Fortitude (album)

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Fortitude
Gojira Fortitude artwork.png
Studio album by
Gojira
Released30 April 2021
Recorded2018–2020
StudioSilver Cord Studio in Queens, New York City
Genre
Length51:58
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerJoe Duplantier
Gojira chronology
Magma
(2016) 		Fortitude
(2021)
Singles from Fortitude
  1. "Another World"
    Released: 5 August 2020
  2. "Born for One Thing"
    Released: 17 February 2021
  3. "Amazonia"
    Released: 26 March 2021
  4. "Into the Storm"
    Released: 13 April 2021
  5. "The Chant"
    Released: 26 April 2021

Fortitude is the seventh studio album by French metal band Gojira. The album was released on 30 April 2021 through Roadrunner Records. It was recorded at the band's studio in New York City, and was produced by Joe Duplantier and mixed by Andy Wallace.

Gojira intended to write a more cohesive and brighter album than Magma, emphasizing a progressive sound while incorporating guitar solos and classic rock elements with a positive lyrical message. The songwriting began in early 2018 but was put on hold due to the band's touring schedule. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the album's mixing, and its release was postponed to a later date.

Fortitude debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and sold 27,372 units in its debut week in the US, which surpassed Magma's chart performance. The album topped on both the Billboard Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, as well as the UK Rock & Metal Albums chart. The album ranked high on the charts in Europe and sold 9,900 units in its first week of release in France. It peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts. Fortitude was the best-selling studio album (pure sales) in the United States in its opening week.

Background[]

The creative process of Gojira's seventh album began sparingly in late 2017.[1] Gojira intended to write a "groovy, aerated album" with a strong theme and focused on sharing with the audience, an album where two energies coexist, "both very masculine and feminine".[2] The album was inspired as an encouragement to self-reinforcement, "to show courage to face up the world, to face tomorrow's problems".[1]

Recording and production[]

Having had sustained requests to tour worldwide in support of Magma, beyond the initial cycle, the band declined in order to focus on writing a new album.[1] The album's songwriting officially started in early 2018 at New York's Silver Cord Studio, which would become "the cocoon for a two-year creative odyssey".[3] However, it was interrupted by a tour in Europe, and the writing finished after the 2019 Knotfest Roadshow tour throughout the United States and Canada.[1] The dynamics tended to go towards an organic sound.[4] They used two different guitar amp heads, depending on the songs, and without post-production treatment for a raw result.[4] Mario Duplantier recorded eleven drum tracks in eight days in one or two take each.[5] Joe Duplantier produced the album,[6] and the band recorded it at Silver Cord Studio in late 2019.[5][1]

Andy Wallace mixed three songs before the first COVID-19 lockdowns were imposed,[7] while the album was slated for a June 2020 release.[3][1] Joe Duplantier, a New York State resident, was visiting his father in southwest France, which complicated the mixing process.[8] The band was then unable to rejoin Wallace in Florida due to the sanitary situation.[9] Then Joe Duplantier spent several months in a cabin in the Landes forest without listening to the new tracks and forsook his cell phone and computer.[9] In July, the band returned to the mixing process over the internet and phone with Wallace.[9] He would prefer to be left alone in the studio, without assistants, being vulnerable to coronavirus infection due to his age, saying to be "infinitely upset not to be with the band".[9] Wallace retained the integrity of the spontaneity of Gojira's compositions while bringing "warmth" to the instrumentation.[4] The album's release date was then pushed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then failed afterward, and a further postponement was decided upon.[3][1]

On 5 August 2020, the band released a new single called "Another World", their first single in four years.[10]

On 17 February 2021, Gojira announced Fortitude and its release date for 30 April 2021 via Roadrunner Records.[11][3] On the same day, the band released an official video for its lead single, "Born for One Thing".[12] Fortitude marked the longest gap between two studio albums in the band's career.[13]

Musical style and writing[]

On Fortitude, Gojira took a different lyrical approach than the one explored on their previous album, Magma. The latter was heavily influenced by the death of Joe and Mario Duplantier's mother and had "a lot of pain and grief attached to it", Joe Duplantier said. This time, the band "had the desire to fill the album with more joy, even if it doesn't come across as joyful music".[14] The album would be emphasized by "more power, and more positivity about life in general."[15] Duplantier said of his state of mind while writing the lyrics: "In an uncertain world, chaotic, I choose optimism by default."[4]

Mario Duplantier mentioned a slower composition process than before due to musical tastes becoming more diversified over the years.[2] The goal was to focus the music on the "big guitar riff" rather than on the performance, with a band cohesion emphasizing this point.[2][16] While retaining their signature style, Gojira extended their range to a "traditional dimension" and started sliding their sound towards the 1970s and 1980s major chords–progressions of "classic bands", embracing melodies and guitar solos.[17][15] Mario Duplantier "took a back seat to serve the riff" on Fortitude, although he kept the polyrhythmic drumming on some songs.[2][18] On Fortitude, the band put forward the use of backing vocals and choirs, that were already present on the previous albums but "buried" in the mix.[4]

Combining the direct approach of The Way of All Flesh mingled with the atmospheric arrangements of Magma, the structure of the songs provided the album an immediacy and more accessibility while offering a return to heaviness.[19] "Amazonia", which talks about the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest (specially the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires), was released as part of a month-long fundraiser for a Brazilian indigenous rights charity curated by Gojira.[20][21] The lyrics to "Amazonia" chronicles the reckless deforestation that has accelerated in Brazil under the reign of Jair Bolsonaro,[22] shown in the lines, "The greatest miracle is burning to the ground".[4][23] Gojira launched the charity auction on the Propeller platform through a call for solidarity from metal bands such as Metallica, Tool, Slayer, Slash, Sepultura, Deftones, Lamb of God, among others.[20][24] The fundraiser quadrupled its initial goal of $75,000 and raised over $300,000.[24] A part of the album is a tribute to indigenous communities.[25] The song "Another World" was described as a visionary apocalyptic piece.[23]

Fortitude has been described as a combination of progressive metal[26][27][28] tech-death,[27][3] stoner rock,[29][30] groove metal,[19][29] post-metal,[31][32] alternative metal,[31] and Americana.[3] Kerrang!'s Sam Law noted a British influence on "Hold On", while AllMusic's Thom Jurek echoed this view and compared it to Black Sabbath.[33] Law described "The Chant" as "chain-gang blues, bayou gospel, bar-room Americana".[3] Fortitude has been likened to Tool,[34] Led Zeppelin,[34] Sepultura,[35][3] Killing Joke,[29][34] and Iron Maiden.[3][36]

Title and artwork[]

According to Joe Duplantier, the album's title Fortitude "is to inspire people to be the best version of themselves and to be strong no matter what".[37]

The cover art, which represents "the spirit of the album", was designed and painted by Joe Duplantier.[25] His brother Mario brought him various paintings of warriors and knights and showed him Pallas Athena, an 1898 oil-on-canvas painting by Gustav Klimt, and Knights of the Round Table.[25] As he wanted to represent an indigenous person, it ended with his own interpretation of all these elements.[25]

Singles[]

Released on 5 August 2020, the single "Another World" became their first Billboard-charting song, debuting at No. 12 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart.[38] It peaked at No. 5 in its second week.[39] "Another World" debuted at No. 25 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart and peaked at No. 12 in its second week.[38][40] The single scored 257,000 U.S. streams and sold 1,000 downloads in the tracking week ending 6 August.[38] In its first week of release, "Born for One Thing" peaked at No. 22 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart.[39] In mid-May 2021, "New Found" peaked at No. 24 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, while "Born for One Thing" and "Amazonia" landed in the top 20.[40]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[41]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[33]
Blabbermouth8/10[29]
Clash4/5 stars[42]
Kerrang!4/5 stars[19]
Metal Hammer4.5/5 stars[35]
Metal Injection9/10[6]
NME3/5 stars[43]
New Noise Magazine4/5 stars[44]
Riff Magazine8/10[45]
Overdrive9/10[46]

Fortitude was met with acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, the album has received a score of 80 out of 100 based on eight reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[41]

Kerrang!'s Paul Travers wrote that "Gojira never seemed like a band built for the mainstream", but that Fortitude "sounds like the album that could propel them the rest of the way to the top." He noted that the album extends the band's palette and "cements their place as one of metal's most skilled and uncompromising bands."[19]

Writing for Louder Sound, Jerry Ewing described Fortitude as "easily the best album they've made to date." He also noted that the band embraced a far proggier approach than previous albums and was also aiming for the mainstream like Mastodon's 2009 Crack the Skye.[47]

In Tom Morgan's review for Noizze, he gave the album 8/10, as well as remembered previous comparisons of Magma's stylistic departure to Gojira's previous albums as the same as Metallica's 1991 self-titled album and Mastodon's 2011 The Hunter. Different than their respective follow-ups Load and Once More 'Round the Sun, Fortitude "never makes you wish that you were listening to the band's earlier work, and instead simply feels like the natural evolution of this insanely talented band."[30]

Quentin Singer from Forbes termed Fortitude as a demonstration of a "strong sense of urgency felt on the number of social–political issues that Gojira highlight", and praised "these haunting yet poignant lyrical themes."[48]

Kory Grow of Rolling Stone thought that Gojira "mix heavy music with heavy concepts, and never once do they sound like a drag", and summed up the review by saying, "It's all the rage of death metal mixed with the conscience of punk rock and the musicality of progressive rock, and it's never boring".[49]

Accolades[]

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A "—" denotes the publication's list is in no particular order, and Fortitude did not rank numerically.

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Bloody Disgusting[50] US 10 Killer Records From the First Half of 2021 2021 —
Clash[51] UK The Best Albums Of 2021 (So Far...) 2021 —
Exclaim![52] CA Exclaim!'s 31 Best Albums of 2021 So Far 2021 17
Kerrang![53] UK The 17 best albums of 2021 so far 2021 —
Loudwire[54] US 2021's Best Rock + Metal Albums (So Far) 2021 —
Metal Hammer[55] UK The 20 best metal albums of 2021 so far 2021 —
Paste[56] US The 25 Best Albums of 2021 (So Far) 2021 14
Revolver[57] US 20 Best Albums of 2021 So Far 2021 —
Rolling Stone[49] US The Best Albums of 2021 2021 —
The Guardian[58] UK The best albums of 2021 so far 2021 —

Chart performance[]

In the United States, Fortitude debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, which surpassed Magma's debut on the chart.[59] The album was also No. 1 on the Billboard Tastemaker Albums chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart.[60][61] With Fortitude, Gojira made their first appearance in the top ten charts of nine countries.[62] The album peaked at No. 2 on the SNPE albums chart, which marked Gojira's highest-ranking chart position in the country.[63][64]

Commercial performance[]

Fortitude took the top spot on both the Billboard Top Album Sales (pure album sales) and Top Current Albums Sales charts with 27,372 album-equivalent units, out of which 24,104 were pure album sales which made the highest opening-week sales for Gojira. It increased their previous sales number by over 10,000 units. Gojira had the top-selling album in its opening week in the United States.[65][66][67][nb 1] Fortitude was ranked No. 2 in the best-selling list of the French physical record stores Fnac in its first week of release.[69] The album sold 9,900 album-equivalent units in its first week in France.[64] In mid-May 2021, the album moved up from number two to number one in its second week of album sales at Fnac record stores in France.[70]

Track listing[]

All music is composed by Mario Duplantier and Joe Duplantier. Lyrics by Joe Duplantier.

Fortitude track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Born for One Thing"4:20
2."Amazonia"5:01
3."Another World"4:25
4."Hold On"5:30
5."New Found"6:37
6."Fortitude"2:08
7."The Chant"5:13
8."Sphinx"4:00
9."Into the Storm"5:02
10."The Trails"4:07
11."Grind"5:34
Total length:51:58
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Silvera" (live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2017)3:57
13."Backbone" (live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2017)6:23
14."Pray" (live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2017)10:20

Personnel[]

Personnel adapted from liner notes.[71]

Charts[]

Chart performance for Fortitude
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[72] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[73] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[74] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[75] 2
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[76] 15
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[77] 34
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[78] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[79] 4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[80] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[81] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[82] 8
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[83] 11
Irish Albums (OCC)[84] 17
Italian Albums (FIMI)[85] 47
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[86] 124
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[87] 18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[88] 10
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[89] 7
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[90] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[91] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[92] 24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[93] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[94] 4
Swiss Albums (GFK Romandy)[95] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[96] 6
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[97] 1
US Billboard 200[98] 12
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[99] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[100] 1

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ DJ Khaled's Khaled Khaled took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with 94,000 album-equivalent units, but 15,000 were pure sales. Gojira sold more traditional copies (24,104), outperforming DJ Khaled's new album. DJ Khaled's album-equivalent units included more streaming equivalent albums than Gojira, which helped him gain the highest chart position.[68]

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