Gojira are about to go out on a big European tour. Frontman Joe Duplantier won’t be playing guitar for at least part of it, though.

Duplantier shared an X-ray of his hand on Instagram, revealing that he recently had to have surgery after injuring himself. As a result, the French metal band is bringing in Greg Kubacki to fill in for Duplantier on guitar. Kubacki is well-known for playing with the New York-based technical metal band Car Bomb.

It appears that Duplantier will still be handling vocal duties while his hand heals.

“Hey! I hurt my hand a few weeks ago. After getting minor surgery, I’m on the mend but unfortunately I won’t be able to play all my guitar parts on the next tour in France,” Duplantyier wrote in a statement. “No worries though, we hired our good friend @carbombgreg o

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