L'Enfant Sauvage
by Gojira
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 70
  3. Negative: 2 out of 70
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  1. fighella
    Jul 6, 2012
    9
    If you like raw, emotional and technical metal, it does not come close to as good as this. I can't stop listening to it. I can imagine it would be even more impressive live...
  2. Everblack
    Jul 31, 2012
    10
    Gojira, with its unique style of pounding metal coated with a layer of melancholic melody, has produced another incredible album. It's beyond doubt their most varied album. In addition, it is definitely the best live band I've seen this year, absolutely massive sound !
  3. cliveg
    Sep 23, 2012
    9
    The future of Metal is French?!? Astonishing but true! Raw, unpretentious, technically brilliant and just damn good. Buy the special edition - the DVD is worth the money on its own.
  4. JEBL
    Dec 27, 2012
    9
    Really heavy and melodic, with lyrics that really mean something and are expressed in a right way, it's a record that everyone can understand in one or another way.
  5. Philosopher-lig
    Sep 10, 2019
    9
    Great album! Heavy, aggressive, passionate, furious, painful. Love it from the first second
  6. klankers
    Jan 24, 2023
    9
    I've never owned a death metal album before this.

    I don't like metal. But I like this. I really, really like this.

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#24 Best Album of 2012

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Q Magazine
    Oct 12, 2012
    80
    Inventive and technical, it's death metal with a brain. [Jul 2012, p.102]
  2. AllMusic
    Aug 21, 2012
    70
    An 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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  3. Austin Chronicle
    Aug 9, 2012
    78
    L'Enfant Sauvage... is the merde.
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