Gojira will never play their albums from start to finish in live shows

Complete album collections are increasingly prevalent, particularly in commemoration of significant anniversaries. However, Gojira is unlikely to perform any of their albums in their entirety, including their 2005 release “From Mars to Sirius”, as per MetalInjection. Gojira‘s lead vocalist, Joe Duplantier, stated in a recent interview with Rolling Stone France that experiencing a recorded album differs markedly from witnessing a live performance.

We already tried it in rehearsal, but it doesn’t work.

For me, listening to an album is like lying on a bed, headphones on, following a story, with some crazy things happening. Which is a great way of looking at it – recorded music and live energy are two different things, and trying to make one into the other could really make for an unconvincing live show. Plus we just got a live-in-studio anniversary set around Gojira’s From Mars to Sirius, so at least there’s that.

He also discussed the highly anticipated new Gojira album, which is tentatively scheduled for release in 2026, noting that production is ongoing both during touring and in studio.

We have a mobile studio, so we can also work on it while on tour. [The album is gradually taking shape and] we have some solid foundations and some tracks already have demos.

Despite the advancements, Duplantier acknowledged internal disagreements within the band, which have fostered the development of new ideas.

These are precious things, because it means the band’s message is becoming more refined.

Gojira tends to operate in polar extremes. “I can’t help but see humanity as a parasite,” Gojira’s co-founding guitarist and principal songwriter Joe Duplantier explains, “and yet the most beautiful things come out of humans.” To that end, the French quartet—Duplantier and his brother Mario [drums], Christian Andreu [guitar], and Jean-Michel Labadie [bass]—have spent the past 15 years translating this duality into a distinctive sound: dark, crushing metal brightened by triumphant arena-rock melodies, contrast-heavy and emotionally charged.