30 April 2021 If compassion seems like an ill-fitting motivation for a death metal band, it’s important to remember that, over the past 30-plus years, the genre has proven to be a surprisingly effective vehicle for as wide a range of subjects as the imagination will allow. Whether or not the majority of death metal artists have chosen to take advantage of that range, no one can ever accuse Gojira of failing to do their part. Even when the French quartet were still adhering to a traditional death metal template by emulating the likes of Morbid Angel and Death, it was abundantly clear that Gojira had no interest in limiting the emotions they wanted their music to convey.