Rappers React To Gojira "The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe"!!!

[@OroraMonroe]

Gojira is often labeled as "Progressive Death Metal" or Heavy Groove Metal, but I think Gojira has it's own category called Gojira lmao.

[@averysidilau1455]

Yeah

[@ttv.snakez1x402]

😂shit made me laugh

[@sentenced03]

anyone criticizing someone wearing a bands shirt at their show is lame lol.

[@Underournorthernstar]

I remember going to a gig years ago and my dad liked the band too and some neckbeard told him he can't be wearing their shirt to their gig lol, people like that are fucking sad acts

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

@@Underournorthernstar where the fuck else is he supposed to wear it, to the office? lol

[@txhellrazor4765]

Gojira's first few albums were insanely heavy. It was absolutely groundbreaking and no one could touch them. You should listen to clone by them. Its brutal

[@averysidilau1455]

Blow me away you niverse has to be the most brutal song ever written

[@chaosandcreation4118]

Their biggest early influences were Sepultura, Metallica, Slayer. They started out in mid 90s as Death Metal but evolved into this unique sound from 2000 on.

[@lihiko3891]

And Death. They have mentioned their album as one of the top 5 influential albums

[@averysidilau1455]

And converge

[@pedrolopes6071]

Morbid Angel for sure!

[@justinshook5332]

Damn Smokey! As a Science Teacher, I must say you did a good job with Dark Matter/Energy.

[@BillyBong]

I've never heard of getting mad at someone for wearing a specific band shirt to their own concert. That sounds crazy to me. I've been going to shows since 1990

[@disizbilly]

"I can't catch the beat." That's how you can tell your metal is of the finest quality.

[@christopherblowers443]

Gojira is a progressive death metal band. Heavily influenced by mettalica/sepletura/death. They have went more of a progressive direction in newer albums. You gotta listen to more.

[@bongzilla4172]

DEATH, one of my all time favorite bands. Do not get the recognition they deserve.

[@recruitdifficulty1638]

They got a heavy morbid angel influence too and you can reallyyy hear it in this whole song especially

[@biscuitstheanteater7306]

If you wanna see a big metal artist collaboration, I 100% recommend Of Blood and Salt, with Gojira, Devin Townsend, and Frederik Thordendal (guitarist of Meshuggah)

[@rogerbarton4182]

Clone, space and time, and flying whales . Awesomeness. The thrash feel comes from the influence by Sepultura. Check Sepultura dead embryonic cells and troops of doom. I like Sepultura more than slayer.

[@jeffthejinjer]

Yes I was a huge fan of Sepultura back when they came out with the Schizophrenia album! Haha yeah I'm old....definitely liked them better than Slayer for some reason

[@veevamm3642]

Great reaction. GOJIRA is so versatile. This definitely had thrash vibes. They are so great live!

[@lindacoy7165]

I went to a concert with my little brother and cousin David a long time ago. It was one of those big shows with multiple bands. I remember David was absolutely disgusted when he saw a guy wearing a Toadies shirt. My brother asked him why. He said “He’s wearing the t-shirt of the band at their concert. Don’t be that guy.” It always stuck with me. I have abided by that rule ever since. LOL

[@thejake13]

Words to live by - "Never wear the shirt of the band you are going to see - don't be that guy" - Jeremy Piven in PCU

[@Elijahsparks]

You guys make my day less lame. I’ve been watching for at least 2 years now, and I’m always in a better mood after. Thank you guys for the positivity!

[@APEIRON_MUSIC]

The Heaviest Matter In The Universe is that goddamn intro 🤘🏼

[@skull7241]

Ministry - thieves

[@BrianYates-ue8hf]

Good evening from New England The metal community is an all inclusive all welcoming scene True Metal Heads are lifers committed to carrying the music forward and turning pll on to the mighty Gojira Welcome to the Worldwide Gojira collective brothers 😎✌️🤘🧐

[@stephenrock8003]

Jerry Lynn was famous for using a cradle piledriver as his finisher if I remember correctly lol! Great reaction! Thank you friends!✌

[@PaulHanney]

Awesome song by an awesome band.

[@christopherblowers443]

Gojira has a great discography.

[@adamr6811]

These guys r freaks, Duplantier is a monster on the kit. Great work lads 🤘🤘

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Lol. Kollias from Nile would slay him.

[@jez_77]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Kollias is great and impressively fast drummer, both him and Mario are top tier musicians in terms of technique. But he is not even close to be as groovy and creative as Mario is, sorry

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@MotorhitPL Lol Mario ain't even close to Kollias in skill. Kollias is ridiculously fast and can play jazz on the weekends. Mario isn't even close to that array of skull. And Mario doesn't stand a chance against Lang. Far more creative.

[@jez_77]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Mario was in a highly prestigious jazz school for 7 years. You can have your opinion, but just dont be an ignorant fanboy

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@MotorhitPL Bullshit. Let's see one piece of footage of Mario going from 400 bpm with crazy blast beating to jazz quartet on a Sunday afternoon. Mario ain't even close to Kollias. Here's the evidence, Jack off. Not opinion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH3IXqSsqN5qZ7M

[@lisajohnson521]

Hollywood you’re going to see Gojira?!!!!! Daaaang. Enjoy! You are in for one of THE BEST concerts.

[@Mzler-zc6ew]

Honestly, when you mentioned growling but in this scenario screaming for all of his career I think of Jens Kidman of Meshuggah who pulled that off successfully for his entire career.

[@microgirl3789]

"Amazonia" has to be your next Gojira song. It's off their new album. 🤘❤

[@vancemeyer5112]

Their entire discography and thats what you pick.....

[@j.t.3798]

My Bose speaker literally overheating. My God! What a great band! Great reaction, brothers!

[@papaemeritus5842]

DOWN: Bury me in smoke.... Awesome song!

[@timfarrow1545]

I've been trying to get them to do some down for forever

[@edwardr8226]

The "rule" is buy that band's shirt at the concert and wear it over your first shirt at the show. I also heard a rule about not listening to the band you're going to see the day of the concert. I think these are carried over from previous generations of metalheads

[@tubelious]

I've never heard of these rules. Been a metalhead since 1991.

[@robdurfee6861]

@@tubelious it might be different for different regions. I’ve heard of the first but not the second and I’ve been a metal head since ‘89

[@mikethemotormouth]

@@robdurfee6861 I also have heard of the first but not the second. AZ metalhead since 95

[@julien2231]

The rule is... who the fuck cares about rules?

[@uffu2490]

Gorjira has turned out to be one of my favorite bands. They’re phenomenal writers and, believe it or not, they’ve been making exceptional death metal since 16.

[@brianyates3504]

HOWDY FROM NEW ENGLAND...YES MORE GOJIRA...THIS LIVE VERSION IS ONE OF THE HEAVIEST ONES OUT THERE!!! YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERAS ACTUALLY SHAKING FROM THE SHEER VOLUME AND THE PERCUSSIVE NATURE OF SOUND...GREAT PICK GUYS...PEACE FROM THE NORTHEAST....

[@cephalonabadon6428]

fuck yeah ! gojira is in my top 3 bands of all time.

[@metalguru85]

Mario is for me the best metal drummer in the world.

[@Badgerman494]

While I agree that Mario Duplantier is a superb drummer, my personal opinion, is that he is only just outclassed by Tomas Hakke of Meshuggah, and both of them are outclassed by Danny Carey of Tool.

[@metalguru85]

@@Badgerman494 both are great shouts. Let's say those are the top 3 then 🤟

[@Badgerman494]

@@metalguru85 I'll definitely agree with that, not sure how up you are on deathcore, but an awesome drummer that's burst onto the scene over the last few years would be Evgeny Novikov, absolutely superb, also Aaron Kitcher is always worth a look

[@metalguru85]

@@Badgerman494 Evgeny is another absolute beast.

[@02SplinterCell02]

Haake, Carrey, Kollias, Bedene, Duplantier

[@blairbowers769]

The oddest concert lineup I went to was Suicidal Tendencies opening for Queensrÿche in 91

[@kristaspecht]

I bet you're gonna love their show! Kool!!!! These guys are super heavy!:)💜

[@dhlee9496]

“Low lands” from the album “Magma” is also great

[@Liz-cmc313]

This song is excellent 💯🤘

[@christopherblowers443]

The album is sirus to Mars

[@Wrightworth]

Gojira were actually called Godzilla from 1996-2001 and put out 4 EPs. Try "Omnivore" by Extermination Dismemberment for a step up in heaviness🤘

[@jessupds]

I was at the same Clutch, Sevendust & Limp Birkin tour. Ladies night in Cambodia tour.

[@Evl_1]

Just wear your Tool shirt and you will be fine. This song just drives. The Chug is real. You have to do a concert review when you get back. Also WHY ISN"T SMOKEY GOING????????? Either way hope you enjoy. Keep it Metal.

[@timglasser9502]

Yes this song is off the same album as flying whales. Album is called From Mars to Sirus, also FYI the band was in fact called Godzilla in the 90's 94-96 and due to backlash and possible copywright infringments they thusly changed their name to Gojira which is Japanese for Godzilla.

[@Meddemmmmmmm]

My hypothesis is that one of the member of the band found the main riff (10:40) and ran to the others like 'Yo I found the heaviest matter of the universe' and played the riff.

[@naut6606]

So glad to see yall reacting to my favorite band. This song leads into flying whales, which is definitely one of their best

[@justinshook5332]

I wouldn't say it's unacceptable to wear the band's shirt. It's low-hanging fruit. Like, "We know you like the band. That's why you bought a ticket for a show." I always felt it was a good opportunity to expose people to other influential bands. Like I like to do here. Roll up in there with your Queensryche or Maiden shirt, and get mad head nods.

[@somniumrabidum]

Yup. This right here. Like obviously everyone can wear what they want, but we'd always chuckle when we'd see people showing up to metal concerts with brand-new shirts of the band playing. Definitely a good opportunity to rock a shirt from another band you like, hell I can remember finding a couple of bands because I spotted their shirts at concerts.

[@Kelly30stm]

You don't wear the shirt of the band you're going to see at a metal concert. But you are supposed to leave with a new shirt from the show either in hand or put on over the shirt you wore. The metal community is very accepting.

[@generalstrategy8420]

I highly recommend listening to Flying Whales Live at this same concert!!!!!!

[@adambaumgartner1553]

Yessssss!!!! Thank you gentlemen.

[@florisbiezeman3800]

15:38 yes there are, Amon Amarth is a very well known and popular band in the metal scene and Johan Hegg (vocalist) can't really sing, but he is the lord of growls. They do not have any songs with clean vocals at all. Awesome band, they've been my favourite for years now.

[@taylorhayes7292]

They have a collab with Randy Blythe from Lamb of God. The song is called Adoration for None

[@BurningCore44]

Yo Smokey, that's my shirt! lol I have the same one. Excellent taste 😉

[@luizde-rossi643]

Gojira had a collab with metal genius Devin Towsend. The music is called "Of blood and salt". Btw, check Devin's band, Strapping young lad which was before he went solo with his project. Amazing band. Keep it up, guys! 🤘🏽

[@lisajohnson521]

I’ve never heard Jens from Meshugga sing cleans.

[@johnladd8421]

They collaborated with Randy Blythe from “ Lamb of God”. Not sure of any others. I saw a couple tours where they opened for “Mastodon “. Epic shows.

[@otex5155]

Bro Mario is one of the greatest heavy metal drummers of all time lol

[@lashashubladze9938]

Gojira - In the forest (live Link alive DVD). You should witness it. Also, Remembrance from same live

[@Dez09]

Listen to Wormholes from the band Volumes!

[@kristaspecht]

Lovvvve that song. The drummer is kickass too!!

[@bzhastro]

Little Hell-o from France ^^

[@tiawilliams504]

Seeing then a second time in October! They're amazing live

[@goshish666]

Most of metal singers can do just one type of vocals, being able to do many vocal styles, including shifting between clean and harsh vocals, may be relatively common among popular bands today, but overall it's definitely not a common thing. That's one of the reasons why nu-metal became so big: it was way too uncommon at that day, while almost every big nu-metal band had a highly talented singers.

[@philsalle5637]

the song is part of "From Mars To Sirius" ( with Flying Whales ) wich is a concept album.to truly understand what Joe's actually talking about , you need to hear it entirely ( i"ll leave you to it ) - as for Gojira's genre ..... well , it's Gojira's !!!! they were very much influenced by bands like Morbid Angel and death metal at the beginning and gradually found their own sound and style - their latest album (Fortitude ) is an excellent way to discover the evolution of this band for the past 25 years !!! my suggestion(s) ( one per LP would be : clone - remembrance (from the link alive dvd ) - where dragons dwell - the art of dying - l'enfant sauvage - pray (live at red rocks) and born for one thing

[@metaphoria3]

Smoke never heard the don’t wear a bands shirt to their show thing

[@chimpanzeethat3802]

You two guys would fit in fine at a metal show. No worries at all. Us metalheads are a friendly bunch.

[@_portis]

Joe: merci beaucoooooooooooooooo !!

[@whynot1165]

Beaucoup :)

[@rafael_ryuichi]

Now with bands whose vocalist only uses screams and growls, check out MESHUGGAH and songs like 'Future Breed Machine', 'New Millennium Cyanide Christ', 'Dancers to a Discordant System' and 'Clockworks'.

[@loudnoises213]

Worn tons of shirts of the bands I'm going to see, I'll buy one at the show if I don't have one. you get jerks in all crowds. great video! Keep on rockin in the free world guys! Devildriver - The Mountain Unearth - Endless

[@timfarrow1545]

Totally second devildriver end of the line or I dreamed I died

[@loudnoises213]

@@timfarrow1545 i dreamed I died would be a good one too! that was gunna be my second.

[@dvdkllmn]

In this song the heaviest matter is a supermassive black hole and describes the experience of falling over the event horizon

[@dvdkllmn]

And I'd say regarding that it would be unnacceptable to wear a shirt with the band you're going to see, total BS. I always represent. I'd say 90% of everyone at any given show represent. Usually I buy a tour shirt at the venue and put that on

[@zedrow69]

0:07 I do the same thing any time someone flips me off.

[@letingrad]

Concert t-shirts are badges of honor, wear them with pride.

[@bananas1318]

the crazy thing about gojira is they play in D tunning so down 1 from E, and they use 6 strings, i think they even use C tuning if im not mistaken, and they get some of the heaviest riffs in heavy metal. Where a lot of these more modern bands of different genres like death core, technical death metal, grindcore or whatever they start using 7 and 8 string guitars and drop it down to B or whatever those guitars go to. But even with those strings dropped so much gojira just does something that cant be matched, theyre heavy, theyre technical.. groovy i think theyre one of the best bands of all time, a lot of epople will have their own opinion thats fine.. but to me gojira is there as one of the best.

[@J_Z666]

some heavy heavy stuff!!!

[@Tryphikik]

Gojira have done some collabs with other metal vocalists like "Adoration For None" with Randy Blythe the lamb of god vocalist. As for band t-shirts I wouldn't worry about it, i've never encountered anything, maybe someone will judge you for it but people will do that regardless no matter what you do in life.

[@tulipmoon5230]

These guys are amazing live.

[@victorlambert9208]

Hi ! about singing technics (as simple as possible): talking needs your vocal cords, just like "clear singing" while guturals and stuff use much more "false cords", whitch are higher in the throat. It needs different practice but it's possible to speak with guturals and other technics. People can have good clear singing technic and not be abble to do guturals, just like the opposite. BUT a good "gutural" singer need to practice his vocal cords to improve safely and efficently. A metalcore singer uses both, in the same time, with different degrees of air compression. Anyway, everyone has his own voice, range and singing signature.

[@jen.g.]

Not wearing the shirt of the band you’re going to see has been engrained in my brain for so long that I STILL think about it. But that’s an outdated rule, I’ve learned. I still wear a different shirt because I like advertising other bands. I typically wear Ne Obliviscaris, Leprous, Zeal & Ardor, and Dillinger Escape Plan shirts (because I’ve never seen any of them live). And yes, there are metal elitists who call people posers. They’ll quiz you on your knowledge of the band. Or maybe that’s just women who get that shit.

[@MrMickeymacaroni]

It's about time Gojira showed back up here

[@youdontknowme3842]

You can never go wrong with Gojira!

[@mouseshadow5828]

You never wear a shirt of the band you're seeing. You wear a shirt of a band that Maynard likes.

[@erickbalbuena8679]

need to check out All Them Witches

[@flashpeter625]

I think that the "matter" in "The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe" can mean both matter as in "stuff", and matter as in "subject". The lyrics are sufficiently vague to allow interpretation. It can be about the physical experience of falling into a black hole. It can be about death in general. Can be both, as you are guaranteed to die in a black hole, or metaphorically imagining death as falling into one.

[@fmchef25]

1 tablespoon of neutron star matter weighs as much as Mt. Everest!!!!

[@fernandaaraujo3416]

Where did you all get these shirt rules from?

[@mendyrckz76]

🦋I just had Flashbacks of the movies Heavy Metal & Heavy Metal 2000 with you saying that Smokey. Gojira is definitely a Driving Force of a Heavy Thrash Band!🤘😏 One would think wearing a simple Shirt wouldn't be such an odd offense. 🤷‍♀️ It is how it is! Just wear all black and represent yourself! Problem 😄Solved! 🎶🤘😏🎶

[@veevamm3642]

GOJIRA loves us to buy and wear their merch👍

[@pfeuhpfeuh4447]

Gojira - Where Dragons Dwell, Hellfest 2013, period :)

[@rafael_ryuichi]

Collaborations? We got it! How about 'Crack the Skye' by MASTODON with Scott Kelly, 'Take It Out on Me' by BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE with Benji Webbe or 'Prequel to the Sequel' by BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME with Adam Fisher?

[@tubelious]

Wear any shirt you want. I NO WAY, is there any code against wearing support colors. Many even buy the merch from the venue and instantly rock those for the show.

[@tonygonzalez8254]

RUSH THURSDAYS!!!

[@robdurfee6861]

I usually wear a different band tee to the show and buy a shirt from the merch table of the band I came to see. I then sometimes put the shirt I bought there on. It’s like an unwritten rule in metal, but I don’t get upset over what other people do, this is just for me. Hell, I’ve seen plenty of bands that wear their own tees up on stage lol People probably were reacting to Clutch that way because they definitely did not fit with the rest of the lineup. I love Clutch but I wouldn’t have put them on that tour lol

[@Kataxu]

Live version again.........?

[@Raaxshas]

The Tool for this generation

[@bob-ov4iq]

Gojira - silvera , live at red rock 2017

[@markwhite9878]

Super heavy like godzza fighting all the monsters at once

[@KrillSmith]

The crowd for a band like Gojira will be a super loving crowd. Limp Bizkit are a fun live band but there fan base definitely has a section that are douchebags so you get some dick heads in the crowd. But the Gojira crowd will all be people who are just stoked to be there.

[@efakter1]

That was badass

[@syntheticsleep]

You want to know what kind of music this is? Death Metal. A couple of great songs you should check out, that Gojira definitely took inspiration from here: Morbid Angel: Dominate and Dawn of the Angry from their album Domination. Absolute legendary death metal. Also, Gojira will be Hollywood's first metal show? Dude, you're going to have a great time. That's a pretty epic first right there. 🤘🔥🤘

[@r.deanmcknight136]

To answer that question Smokey is Goerge Corpsegrinder of Cannibal Corpse.... I've never heard him sing anything melodic, its all growl and guttural 🤘😎🤘

[@tubelious]

it's not vocals, it's an instrument.

[@r.deanmcknight136]

@@tubelious true lol

[@maureenwagg5305]

Best drummer in the Universe. Super Mario. Gojira is life.

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

Yeah, collaborations are a lot less common in Metal. If anything you may get a guest vocal or guest solo (very rarely guest drumming) or sometimes the formation of super groups or on collaboration albums. Some musicians have reached the status of session players being utilized in the studio to record entire albums or jump in live on a tour. But features on regular albums like they're known in other genres are way less common. Probably because the artists take a lot of pride in their compositions and doing everything themselves so the vision remains as pure as possible.

[@gabifromhell]

I always thought this song is about sleep paralysis...

[@soccerprog226]

The heaviest riff of the universe.