GOJIRA ARE STREAMING THEIR FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC NEW ALBUM RIGHT NOW!
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 11:00am by Vince Neilstein
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 really go wrong no matter which song you choose.
Please allow me to be the 1,678th to say it: this album is fucking great, a completely satisfying and worthy follow-up to 2006’s artfully crushing From Mars to Sirius. Like, definitely-gonna-be-on-my-year-end-top-albums-list great. Like, probably-even-gonna-make-it-onto-a-lot-of-non-metal-year-end-lists-too great (for some reason Pitchfork types seem to have a hard on for this band too).
In short: it’s fucking phenomenal. Few bands find ways to be truly original in the over-cluttered metal climate of 2008 (those who regularly read this site know which other bands I think have succeeded in this regard), and dawgonnit, Gojira have done it. They’re mavericks.
-VN
I couldn’t agree more!
Agreed! This is an incredible album. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!! Absolutely great!!
I think its great album, but there is SO MUCH “pro tools” on vocals.
YES!@! this album kicks ass and will fit in my “infinite” genius playlist LOLZ right between Bon Iver and that cool song that awesome Flaming Lips song that they scored the Cereal commercial for!
Glad “Tom” got the player fixed to play more than 10 songs because everyone of them are great songs. I couldn’t agree more on “Oroborus”. One of my favorites. Love Adoration For None as well. Guest vocals by big Gojira supporter that fits the song well and Radny’s vocals are among my favorite in metal these days.
Definitely album of the year material
fantastic album. it’s nice to be excited about new music.
I agree…great damn record.
I can’t help but think whales come from space and Gojira is their orchestra. Damned great follow up to From Mars to Sirius.
The new album has been streaming since Monday. The ony disappointment I have is that it took MetalSucks so long to get this post up. Gojira has me as excited about metal as when Master of Puppets and Peace Sells … came out. Gojira have one of the heaviest sounds I’ve ever heard and the new album knocks the socks off anything else out there right now. I’ve been listening to metal for nearly 30 years now and Gojira are the first band to be truly excited about since the hayday of Metallica.
MAVERICKS!