1699 - Gojira The art of dying 2008

Featured on their 2008 fourth studio album The Way of All Flesh, this nearly 10-minute track is widely praised for its hypnotic polyrhythmic intro, tribal-esque drumming by Mario Duplantier, and deep existential themes about life and death. Driven by a deceptively simple yet heavy, repetitive one-note guitar groove that evolves into massive walls of sound. Complex, trance-inducing drumming and precise rhythm patterns that anchor the song's intense progression. Joe Duplantier delivers raw, cavernous growls reflecting the mindset of someone fading into the afterlife.