It’s been an excruciating five-year wait for the follow-up to Gojira’s stunning sixth record Magma to arrive, but finally, new album Fortitude is on the horizon. And with two songs already out – 2020’s Another World and opening track Born For One Thing – we’ve got a decent idea of where things might be going sonically, but what about subject matter of the French metallers’ next record? Speaking to Kerrang! in a world-exclusive interview about Fortitude, vocalist/guitarist Joe Duplantier reveals the idea behind the album’s powerful call-to-arms title in a world which feels like it is crumbling around us. “Fortitude is what we need to display,” Joe says. “It’s what we need to embrace. It’s what we need to be in a world where everything is uncertain – even the ...
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