GOJIRA frontman talks about new album, the state of Earth, pronouncing the name

France�s metal titans GOJIRA are currently finishing the band�s forthcoming album, �The Way of All Flesh,� which is currently slated for an October 14 release in North America through Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to the critically-acclaimed �From Mars To Sirius,� the album will be available throughout Europe one day earlier through Listenable Records.

GOJIRA frontman Joe Duplantier recently spoke with MTV�s Chris Harris about the upcoming record. An excerpt from the conversation: "That's the theme � it's about death itself," explained. "It's also about the immortality of the soul. That's the main subject for us. Since we started to play and release albums, we've always talked about the same thing: the soul.

�This album's got a more dramatic feel to it, and some of the lyrics are almost cynical," continued Duplantier. "Usually, with my lyrics, I'm always positive. But on this album, I'm so pissed off with the situation on Earth right now, how we're abusing so much, and we take everything that we can take from the ocean, and we kill off endangered species. So in some of the songs, it's almost like a requiem for the Earth. This record is a lot darker � like, a lot darker, I would say. The music is darker and more violent." To read the article in whole, visit this week�s edition of MTV�s Metal File (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589683/20080619/id_0.jhtml).