How Gojira REALLY Plays 'Amazonia' | Full Breakdown with Ben Eller

Hey guys! Last week, Gojira dropped another new song off their upcoming Fortitude album on us, and you know your Uncle Ben Eller was gonna show you how to play that BOING BOING magic they showed us in Amazonia!!! So in this video, we're gonna explore it riff by tasty riff so you can play along with those French Bois and their New Noise.
What kind of stuff does Gojira do? Why, a lot of their standbys, like simple one string riffs, gallops, harmonics, digitech whammy pedal madness, and more! Grab a guitar, tune it down a whole step (DGCFAD), and follow along!
Gear:
Dunable Cyclops
Bare Knuckle Riff Raff pickups
Airis Parallel Overdrive
REVV Generator 120 MK3
Jim Dunlop picks and strings
What Gojira song do you want to learn next? Let me know in the comments!

[BenEller]

Thanks for learning how to play Amazonia by Gojira!!! What other song by those French bois do you want to learn next?

[gerupyon]

"Apply pressure just the way your mother likes it"

Always gets me. Every single time.

[DanKleeman]

Now as soon as Gojira releases a song, I am counting down to the Ben Eller Official Breakdown ™️

[martiboucat]

The boing boing is a Berimbau, a brasilian instrument.
Sepultura and Soulfly used it a lot in songs like Ratamahatta and Umbabaraums.
That Gojira song sounded “so Cavalera” to me when i listened it for the first time it made me smile.
Also with the berimbau there’s a mouth harp.

Great lesson, as always.
Best from Barcelona.

[Discitus]

I love Gojira's weird noises. I don't even play guitar but I like seeing how they make them.

[goldotom]

The "apply some preasure just the way your mother likes it" put my mouse directly on the thumb up button

[TheDogggrecords]

"Them French boys make the boing boing noise..." I'm dying laughing over here, couldn't have been put better! 😂

[hw_yozoraVODS]

I think is either a jaw harp, mixed with berimbau (Brazilian instrument).

[MrHeshersNeighborhood]

That Godzilla groove is so in the pocket, I listened to that song on repeat more times than I care to admit.

[nathenate]

Came for the lesson, stayed for the BOING BOING.

[CosmicWarpRider]

Ben these breakdowns absolutely rule! Keep it up, recently subscribed and keep coming back anytime you post a new video. I also feel how this showcases how you don't have to be the most technical player to play some sick metal riffs \m/

[ptriX]

0:30 7:03 - As you speculate later in the video, this first chord is indeed a major dyad instead of a straight power chord, though these only happen on the second 'chorus variation' (i.e. after "greatest miracle").
0:27 5:32 5:52 - There's a slide between the G5 & A5 power chord ---3-3/5--- rather than ---3-5--
0:33 5:39 7:05 - Same as previous but A5 slide to B5 -5-5/7

[minseo]

Just discovered your channel today and I gotta say I love it. You've got some great content going on!

[panterarocks]

Been waiting for this since the song came out haha. Gonna need this for the whole album

[loganmommsen]

The instrument the intro kinda sounds like a jaw harp, I also think it was what was used in the intro to forest cemetery by tempel.

[mathiasjulkunen]

I also heard that third interval in the chorus!

[morasoftwood]

I’m so stoked to see you talk about gojira again.

[EvlixManiac]

you don't know how much i was waiting for this ♥ much love from Egypt

[miledium]

Pretty sure that the instrument we hear doing the boing boing riff is a local instrument called berimbau. It's a pretty common instrument in Brazil, most commonly featured in capoeira.

[jbasti]

Thank you, the bestiest uncle in the universe