We've been waxing rhapsodic about Gojira's new album, The Way of All Flesh since mid-August, and now fans can finally hear it for themselves. The disc doesn't come out in the U.S. until October stream, but the band has posted 10 of the 12 tracks (the other two are coming shortly), which rip like a fishnet stocking. Click "more" to hear it, see tour dates with In Flames and check out our podcast interview with frontman Joe Duplantier. Read more...

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It doesn't get much better than artful French demolitionists Gojira when it comes to progressive, brutal and experimental metal. The band's 2006 album, From Mars to Sirius, was an inventive showcase of pulverizing death, sludgy doom and spacious psychedelia. The band's new record, The Way of All Flesh (out October 14) incorporates all of these elements with even more skill to create a bleak, barren landscape of pollution and decay that intersects an open, gleaming sky of promise and potential. It's a striking juxtaposition, but one that never feels forced or ill-advised. Lyrically, the album addresses the process of death, the physical and emotional effects of loss and the alarming environmental conditions that threaten the future of mankind.

We tracked down Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier at his home in France to discuss the creation of The Way of All Flesh, what inspired him to write an album about death, what he thinks awaits beyond the abyss, his contributions to the Cavalera Conspiracy and why the French metal scene is stronger now than it has been in years.

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When French extreme experimental band, Gojira, released their 2006 album From Mars to Sirius, open-minded listeners marveled at their ability to blend scorching, technical death metal, trudging doom and atmospheric prog-rock. Clearly, the band's willingness to explore is their raison detre , but even Gojira's most devoted followers will likely be rendered speechless by the band's upcoming album, The Way of all Flesh, which comes out October 14. Read more...