With Fortitude, Gojira have delivered the year’s boldest metal album. Joe and Mario Duplantier look back on the 20-year journey that brought them here

For nearly a decade, metal institution Slipknot has been taking its day-long Knotfest extravaganza to countries around the world. Now that live music is coming back, Slipknot have big plans for the whole Knotfest thing. They’ve already announced a Knotfest cruise in August with bands like Anthrax, Behemoth, Ho99o9, and Higher Power. Th...

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Gojira reveal how they made 2021’s most important metal album, plus Avenged Sevenfold, Black Sabbath and the 50 Greatest Cult Bands Ever – only in the new Metal Hammer

French metal icons Gojira have released a new single, “The Chant,” from their forthcoming record Fortitude, out this Friday. The five-minute track is like a caustic, growl-filled hymn — or, as the band describes it, a “healing ritual.” The riffs sway against the mid-tempo beat throughout; it&...