GOJIRA – The Link

I wasn’t expecting much before I heard GOJIRA’s The Link. Before this I heard a couple of songs that were not really giving me the full picture of this good French band. The songs I heard were definitely not “moving” me in any way. However, GOJIRA not only proved me wrong, but also slapped me twice with this re-release of their second album.
Creative, powerful and innovative music is what we find in The Link, all combined with excellent rhythmical experimentation that, at some point, reminds me of the old good days of the excellent Swedish band Messhuggah.
GOJIRA has no respect for the classic/normal rhythms and musical orders… They take it one step beyond. Their songs sound like they make their own way, from typical death metal beats, hardcore beats to even some grind beats, it also features guitar arpeggios, some instrumental arrangements that I couldn’t figure out what they are and much more.
The Link has a good production, this kind of music is not meant to be noisy or crude in sound, this kind of production allows you to hear every single detail and change.
This album has high moments all the time… the music changes so much, which is good and bad since sometimes is difficult to keep up to the pace and some other times sounds ideal, this would be the weak side of the album since can get a bit tiring at some point (Connected, Embrace The World).
Nevertheless, I can’t omit the great moments GOJIRA is achieving in songs like The Link, Dawn (this one should be in a movie!), Death Of Me and many more.
GOJIRA’s new release is a good album that you should get if you want to hear something different and playful, The Link is a nice DM performance that goes technical/industrial, revolves to basics and ends in pure madness! Go get your copy!