Wide-eyed and hopeful where 2013’s L’Enfant Sauvage was claustrophobic and gritty, Magma is the kind of album that metalheads would love non-believers to check out, if only because it confounds all the usual stereotypes about the genre being unimaginative and dumb.
From beginning to end, Magma oozes with passion, conviction and genuine artistry, and serves as an urgent reminder of why Gojira is one of the most important bands in metal.
Magma hardly represents the epitome of the avant-garde in today’s metal scene, but in offering a concise anthology of accessible, immediately engaging songs that nonetheless manage to redefine the edge of the commercial envelope, Gojira set the bar for what arena metal could be five years from now, ten years from now… whenever the more casual heavy metal demographic finally catches up.
France's soul-searching juggernaut Gojira evolves once more.
GOJIRA have crafted a truly remarkable record with Magma, one that perfectly represents just what this band is about; destructive beauty.
Magma is the most accessible and varied Gojira album yet.
In Magma they’ve crafted a volatile landscape; severe and unforgiving yet capable of expansive beauty.
No one should fault Gojira for taking some creative risks that don’t quite pay off the way they ideally would have. On Magma, the band shot for the moon, but landed amongst the stars. Talk about an uptown problem.
The acclaimed avant-metal outfit Gojira’s sixth full-length LP is their most accessible release yet, melodically immediate and charged with emotion.
Magma demonstrates a healthy admission and channelling of Gojira's explosive tendencies into a record that is truly an intriguing change of pace when considering the band's more eruptive past efforts.
For those who can appreciate a tightly focused hard rock album infused with emotions that are often just as heavy as its riffs, Magma offers a listening experience that is as rewarding as it is therapeutic.
It’s not all essential ... but the high points are satisfyingly high.
They completely lost their death metal sound entirely on this one, but one cannot underestimate this album fucks
I normally don't like cats, but I do like when guitar screeches are basically cat noises. This is a great listen and I will likely have this in my active listening rotation for a few weeks. I'm starting to enjoy melodic elements in metal more, which makes me think I should go explore this music route someday.
It’s hard to tell which Gojira album is their best, and while I don’t think magma is their best, it comes pretty damn close
Amazing. Not that special or mind-blowing , but everything works together very good.
Edit: Magma is the best track of all time
Favorites: Magma, Stranded, Only Pain
1 | The Shooting Star 5:42 | 87 |
2 | Silvera 3:32 | 97 |
3 | The Cell 3:17 | 89 |
4 | Stranded 4:29 | 94 |
5 | Yellow Stone 1:19 | 77 |
6 | Magma 6:42 | 87 |
7 | Pray 5:13 | 86 |
8 | Only Pain 3:59 | 88 |
9 | Low Lands 6:03 | 88 |
10 | Liberation 3:35 | 74 |
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