Gojira: "The Way Of All Flesh" Reviewed
by 
Metal Martyr on September 30th, 2008
Gojira’s latest release The Way Of All Flesh goes hot on October 14th. The Way Of The Flesh picks up where From Mars To Sirius left off…and then some. It should definitely quench the hunger of the fans that have been waiting for what seems like an eternity for something new since 2006. What’s great about Gojira is that they have a unique sound to them. They don’t sound like every other band on the market today and their messages are positive through negative words. Where from Mars To Sirius was a conceptive album based around the environment and how we are killing the Earth slowly through mass consumption like a parasitic life-form, The Way Of All Flesh speaks of the eminent death of mankind by our own hands through greed and destruction of this beautiful rock we live on. frontman/guitarist Joe Duplatier describes the album as follows:
It’s more inventive that From Mars To Sirius and at the same time more straight to the point,” 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.”
“This album is also a ‘requiem’ for our planet,” he continues. “We don’t want to be negative or cynical about the fate of humanity, but the situation on Earth is growing critical, and the way of humans behave is so catastrophic that we really need to express out exasperation about it. It’s not fear, but anger. But we still believe that consciousness can make a difference and that we can change things as human beings.”
The musical value of ‘Flesh is amazing. You can hear 10 of the 12 songs from the CD over at Gojira’s Myspace so I’m not oignt o sit here and do a track-by-track review. However, the very first song, Oroborus (Which is not on myspoace yet) has a quick lower note fretboard pull-off riff to it with Mario Duplantier working the crash bell and an overall cool fist-pounding way about it. The other song that is not up there is Vacuity. This was the very first song they made available on Myspace, and while it’s not my favorite, it’s a pretty damn cool song as well that starts off with a slow, sledge/doom riff with a thick chorus. Vacuity then picks up with some triplets and some blast-beats that I’m not too big on. My favorite song on the CD…ok, my two favorite songs on the cd are A Sight To Behold and Adoration For None. A Sight To Behold has this groovy electronic feel to it and Adoration has guest vocals by Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe. How can you so no to that?
Swing on over to Gojira’s Myspace and listen to 10 of the 12. The new Myspace Player only allows 10 songs right now. (Damnit, Tom! Get your shit together!) You won’t be disappointed. The Way Of All Flesh will be released on October 14th through Prosthetic Records.
One of the top 5 of 2008 for sure!
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2 opinions for Gojira: "The Way Of All Flesh" Reviewed
Sep 30, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I just got this album and i LOVE it so much. its awesome. My Fave song is The art of dying.
Oct 1, 2008 at 9:52 pm
really good album, though it’s been subbed out for some other of this weeks new releases
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