30 in 30: A Thousand Suns [90/100]

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Notes: "The Requiem" is a slow fade in, industrial sounds and echoes transition into piano and vocal harmony, then a vocoded female, "God Save Us Everyone" which I've heard on the single towards the end of the album. Progresses into "The Radiance", very industrial techno sound, Oppenheimer's "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" sample dominates the short track. Fades out, first actual ...

Heavy sounds, heady philosophy

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From Fast Forward Weekly by Christine Leonard The well-worn Old Testament phrase “All flesh is grass” is a terrifyingly factual statement about the transitory nature of human existence. French prog-rock musician Joe Duplantier echoes the adage in the title of his band Gojira’s latest album, The Way of All Flesh, tapping into the universal themes of death and rebirth to develop his unique brand of highly technical yet deeply spiritual heavy metal. Together with his brother, percussionist Mario Du