Gojira – Magma (June 17, 2016)

In November 2014, Gojira relocated to New York City and construction began on their own music studio in Queens. By April 2015, the studio was complete and the band began recording music. However, recording of the album was put on hold when the mother of band members Joe Duplantier and Mario Duplantier fell ill and died. The band spent some time touring before returning to the studio to continue recording. Mixing of the album was completed in February 2016. Mario Duplantier stated about the lyrical aspect of the album: “When you read Joe‘s lyrics, for me, I cry right away. They’re very deep and to the point. No bullshit. We recycle our sadness and depression in the music.” Joe Duplantier stated about the albums general direction: “We want a short album. Something less epic than what we usually do. People’s attentions are shorter now. So a lot of the songs are four minutes.” He also stated: “We have some Pantera-ish kind of riffs, which is kind of new for us. But we wanna…Because we want to…We want riffs to be a little punchier sometimes.” Magma is scheduled to be released on 17 June 2016, via Roadrunner Records. On 22 April 2016, the band released an official video for the track “Stranded”. (from Wikipedia)