Rarely ones to work with the most accelerated of timetables to begin with (especially when touring opportunities kept on beckoning) France's Gojira kept fans waiting all of three years between their breakthrough album, From Mars to Sirius, and its all-important successor, The Way of All Flesh. Luckily, by the time it finally emerged in late 2008, Gojira's fourth full-length successfully met most all of the understandably heightened expectations head on, opening strong with a pair of typically syncopated, groove-driven numbers in "Oroborus" and the harmonics-punctuated "Toxic Garbage Island," then repeatedly upping the compositional ante with a string of imaginative progressive headbangers (e.g., "All the Tears," "Wolf Down the Earth," and album-best "The Art of Dying") that were rife with technical fireworks and songwriting variety. Yes, there were also a few failed experiments and indifferent offerings, including instrumental interlude "The Silver Cord" (which barely even registers amidst the surrounding sonic beatings), and the techno effects, jumpy chords, and whiny clean vocals that make the first half of "A Sight to Behold" sound like a bad imitation of hip-hop rockers Cypress Hill (clean vocals are a limiting factor throughout, actually, also contributing to the dull grind of "Vacuity"). But whereas first-time listeners were likely suffering from some serious metal fatigue by the arrival of the 75-minute album's 17-minute title song (give or take a few interruptions and tacked-on "hidden tracks"), devoted Gojira fans were surely grateful to have this much music to digest while beginning the likely long wait for the band's next offering. Until that day comes, The Way of All Flesh provides another fascinating chapter in Gojira's ever more impressive catalog.
Do you know how to say "brutal" in French? Brutal. True story. Six years of French. Suck it, bitches. ANYWAY, The Way of All Flesh may not be the most br00tal album of the year, but it's certainly the most vicious. L'album le plus méchant de l'anée. Hooky but heavy, proggy but not pretentious, and French [...]
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The video for "Vacuity," the first single off of Gojira's ball-achingly awesome new album The Way of All Flesh, has been released, and I have to say, I love the image of the woman dragging the giant, heavy box along the road. 'Cause I like to imagine it's full of the music from Gojira's new [...]
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In case you've missed it, Gojira have been streaming most of their new album The Way of All Flesh on their MySpace page for the past couple of days. I recommend the opening track "Oroborus" (which is oddly listed 11th on the MySpace player) as a suitable introduction to the pandemonium. Not that you could [...]
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--- - |- "Vacuity," the new song by Gojira, might be my favorite kind of metal song - something that's got more weight than Kim Kardashian's ass but is as catchy as Paris Hilton's herpes. Like the very best songs by everyone from Metallica to Pantera to Lamb of God, Gojira have written something that never, ever sacrifices [...] ~~- Gojira
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Do you know how to say "brutal" in French? Brutal. True story. Six years of French. Suck it, bitches. ANYWAY, The Way of All Flesh may not be the most br00tal album of the year, but it's certainly the most vicious. L'album le plus méchant de l'anée. Hooky but heavy, proggy but not pretentious, and French [...]
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. And what difference does it make, really? It's just a matter of personal taste, and we're all gonna die and be forgotten anyway. So enough with the horseshit. Here's what I spent my year listening to: 1. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh (Prosthetic/Listenable) It [...]
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I don't think this needs much of an intro. Gojira's The Way of All Flesh topped Vince's and Kip's and my own top ten of '08 lists and appeared on almost every other MetalSucks contributor's list as well. And the band's new, animated, Jossie Malis directed video, for the "All the Tears," is just awesome. [...]
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In case you've missed it, Gojira have been streaming most of their new album The Way of All Flesh on their MySpace page for the past couple of days. I recommend the opening track "Oroborus" (which is oddly listed 11th on the MySpace player) as a suitable introduction to the pandemonium. Not that you could [...]
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God bless YouTube and shitty camera phones. Here's some ass-quality, fan-filmed video footage of Gojira performing a new song called "Vacuity" last week at the Rock en France festival. The track is supposedly from their new album The Way of All Flesh which is slated for an October 13th release via Listenable Records. The quality is [...]~~
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--- - |- "Vacuity," the new song by Gojira, might be my favorite kind of metal song - something that's got more weight than Kim Kardashian's ass but is as catchy as Paris Hilton's herpes. Like the very best songs by everyone from Metallica to Pantera to Lamb of God, Gojira have written something that never, ever sacrifices [...] ~~- Gojira
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The video for "Vacuity," the first single off of Gojira's ball-achingly awesome new album The Way of All Flesh, has been released, and I have to say, I love the image of the woman dragging the giant, heavy box along the road. 'Cause I like to imagine it's full of the music from Gojira's new [...]
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When I last spoke with Gojira’s Joe Duplantier about a year ago, the tone of the conversation was overwhelmingly positive; The Way of All Flesh had just been released to critical acclaim, the band had just come over to the U.S. for their biggest tour here to date (supporting In Flames) and everything was hunky-dory [...]
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