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.

1328 - Gojira The Gift Of Guilt 2012

Hailing from Bayonne, France, Gojira have been carving a name in the progressive metal world for several years. Blending technical aspects with epic, yet understated melodies, the band has created a unique sound, one that is ferocious and brutal yet far more accessible than most of the genres fare. With their fifth offering "L’Enfant Sauvage", the band will offer their sound to a much larger audience, thanks in part to their signing to Roadrunner Records. “The Gift Of Guilt” begins with a slightly overdriven finger tapped melody on the guitar. Suddenly, all of the instruments come in, the finger tapped melody gaining more overdrive, becoming more complex. As the song progresses, the grandiose, epic feeling only grows. It’s like seeing a leviathan rise from the water, the vastness of the creature only growing as more and more emerges.