"Vacuity", the new video from the French progressive metallers
GOJIRA, can be viewed below.
GOJIRA guitarist/vocalist
Joseph Duplantier recently told the UK's
Rock Sound magazine about the clip, ''It is a fantastic, mind-blowing video. The song is about the Buddhist meaning of the word which is emptiness not nothingness, the ultimate presence. It was very hard to picture that concept in a video so we told the story of a girl carrying her own casket as the whole album is about facing your death and your pain. It seemed fitting."
The video was helmed by French producers
Julien Mokrani and
Samuel Bodin of
Six Pieds Sous Terre Productions. The location of the shoot was in the Basque country where
GOJIRA resides.
Main actress
Claire Theodoly has studied theatre for many years and is currently rehearsing a main role in a play called
"Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard (Marivaux)" at the Centre Dramatique in Tours (France).
The
"Vacuity" clip was shot with a RED Digital Cinema video camera such as the one used in
Peter Jackson's
"Lord of the Rings" movies.
Check out photos from the video shoot below.
In a recent interview with
Metal Hammer magazine,
Joseph Duplantier stated about the track, "Vacuity. Absence of matter, emptiness, but full of light. Ultimate presence beyond the notions of our world. Vacuity is the source and not just 'nothingness.' We live in a world that goes faster every day and it seems there's a lack of time for each one of us. This song is about taking the time and being closer to the heart."
GOJIRA's new album,
"The Way of All Flesh", is scheduled for release on October 13 in Europe via
Listenable Records and one day later in the U.S. through
Prosthetic Records. The cover artwork (see below) was created by
Joe Duplantier, who was also responsible for the artwork for
GOJIRA's previous album, 2005's
"From Mars to Sirius".
"The Way Of All Flesh" track listing:
01.
Oroborus02.
Toxic Garbage Island03.
A Sight To Behold04.
Yama's Messengers05.
The Silver Cord06.
Adoration For None 07.
All The Tears08.
The Art Of Dying 09.
Esoteric Surgery10.
Vacuity11.
Wolf Down The Earth12.
The Way Of All Flesh
