This album is pure brilliance!

Satan is a lawyer

We Could not start better. the beginning of a long journey to gojira!

I've always thought of Gojira's first two albums as often overlooked works, but it's probably that way with good reason. Even on their debut however, Gojira were already sowing the seeds of musical experimentation, and that definitive musical direction which would eventually become fully realized on From Mars..., transitioned that way via The Link. What I really mean is, there are a lot of songs on the band's debut album that, if refined and sort of modernized to fit the production and atmosphere of the latter day material, wouldn't sound so out of place. As it is then, the gritty, almost tribal effects of songs such as "Clone", "Blow Me Away (You) Niverse" and "Space Time" all deliver a solid fusion of technical, complex death metal, but I think the best moments are in "Satan is a Lawyer", "Deliverance" and my personal favourite cut from this album, "Love", the latter of which has an excellent build-up. Would be a higher rating if it wasn't for the numerous fillers ("04" and "5988 Trillions de Tonnes" are pretty much useless in my opinion), but oh well. Still pretty great stuff.

One of my first ventures into death metal and the first album I listened to by Gojira. I was instantly hooked. Out of all Gojira's albums (which are all excellent), this one will always be my favourite.

My only comment is that it's too long. I would remove 3 songs "Satan Is A Lawyer", "On The B.O.T.A." & "Rise" but that's just me. Otherwise, I was surprised that this debut is pretty solid and technical.

I think I'm addicted to it

Favorite after FMTS

Easily their worst album. There is potential, but overall they don't sound nearly as heavy and brutal as they are trying to. There is also a lot of filler, especially the second half drags a lot, with barely anything noteworthy songwriting-wise.

Some solid moments and songs but I rarely come back to this album. More of a fun album to see where they started and later went. Favorite track are Clone, Love, and Lizard Skin.

This is a pretty stripped-down version of the typical Gojira PDM sound. Some songs are awesome, others not so much. I'm glad their sound was refined in future albums.

I'd still listen to this 10x before listening to their new drivel.