Gojira Are Teasing Something: "Another Place To Be"

A brand-new Gojira album has seemingly been in the works for well over a year now – but it looks like we could be getting much closer now to finally hearing fresh material from the French metal titans.

Back in May 2019, drummer Mario Duplantier teased that “work is in progress” with the follow-up to 2016's Magma, and that he and his bandmates were “very happy and super proud of it” so far. They also (publicly) returned to the studio that September, perhaps to finish off what had already been started.

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Now, Gojira have taken to social media to post a cryptic looping GIF alongside the hashtag #anotherplacetobe, which could well be a song name, album title, or even just a lyric from an upcoming single.

On Twitter, fan eagle-eyed fan replied to Gojira's post with a photo of one of the band's official Live At Red Rocks show T-shirts, which features the phrase 'Another world, another place to be'. Could that be a coincidence, or have Gojira been actually teasing new material further back than just this week?

Watch this space…

Gojira were recently announced to be playing next year's Download Festival. The band join the likes of Deftones, Korn, A Day To Remember and Killswitch Engage, plus headliners KISS, Biffy Clyro and System Of A Down.

After that, catch Deftones, Gojira and Poppy live at the following U.S. dates:

August 2021

12 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
14 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club/The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
15 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
17 Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
18 Toronto, ON – Echo Beach
20 Laval, QC – Place Bell
21 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
23 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
24 New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
27 Philadelphia, PA – The Met
28 Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
29 Washington, DC – The Anthem
31 Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center

September 2021

2 Indianapolis, IN – Amphitheater at White River State Park
3 Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
4 Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre
6 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
7 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
8 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
10 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
11 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheatre
14 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre
17 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
18 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
21 Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater
22 Portland, OR – Theatre Of The Clouds at MODA Center

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