Gojira release new music video for ‘Amazonia’

GOJIRA have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Amazonia, is taken from the French metal titans’ upcoming new album, Fortitude, which is scheduled to be released in April this year.

The new song takes aim at the crisis impacting the Amazon and its indigenous communities. The song’s accompanying video was directed by Charles De Meyer and was shot in France as well as various locations in Brazil. De Meyer collaborated with multiple filmmakers [Vincent Moon, Hauxplay, Jennifer Kumiko Hayashi and Midia Ninja] to help bring an unfiltered look into the lives and struggle of the indigenous tribes there. Proceeds from the song will benefit The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB).

Watch the official music video for Amazonia here: 

Launching alongside the song and video are two fundraising initiatives to help raise money for the indigenous-owned NGO APIB. Working with the social good-focused digital platform Propeller, GOJIRA are curating a month-long charitable campaign featuring an auction of one-of-a-kind items from the band and their friends. The auction launches today with a Joe Duplantier signature guitar hand-engraved by Duplantier with artwork celebrating Amazonian wildlife, in addition to a hand-engraved Nash Guitars bass from METALLICA’s bass player Robert and his artist wife Chloe Trujillo, a signed exclusive photo print from LAMB OF GOD’s Randy Blythe, a limited edition Rockhard SLAYER motorcycle helmet, and more.

Furthermore, the band have also launched a limited edition art print to benefit the APIB, where the first 500 fans who purchase the print will have their names added to the final design. “This is a call for unity,” says Duplantier. “The music community can be powerful when united towards something meaningful like this! So many friends, great artists, bands have joined the movement without hesitation by donating instruments. This is a collective effort from so many people around us! We don’t want to just release a song called Amazonia – we want to do something on top of that. We feel a responsibility as artists to offer a way for people to take action.”

Fortitude is set for release on April 30th via Roadrunner Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on GOJIRA like their official page on Facebook.