Magma by GOJIRA

Magma is the sixth studio album from French metal band Gojira. The album was recorded at the band's studio in New York City, and was produced by Joe Duplantier, mixed by Johann Meyer, and mastered by Ted Jensen. The album sold almost 17,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States, charting at number 24 on the Billboard 200, making Magma the band's highest sales and chart debut to date. The album has been noted as a stylistic departure from the band's previous albums, featuring a more accessible atmospheric sound and more prominent use of clean vocals. Magma was inspired in part by the death of Joe and drummer Mario Duplantier’s mother, who passed away during the LP’s recording sessions. “The songs were half-written while she was sick,” Joe told Rolling Stone in an in-depth interview. “After she died, I still had to finish them. So one song was like, ‘You’re going to make it,’ but the second verse is ‘You didn’t make it.'” “When you read Joe’s lyrics, for me, I cry right away,” Mario said. “They’re very deep and to the point. No bullshit. We recycle our sadness and depression in the music.” ℗ 2016 Roadrunner Records