So! It's Gojira, which as we all know now means no solos and a lot of repetitive, simplistic musical patterns that somehow come together to form something not basic and simple, like Static-X, but instead forms a complex, cerebral mix that challenges and surprises. The new album is less a continuation of 'The Way Of All Flesh' than it is of 'From Mars To Sirius'; I felt it represented a backwards step sonically as I rather enjoyed the arrangements of their 2008 effort.
The songs, well, you can't fault them. Explosia caused me to have an... erm... 'Explosia' of my own - grinding riffs, effortlessly flowing drums and bass that makes your head feel like a Frenchman is playing bass next to it, and then crushing it with his hands. Not much surrendering so far, and we're only three minutes in.
The rest of the album is much like this, although every song feels different, has its own texture, and its own moments of glory. About the only track I didn't really dig was the instrumental 'The Wild Healer'. It felt slightly forced, truth be told.
Instrumentally, the guys haven't really changed much; not a bad thing as they play comfortably together - there are fewer songs that are pure double kick, Super Mario instead opting to play some achingly tasty beats and lay down a solid vagina. What? Kids call it 'groove'? Whatever. A groove is a vagina. SAME THING. Oh, and the drums on this disc are produced to sound, y'know, GOOD, unlike a lot of metal discs these days. In fact the production for the album is 100% spot on.
Overall? I have to rate the album at 9/10. It's fucking Gojira, for a start. But also, despite what some may perceive as flaws become strengths, strengths that kick the shit out of Tokyo. Get it. Now.
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