For the better part of two decades, the French quartet Gojira have been one of the driving forces in heavy metal. Their brand of technical metal, whether leaning towards death metal as their early music did, or in the groove metal direction their more recent work has, the band has become one of the most recognizable and powerful in the game. Second only to their musical prowess is their activism, which has seen them participate in campaigns with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, who went on to name an interceptor vessel after the band following numerous years of service.
This time, on the road to their latest album Fortitude, due out on April 30 via Roadrunner Records, the band has launched an environmental campaign to save the Amazon rainforests. Operation Amazonia is an initiative through which Gojira and several other musicians have donated gear and collectibles for auction, the proceeds from which go to saving the rainforests that may otherwise be gone in a decade and a half.
Gear from Gojira guitarist Joe Duplantier, Mastodon drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor, and Tool bassist Justin Chancellor is currently up for auction, as well as a signed copy of Kirk Hammett’s book Too Much Horror Business and so much more.
Those who would like to donate directly may enter to win one of a number of prizes, including a hand-engraved Joe Duplantier Charvel San Dimas guitar, a signed and hand-painted drum head from drummer Mario Duplantier, or an exclusive merch pack based around the initiative’s namesake song “Amazonia,” which you can stream below:
All proceeds collected are going to the Brazil’s Indigenous People Articulation (APIB), whose purpose consists of:
Strengthening the indigenous peoples unity among the different regions and indigenous organizations in the country;
Unifying the indigenous peoples struggle, as well as the community's claims, demands, and indigenous movement politics;
Mobilizing the indigenous peoples and organizations of the country against threats and attacks to indigenous rights.
See the announcement video below, and check out the auctions for Operation Amazonia here.
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