Gojira The Way of All Flesh |
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 | Tracklist:
1. Oroborus
2. Toxic Garbage Island
3. A Sight to Behold
4. Yama's Messengers
5. The Silver Cord
6. Adoration for None
7. All the Tears
8. The Art of Dying
9. Esoteric Surgery
10. Vacuity
11. Wolf Down the Earth
12. The Way of All Flesh
| Ranking: #116 for 2008 | |
| | other reviews | Fillifax (5)
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A heavy and defining metal album...the best Gojira has to offer.... | Brendan Schroer (4.5)
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| Summary: The Way of All Flesh is a technical metal masterpiece that I would recommend to any metal fan. |
8 of 8 thought this review was well written
Goira has a decently long history behind them. They formed in 1996 as Godzilla. In 2001 they began creating albums and changed their name to Gojira. They are a difficult to classify act. Over the course of four studio albums the band has evolved their sound form an almost straight-up death metal band to a group that combines technicality, uneasy atmosphere, and enough time signature changes and odd rhythms to be compared to Meshuggah.
Gojira is:
Joe Duplantier − guitar, vocals
Mario Duplantier − drums
Christian Andreu − guitar
Jean-Michel Labadie - bass guitar
An interesting aspect of Gojira is their unique style. Their songs typically revolve around one riff yet never getting boring: the phrase will gradually change over the course of the track. Minor changes will be applied such as a pick slide, gliss, an out-of-key chord to make each riff sound unique while giving the song a defining groove and melody.
The amount of technical precision in their music is rare. Gojira plays a technical and rhythmic style of heavy metal with precision drumming, unusual rhythm patterns, and start-and-stop riffs. They also incorporate atmospheric elements. They follow unconventional song structures and rhythms while keeping a defining groove, making their complex music sound effortless.
The Way of All Flesh is a faster and heavier record then it’s predecessors while becoming even more intricate and oddly melodic. Unlike previous works, each song sounds very different than others on the album. Within relatively few listens, every song becomes rather easily identifiable.
There is also not a weak link to be found in any member. Joe Duplantier has unique scream in which he screams virtually every line yet changes pitches as if he was singing with fantastic results. His brother, Mario, is one of the most skilled drummers in all of Metal. When I saw the band live in 2008 he never missed a beat in the whole set through his endlessly complex drum parts and fills that would make any other drummer pass out. Christian Andreu drives the band with the same amount of force as the percussion, not an easy feat for a guitarist mind you. The bass lines are very groove-based and counter the guitar parts well.
The only fault to be found with the record is an issue Gojira has always faced: The made too much material. This, however, is a minor complaint since you are getting more quality music then you’re average record. It’s just simply too long for casual listening. While nearly every track is amazing and unpredictable, it’s a challenge to listen to as a whole.
Whether you love your collection of Tool albums and dislike screamed vocals or love heavier acts such as Behemoth, this is a record you need to listen to at some point. Every track is amazing in it’s own right. You won’t be disappointed.
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Album Rating: 4
My first review in quite some time. Wasn't really in the mood to do The Toadies' discog today.
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Thanks. Anyone have any suggestions? The review looks great to me but I'm sure there are plenty of things I should fix.
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"His brother, Mario, is one of the most one of the most skilled drummers in all of Metal"
one of the most one of the most, grammatically that's all I see that needs fixing. You do a fairly good job of describing their sound and it flows pretty well, but it just seems a bit short.
Always happy to see a review for Gojira, Their Live shows are EPIC and they're THE band that got me into heavier music.
Digging: Yoko Shimomura - Piano Collections KINGDOM HEARTS Field & Battle Digging: Yoko Shimomura - Piano Collections KINGDOM HEARTS Field & Battle | | | Album Rating: 4
I'm kind of tired and when I was editing it I noticed I typed entire sections of it twice haha. Fixed it.
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Good job man
The album is amazing, and maybe even better than the epic From Mars to Sirius
I think that gojira are a little underrated in sputnik
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Good review. I've been meaning to get this album for a while, but I still haven't gotten around to it for some reason.
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Wow I made a review that people like that's a first. And I believe that it's better than From Mars, if only by a little.
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Goes back an forth for me. Backbone is still one of the heaviest songs I've ever heard.
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Backbone is amazing, one of my favorite Gojira tracks. The guitar slays.
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So simple, so basic, and yet still so amazing.
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Much better than my review of this album. Yet since I've gotten so much better at reviewing stuff, I should really get back and rewrite my review. Yours is great, nonetheless. Pos'd
Digging: Emmure - Felony | | | Album Rating: 2.5
meh, nothing higher than a 3 from me for this album
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That's fine. This band is either "meh" or "THESE GUYS ARE F**KING AMAZING" for most people.
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You kind of have to have a tolerance for long songs. They're progressive, but the songs adapt in a very minimalistic
manner. This release is a bit more straight forward then they're past works, but it's still a big ass album.
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the art of dying is such a good song
Digging: Sidi Touré - Koima Digging: Sidi Touré - Koima | | | Album Rating: 4.5
75:07 minute long run time, even though 10 of those minutes are silence on the last track.
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Not really silence just a bunch of quiet ambience. But I digress. I think anyone will agree the album is really long.
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too fucking long
| | | Album Rating: 3
I agree, no way I can listen to any 2 songs from this in one sitting
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its brutal man, this could have been a solid 4 if they shaved it down
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