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Aug 21, 2012An utterly exhausting but consistently thrilling listen, L'Enfant Sauvage is arguably a career best which suggests Gojira have found their spiritual home.
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Jun 28, 2012Gojira's best work to date.
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Jul 20, 2012A commanding collection of songs which solidify everything Gojira achieved on The Way of All Flesh; resulting in another thunderstorm of oppressive technicality from one of progressive metal's leading lights. C'est encroyable!
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012Inventive and technical, it's death metal with a brain. [Jul 2012, p.102]
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Jun 27, 2012This is metal taken to a higher plane of brilliance.
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Jun 27, 2012Gojira suffuses L'Enfant Sauvage with a refined, at times contemplative take on its signature catharsis and assault.
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Alternative PressJun 27, 2012Like all the most memorable famous monsters, this beast has a soul. [Jul 2012, p.94]
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Aug 9, 2012L'Enfant Sauvage... is the merde.
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Jun 27, 2012Gojira is one of the finest bands of our generation, and with L'Enfant Sauvage they've created another album to suit such a reputation.
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Kerrang!Jul 24, 2012L'Enfant Sauvage is staggering. [30 Jun 2012, p.52]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 65 out of 70
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Mixed: 3 out of 70
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Negative: 2 out of 70
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Jul 6, 2012
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Jan 24, 2023I've never owned a death metal album before this.
I don't like metal. But I like this. I really, really like this. -
Sep 10, 2019Great album! Heavy, aggressive, passionate, furious, painful. Love it from the first second