{"id":21380,"date":"2012-08-09T05:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T10:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=21380"},"modified":"2013-02-05T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T21:21:32","slug":"gojira-lenfant-sauvage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/gojira-lenfant-sauvage\/","title":{"rendered":"Gojira | L\u2019Enfant Sauvage<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alissa Ordabai<\/span>
\n– Senior Columnist —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Underneath the armor of crusty death metal clich\u00e9s which have long lost their initial meaning and value, there is tearing emotion and true human sorrow seeping through conventions on Gojira\u2019s new release. <\/p>\n

After 4 albums under its belt, the band is tapping into something real and important \u2013 a bleak, but convincingly raw depiction of very private inner realities. Guitar leads \u2013 shrill, simple, but poignant \u2013 together with disquietingly ominous vocal melodies turn the new batch of songs into something very candid and personal. <\/p>\n

Apart from the super-tight grooves, there is no technical flashery on this release, nor there is anything hugely imaginative in terms of songwriting. But the band\u2019s trademark combination of death, progressive, and symphonic metal serves as a flexible platform from which superb melodies take flight. The first 4 songs showcase the band\u2019s new approach with stark frankness, and it is somewhat disappointing that on the rest of the record they choose to repeat themselves and to retell the already familiar story. <\/p>\n

Genre: Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Thrash Metal<\/p>\n

Band:
\nJoe Duplantier \u2212 vocals, guitar
\nMario Duplantier \u2212 drums
\nChristian Andreu \u2212 guitar
\nJean-Michel Labadie – bass<\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n1. Explosion
\n2. L\u2019enfant Sauvage
\n3. The Axe
\n4. Liquid Fire
\n5. The Wild Healer
\n6. Planned Obsolescence
\n7. Mouth of Kala
\n8. The Gift of Guilt
\n9. Pain is a Master
\n10. Born in Winter
\n11. The Fall<\/p>\n

Label: Roadrunner Records<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.gojira-music.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 6.8\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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