Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
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Artist: GojiraEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-10-14
Music Label: Prosthetic Records
Soundtracks:
- Oroborus
- Toxic Garbage Island
- A Sight To Behold
- Yama s Messengers
- The Silver Cord
- All The Tears
- Adoration For None
- The Art of Dying
- Esoteric Surgery
- Vacuity
- Wolf Down The Earth
- The Way of All Flesh
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Hit: 5 Stars
Gojira's 'The Way of All Flesh' is 12 songs of heavy chugging metal riffage.
Compared to From Mars to Sirius, the musicianship is tight and the record sounds warmer, the drums do sound better. In terms of ingenuity, the album does little things to sound different. It is not as slow and heavy sounding as FMTS but it is probably slightly more creative, a little more clever, and rather than the environmental focus that FMTS had, this record seems very much spiritually influenced.
This is not the Soulfy-esque brand of spirituality, but really touching upon the topics of the soul, kundalini, the astral body and topics found in hinduism and theosophy.
There are some notables here. While most songs are as good as each other, the controversial track is A Sight to Behold, which is more like something you may find on a Cynic album. It sounds very 'French' to me, and I can't seem to really get my head around the annoying electro-vox. But I've read many other opinions from people who say they like it.
The Silver Chord is basically 'filler'. The Lamb of God frontman opens up Adoration for None, however I don't feel it works to benefit the album as the depth of both singers voices are markedly different.
Wolf Down the Earth sounds like it came right from FMTS, and the the title track, the Way of All Flesh is a fast-paced chugger which eventually finishes off at the 6-7 minute mark followed by a fairly pointless seague.
Despite the above critisisms, the other tracks are atypical Gojira. They begin with a massive bang, blowing you off your feet and then take you through their usual gattle-gun type of riffage. They are very solid and well composed tracks which are distinguishable from each other, which was probably a fault Gojira learnt from FMTS and wanted to fix.
For those familiar with their previous work, this album is not so much a 'step in a new direction' as it is a step sideways. How we see Gojira progress here may be in terms of production but not so much creativity - their first two albums were probably more creative.
Who else would like this album if you've never heard of them before? Well anyone who appreciates Meshuggah, Lamb of God, Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Morbid Angel. Should it be the first Gojira album to get? I don't think so. I think it is worth getting the back catalogue, in particular The Link, and From Mars to Sirius first.
Great album. While Gojira's soul is very much expressed in The Way of All Flesh lyrically, I feel their Heart is still musically within From Mars to Sirius, and perhaps the former albums. 4.5 stars.
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Following the immense praise of From Mars To Sirius and recurring trips across the Atlantic for North American touring alongside the likes of Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, and Behemoth among others, GOJIRA established its stranglehold on the extreme metal spectrum with a linguist s touch, a lyricist s finesse, and a crushingly heavy live show that left audiences astounded, establishing the band s live performance as a spot-on recreation of the band s increasingly adept and intelligent studio output.While 2007 wrapped with GOJIRA again touring North America on the Radio Rebellion Tour alongside Behemoth to the best reaction yet, the dawn of 2008 saw a nearly 10 month wait for while the band assembled The Way of All Flesh, one of the year s most anticipated records. This time revolving around the undeniable dilemma of a mortal demise, GOJIRA s soundtrack to the situation seems fitting. Shifting ever-so-slightly from the eco-friendly orchestra of impending doom on From Mars To Sirius to the band s new message of the equally uncontrollable inevitability of death, The Way of All Flesh melds the open and airy progressive passages GOJIRA has become famous for with the sonically dense sounds and bludgeoningly heavy rhythms that makes the band an equally intelligent force as it is unmatchably heavy.
Featuring a guest vocal spot on Adoration For None from Lamb of God s Randy Blythe one of GOJIRA s most vocal supporters from their first moment making an impression in the Americas and the now familiar Morbid Angel-isms of The Way Of All Flesh s title track join the angular riffing more akin to Meshuggah on Esoteric Surgery and the epic, artful plodding of the nearly 10-minute The Art of Dying, showing that GOJIRA have indeed opened a new bag of tricks for The Way Of All Flesh, while not abandoning the sound that first showed a massive promise of potential on Sirius.
It s more inventive than From Mars To Sirius and at the same time more straight to the point, GOJIRA frontman Joe Duplantier says of The Way of All Flesh. The whole album is about death, death is like a step on the path of the soul. The mystery surrounding this phenomenon is just so inspiring, and death is the most common thing on earth.
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