L'enfant sauvage

by Gojira

L'enfant sauvage cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 June 2012
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Country: France
  • Length: 56:38
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 19 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Gojira refines their signature sound of rhythmic precision and environmental philosophy on this major-label debut. 'L'enfant sauvage' balances crushing heaviness with atmospheric spaciousness, exploring the tension between primal nature and civilized society. It is a thoughtful, crushing, and emotionally resonant metal masterpiece.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, nature, progressive, environmentalism, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Explosia (03:39)
  2. L'enfant sauvage (04:17)
  3. The Axe (04:34)
  4. Liquid Fire (04:17)
  5. The Wild Healer (01:48)
  6. Planned Obsolescence (04:39)
  7. Mouth of Kala (05:51)
  8. The Gift of Guilt (05:56)
  9. Pain Is a Master (05:07)
  10. Born in Winter (03:51)
  11. The Fall (05:25)

Credits

  • Monte Conner - a&r
  • Joseph Duplantier - artwork
  • Jean-Michel Labadie - bass
  • The Agency Group - booking [north america, for]
  • Jeremy Holgersen - booking [north america]
  • K2 - booking [rest of the world, for]
  • John Jackson - booking [rest of the world]
  • Mario Duplantier - composed by, arranged by
  • Edward Odowd - design
  • Josh Wilbur - engineer
  • Paul Suarez - engineer
  • Christian Andreu - guitar
  • Joseph Lloyd Serling - legal
  • Serling, Rooks & Ferrara, LLP - legal [for]
  • Nick John - management
  • Gold Business Management - management [business, for]
  • Ed Gold - management [business]
  • The Rick Sales Entertainment Group - management [for]
  • UE Nastasi - mastered by
  • Gabrielle Duplantier - photography by

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