The Link Review
July 28, 2024
For those unfamiliar with Gojira, I wouldn't recommend this album to start with. It's not my favorite of theirs. You can hear the complexity in the band's intent. Another album where content is more important than form. Sometimes there's a neutrality to the sound, which is bad. It's a prog/death that often doesn't make sense and doesn't fit together. A few tracks, however, stand out to me. And by that, I mean that these songs don't compromise the experience.
I thought there were some good parts in each song, but not enough to make a really good track in any of them.
The instrumental one, "Dawn", brings a good feelling. It's probabily the best track alongiside with "Remembrance" for me.
Best:
Remembrance
Inward Movement
The link
Over the Flows
Weak:
Indians
Wisdom Comes
I thought there were some good parts in each song, but not enough to make a really good track in any of them.
The instrumental one, "Dawn", brings a good feelling. It's probabily the best track alongiside with "Remembrance" for me.
Best:
Remembrance
Inward Movement
The link
Over the Flows
Weak:
Indians
Wisdom Comes
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Link | 5:08 | 93.6 | 7 |
| 2. | Death of Me | 5:46 | 94.4 | 8 |
| 3. | Connected | 1:19 | 76.7 | 3 |
| 4. | Remembrance | 4:59 | 92.9 | 7 |
| 5. | Torii | 1:48 | 81.7 | 3 |
| 6. | Indians | 3:57 | 89.3 | 7 |
| 7. | Embrace the World | 4:40 | 92.1 | 7 |
| 8. | Inward Movement | 5:51 | 92.5 | 6 |
| 9. | Over the Flows | 3:05 | 83.3 | 6 |
| 10. | Wisdom Comes | 2:25 | 85.8 | 6 |
| 11. | Dawn | 8:00 | 95 | 5 |
Line-up (members)
- Joe Duplantier : Vocals & Guitars
- Christian Andreu : Guitars
- Jean-Michel Labadie : Bass
- Mario Duplantier : Drums
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