Joe La Truite

Joe La Truite’s sound is pure Zguen energy. Impulsive, ultra-efficient, Psychedelic Punk-Metal music…..Somewhere near Marseille. Having written, produced and recorded a new album titled ‘Ultimate Ninja Storm 2: Full Zguen’, at dBd Studio in the scenic South of France, the band has spent the last 8 months preparing for the launch of the album on June 13th 2025, through Full Zguen Records and Music Gateway Distribution. Beginning as a bit of fun in 2017, releasing an EP in that year, followed by another in 2019, founding members Julien Liphard (Guitars/Vocals) and Charles Roussel (Bass/Vocals) met current drummer Martin Denquin, and the trio gelled. The band wrote, recorded and released their 2020 Album ‘Trapped In The Cosmos’, which, though it received no exploitation outside of their home region, gained solid critique and the band grew a solid cult following in the live scene amongst those hailing from around Marseille. As the band’s 2020 album, Trapped In The Cosmos, was never exploited, the band, signed to Blue Tongue Management mid 2024, undertook an introductory campaign to media and industry, with the album successfully picking up the rotation airplay it deserved, across the world with multiple syndicated metal programs. During the next 6 months, management partnered Joe La Truite with SLH Agency PR from France, Metal Devastation PR in the USA, and Rola Music from Austria and Germany. On the 1st March 2025, Joe La Truite launched their first video single from the album, ‘Bad Death City’, followed by the release of the second video single, Light Speed April 11th, both songs of which marked a bold step forward in songwriting and musicianship from their previous releases. The new tracks showcase the band's evolution and cement their place in the underground music scene, earning solid media critique along with further well-supported airplay. With the album, due in June 2025, Joe La Truite’s third single “Octogone 8000”, unleashed on the 16th May 2025 continues to expand the lore of Joe La Truite’s upcoming concept album, Ultimate Ninja Storm 2: Full Zguen , which is an epic tale of cosmic characters in an adventurous gaming world living somewhere in the Cosmos… or is it somewhere near Marseille? JLT are getting known for their genre-bending style and tongue-in-cheek storytelling, Joe La Truite deliver a mind-melting fusion of punk, metal, and psychedelic lunacy.