The Way of All Flesh (album)

The Way of All Flesh
Studio album by Gojira
Released October 13, 2008
Genre Technical death metal, thrash metal, groove metal, progressive metal
Length 75:07
Label Listenable, Prosthetic
Producer Joe Duplantier
Gojira chronology
From Mars to Sirius
(2005)		 The Way of All Flesh
(2008)

The Way of All Flesh is the fourth studio album by French death metal band Gojira.

Contents

Background

The album was released on October 13 in Europe via Listenable Records and on October 14 in the US through Prosthetic Records. It sold around 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at number 138 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1]

The cover features artwork created by vocalist Joe Duplantier, who was responsible for the artwork on past albums. The album was recorded at the band's home studio while Joe Duplantier produced it. The drums were recorded in Los Angeles and engineered by Logan Mader, who also mixed and mastered the album.

Joseph Duplantier revealed to Total Guitar magazine that the album deals with their vision about life and death.

Randy Blythe from the American band Lamb of God appeared as a guest vocalist on the song "Adoration for None."

At the end of the song "The Art of Dying", there is a small part that is played backwards. If backmasked, the section would bear a resemblance to the song "Esoteric Surgery." A similar technique is used at the end of "Wolf Down the Earth."

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 67/100 [2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
Alternative Press [4]
Blabbermouth.net [5]
ChartAttack [6]
Pitchfork Media (6.0/10) [7]
PopMatters [8]
Spin [9]
Terrorizer (Nov 2008)
About.com [10]
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It was listed at #5 in Metal Hammer's Critic's Choice 2008 end-of-year top albums list.[11]

Music videos

On October 6, 2008, a music video was released for the song "Vacuity", produced by Julien Mokrani and Samuel Bodin.[12] The video was shot near the band's hometown in France, and starred the Duplantiers' cousin, actress Claire Theodoly.[13] On January 11, 2009, Gojira released a second music video from the album, an animated video for "All the Tears", illustrated by Jossie Malis.[14]

Track listing[15]

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Oroborus"   Joe Duplantier Christian Andreu
Joe Duplantier
Mario Duplantier		 5:21
2. "Toxic Garbage Island"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 4:06
3. "A Sight to Behold"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 5:09
4. "Yama's Messengers"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 4:03
5. "The Silver Cord"     J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 2:31
6. "All the Tears"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 3:40
7. "Adoration for None" (feat. Randy Blythe) Randy Blythe
J. Duplantier		 J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 6:19
8. "The Art of Dying"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 9:54
9. "Esoteric Surgery"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 5:44
10. "Vacuity"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 4:51
11. "Wolf Down the Earth"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 6:25
12. "The Way of All Flesh"   J. Duplantier J. Duplantier
M. Duplantier		 17:03
Hidden Track

The final song and title track of the album, "The Way of All Flesh," contains a hidden instrumental song. The main piece of the track ends at 6:51 and the hidden songs starts in at 12:33 giving the song a period of silence lasting 5:42. The song contains complex layers of ambient guitar sounds with various echo and reverb effects. This song ends promptly at 17:03 and closes the album.

The vinyl version does not contain this track; it ends at 6:51.

Personnel[15]

Gojira
Guest musicians
Production
  • Logan Mader − mixing, mastering, drum engineering
  • Gabriel Editions - executive producer
  • Emma Salzard − production manager
  • Undercity Recordings - drum engineering
  • Laurentx Etxemendi − guitar/bass/vocal engineering
  • Studio des Milans - guitar/bass/vocal engineering
  • Mike Rashmawi − drum tracking assistant
  • Gabrielle Duplantier - photography
  • Fred Collinet - artwork

See also

References

  1. ^ "Blabbermouth: GOJIRA's 'The Way Of All Flesh' Lands On Billboard Chart". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107404. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  2. ^ "The Way of All Flesh reviews at". Metacritic. 2008-10-14. http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-way-of-all-flesh. Retrieved 2011-07-02. 
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "The Way of All Flesh review". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1417219. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  4. ^ "The Way of All Flesh review". Alternative Press. http://altpress.com/reviews/1386.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-21. 
  5. ^ Bergman, Keith. "The Way of All Flesh review". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1540. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  6. ^ Mihsin, Andre. "The Way of All Flesh review". ChartAttack. 2008-10-28. http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/62042/gojira. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  7. ^ Lee, Cosmo. "The Way of All Flesh review". Pitchfork Media. 2008-11-26. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12452-the-way-of-all-flesh/. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  8. ^ Begrand, Adrien. "The Way of All Flesh review". PopMatters. 11-03-2008. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/gojira-the-way-of-all-flesh. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  9. ^ Gross, Joe. "The Way of All Flesh review". Spin. 2008-11-06. http://www.spin.com/reviews/gojira-way-all-flesh-prosthetic. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  10. ^ Bowar, Chad. "The Way of All Flesh review". heavymetal.about.com. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/gojirathewayof.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  11. ^ "Metal Hammer's top 50 albums of 2008, numbers 6 through 4". Metal Hammer. 2008-12-22. Retrieved on 2009-09-03. http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/features/metal-hammer-critics%E2%80%99-top-50-albums-2008-6-4. 
  12. ^ "GOJIRA: 'Vacuity' Video Available". www.blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106266. Retrieved 2009-01-03. 
  13. ^ "GOJIRA: New Audio Interview With JOSEPH DUPLANTIER Available". www.blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110091. Retrieved 2009-01-03. 
  14. ^ "Gojira: 'All The Tears' Animated Video Available". blabbermouth.com. 2009-01-11. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112280. Retrieved 2009-01-12. 
  15. ^ a b (2008) Album notes for The Way of All Flesh by Gojira, p. 9 [CD liner]. Prosthetic Records.
  16. ^ Lamb of God Frontman To Guest On New Gojira Album blabbermouth.net. 2008-07-10. Retrieved on 2009-08-11
Gojira
Joe Duplantier · Christian Andreu · Jean-Michel Labadie · Mario Duplantier
Studio albums
Terra Incognita · The Link · From Mars to Sirius · The Way of All Flesh
Demo albums
Victim · Possessed · Saturate · Wisdom Comes
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