Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe, who is currently auctioning his Grammy nomination medallion for Myotonic Dystrophy, has been speaking exclusively to Metal Hammer about his love of Gojira.

The Lamb Of God man says: “Chris found them online and he was always telling us ‘you’ve gotta check out this fucking French band’ and I was like, ‘whatever’. I’d heard French punk before. It’s not good.”

“Nobody paid any intention. But one day we went waterskiing and he was playing ‘From Mars To Sirius’ and I immediately became a fan and I started emailing Joe (Duplantier, Gojira vocalist), and we had similar interests, and we met them in Paris and they played with us with Slayer and so we brought them to the States for a run with Machine Head and we’ve been good friends ever since.”

“I’ve got a lot of respect for what they’re about. They blew me away.”

Gojira will embark on a full UK tour in March. Check out our exclusive chat with the band about this tour.

Lamb Of God will release their new album ‘Wrath’ on February 23rd, after co-headlining this year’s Defenders Of The Faith 2 tour with Dimmu Borgir. Read our track-by-track guide to ‘Wrath’.

Defenders Of The Faith 2 will be co-headlined by Lamb Of God and Dimmu Borgir and will also feature Unearth and Five Finger Death Punch. The tour will call at:
11th February – Bristol Academy
12th February – Birmingham Academy
13th February – Manchester University
14th February – Brixton Academy
15th February – Glasgow Academy

Get Defenders Of The Faith tickets here!