GOJIRA In Talks With GREG FIDELMAN About New Album Production

August 12, 2011

French progressive metallers GOJIRA are in discussions with a few producers about helming the band's next album, which the band hopes to begin recording this fall for an early 2012 release.

Although GOJIRA drummer Mario Duplantier recently told the French web site Ouest-France.fr that Greg Fidelman (METALLICA, SLAYER, HIGH ON FIRE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) will produce the band's next CD, a GOJIRA management representative informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET earlier today (Friday, August 12) that "nothing is confirmed or locked" at this time.

GOJIRA last year entered the studio to record a new four-song EP, the proceeds from which will benefit Sea Shepherd, an anti-whaling organization. The CD will feature guest appearances by Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD),Fredrik Thordendal (MESHUGGAH),Randy Blythe (LAMB OF GOD),Anders Fridn (IN FLAMES) and Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA).

Speaking to Australia's Loud magazine, Mario stated about the upcoming EP, "The music is ready, but we're waiting on [a] vocalist. We want to release it as soon as possible, maybe August or September. When you ask to put singers on the record, it makes it difficult. If it's just Joe [Duplantier; guitar/vocals] on voice, that makes it easier, but it's not easy . . . The music has been ready for six months, but the people who accepted to be part of the project had a lot of scheduling conflicts. Each song has different vocalists; it will be four very different songs. It's not an album, so we decided to have fun. One is very fast, one is very slow, one has a very rock vibe it's very different to the album."

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