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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Gojira, Mindlag Project, Trust, Anorexia Nervosa, Monarch, AqME, Blut Aus Nord, The Cosa Nostra Klub, Aes Dana, Pleymo, Dirge, Adagio, Karelia, Carcariass, Symbyosis, Penumbra, Sortilege, Eths, Fairyland, Antaeus, Kronos, Darkness Dynamite, Misanthrope, Scarve, The Old Dead Tree, Vorkreist, Carnival in Coal, Dylath-Leen, Markize, Venturia, Spheric Universe Experience, Malmonde, Crack ov Dawn, Kerion, Lyzanxia, Hypno5e, Lofofora, Third Eye Machine. Excerpt: Gojira is a progressive death metal band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. The band was known as Godzilla until 2001. Gojira is composed of Joe Duplantier on vocals and rhythm guitar, his brother Mario Duplantier on drums, Christian Andreu on lead guitar and Jean-Michel Labadie on bass. Since its first studio album, Gojira has had no changes in lineup, and has released four studio albums, one live album, one single, and one DVD. Their new EP will be released in 2011. Gojira, known for their environmentally-themed lyrics, "have risen from utmost obscurity during the first half of their career to widespread global recognition in the second, including regular mention amongst the genre's leading new millennium upstarts," according to Allmusic. Gojira was formed in 1996 in Ondres, France, a village close to Bayonne, by brothers Joe Duplantier (guitar, vocals) and drummer Mario Duplantier, guitarist Christian Andreu, and bassist Jean-Michel Labadie. The band started touring and recording under the name Godzilla and released their demos Victim, Possessed, and Saturate in 1996, 1997, and 1999, respectively. After touring, supporting Cannibal Corpse, Edge of Sanity, Impaled Nazarene and supporting Immortal in September 1999, legal problems forced Godzilla to change their name. They changed their name to Gojira, the rōmaji spelling of the fictional monster Godzilla. Their ...