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Gojira’s Joe Duplantier: “I think humans are pretty shitty sometimes, but we’re as horrible as we are incredible”
By Ellie Robinson published
The modern metal titans in Gojira take aim at the root of all evil on their convulsive new album

Gojira's Joe Duplantier: "My approach to guitar is very physical… but not sexual!"
By Brad Angle published
The pick-scraping frontman details the themes, tones and influences behind Fortitude, and talks songcraft, Death, Whammy pedals and that fine-looking mahogany Charvel...

Joe Duplantier played a solo on the new Gojira album with a guitar string in his mouth
By Sam Roche published
The frontman details how a grounding problem forced him to play with a rather unconventional technique
![[L-R] Joe Duplantier, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mQHdqMovzLGPGFfWrPVcZb-320-80.jpg)
Gojira’s Joe Duplantier: James Hetfield barely has drums in his in-ear monitors, Lars Ulrich follows his lead onstage
By Richard Bienstock published
The Gojira leader discusses the Metallica frontman’s rhythm guitar dominance in a new interview
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