after i bagged three of five gojira full lengths in one fell swoop by buying the latest listenable records re-presses, i wanted to have them all. after i did some research on discogs, i came to the conclusion that i was missing only one other full length. the band's first album 'terra incognita' from 2000 never saw a vinyl release and that only left 'l'enfant sauvage', their latest record. it came out four years ago and the coloured run was quite limited.
i knew that a copy wouldn't come cheap. among the few discogs marketplace options was one that wasn't too far from being reasonable. i know that in such matters as record prices, the term 'reasonable' is more a question of one's personal wallet but taken into consideration that according to popsike this record went for way more and prices cannot be expected to drop soon, the price seemed affordable to me all of a sudden.
after some thinking i pulled the trigger on this baby. the seller was quite busy and unexperienced so the order process took longer as usual but in the end the record landed here in perfect shape. so now on to the music pressed to those lovely white plastic discs. what can i say? this baby is gojira death metal perfection. they always gave their songs very artistic forms by sophistically adding atmospheric melodies to their incarnation of metal. no excepion here.
'l'enfant sauvage' has no weakness. period. check it out and convince yourself. for this album the band signed to roadrunner records. there is an u.s. only coloured version on clear orange and, in cooperation with cargo records, a european colour version on white. obviously i have the white one coming on 180g quality vinyl and out of 500 copies. the gojira lettering and the child's head on the cover have a slick glossy finish to them. nice presentation all in all. roadrunner records. cargo records. 2012.
