MIND INVERSION

France’s best metal band, Gojira, has just released the thought-provoking new video for “Vacuity,” the first single from their skull-crushing new album The Way of All Flesh. “Vacuity” was filmed by directors Julien Mokrani and Samuel Bodin with a RED video camera (the type used by Peter Jackson in the Lord of the Rings series), and they did an unbelievable job of reflecting the themes of the song through strong imagery and metaphors. The song was described by guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier to UK’s Rock Sound magazine as being “about the Buddhist meaning of the word which is emptiness not nothingness, the ultimate presence. It was very hard to picture that concept in a video so we told the story of a girl carrying her own casket as the whole album is about facing your death and your pain.”

It’s been a long time since I spoke to Joe Duplantier during the Cavalera Conspiracy debut gig – and even longer since the release of Gojira’s last album, their genre-defining instant classic From Mars To Sirius. Needless to say, I’ve been very impatient to get this album in my hands to see how the last three years have influenced the band msuically. From the tracks that I’ve heard available on their myspace, The Way Of All Flesh defines their uniqueness even more. While the resemblances to Morbid Angel, Meshuggah, Mastodon, and Sepultura are still clear, Gojira seem to be getting more confident in their vision and abilities every day. Watch out for the album to hit stores on October 14. For now, we’ve got the video for you.

Dates for Gojira’s November U.S. tour with In Flames, All That Remains, and 36 Crazyfists are after the jump…

Gojira’s U.S. tour with In Flames, All That Remains, and 36 Crazyfists:

Nov. 06 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Nov. 07 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
Nov. 08 – Detroit, MI @ Emerald Theater
Nov. 10 – Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
Nov. 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Myth
Nov. 14 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
Nov. 15 – Edmonton, AB @ Events Center
Nov. 17 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
Nov. 18 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
Nov. 19 – Portland, OR @ Roseland
Nov. 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
Nov. 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Nokia Club
Nov. 23 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
Nov. 24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Nov. 25 – Albuquerque, NM @ Midnight Rodeo
Nov. 26 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore
Nov. 28 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Nov. 29 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
Nov. 30 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Dec. 02 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Dec. 03 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Dec. 04 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
Dec. 05 – Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
Dec. 06 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Dec. 07 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Dec. 09 – St.Louis, MO @ Pageant
Dec. 10 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave

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