Gojira - Vacuity (Live at Garorock Festival 2009)

[imSergenT]

fking Great Performance

I Love Gojira

[terkmadugga]

Didn't they play From the Sky at this gig too? Do you have a video of that?

[retributionryan]

Finally Roadrunner made a great decision and signed this amazing band. The whole world is about to know who GOJIRA is and how awesome they are. If this new album is as good as The Way Of All Flesh we are in for a real treat

[Gojiraka]

:24 Jean Michel is throwing his bass around like a badass!

[Schatje79]

This is one of three live songs I have to watch them play regularly. So fucking tits when they play.

[mrdeathamore]

my favorite song by far from them - so fucking deep!

[zamg0d1]

Saw them last Saturday!! WAS F'ING NICE

[numemetal]

SONISPHERE SWITZERLAND WAS FUCKING SICKKK ! \m/

[miichalis]

They are playing in Greece in 1 hour :D

[rustning]

These live vocals tore me a new asshole. No homo.

[joshtrevy]

Wish these guys had a larger fan-base here in Canada...

[mrchi47]

@joshtrevy Agreed man

[MelloMorello]

dude his voice is so much more intense here!!!!!!!! :D

[duck31100]

Best Bassist i've seen :D

[GRAWpcsucks216]

Hard to believe MTV used to show events like this. Why is it even called MTV now? Pretty sure the only music they have on it is the intros to all the reality shows they run.

[rubnaus]

fuck yeah!

[ljoekelsoey4]

diozef, you are a beacon of advertising for this band. kudos.

[VMP666]

Totally incredible band. Seen them live in Poland last year and their awesomness was overwhelming. "Vacuity" was the highlight of the evening for me, I think it's one of the heaviest songs ever written.

Gojira is such an amazing act. No one can deliver such an emotional message and feel in the form of death metal. They're my favourite young metal band along Lamb of God, good they support each other.

[Warcraft20101]

Damn this dude is a freaking powerhouse. you just feel the drive and power behind it , and he puts emotion into it aswell.

Amazing drummer with the offbeats btw :D

Vive la france and vive la gojira :D

[TheRedOneMetal666]

those vocals are hard to replicate... i allmost died trying last time

[Dustball202]

Keep doing what you do best, Gojira! Fuck what anyone else says...

[bedofrazorsqwerty]

Damn those vocals are so much better than the album version. GODDAMN HIS VOICE IS FUCKING RAW!!!!

[RaNdOmSoNgLiStEnEr]

I wish i was there. Safe place for my ears to hear.

[Megabodomdeth]

3 21 to 3 42 is some of the most badass headbanging is history :D

[italianking29]

THE FUTURE OF METAL RIGHT HERE EVERYBODY TAKE NOTICE. BEST BAND SINCE PANTERA IMO

[Chikablam]

I'd imagine his voice was sore after that....

[nedley666]

first song i heard from this band just yesterday. still waiting for my nuts to grow back after they were fuckin smashed by that riff.

[GodLarvae]

1 person is a total faggot

[mitnavnerchristian]

Fuck my ass the bassplayer is one badass mother fucker

[retardinckorperated]

i wish i could scream like him, he's such a badass

[Belerophus]

Perfect performance ! Come to Bulgaria guys !! We are known all around the world as one of the most dedicated crowds !!! We will show you !!!!

[shane2865]

excellent fucking performance and great video man

[herculov]

Come to US again. The American crowd will show you how to party for real. Ask any band and you'll hear the same comment ;)

But seriously, good to see France is producing so many awesome bands such as Gojira, Dagoba, Hacride, Scarve, Anorexia Nervosa, and many others....

[UniverseRocket]

Gojira, have experienced the terrestrial. Embraced the World, Are Oroborus.. and Fly with the Whales. <3

[ThMrksman]

one of the best voices in metal.

[NoZAutonomy]

gojira on mtv? wtf

[rammstein67350]

@NoZAutonomy french mtv

[allnightdwight]

personally, if i was a french fan of gojira watching them play in france, i would be fairly annoyed that they're singing in English. all my fellow frenchmen and I would be like "WTF is he on about?"

[DjoZef]

@allnightdwight, If Gojira would sing in french, they wouldn't be touching the whole world as they do. And that was their interest since the beginning. Plus, french language is less "singable", it's hard to explain that, you have to be french to understand i guess. Personally, i don't listen to any metal bands which sings in french. And about the meaning of the lyrics, being french is not a problem ! If you're a real fan, then you'll do what you have to do to understand.

[rammstein67350]

@DjoZef I agree with you, however i love eths, a french metal band that sings in french and its awesome. But it would be cool if they make at least one french song for the french fans and just to see how it would sounds like.

[gotbass33727]

@DjoZef

Why is it that, really, all the bands of extreme Metal use English? I mean everybody from Gojira to fucking Black Metal bands scream in English.

[Ambulanceo]

@DjoZef

I know what you mean, French sounds nice spoken but doesn't usually sound as well in music like heavy metal.

[intactus]

@DjoZef not listening to Metal bands who sing in French means you won't experience Alcest, which is brilliant stuff. Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde is a great album, though it's nowhere near as heavy as Gojira. Ah Gojira... You guys are amazing.

[espon6]

@DjoZef It doesn't fucking matter what language it's in, as long as you enjoy it.

Like, so many bands I listen to I don't understand-Finnish, Norwegian, Italian, whatfuckingever-And I find it makes it better in it's own way.

\m/ \m/

[SkinnKilla]

@DjoZef There's this band, Celeste - they sing exclusively in french and it sounds absolutely fine as far as "singable" goes...

[frankster666metal]

@DjoZef

IM dutch but understand you finely my friend and your right.

[InNomineNostriSatan]

@DjoZef mmmmmm Rammstein sings in German....

[marioluigi1234567]

@InNomineNostriSatan German is more "singable" - more detached. French is a lot more smooth in tongue when you speak it.

I have no idea why Rammstein is so popular. Either theres a shitload of Germans, a shitload of people who know German, or fuck knows what.

[allnightdwight]

@DjoZef but surely they're "so fucking good" that they dont have to sing in french "to touch the world" would they??

[DjoZef]

@allnightdwight For french bands, even with english lyrics, it's really hard to export their music. So i can't imagine if they sing in french... Gojira exists since 1996, they worked very very hard to play in the USA which happened only in 2006. Metal is so boycotted here in France, Gojira got their success by the price of lots of sacrifices according to Joe himself. I guess that when you are a french metal band, talent is not enough to be known.

[allnightdwight]

@DjoZef bien, oui! that is the music industry. there are many bands that are good that dont get widespread acceptance. mais, ce n'est pas le raison d'etre de metal?

but yeah i was just saying that if I was french, I would be like why do you have to sing in English. see, je suis australien et je deteste quand un band australian chante en voix americain

(desolee for the bad french, i thought id just try it out!!)

[SuperFunkysoul]

@DjoZef Ange (french prog-rock in the 70's) has exported and lyrics were in french. And they were more respected in England than in France

[DjoZef]

@SuperFunkysoul Yeah of course, i didn't say it was impossible. But it's not a common thing.

[metallicatilldeathhh]

@DjoZef well its more that just singing in french is a bitch to make lyrics for, that's why there aren't many french artists that do, the language just isn't set up well for it. A lot of romance languages are set up like that, Sepultura started singing in English for the same reason.

[HittokiriBattousai17]

@DjoZef No no no....Gojira is not Rammstein, totally agree with you, the french is not as hard as the english, has way less impact within the song, in the lyrics. Works with the gal from Eths, but is not a proper election for a guy with the vocal strengh of Joe Duplantier.

[SamHdsn1994]

@DjoZef mate I dont think you need to be french to get that I think you just need to understand languages. I study Spanish and i get what you mean without being French.

[ObelixDasTier]

@allnightdwight sorry, but the french language soundst like garbage for this awesome aggressive music.

[metallicatilldeathhh]

@allnightdwight french media blows, they all learn english so they dont have to listen to it.

[asmith1243]

@allnightdwight english is also easier to write songs in, seeing as its more rhythmic than most languages.

[rubnaus]

@allnightdwight some people who speak english don't understand what he is truly singing about.

[allnightdwight]

@rubnaus i mean to say is that why does he have to sing in english?? and before people say "to break the market" then 1) what about all the metal stuff about not selling out and 2) what about rammstein and kvelertak. Surely the language he's singing doesn't matter (and in the vast majority of metal bands no one can even understand what is being said anyway)

and why the fuck does my comment "too many negative votes"??? i didnt even fucking criticise the band for fucks sake

[rubnaus]

@allnightdwight I guess it's because Gojira's lyrics are actually saying something. And maybe Gojira wanted to touch or even change the whole world, not just France (and parts of Canada). I like Gojira for the lyrics, and if it would be French, I couldn't understand anything. That'd be a shame, wouldn't it?

That's true, lol xD.

Guess people don't agree with you. But it's bullsh*t it gets censored then.

[MartyrOfMetal]

One thing the French CAN do right.

[tomaraya6666]

temazo wnn!!!!!

[juliojrdn]

this whole entire band is just perfection. thats the only word to describe them

[SterbendDSBM]

@juliojrdn perfection does not exist, in exchange they are really great, abstract rythms which sound really apart from most others and cant be predicted unless you learn the song, it especially goes for the drummer :)

[signofsatan]

I've been a metal head for 25+ yrs. Everything from Slayer to Six Feet Under. Gojira has become one of my favs. They have a very unique sound and message. Listen to both.

[DrumBum561]

what ride cymbal is Mario using?

[TheBucket90]

@DrumBum561

He is using an earasmatron 200

makes people cum when you hear it

[TheBucket90]

@DrumBum561

He is using an eargasmatron 200 that makes people cum in about 2 seconds

[mbanda07]

its incredible all the genre/styles of music people create, "melodic death metal", "math metal", "your fucking mother metal" there are no genres/styles whatsoever each band is different.

[adino20]

holy shit the bass is so powerful

[mosho100]

fucking amazing !!!!

one of the best bands of melodeic death metal on the earth

[DevilKingGR]

@mosho100 gojira are not melodeath!!!! they are just death metal!!!! melodeath are bands like made of hate, imperanon, cadacross!!!!

[DjoZef]

@DevilKingGR Gojira call their own music "organic metal" hehe ;)

[chubakaaaa]

de putamare !!!

[Slntpsych]

Absolutely ridiculous.

Incredible.

[starDEVIL666]

My favorit

[br33zy5sp]

Dude he sounds just like hitler lol. its a good song gojira rocks!!

[khirsahthebronze12]

@br33zy5sp question : how do you know how hitler sounded? and no, not from WW2 movies

[Brianbays]

most videos say "oh the 20 people this disliked this song are stupid justin bieber fans!" but none of those here, because gojira fans are thinking "who the hell is justin bieber?"

[kannibalkuntkadet]

Actually if you watch the rest of the DVD the crowd goes nuts during other songs.

[AlterityVideos]

The best thing out of France since....

....

The best thing out of France!

[herrBoBKOnrad]

It's fucking great. Pozdrowienia z Polski.

[drumLarsUlrich1879]

i saw them in bergen yesterday, and i have to say SAY ARE ONE OF THE BEST METAL BAND IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if they are comming to your plase, go on the consert, it's a memory for the rest of your life!!! DAMN!!!!!!

[chefgomez]

fuck yeah bad ass!!

[AJATOMICA]

i fucking love death metal! as Pat O'brian from cannibal corpse said it's a slap to the face of quier kind of music

[Goarm00]

this song makes me want to break the spine of human stupidity for ignoring what we have made to nature mother.

[jujuKitCar]

Le 18 aout à Lille, çà va donner !!!

[hyffuguyftg]

3:56 joe activated star power ;) xD

[KEnnyVsSpenNyShoW]

watch and listen afterwards : watch?v=Z8qul0CXCJI

[iloveyue]

stupid crowd they don't see what a amazing incredible band is in front of them and they just stay quiet go the hell you morons

[DjoZef]

@iloveyue You're right about the band but hey, you should calm down with the crowd. This is a festival everyone is not here for Gojira. Don't be so irritated. ;)

[Finq08]

@DjoZef if i would go home from that festival, not knowing gojira before i would probably bite my own ass that got raped by their music.

[systemofadownever1]

@DjoZef This is a festival everyone is not here for Gojira . well it seems that they are the headliners, because of the titles at the end of the show

[youismemeisyou]

@DjoZef Dude EVERYONE should be there to see Gojira.. I don't care who else is playing, You HAVE to be psyched for a Gojira show.. THEY'RE JUST PLAIN AWESOME..

[xXetfbmthXx]

@DjoZef And they tend to use HQ mics for the band that block out the crowd. ;)

[12luiguti]

@DjoZef i will

[Vortharr]

@iloveyue I agree, I saw these guys last year on Graspop Metal Meeting here in Belgium, and I went completely nuts, I'm surprised my head didn't fall off at one point.. XD

[sylle999]

joes going Black metal xD xD Fucking brutal !

[superultraguymandude]

lol i love how brutal the song is and at the very end he is like

"Merci beau coup" lol

[StromboliKicks]

it's like punching my chest!! I love it!

[MrTheshortbusallstar]

So Brutal!

[racXXI]

everytime I watch this and everytime when he sings REMAIN IN WHAT YOU ARE _THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE_ gives me goosepumps.

[feedback544]

this gave me the fucking chills

[Smartuur]

Holy fucking shit!! His voice is fucking sick!! I wonder how the heck he does? sounds brutal as fuck.

[LateralParabola]

Truly heavier than a lead zeppelin.

[TRex0086]

Amazing....truly, the heaviest band in the universe. Love Joe's voice without the studio efx.

[JackoThe1st]

@TRex0086 Yeah the vocals sounded much more raw and real on the previous albums. They went a bit ott with fx and overdubs on the new one methinks.

[Brettney01]

Goddamn Joe, fucking brutal. Fuck modification, use this voice raw in recording.

Damn, kids.

[Nuf68]

I prefer the voice without transformation, He has an awesome voice here !

[benjahTrum]

hes voice is fucking brutal, love this band!

[Psaris4life]

you can hear the bass so clearly!!! i just fuckin love them!!

[MrSanktjakob]

is this french mtv???

because danish mtv is crap!!!!!!

[Nuf68]

@MrSanktjakob Yup it's French MTV ;)

[edirislas]

@MrSanktjakob dude, now imaginate the mtv mexican, all the fucking day reggaeton, and cRAP

[MrSanktjakob]

@edirislas

haha. cant be badder than danish. ladygaga all the time... :-(

[tidusleon123]

Favorite song.

[dirtydave6986]

I probably came about 6 times already

[malphas001]

most UNDERRATED metal band of the 2000's. Great Music

[CuthwulfOgDanelaw]

I would gladly take either one of those Jacksons.

[youfailidont]

these guys and behemoth have by far the best lyrics...no other bands can compare

[luvs2spooge93]

Joe has a pretty sweet shirt

[MetalHeadEmperor]

i remember when i saw these guys live! BRUTAL NIGHT!! hope they do another north america tour soon!

[hatecrewdrumz666]

SO HEAVYYYYY, this is raw fucking awesome right here..

[GSavun]

Amazing song but i prefer it with the non-reverbed voice!

[RHCPfan]

his vocals are ten times better live

[maniac4BFMV]

My band is working on a cover of this song (: gojira forever.

[Sebbester88]

this is probably the best performance of this song you will ever see/hear.

[JonasHaterTillDeath]

sound great live

[TheDragonier]

Shut up and listen, it's french!!!!!

[edirislas]

i love his voice on this song

[extremerevulsion]

@edirislas I think this song is great - What`s up dude I`m your cousin Paco jeje

[Mtlero14]

Fuucking great! but man, the guy forgot the lyrics, or he change them...

[CSLAYER10000]

He sounds like chuck billy

[MrDie4]

\m/

[Kummen]

woooho cant w8 for this shit

[Edmister0]

I think Joe had a cold or something during this performance. He just doesn't sound right.

[Folk661]

He is trying to use his false vocal chords as much as possible, because his actual larynx is worn out by this point in the concert. He still hits every note and its amazing. In my opinion hes the best.

[utarded456]

theodolphe what the fuck are you even talkin about the beginning also he sounds amazing

[Theodolphe]

For example compare it to the link alive vocals. If you don't undersant what I mean, nevermind.

[Theodolphe]

Vocals are shit. They were better at the beginning :(

[Folk661]

that guy is so metal. Those vocals are raw and from the soul. If you have ever tried singing anything like that, you would know that what this is mastery of metal vocals.

[Theodolphe]

Whatever, I think he sounded so much better at the beginning.

[tanvo93]

@Folk661 true that...his voice has that drive and u kno he can get hella loud he pushes it out and adds distortion thats why i can give credit to cory taylor from slipknot he can get that drive..older stuff..no flem no inhales just raw drive w gojira

[LOGdanne]

@Folk661 It is indeed. He is an amazing singer! And I love the basswork, he has an amazing presence live!

[wahou74]

saw them twice in France. So fuckin great...

[97warlock]

tHESE dudes got the Death Metal DOWN to a fine art of pure brutal Beauty!  all of them create some powerful raw heaviness.

[MetallicaFan349]

i found out about these guys through metallica. i saw them in mid october and gojira opened for lamg of god. i was pretty impressed but didnt know any of their songs. now i cant get enough of these guys!

[283395]

@MetallicaFan349 ya they were playing in ohio close to where i live and they were opining for metallica

[MetallicaFan349]

@2283395 yea gojira opened for lamb of god who opened for metallica. and all three bands kicked major ass

[FabuleuxFab]

what a drummer !

[HeavyMetalGuitar89]

amazing song. deep meaning

[darkeyce02]

i saw these guys live 3 years ago when i saw trivium, and i didnt pay any attention to them... lol now ther alright

[wingsof3t3rnity]

BORROW!! THIS BODY FOR A LIFETIME!!

[MiniMac47]

i love how the bassist fucking loses it (i would too lmfao)

[chiktron]

I loved it!!!!! amazing!!! I've seen live shows of alot of bands and few can catch up with their own album, but gojira know what they're doing!!!, awesome!

[Hibaque]

I love how the crowd stops moving @2:35! Whoever runs their light show is amazing, just like the band itself!

[edjuusoftkse6666]

I love the live sound!

Then again, I prefer the live sound of pretty much every band I listen to.

[Burn462]

they are without a doubt one of the best metal bands ever!! Live and in the studio. Masters of the art.

[Tallica2112]

Best band ever

[cloudconnected100]

baddass show ^^

wish i was there for 0:34 xD

[TEHBR00TZ]

@cloudconnected100

What's so funny about 0:34?

[cloudconnected100]

oh i i didnt mean it as being funny ;)

i meant it for that chorus ^^

[Smurfkiller921]

Such a headbanging song. DUN BOOM DUN BOOM DUN BOOM DUN BOOM

[GabDuquette]

Arrêter de parler de la voix pis écouter l'instrumental. Gojira sont vraiment tight et il donne une énergie incroyable sur le stage. Pour les avoir vu live, je dois dire qu'ils sont excellent.

[bigbadbang18]

@GabDuquette

Agreed.

[MikePostDrums]

What's going on with Joe's voice?

[DjoZef]

His voice is a little modified in the album, that's why it's different live. But still, read comments, most of us like his voice here because it's more brutal !

[MikePostDrums]

His voice doesn't sound anything on The Link Alive (live dvd) the way it does in this video, though. Then again, The Link Alive is a couple of years ago. His voice might have changed.

[DIABOLI999666]

yeah i LOVE his voice here, i have listened Vacuity to death, then i found this and its like a whole new song, its great <3

[lionslicer9999]

@DjoZef if you listen to their other live stuff, his voice sounds different than this. But more than likely his voice is a little weak due to constant touring. It happens to every vocalist who screams.

[Psaris4life]

@DjoZef his voice is modified in the video... i saw theme live.. his voice is not like this... it still rocks but its not that distorted :p