GOJIRA's Joe Duplantier "Amazingly Happy And Honored" To Be Working With SEPULTURA Founding Members
July 13, 2007, 17 years ago
GOJIRA guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier will play bass on the new recordings from SEPULTURA founding members Max and Igor Cavalera. The debut album from the a pair's new project is to be released on Roadrunner later this year.
Joe has issued the following update on taking part in this project, stating:
"Mention Max and Igor, and I'll tell you about Chaos AD or "the rebirth of metal", or Arise, or Troops of Doom!!! That or something like, "Hell yeah, man!!!"After ten years, they're finally recording an album together again and are bringing back this very special energy that makes metal music so crazy back to life. I just want to say that I'm amazingly happy and honored to be part of this great project.
On this album with the Cavaleras brothers, Mark Rizzo from SOULFLY is playing lead guitars and I'm doing bass, while producer Logan Mader is building the sound.
I don't really have the words to express what I'm feeling right now. I was coming here to Los Angeles to be part of something big and impressive, a "monument in history," if you will. And finally, I'm just jamming and recording some spontaneous, brutal, powerful straight-up music with down to earth and very cool people... and I think that's the best way to record a metal album.
I understand now what the word "awesome" means..."
Gojira recently shared stages with SLAYER, MASTODON, CHIMAERA , BEASTIE BOYS, etc. at the Hove and Roskilde festivals in Norway and Denmark respectively.
The band has confirmed their appearance at the Rockozarenes festival in Switzerland opening for NINE INCH NAILS and SAMAEL in August.
The band is also currently writing new material for a late 2008 release.
More tour dates will be announced shortly.
