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Achieving that key balance between accessibility and bravely forward-thinking is far from easy in extreme metal, but The Way of All Flesh pulls it off with aplomb.
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Nobody sounds quite like them, though, and few metal bands balance spiritual and metallic consciousness so well.
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Alternative PressThe vocals occasionally become rhythmic and robotic, as if filtered through a demonic Vocoder, but there's no denying this album's rich humanity. [Nov 2008, p.158]
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Excellent lyrics can’t save the record from the unnecessary length of some songs; Flesh sacrifices some of its immediacy and impact in tracks that can drift away from the point.
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Like the good postmodern thrashers they are, Gojira blend blast beats ('Adoration for None'), sludge stomp ('Yama's Messengers'), and death-and-doom riff spirals (take your pick) with unexpected quirks, like the solid minute of stick taps that open 'The Art of Dying' and the math rock of 'Toxic Garbage Island.'
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Unfortunately, this humanity doesn't translate to the music. The performances are flawless, but overly so.
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Tight and heavy and not terribly fast, The Way of All Flesh recalls Cathedral or Entombed in its groovier moments, but, more often, the chromatic, midtempo riffs and heavily syncopated drumming echo Mastodon.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 55 out of 59
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Mixed: 2 out of 59
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Negative: 2 out of 59
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Jan 14, 2020From my point of view, The Way Of All Flesh is best Gojira album. It's true power, you can feed small Russian village with it. m/
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Jan 21, 2022One of the most iconic album from the band. It contains the most famous songs: Toxic Garbage Island, The Art Of Dying, etc..
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Apr 21, 2019