GOJIRA Announces Support Act For French Tour
January 8, 2009France's TREPALIUM has been confirmed as the support act for fellow countrymen GOJIRA on their French tour, which will take place between January 30 and February 21.
Commented GOJIRA drummer Mario Duplantier: "[TREPALIUM's] syncopated and psychedelic 'boogie death metal' is what makes [them] a truly unique band. Our paths [first] crossed eight years ago and we've always remained close since then. I'm sure this band is going to amaze many of you. It's a pleasure for us to share our stage with them and I have the feeling that the mix of both bands will create a huge mass of energy for every show!"
GOJIRA sold around 4,200 copies of the band's new album, "The Way of All Flesh", in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 138 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD's cover artwork was created by Joseph Duplantier, who was also responsible for the artwork for GOJIRA's previous album, 2005's "From Mars to Sirius".
GOJIRA shot a video for the song "Vacuity" with French producers Julien Mokrani and Samuel Bodin of Six Pieds Sous Terre Productions. The location of the shoot was in the Basque country where GOJIRA resides. Guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier told U.K.'s Rock Sound magazine about the clip, ''It is a fantastic, mind-blowing video. The song is about the Buddhist meaning of the word which is emptiness not nothingness, the ultimate presence. It was very hard to picture that concept in a video so we told the story of a girl carrying her own casket as the whole album is about facing your death and your pain. It seemed fitting."
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