerts 2009 |trans-title=CineConcerts' Springtime 2009 |url=http://www.aquitaineonline.com/actualites-en-aquitaine/gironde/printemps-des-cine-concerts-2009-09051802.html |url-status=live |language=fr |department=Interview (with the president of the association Center Jean Vigo Events) |work=Aquitaine Online |place=[[Saint-Médard-en-Jalles]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210409221357/http://www.aquitaineonline.com/actualites-en-aquitaine/gironde/printemps-des-cine-concerts-2009-09051802.html |archive-date=9 April 2021 |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> In 2003, Gojira received a request from Marty to compose the instrumental music for ''Maciste in Hell'', a 1925 Italian black-and-white silent film directed by [[Guido Brignone]], and to perform it at the Rock School Barbey, a former Bordeaux theater.<ref name="Gwardeath2019">{{cite journal|last=Gwardeath|first=Guillaume|date=June 2019|title=A Guide to Gojira|url=https://www.junkpage.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JUNKPAGE68-WEB-2.pdf|editor=Évidence Éditions|language=fr|journal=Junkpage|place=Bordeaux|issue=68|page=23|access-date=15 October 2022|issn=2268-6126|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421152020/https://www.junkpage.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JUNKPAGE68-WEB-2.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Xtazine2004"/>

That year, the band performed their music in two sold-out performances<ref name="Gwardeath2019"/> in front of the film screened at the theater.<ref name="Xtazine2004"/> Gojira's fifty-minute one-night show of avant-garde metal was recorded and released later in 2003 as an album entitled ''[[Maciste All'Inferno (Gojira album)|Maciste All'Inferno]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rees |first=Adam |date=14 November 2020 |title=10 unreleased songs by major metal bands we want to hear right now |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-unreleased-songs-by-major-metal-bands-we-want-to-hear-right-now |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201213142700/https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-unreleased-songs-by-major-metal-bands-we-want-to-hear-right-now |archive-date=13 December 2020 |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> In a 2008 interview, Mario Duplantier expressed his hope to release a second version as a fully-fledged Gojira album.<ref name="Noiseweb2008"/>

===Cavalera Conspiracy===
{{Main|Cavalera Conspiracy}}
[[Max Cavalera|Max]] and [[Igor Cavalera]], the founding brothers of the Brazilian band Sepultura, wanted to recruit a bass player for Cavalera Conspiracy (their new band) in 2007.<ref name="Cavalera2007-10-09">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Frontman Talks About His Involvement With Cavalera Conspiracy|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-talks-about-his-involvement-with-cavalera-conspiracy/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=9 October 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140105032838/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gojira-frontman-talks-about-his-involvement-with-cavalera-conspiracy/|archive-date=5 January 2014|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> Labadie was chosen through Roadrunner Records, but could not accept the offer for family reasons.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Frontman Joe Duplantier On Working With Cavalera Conspiracy On Inflikted|url=https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-frontman-joe-duplantier-on-working-with-cavalera-conspiracy-on-inflikted-very-fast-and-very-quick-it-was-almost-like-a-dream|url-status=live|work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=25 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224050309/https://bravewords.com/news/gojira-frontman-joe-duplantier-on-working-with-cavalera-conspiracy-on-inflikted-very-fast-and-very-quick-it-was-almost-like-a-dream|archive-date=24 February 2020|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> Joe Duplantier called Gloria Cavalera, and he was invited to play bass.<ref name="Cavalera2007-10-09"/> He met Logan Mader, recording engineer on ''The Way of All Flesh'' in 2008, while recording with Cavalera Conspiracy in Los Angeles.<ref name="Wood2008-12-01"/> Joe performed with the band on 31 August 2007 at the 11th annual D-Low Memorial Show at the [[Marquee Theatre]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]],<ref name="Cavalera2007-10-09"/> a concert for Dana "D-Low" Wells (Max Cavalera's stepson, who was killed in a 1996 car crash).<ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Stephen|date=26 June 2019|title=Deftones: How we made Around The Fur|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/deftones-how-we-made-around-the-fur|url-status=live|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111215556/https://www.loudersound.com/features/deftones-how-we-made-around-the-fur|archive-date=11 November 2020|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref>

The album ''[[Inflikted]]'' was released in March 2008,<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=27 March 2014|title=Max Cavalera Updates the Status of the Next Cavalera Conspiracy Album|url=https://loudwire.com/max-cavalera-status-next-cavalera-conspiracy-album/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522042931/https://loudwire.com/max-cavalera-status-next-cavalera-conspiracy-album/|archive-date=22 May 2015|access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref> and a tour followed several months later.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Cavalera Conspiracy: More Tour Dates Announced|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cavalera-conspiracy-more-tour-dates-announced/|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=7 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221172346/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cavalera-conspiracy-more-tour-dates-announced/|archive-date=21 February 2021|access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref> Touring with Cavalera Conspiracy became problematic for Joe Duplantier, who preferred to concentrate on recording ''The Way of All Flesh'' and its promotion: "I put everything in Gojira, my whole life."<ref name="Wood2008-12-01"/>

==={{anchor|''Sea Shepherd EP''}}Unreleased Sea Shepherd EP===
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In early November 2010, Gojira entered a Los Angeles studio with producer Logan Mader to begin recording a four-song [[extended play]] whose proceeds would benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an [[anti-whaling]] organization. The EP would feature guest appearances from the international metal scene; sales were expected on the Gojira website "without going through traditional ways", said Joe Duplantier.<ref name="BB2010-11-08">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Gojira Recording New EP: Photos From The Studio Available|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149044|url-status=live|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=8 November 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907192858/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149044|archive-date=7 September 2012|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

As a preview of the Sea Shepherd EP, Gojira released "Of Blood And Salt" in May 2011 and appeared on a ''Metal Hammer'' UK [[sampler album]] with guest vocalist Devin Townsend and a guest guitar solo by Meshuggah's Fredrik Thordendal. The other tracks featured Brent Hinds,<ref name="Pasbani2011-11-09"/> Randy Blythe, [[Anders Fridén]], and Max Cavalera. The EP was originally intended for release in August and September 2011;<ref name="Hart2011-07-29">{{cite news|last=Hart|first=Josh|date=29 July 2011|title=Gojira Drummer Gives Update on 'Sea Shepherd' EP|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gojira-drummer-gives-update-sea-shepherd-ep|url-status=live|work=[[Guitar World]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202070028/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gojira-drummer-gives-update-sea-shepherd-ep|archive-date=2 December 2020|access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref> it was never released, however, because the hard drive which contained the recordings crashed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yardley|first=Miranda|date=3 October 2011|title=Gojira reveal reason for EP delay and begin recording new album|url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/news-news/gojira-reveal-reason-for-ep-delay-and-begin-recording-new-album/|url-status=live|work=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814123506/http://www.terrorizer.com/news/news-news/gojira-reveal-reason-for-ep-delay-and-begin-recording-new-album/|archive-date=14 August 2016|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

==={{anchor|''Olympic Games''}}Olympic Games===
Gojira played at the [[2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in Paris, France, on July 26, 2024, becoming the first metal band to ever play at the opening ceremony. Their performance from the [[Conciergerie]], on the bank of the [[Seine]], included depictions of a decapitated [[Marie Antoinette]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Rivera|first=Joe|date=July 26, 2024|title=Who is Gojira? What to know about metal band at Olympics opening ceremony|work=USA TODAY|language=en-US|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/26/gojira-band-olympic-opening-ceremony/74561517007/|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> and the band played a heavy metal rendition of "[[Ça Ira|Ah! Ça Ira!]]", a revolutionary song that was popular during the French Revolution.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marshall|first=Alex|date=July 26, 2024|title=What was with that heavy metal band? That was Gojira.|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/opening-ceremony-heavy-metal-band-gojira.html|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> Aside from metal news websites and magazines, Gojira's performance made headlines in many news outlets as the first metal band ever to play in an Olympic opening ceremony, delivering an epic rendition of an old song.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Scott|date=July 26, 2024|title=Gojira is the first metal band to perform at the Opening Ceremonies. Here's who they are.|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en-US|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/07/26/gojira-opening-ceremony-performer-paris-olympics/|issn=0190-8286|access-date=July 26, 2024|archive-date=26 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726191239/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/07/26/gojira-opening-ceremony-performer-paris-olympics/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Del Bello|first=Romain|date=July 27, 2024|title=Paris 2024 Olympics: Gojira, the metal surprise at the opening ceremony|work=AFP|via=Le Monde|language=en-EU|url-access=limited|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/music/article/2024/07/27/paris-2024-olympics-gojira-the-metal-surprise-at-the-opening-ceremony_6701224_34.html|access-date=July 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chung|first=Gabrielle|title=2024 Paris Olympics: Heavy Metal Band Gojira Shocks With Marie Antoinette Head Moment at Opening Ceremony|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1405483/2024-paris-olympics-heavy-metal-band-gojira-shocks-with-marie-antoinette-head-moment-at-opening-ceremony|website=E!|date=July 26, 2024|access-date=July 30, 2024|archive-date=30 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730110803/https://www.eonline.com/news/1405483/2024-paris-olympics-heavy-metal-band-gojira-shocks-with-marie-antoinette-head-moment-at-opening-ceremony|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, the band, together with Franco-Swiss opera singer Marina Viotti and French composer Victor Le Masne, won the Grammy Award for the best metal performance with their performance of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.<ref name=":4" />

==Legacy and influence==
Gojira was ranked sixth on Paris magazine ''[[L'Express]]''{{'}} 2009 list of the top 10 best-selling French music artists in the US.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dèbes|first=Florian|date=30 September 2010|orig-year=2009|title=Les 10 artistes français qui vendent le plus de disques aux USA|trans-title=Top 10 best-selling French music artists in the USA|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/diaporama/diapo-photo/culture/musique/les-10-artistes-francais-qui-vendent-le-plus-de-disques-aux-usa_923449.html#|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[L'Express]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119161040/https://www.lexpress.fr/diaporama/diapo-photo/culture/musique/les-10-artistes-francais-qui-vendent-le-plus-de-disques-aux-usa_923449.html|archive-date=19 January 2022|access-date=16 October 2022|via=French Music Export Office in New York under the ''[[:fr:Centre national de la musique|Centre national de la musique]]''|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 2012, Gojira was top-ranked in the French metal category by the [[Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.#The Cultural Service|Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frenchculture.org/music/3228-introduction-french-metal|title=An Introduction To French Metal|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|publisher=French Culture.org|access-date=1 March 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301181829/https://frenchculture.org/music/3228-introduction-french-metal|archive-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> By August 2016, the band was one of France's biggest rock exports to the US.{{sfn|Desgroux|2016|p=51}} French national newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]'' said in 2016 that Gojira was the country's first metal band to reach international status<ref name="Colombani2016-06-10"/> without support from the [[Institut Français]], which promotes French culture abroad.<ref>{{cite news|last=Richard|first=Olivier|date=24 February 2017|title=L'institut français sous le signe du concert|trans-title=The French Institute under the sign of concert|url=https://www.liberation.fr/musique/2017/02/24/l-institut-francais-sous-le-signe-du-concert_1550869/|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Libération]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210206142323/https://www.liberation.fr/musique/2017/02/24/l-institut-francais-sous-le-signe-du-concert_1550869/|archive-date=6 February 2021|access-date=6 February 2021|trans-quote=...see Gojira's worldwide success}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Mario Duplantier noted that France "is rather a country of ''[[chansons]]'' (French language as an instrument) with ''chanteurs à texte'' ([[Francis Cabrel|lyric-driven French singers]]{{spaced ndash}}[[Édith Piaf|dramatic singers]]), and it is fine like that".<ref name="Marraud2017-01-22"/> French politician [[Patrick Roy (politician)|Patrick Roy]], who championed heavy metal several times in the [[hemicycle]] of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], challenged [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Minister of Culture]] [[Frédéric Mitterrand]] there in 2010 and suggested he listen to Gojira, as well as Metallica, [[Epica (band)|Epica]], Opeth, [[Adagio (band)|Adagio]], and [[Mass Hysteria (band)|Mass Hysteria]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Deprieck |first=Matthieu |date=30 March 2010 |title=Quand les députés parlent de rock metal |trans-title=When deputies talk about rock metal |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/quand-les-deputes-parlent-de-rock-metal_859367.html |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[L'Express]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124145435/https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/quand-les-deputes-parlent-de-rock-metal_859367.html |archive-date=24 January 2018 |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>}}

Gojira has influenced bands and musicians such as [[the Agonist]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Somcutean |first=Cristina |date=2015 |title=The Agonist: Interview with Danny Marino − February 2015 |url=https://www.powerofmetal.dk/interviews15/theagonist_interview.html |url-status=live |language=en |work=Power Of Metal.dk |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211106200025/https://www.powerofmetal.dk/interviews15/theagonist_interview.html |archive-date=6 November 2021 |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> [[Alien Weaponry]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Dillon |date=8 September 2021 |title=Alien Weaponry Talk Māori Culture, Gojira's Influence, Love of Lamb of God  |url= https://bravewords.com/features/alien-weaponry-talk-maori-culture-gojira-s-influence-love-of-lamb-of-god |url-status=live |work=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220902224454/https://bravewords.com/features/alien-weaponry-talk-maori-culture-gojira-s-influence-love-of-lamb-of-god |archive-date=2 September 2022 |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> [[Avatar (band)|Avatar]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=9 January 2020 |title=13 Things We Know About Avatar's Next Album From Our Studio Visit |url=https://loudwire.com/avatar-2020-album-studio-interview-photos/ |url-status=live |department=Interview |work=Loudwire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205005033/https://loudwire.com/avatar-2020-album-studio-interview-photos/ |archive-date=5 February 2021 |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> [[Betraying the Martyrs]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Sam |date=25 November 2021 |title=Betraying the Martyrs: Interview |url=https://www.french-metal.com/interviews/betrayingthemartyrs.html |url-status=live |language=fr |work=French Metal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211106130048/https://www.french-metal.com/interviews/betrayingthemartyrs.html |archive-date=6 November 2021 |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> [[Black Crown Initiate]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Pratt|first=Greg |date=6 August 2020 |title=Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life... |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2020/08/06/five-heavy-albums-that-changed-my-life-with-andy-thomas-of-black-crown-initiate/ |url-status=live |work=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210814191928/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2020/08/06/five-heavy-albums-that-changed-my-life-with-andy-thomas-of-black-crown-initiate/ |archive-date=14 August 2021 |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> [[the Contortionist]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gomez |first=Adrian |date=6 May 2011 |title=Indy metal band blazes its own trail |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/28807/indy-metal-band-blazes-its-own-trail.html |department=Interview |journal=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |page=47 |access-date=30 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130144739/https://www.abqjournal.com/28807/indy-metal-band-blazes-its-own-trail.html |archive-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> [[Erra (band)|Erra]],<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=11 March 2021 |title=Erra... |trans-title=Erra tells us about her new colossal metal album, inspired by Tool and Gojira |url=https://www.metalzone.fr/interviews/153511-erra-nouvel-album-metal-inspirations-tool-gojira/ |url-status=live |language=fr |work=MetalZone |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211029221412/https://www.metalzone.fr/interviews/153511-erra-nouvel-album-metal-inspirations-tool-gojira/ |archive-date=29 October 2021 |access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> [[Fit for an Autopsy]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Jason|date=13 October 2015|title=Fit For An Autopsy: Absolute Hope Absolute Hell|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/fit-for-an-autopsy-absolute-hope-absolute-hell|url-status=live|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301231616/https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/fit-for-an-autopsy-absolute-hope-absolute-hell|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> [[Hypno5e]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Aunai|first=Simon|date=18 October 2020|title=Hypno5e...|url=https://www.tourtoisiemusic.com/post/hypno5e-ou-la-convergence-des-arts|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Tourtoisie Music|type=Concerts organizer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124064937/https://www.tourtoisiemusic.com/post/hypno5e-ou-la-convergence-des-arts|archive-date=24 January 2021|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> [[Jinjer]],<ref>Jinjer cites Gojira as an influence:
* {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=4 August 2016 |title=Interview with Jinjer |url=https://wonderboxmetal.com/2016/08/04/interview-with-jinjer/ |url-status=live |work=Wonderbox Metal |location=UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720062928/https://wonderboxmetal.com/2016/08/04/interview-with-jinjer/ |archive-date=20 July 2021 |access-date=29 January 2022}}
* {{cite news |last=Obert |first=Craig |date=24 December 2017 |title=Interview with Jinjer by Craig Obert |url=https://mhf-mag.com/interviews/interview-with-jinjer-by-craig-obert/ |url-status=live |work=MHF Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130160242/https://mhf-mag.com/interviews/interview-with-jinjer-by-craig-obert/ |archive-date=30 January 2022 |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> [[Tallah]] drummer Max Portnoy,<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Stuart|date=10 September 2020|title=Max Portnoy: The 10 albums that influenced my drumming style|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/max-portnoy-the-10-albums-that-influenced-my-drumming-style|url-status=live|work=[[MusicRadar]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210401131636/https://www.musicradar.com/news/max-portnoy-the-10-albums-that-influenced-my-drumming-style|archive-date=1 April 2021|access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref> [[Miss May I]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Monaghan |first=Steve |date=20 May 2017 |title=Interview: Levi Benton − Miss May I |url=https://www.therockpit.net/2017/interview-levi-benton-miss-may-i/ |url-status=live |work=[[The Rockpit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130153619/https://www.therockpit.net/2017/interview-levi-benton-miss-may-i/ |archive-date=30 January 2022 |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> [[Rolo Tomassi]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Longhurst |first=Jake |date=3 February 2022 |title=Interview: Rolo Tomassi |url=https://impactnottingham.com/2022/02/interview-rolo-tomassi/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=[[Impact (student magazine)|Impact]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203140849/https://impactnottingham.com/2022/02/interview-rolo-tomassi/ |archive-date=3 February 2022 |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> and [[Thy Art Is Murder]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith-Engelhardt|first=Joe|date=30 August 2017|title=Five Things We Learned About Thy Art Is Murder's 'Dear Desolation' and the Return of CJ McMahon|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/five_things_we_learned_about_thy_art_is_murders_dear_desolation_and_the_return_of_cj_mcmahon|url-status=live|work=[[Exclaim!]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301231258/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/five_things_we_learned_about_thy_art_is_murders_dear_desolation_and_the_return_of_cj_mcmahon|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> While the band garnered international attention through the release of ''From Mars to Sirius'', vocalist Will Garner of the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Black Peaks]] said that Gojira changed his "perception of music".<ref>{{cite news |last=Goodman |first=Eleanor |date=14 July 2016 |title=Black Peaks' Will Gardner on why he loves French metallers Gojira |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/black-peaks-will-gardner-on-why-he-loves-french-metallers-gojira |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214064122/https://www.loudersound.com/features/black-peaks-will-gardner-on-why-he-loves-french-metallers-gojira |archive-date=14 December 2020 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> Vocalist and guitarist Josh Middleton of [[Sylosis]] said that his vocal approach was inspired by Gojira: "when ''From Mars to Sirius'' came out, this album was huge for most people who love heavy music ... There are a lot of very melodic screams on this album, it seems like there is always a height in [Joe Duplantier's] singing, and that influenced me enormously".<ref>{{cite news|last=Gricourt|first=Nicolas|date=21 February 2020|title=Sylosis prend un nouveau départ|trans-title=Sylosis gets a fresh start|url=http://www.radiometal.com/article/sylosis-prend-nouveau-depart,362805|url-status=live|language=fr|department=Interview (by phone)|work=Radio Metal|others=Transcripted by Emilie Bardalou|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302195643/http://www.radiometal.com/article/sylosis-prend-nouveau-depart,362805|archive-date=2 March 2021|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> [[Tesseract (band)|Tesseract]] lead guitarist Acle Kahney said that touring with Gojira influenced the "darker tone" of his band's [[Sonder (Tesseract album)|fourth studio album]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lynham |first=Alex |date=6 April 2018 |title=TesseracT: 'Subconsciously, we might have been going for a darker tone' |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/tesseract-subconsciously-we-might-have-been-going-for-a-darker-tone |url-status=live |work=MusicRadar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117011739/https://www.musicradar.com/news/tesseract-subconsciously-we-might-have-been-going-for-a-darker-tone |archive-date=17 January 2021 |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> [[Myles Kennedy]] explained his inspiration in composing [[Alter Bridge]]'s song, "Native Son": "When I wrote that riff, I had certainly been listening to a lot of Gojira".<ref>{{cite news|last=Breathnach|first=Cillian|date=28 October 2019|title=Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy lays on the praise for Gojira in new interview|url=https://guitar.com/news/music-news/myles-kennedy-praises-gojira/|url-status=live|work=Guitar Magazine|publisher=[[BandLab Technologies]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928213802/https://guitar.com/news/music-news/myles-kennedy-praises-gojira/|archive-date=28 September 2020|access-date=2 March 2021|issn=2515-6268}}</ref> Norwegian singer [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]] said that she was inspired by the band's lyrics,<ref>{{cite news|last=Lacroix|first=Jérémie|date=7 November 2016|title=Aurora...|trans-title=Aurora, the young Norwegian prodigy sets out to conquer the world|url=https://tetu.com/2016/11/07/interview-aurora-magazine-lgbt/|url-status=live|language=fr|work=[[Têtu]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212164430/http://tetu.com/2016/11/07/interview-aurora-magazine-lgbt/|archive-date=12 December 2018|access-date=2 March 2021|issn=1265-3578}}</ref> and "Gojira is my favorite band of all time".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=10 New Artists You Need to Know: January 2016|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-january-2016-19447/roly-porter-206916/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418031305/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-january-2016-19447/aurora-207192/|archive-date=18 April 2019|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> Jinjer's Tatiana Shmayluk and Aurora have said that they would like to collaborate with the band.<ref>Aurora and Tatiana Shmayluk would like to collaborate with Gojira:
* {{cite news|last=Summan|first=Yasmine|date=2 November 2020|title=Jinjer's Tatiana Shmayluk: 'We don't have any guarantees about our future'|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/jinjers-tatiana-shmaylyuk-we-dont-have-any-guarantees-about-our-future|url-status=live|work=Metal Hammer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302214432/https://www.loudersound.com/features/jinjers-tatiana-shmaylyuk-we-dont-have-any-guarantees-about-our-future|archive-date=2 March 2021|access-date=2 March 2021}}
* {{cite news|author=Steph|date=14 November 2018|title=Rencontre avec la chanteuse Aurora...|trans-title=Meeting with singer Aurora on the occasion of the release of her new EP|url=http://www.laparisiennelife.com/2018/11/rencontre-avec-la-chanteuse-aurora-a-l-occasion-de-la-sortie-de-son-nouvel-ep.html|url-status=live|language=fr|department=Interview|work=La Parisienne Life|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302214902/http://www.laparisiennelife.com/2018/11/rencontre-avec-la-chanteuse-aurora-a-l-occasion-de-la-sortie-de-son-nouvel-ep.html|archive-date=2 March 2021|access-date=26 December 2021|trans-quote=I would love to collaborate with the French metal band Gojira. I've been a fan since I was 12.}}</ref> [[Spiritbox]] and [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] have incorporated the "Gojira-esque pick scrape technique" into their music, according to ''[[Guitar World]]'' and ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.<ref>Gojira's pick scrape technique in Spiritbox and Trivium music:
*{{cite news|last=Roche|first=Sam|date=9 July 2020|title=Spiritbox's Mike Stringer delivers a furious, pick scrape-laden playthrough of Holy Roller|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/spiritboxs-mike-stringer-delivers-a-furious-pick-scrape-laden-playthrough-of-holy-roller|url-status=live|work=Guitar World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124124610/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/spiritboxs-mike-stringer-delivers-a-furious-pick-scrape-laden-playthrough-of-holy-roller|archive-date=24 January 2021|access-date=29 October 2021}}
* {{cite magazine |last=Rolli |first=Bryan |date=24 April 2020 |title=Why Trivium Went 'Back to the Old Ethos' for Its New Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9364964/matt-heafy-trivium-new-album |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231200506/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9364964/matt-heafy-trivium-new-album |archive-date=31 December 2020 |access-date=31 October 2021 |quote=See: seventh paragraph}}</ref> Niklas Karlsson of [[Orbit Culture]] said that their sound and music was "A mixture of Metallica and Gojira", whom he described as having a considerable influence on the band, saying, "Without either band, Orbit Culture simply would not exist."<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=19 February 2021 |title=Orbit Culture Frontman Recalls Night Gojira 'Changed Everything I Knew About Metal' |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/orbit-culture-gojira-changed-everything-i-knew-about-metal |url-status=live |work=Revolver |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813155927/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/orbit-culture-gojira-changed-everything-i-knew-about-metal |archive-date=13 August 2021 |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> [[Born of Osiris]] guitarist Lee McKinney cited ''The Way of All Flesh'' as his inspiration and one of his five favorite progressive metal albums. He praised the album for its technical compositions and described the musical structure complexity of "The Art of Dying" as "Absolutely astonishing."<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=2 July 2021 |title=Born of Osiris' Lee McKinney Picks 5 Favorite Progressive-Metal Records |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/born-osiris-lee-mckinney-picks-5-favorite-progressive-metal-records#meshuggah-obzen-2008 |url-status=live |work=Revolver |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724132246/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/born-osiris-lee-mckinney-picks-5-favorite-progressive-metal-records |archive-date=24 July 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>

Writing for ''[[Metal Hammer]]'', Luke Morton noticed how Gojira gradually rose to prominence over the decades at a constant pace. After their headlining show at Bloodstock Open Air in 2018, he credited the band as having "cemented themselves as one of the best metal bands in the world".<ref>{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Luke |date=12 August 2018 |title=Gojira's headline Bloodstock show was a triumph for metal |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/gojiras-headline-bloodstock-show-was-a-triumph-for-metal |url-status=live |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210214153528/https://www.loudersound.com/features/gojiras-headline-bloodstock-show-was-a-triumph-for-metal |archive-date=14 February 2021 |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref> In 2019, Kennedy called Gojira "the most important metal band out there right now";<ref>{{cite news|last=Schaffner|first=Lauryn|date=28 October 2019|title=Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: Gojira Are the Most Important Metal Band Right Now|url=https://loudwire.com/alter-bridge-myles-kennedy-gojira-important-metal-band/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301233459/https://loudwire.com/alter-bridge-myles-kennedy-gojira-important-metal-band/|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> he also said, "They're very important to the evolution of where things are going with hard rock and metal".<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Singer Myles Kennedy on Alter Bridge, Slash and Led Zeppelin|url=https://seouljournal.com/entertainment/item/259-myles-kennedy-alter-bridge-interview.html|url-status=usurped|work=Seoul Journal|date=n.d.|location=California|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301234402/https://seouljournal.com/entertainment/item/259-myles-kennedy-alter-bridge-interview.html|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> In December 2019, "Stranded" was ranked No.&nbsp;8 on ''Guitar World''{{'}}s list of the decade's 20 best guitar riffs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Horsley |first=Jonathan |date=12 December 2019 |title=The 20 best guitar riffs of the decade |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-20-best-guitar-riffs-of-the-decade |url-status=live |work=Guitar World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711132427/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-20-best-guitar-riffs-of-the-decade |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> In January 2020, ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' included "Toxic Garbage Island" in the list of the "Top 50 metal songs from the past 20 years" and deemed it "one of the best metal songs of all time".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=23 January 2020 |title=Top 50 metal songs from the past 20 years |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-metal-songs-2000s-2010s-21st-century/ |url-status=live |work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228133312/https://www.altpress.com/features/best-metal-songs-2000s-2010s-21st-century/ |archive-date=28 February 2021 |access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> ''Kerrang!'' listed Joe Duplantier's tapping in "Silvera" among "The 20 Best Guitar Solos Of The 2010s".<ref>{{cite news |last=Enis |first=Elis |date=2 October 2020 |title=The 20 Best Guitar Solos Of The 2010s |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-best-guitar-solos-of-the-2010s |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=Kerrang! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205032040/https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-best-guitar-solos-of-the-2010s |archive-date=5 February 2022 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> In 2020, ''[[Stereogum]]'' called Gojira "one of this century's most important underground metal institutions": "The band figured out a way to weld the grimy, mathy complications of technical death metal to the grand, mathy complications of {{nowrap|prog-rock}}, and they quickly became the kind of band that other bands mythologize."<ref>{{cite news |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=5 August 2020 |title=Gojira − 'Another World' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2093872/gojira-another-world/music/ |url-status=live |work=[[Stereogum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818204051/https://www.stereogum.com/2093872/gojira-another-world/music/ |archive-date=18 August 2020 |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> In April 2021, they were called "the band of the decade" by ''Metal Hammer''.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gojira are crowned the band of the decade in the new issue of Metal Hammer|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-fortitude-new-metal-hammer-issue-cover-interview|url-status=live|work=[[Metal Hammer]]|date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501182750/https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-fortitude-new-metal-hammer-issue-cover-interview|archive-date=1 May 2021|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> In June 2021, Brad Angle of ''Guitar World'' called Gojira "titans of groove metal: progressive, heavy-hitting riff giants", adding that they continue "in the lineage of Metallica, Sepultura, Pantera, Lamb of God and others".<ref name="Angle2021"/> ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked "Amazonia" at No.&nbsp;8 on its list of "The greatest songs about the climate crisis".<ref>{{cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=28 October 2021 |title=The greatest songs about the climate crisis − ranked! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/28/the-greatest-songs-about-the-climate-crisis-ranked |url-status=live |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117003116/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/28/the-greatest-songs-about-the-climate-crisis-ranked |archive-date=17 November 2021|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> "L'Enfant Sauvage" was listed in ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]''{{'}}s "15 Greatest Title Tracks in Metal History".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=9 May 2022 |title=15 Greatest Title Tracks in Metal History |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/15-greatest-title-tracks-metal-history |url-status=live |work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220717121234/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/15-greatest-title-tracks-metal-history%23death-symbolic |archive-date=17 July 2022 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> ''From Mars to Sirius'' was ranked at No.&nbsp;10 and ''L'Enfant Sauvage'' at No.&nbsp;44 on the ''[[Loudwire]]'' "100 Best Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century" list.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=10 January 2023 |title=The 100 Best Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century |url=https://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/ |url-status=live |work=Loudwire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119231050/https://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/ |archive-date=19 January 2023 |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> [[Will Hodgkinson]] of ''[[The Times]]'' dubbed Gojira the "French metal masters" after attending a 2023 show.<ref name="Hodgkinson2023-02-23"/>

Three [[Jurassic]]-era [[brittle star]] fossils, ''Ophiogojira labadiei'', ''Ophiogojira andreui'', and ''Ophioduplantiera noctiluca'', were named after band members by scientists Ben Thuy and Lea Numberger from the [[National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg]], and Tania Pineda-Enríquez from the [[Florida Museum of Natural History]]. They wrote that the genus ''Ophiogojira'' was named in honor of Gojira "for producing songs of an unfathomable intensity, beautifully dark and heavy, and exploring the abyss of life and death, of human strength and error, and of thriving and yet threatened oceans."<ref>{{cite news| last=Elizabeth |first=Scarlett |date=15 September 2021 |title=Gojira have had three fossils named after them |url-status=live |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-have-had-three-fossils-named-after-them |work=Metal Hammer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924155511/https://www.loudersound.com/news/gojira-have-had-three-fossils-named-after-them |archive-date=24 September 2021 |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=New fossils of Jurassic ophiurid brittle stars (Ophiuroidea; Ophiurida) provide evidence for early clade evolution in the deep sea|journal=[[Royal Society Open Science]]|date=18 August 2021|first1=Ben|last1=Thuy|first2=Lea D.|last2=Numberger-Thuy|first3=Tania|last3=Pineda-Enríquez|volume=8|issue=8|page=210643|doi=10.1098/rsos.210643 |pmid=34457344 |pmc=8371378 |bibcode=2021RSOS....810643T }}</ref>

==Band members==
'''Current'''<ref name="HF2020-12-26"/>
* [[Joe Duplantier]] −  vocals, guitar <small>(1996–present)</small>
* [[Mario Duplantier]] − drums <small>(1996–present)</small>
* [[Christian Andreu]] − guitar <small>(1996–present)</small>
* [[Jean-Michel Labadie]] − bass <small>(1998–present)</small>

'''Touring'''<ref name="Roche2022-05-18"/>
* Aldrick Guadagnino − guitar <small>(2022)</small>

'''Former'''<ref name="HF2020-12-26"/>
* Alexandre Cornillon − bass <small>(1996–1998)</small>
<!-- A timeline is unnecessary from January 2023 because there was only one change in 1998, and the band's line-up has been the same since then. Please discuss on the talk page if you disagree, as per WP:AVOIDEDITWAR. -->

==Discography==
{{Main|Gojira discography}}
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Terra Incognita (Gojira album)|Terra Incognita]]'' (2001)
* ''[[The Link (album)|The Link]]'' (2003)
* ''[[From Mars to Sirius]]'' (2005)
* ''[[The Way of All Flesh (album)|The Way of All Flesh]]'' (2008)
* ''[[L'Enfant Sauvage (album)|L'Enfant Sauvage]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Magma (Gojira album)|Magma]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Fortitude (album)|Fortitude]]'' (2021)

==Awards and nominations==
===Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Music Awards===
{{main|Revolver (magazine)#Epiphone Revolver Music Awards|Epiphone}}
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2013
| ''[[L'Enfant Sauvage (album)|L'Enfant Sauvage]]'' 
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Pasbani2013-05-03"/>
|-
| [[Mario Duplantier]]
| Best Drummer
| {{nom}}
|-
!scope="row"| 2016
| "Silvera"
| Best Film/Video
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Watch Megadeth, Anthrax, Zakk Wylde and More Rock the Epiphone Revolver Music Awards|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-megadeth-anthrax-zakk-wylde-and-more-rock-epiphone-revolver-music-awards|url-status=live|work=[[Guitar World]]|date=14 December 2016|place=New York City|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210331184335/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-megadeth-anthrax-zakk-wylde-and-more-rock-epiphone-revolver-music-awards|archive-date=31 March 2021|access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Crespo2017">{{cite news|last=Crespo|first=Charley|date=8 March 2017|title=The Epiphone Revolver Music Awards at Webster Hall's Grand Ballroom|url=https://www.theaquarian.com/2017/03/08/the-epiphone-revolver-music-awards-webster-halls-grand-ballroom/|url-status=live|work=[[The Aquarian Weekly]]|place=New York City|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210331184851/https://www.theaquarian.com/2017/03/08/the-epiphone-revolver-music-awards-webster-halls-grand-ballroom/|archive-date=31 March 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
|}

===''GAFFA'' Awards (Denmark)<!--Not to be confused with the Swedish GAFFA Awards (GAFFA-Priset).-->===
The [[Gaffa (magazine)#GAFFA Awards|''GAFFA'' Awards]] (Danish: ''GAFFA''-Prisen) is an annual [[Denmark|Danish]] awards ceremony delivered since 1991 for Danish and international music.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lerche Kristiansen |first=Annegerd |date=9 November 2013 |title=Er du til konfettiglam eller indieshow? Guide til årets prisshows |trans-title=Are you into confetti glam or indie shows? Guide to this year's award shows |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/er-du-til-konfettiglam-eller-indieshow-guide-til-aarets-prisshows |url-status=live |language=da |work=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220902221131/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/er-du-til-konfettiglam-eller-indieshow-guide-til-aarets-prisshows |archive-date=2 September 2022 |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref>
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"| 2022
| ''[[Fortitude (album)|Fortitude]]''
| International Release of the Year
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenstand Svidt |first=Ole |date=4 March 2022 |title=GAFFA-Prisen 2022: Se alle vinderne − og kæmpe fotoserie |trans-title=GAFFA Prize 2022: See all the winners − and huge photo series |url=https://gaffa.dk/nyheder/2022/nyhed_marts/gaffa-prisen-2022-se-alle-vinderne-og-kaempe-fotoserie/ |url-status=live |language=da |work=[[Gaffa (magazine)|Gaffa]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220411170023/https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/155465/gaffa-prisen-2022-se-alle-vinderne-og-kaempe-fotoserie |archive-date=11 April 2022 |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref>
|}

===Grammy Awards===
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[59th Annual Grammy Awards|2017]]
| "Silvera"
| [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] 
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=12 February 2017 |title=Grammy Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7686168/grammy-awards-2017-winners-list/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022041538/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7686168/grammy-awards-2017-winners-list/ |archive-date=22 October 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Magma (Gojira album)|Magma]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]] 
| {{nom}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[64th Annual Grammy Awards|2022]]
| "Amazonia"
| Best Metal Performance
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Phillips2022"/>
|-
!scope="row"| [[67th Annual Grammy Awards|2025]]
| "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)"
| Best Metal Performance
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="grammy2025" />
|}

===Heavy Music Awards===
The [[Heavy Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony in partnership with [[Amazon Music]] and [[Ticketmaster]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Paine|first=Andre|date=12 July 2021|title=Amazon Music and Ticketmaster partner with Heavy Music Awards for 2021 edition|url=https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/amazon-music-and-ticketmaster-partner-with-heavy-music-awards-for-2021-edition/083681|url-status=live|work=[[Music Week]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713102530/https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/amazon-music-and-ticketmaster-partner-with-heavy-music-awards-for-2021-edition/083681|archive-date=13 July 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"| 2017
| rowspan="2"| Gojira
| Best International Band
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Garner|first=George|date=25 August 2017|title=Heavy Music Awards 2017: The winners list|url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/heavy-music-awards-2017-the-winners-list/069586|url-status=live|work=[[Music Week]]|location=London|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410195011/https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/heavy-music-awards-2017-the-winners-list/069586|archive-date=10 April 2021|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Redrup|first=Zach|date=25 August 2017|title=News: Winners of Heavy Music Awards 2017 announced!|url=https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-winners-of-heavy-music-awards-2017-announced/|url-status=live|work=Dead Press!|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210327174027/https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-winners-of-heavy-music-awards-2017-announced/|archive-date=27 March 2021|access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2018
| Best Live Band  
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Nevrkla|first=Sophie|date=24 August 2018|title=Metallica, Architects, Gojira among Heavy Music Awards 2018 winners|url=https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/metallica-architects-gojira-among-heavy-music-awards-2018-winners/073608|url-status=live|work=[[Music Week]]|location=London|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210327174431/https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/metallica-architects-gojira-among-heavy-music-awards-2018-winners/073608|archive-date=27 March 2021|access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Redrup|first=Zach|date=24 August 2018|title=News: Heavy Music Awards 2018 winners announced!|url=https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-heavy-music-awards-2018-winners-announced/|url-status=live|work=Dead Press!|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410200538/https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-heavy-music-awards-2018-winners-announced/|archive-date=10 April 2021|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
|}

===Loudwire Music Awards===
{{main|Loudwire#Loudwire Music Awards}}
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2012
| ''L'Enfant Sauvage''
| Metal Album of the Year 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|date=16 January 2013|title=Lamb of God Win Metal Album of the Year in the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards|url=https://loudwire.com/lamb-of-god-metal-album-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922083104/https://loudwire.com/lamb-of-god-metal-album-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/|archive-date=22 September 2019|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Mario Duplantier
| Drummer of the Year 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|date=16 January 2013|title=Vinnie Paul Wins Drummer of the Year in the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards|url=https://loudwire.com/vinnie-paul-drummer-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230081335/http://loudwire.com/vinnie-paul-drummer-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/|archive-date=30 December 2018|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Joe Duplantier]]
| Vocalist of the Year 
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Childers|first=Chad|date= 16 January 2013|title=Myles Kennedy Wins Vocalist of the Year in the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards|url=https://loudwire.com/myles-kennedy-vocalist-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304153430/http://loudwire.com/myles-kennedy-vocalist-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/|archive-date=4 March 2019|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="6"| 2016
| Mario Duplantier
| Best Drummer of the Year
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Childers|first=Chad|date=10 January 2017|title=6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards: Complete Winners List|url=https://loudwire.com/6th-annual-loudwire-music-awards-complete-winners-list/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228071101/https://loudwire.com/6th-annual-loudwire-music-awards-complete-winners-list/|archive-date=28 February 2019|access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Joe Duplantier
| Best Vocalist of the Year 
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Magma''
| Best Metal Album
| {{nom}}
|-
| "Silvera"
| Best Metal Song
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Gojira
| Best Metal Band of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Live Act
| {{nom}}
|-
!scope="row"| 2017
| Mario Duplantier
| Best Drummer
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|date=25 October 2017|title=Gojira's Mario Duplantier Wins Best Drummer – 2017 Loudwire Music Awards|url=https://loudwire.com/gojira-mario-duplantier-best-drummer-2017-loudwire-music-awards/|url-status=live|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102194540/https://loudwire.com/gojira-mario-duplantier-best-drummer-2017-loudwire-music-awards/|archive-date=2 January 2021|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Beezer|first=Terry|date=25 October 2017|title=Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden And Tony Iommi Honoured At 2017 Loudwire Awards|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/2017-loudwire-awards/|url-status=live|work=uDiscoverMusic|location=[[Los Angeles]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210331191237/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/2017-loudwire-awards/|archive-date=31 March 2021|access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>
|}

===Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards===
{{main|Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards}}
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards#2013|2013]]
| Gojira
| Best Live Band 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MHawards2013"/>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards#2016|2016]]
| Joe Duplantier
| Dimebag Darrell Shredder Award
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|last=Vallecillo|first=Alix|date=4 April 2016|title=Metal Hammer Golden Gods announce nominations for 2016|url=https://metalinsider.net/award-show-battles/metal-hammer-golden-gods-announce-nominations-for-2016|url-status=live|work=Metal Insider|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410225440/https://metalinsider.net/award-show-battles/metal-hammer-golden-gods-announce-nominations-for-2016|archive-date=10 April 2021|access-date=1 November 2021|quote='''Note:''' list of nominees}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Munroe|first=Scott|date=14 June 2016|title=Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2016 winners|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/iron-maiden-ghost-lzzy-hale-among-metal-hammer-golden-gods-winners|url-status=live|work=[[Metal Hammer]]|place=London|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410225805/https://www.loudersound.com/news/iron-maiden-ghost-lzzy-hale-among-metal-hammer-golden-gods-winners|archive-date=10 April 2021|access-date=1 November 2021|quote='''Note:''' list of winners}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards#2017|2017]]
| ''Magma''
| Best Album 
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Munro2017-06-12"/>
|}

===Rhythm MusicRadar Awards===
{{main|Rhythm (music magazine)|l1=Rhythm|MusicRadar}}
The MusicRadar Awards is an annual awards ceremony in association with ''Rhythm'' magazine to celebrate drummers.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Two BIMM graduates are currently in the running for Music Radar and Rhythm Magazine's Best Drummer awards, 2018|url=https://www.bimm.ac.uk/news/bimm-alumni-up-for-best-drummer-awards-2018/|url-status=live|work=[[British and Irish Modern Music Institute]]|date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120232422/https://www.bimm.ac.uk/news/bimm-alumni-up-for-best-drummer-awards-2018/|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"| 2016
| rowspan="3"| Mario Duplantier
| rowspan="3"| Best Metal Drummer
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Chris |date=26 June 2017 |title=Gojira's Mario Duplantier reveals all about his astonishing technique |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/gojiras-mario-duplantier-reveals-all-about-his-astonishing-technique |url-status=live |work=[[MusicRadar]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108000917/https://www.musicradar.com/news/gojiras-mario-duplantier-reveals-all-about-his-astonishing-technique |archive-date=8 November 2020 |access-date=1 November 2021 |quote='''Note''': page 3 of 4 > at the top}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| 2020
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Stuart |date=31 December 2020 |title=The 10 Best Metal Drummers in the World |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-10-best-metal-drummers-in-the-world-right-now-as-voted-for-by-you |url-status=live |work=MusicRadar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110091259/https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-10-best-metal-drummers-in-the-world-right-now-as-voted-for-by-you|archive-date=10 January 2021 |access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| 2021
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=23 November 2021 |title=The 10 Best Metal Drummers in the World |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-metal-drummer-2021 |url-status=live |work=MusicRadar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211124184734/https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-metal-drummer-2021 |archive-date=24 November 2021 |access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
|}

{{Portal|Rock music|France}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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===Sources===
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* {{cite magazine|last=Badin|first=Olivier|date=August 2005|title=Gojira: Ondres. 11 & 12 June 2005|department=Studio report|magazine= Hard 'N' Heavy Magazine|language=fr|location=[[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]]|publisher=Cyber Press Publishing|issue=114|pages=22–23|issn=1252-2279}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Badin|first=Olivier|title=Gojira: Life, The Universe and Everything|date=December 2008|department=Interview|magazine=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|language=en-GB|location=[[London]]|issue=177|pages=28–30|issn=1350-6978}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Baert|first=Sébastien|title=Gojira|date=November 2003|department=Interview|magazine=Hard Rock Magazine|language=fr|location=[[Boulogne-Billancourt]]|publisher=Allison|issue=96|page=8|issn=0764-1346}}
* {{cite magazine|author=Benji|date=October 2006|title=Gojira: From Mars... To The World|department=Interview|magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=fr|location=[[Paris]]|publisher=Grands Malades Editions|issue=59|pages=20–26|issn=1630-8204}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Blanchard|first=Cyrille|date=June 2016|title=Gojira: Un volcan s'éveille|trans-title=Gojira: A volcano awakens|department=Interview|magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=fr|location=Paris|publisher=Grands Malades Editions|issue=166|pages=38–42|issn=1630-8204}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Desgroux|first=Jean-Charles|date=August 2016|title=On S'en Fout!|trans-title=We don't care!|department=Interview|magazine=[[Rock & Folk]]|language=fr|place=[[Biarritz]]|issue=588|pages=48–51|issn=0750-7852}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Doucet|first=Renaud|date=October 2005|title=Gojira: Notre Mer la Terre|trans-title=Gojira: Our Mother the Earth|department=Interview|magazine=Hard 'N' Heavy Magazine|language=fr|location=Clichy|publisher=Cyber Press Publishing|issue=115|pages=32–35|issn=1252-2279}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Kelham|first=Andrew|date=March 2009|title=Joe and Mario Duplantier|department=Interview|language=en-GB|magazine=[[Rock Sound]]|location=London|issue=120|pages=46–47|issn=1465-0185}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Laffilé|first=Alexis|date=February 2006|title=Gojira: Trois Jours Collés aux Basques!|trans-title=Three Days Glued to the Basques!|department=Interview|magazine=Hard Rock Magazine|language=fr|location=Boulogne-Billancourt|publisher=Divarius|issue=2|pages=40–47|issn=0764-1346}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Laffilé|first=Alexis|date=November 2008|title=Gojira: Frères d'âmes|trans-title=Gojira: Soul brothers|department=Interview|magazine=Hard Rock Magazine|language=fr|location=Boulogne-Billancourt|publisher=Divarius|issue=20|pages=26–27|issn=0764-1346}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Portnoi|first=Olivier|date=May 2003|title=Gojira: The Fat of the Landes|department=Interview|magazine=[[Rock Sound]]|language=fr|location=Paris|publisher=Ixo Publishing|issue=113|pages=50–51|issn=1465-0185}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Sayce|first=Rob|date=August 2013|title=The Rise and Rise Of a Modern Extreme Giant – A Fire Inside|department=Interview|magazine=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|language=en-GB|location=London|issue=238|pages=20–24|issn=1350-6978}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Gojira}}
* {{Official website|http://www.gojira-music.com}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000721409}}

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