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INTERVIEW: GOJIRA’S Joe Duplantier on touring hard and his New York State of Mind
January 21, 2013 Jonathan Horsley
When the Deciblog caught up with GOJIRA frontman/guitarist Joe Duplantier last week, he was clocking up the road miles across Canada on in a tour that’ll see the French progressive/death-ish metal quartet take in the west coast of America before snaking along the south and terminating in New York. Supporting their fifth album, L’Enfant Sauvage,…
GIVEAWAY: Win a Machine Head Epiphone Guitar!
November 20, 2012 Adem Tepedelen
Before we get to all the details of this amazing giveaway—a free guitar!—from the generous folks at Roadrunner Records and Epiphone, we want to wish Machine Head mainman Robb Flynn a very speedy recovery from his recent hernia surgery. We know he’s anxious to get back out on the road and resume the tour with…
LIVE REVIEW: Down and Orange Goblin @ Roundhouse, London
October 22, 2012 Jonathan Horsley
Bands always make such a big deal about playing the Roundhouse because of who played here in the past. It’s a former railway engine room, with a lot of rock ‘n’ roll history. But any similarities between the 1960s Roundhouse and today’s venue begin and end with the building’s foundations and unalterable architecture. It’s hard…
Gojira’s Joe Duplantier on their long-awaited fifth album
December 9, 2011 Jonathan Horsley
Just when Gojira were about to hunker down astride the globe and chew through metal’s leather hide, spitting out those esoteric yet moshable Meshuggah-esque rhythms, riffs and that crazy squawk guitar-noise their guitars make they just disappeared. It was a bit like the dinosaurs, posing the same question: how can something so gnarly and rad…