@@Wookash11111 I don't understand this logic at all, metal has always been a young man's game. Why do you think majority of legacy bands have started to suck in the long run?
@@wotanjugend974stop being an elitist. I love DM but Gojira built a massive name and actually got somewhere being what they are. If they were in DM they’d be 10x smaller than they are now.
Vitek (former drummer of Decapitated) was around 15 when they were recording Winds of Creation. I think the entire band was in their teens during that period. Anyone that is impressed by Mario’s drumming skills at his age of 16, would be blown away listening to Vitek’s drumming. If he hadn’t passed away at such a young age he’d easily be one of the top 10 best metal drummers right now.
It goes to show that passion for something and skill at something are two different things. Not to say gojira or decapitated weren't talented...it's very obvious that they were. I just mean there are people who are good at art and there are people who LOVE their art
@@andrittiit's more convenient to have all your music in one place but I'm still thankful for TH-cam containing even the most underground of records. There's only been a few records I haven't been able to find on either Spotify *or* TH-cam
@@productofmymind4860 I play in a band called vitriol,check us out we're on tour,maybe you like us maybe not,out second lp was just released. It will NOT appeal to fans of garbage music.
Reminds me of sepultura max and igor were only 14-15 when they started recording they're music, absolutely nuts when you listen to what they were producing.
Holy shit. This was way better than I was expecting. They were literally better than everyone when they were already teenagers. Well played, Gojira. Well played. 😂🤘
Deberian de hacer un remaster de este ep cambiando el nombre al que ya conocemos asi mucha mas gente podra escucharlo porque es muy bueno para que pase desapercibido
I love this album. And I genuinely love all their other albums too. I love how each album is a snapshot of each stage of their career. And I like this snapshot of a group of young men taking their first step and pursuing their passion. It brings joy.
Pre-Gojira was good and a great Death-Metal Demo is such a great record a must-have for every death-metal aficionado sounds like Morbid Angel and Vader this is really good.
@@kentozapater8972Go back and listen to TWoAF, I remember not thinking it was as heavy as previous albums but listening recently I forgot how heavy it is. The Art of Dying is a monster.
80% of the clarity comes from playing super-tight which they were already capable. Saw them live at the time and it was spectacular how great they sounded even with crappy amps and guitars, even compared to more "seasoned" bands. They were already super impressive so it's not a surprise they got this far.
@@pedrohenriqueviana5596 You'd be surprised, death metal demos tend to be pretty tight. For example, Cryptopsy's demo back in '93 is almost clearer than the album after it. Sounds about on par with this Godzilla demo too.
i’m a huge fan of death metal. i have tried to listen to gojira a bit but i never got into it. i know their influence is huge and the olympics was massive. this shit fucking slaps, and i wish they would have stuck to this style of death metal.
It's amazing they were in thier late teens when they tracked this More still Mario had only been playing for a few short yrs b4 he finally took formal lessons including jazz in 97 I was 28 and had been playing drums for 17 yrs and if I had happened upon this then I would've burned my mint sparkle Blue 90's Ludwig and took up the fkn triangle haha And I was already playing Voivod Testament and King Diamond And the progression they showed with each album is simply mind blowing LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY GOJIRA
It's unbelievable that the band has never ever made an acoustic recording again. Holy sh... That's something that had to be done in Fortitude, not the stupid rock with terrible growls they do these days.
I had heard about this album but never expected it to be this good. There's artistry i wasnt expecting from them this early on in their work, being that young.
This is so fucking good, I have to come back and listen to this 2-3 times a year at least. Better than everything they have given out after The way of all flesh.
Help me not to die I'm possessed by the devil Too dark are my visions Need an exorcism I'm the servant of the dark Cannot die make you burn in hell Kill the beast inside of me Kill the lord of pain Domination of the dark Am I lost forever? Devoured inside Eat my soul and flesh Help me not to die I'm possessed by the devil Emptiness on my side it's not me My own blood on my hands, mutilate myself Bleeding black, cannot see the light I'm possessed, I'm the devil I'm the (the) devil Mutilate myself, my own blood I'm dying
Anyone know of songs or bands that have this feel? I’ve listened to everything Gojira has ever made. And a lot of similar death and prog metal bands but this just has a different feel
I know it’s not THAT similar but this kind of reminds of the summoning redemption album from morbid angel because of the mid-range pace and vocals. Also possibly the negation album from decapitated but that has way faster double bass and blast beats
@@Manic_Mitch.official Honestly, I'm surprised at the quality of 90's death metal since I looked more into it. The riffs on display here are honestly so heavy and groovy that they might be hard to top but check out this playlist and maybe you'll find some more to like th-cam.com/video/whLAtGGCHx0/w-d-xo.html
it's like guitars, the more you add, the more the track feels well produced. This is why Deathcore have been so popular the past 15 years (more so than death metal among the younger generations), abusing these techniques to achieve great production quality and very powerful vocals that can't really be reproduced on stage without backing vocals, unless you recruit 4 other vocalists in your band. Can't say I hate it though. Live and studio are 2 separate things worth enjoying for different reasons. Besides, some deathcore vocalists are actually insane on stage.
Merci c’est énorme de trouver ça ! Pour les explications de pourquoi « Gojira » a la place de « Godzilla », il faut connaître les kanas japonais pour avoir l’explications. Godzilla en japonais s’écrit ゴジラ. ゴ=Go, ジ=Ji et ラ=Ra
to mars to sirius is arguably one of the best heavy metal albums of all time . absolutely mindblowning and not a single skip. every song a headbanger even unicorn lol.
@@DOWNPOUR_😂😂😂 Gojira is not "heavy metal" and they have never been. People really should know the definitions of musical labels. The genre is called metal. Heavy metal music was on a specific period, although there are few bands that still try that formula these days. Or what? Is brutal death metal, stoner metal and progressive symphonic power metal the same calling them "heavy metal"? Educate yourself.
Yeah. They're now a commercial stadium-metal band. But not in the way of Metallica with the black album, or Megadeth with Symphony Of Destruction. In the very wrong way...
I really hope this kids one day play in the olyimpics
Ahahahah, I always thought they would be the best choice, since I heard this kickass demo, back in the days :)🤘🤘
The fact that they recorded this when they were only in their late teenage years is really impressive
Its not unimpressive by any means, but I am not sure you realize how common that is, and younger. Decapitated and Emperor were like 14.
Mario was 16 years old :o :o :o
@@patrickbertlein4626 Yeah right. Just because Emperor were 14 then anyother teenager is not impressive.
@@Wookash11111 I don't understand this logic at all, metal has always been a young man's game. Why do you think majority of legacy bands have started to suck in the long run?
No it's not impressive it's every metal band I can think of too bad it's a shit album
mario duplantier love to hit his bell since 97
Imagine going back in time to tell a bunch of 16 year old kids they were going to be the first metal band to play in the olympics
Why didn’t they stick with this sound
@@Jasper2112OPif they did they'd be a solid death metal band, but I guess they were destined to be something more than that
@@damiloification destined to be posers
@@wotanjugend974stop being an elitist. I love DM but Gojira built a massive name and actually got somewhere being what they are. If they were in DM they’d be 10x smaller than they are now.
@@Jasper2112OPthey built their sound off of this stuff they just tightened up
Vitek (former drummer of Decapitated) was around 15 when they were recording Winds of Creation. I think the entire band was in their teens during that period. Anyone that is impressed by Mario’s drumming skills at his age of 16, would be blown away listening to Vitek’s drumming. If he hadn’t passed away at such a young age he’d easily be one of the top 10 best metal drummers right now.
Winds of Creation is one of my top favorite DM albums. Vitek will always be missed.🤘
@@sethputnamsghost Same here, I fucking love that album. Decapitated's best work. RIP Vitek!
the band started when he was 11
You should’ve heard my garage tapes from when I was 4, I mopped the floor with them both. Too bad they got lost in the fire and my arms fell off😞
It goes to show that passion for something and skill at something are two different things. Not to say gojira or decapitated weren't talented...it's very obvious that they were. I just mean there are people who are good at art and there are people who LOVE their art
I prefer this kind of sound over what they're known for. It's fucking heavy and doomy, it's beautiful. Thank you ELOD.
They would have been swallow up with the rest of doom / death metal bands , they had to evolve to stand out
These guys were 16 when they recorded this.
Damn..
yes,thebest age to be in death metal band.
Only Mario. The rest were 21.
Listen to hackneyed they were 14
TFOT were also teens when they first played
Crazy how good the sound is for an underground demo
Ça été enregistré dans un studio en 97. Pas sur un 4 pistes k7 dans un garage 😉
I wish this was on Spotify so bad
If only.
It’s not official audio that’s why it’s not
That’s why I have TH-cam music 😎
Why, you have it here :)
@@andrittiit's more convenient to have all your music in one place but I'm still thankful for TH-cam containing even the most underground of records. There's only been a few records I haven't been able to find on either Spotify *or* TH-cam
0:48 Intro
0:48 1. Possessed
5:43 2. Bleeding
8:58 3. Brutal Abortion
12:39 4. End of Time
17:06 5. Mandragore
Ay... Mario was fuckin left n right is the only answer
M
Thank you
Doing god’s work
Had no clue this existed. This is insane!!!
I love the caveman palm muted riffs that make you move your head and then it gets technical right after
Morbid Angel influence all the way, I'm really enjoying this demo
I saw them at this period in Paris, it was already crazy 🤘
Unreal man , wish I was there
This is so good I love the old school sound. I respect what they are now but nothing beats old school death metal. Mike
Ok, it's not just the obvious skill on display. The artistry to compose and execute with soul and nuance is the real miracle.
Skill? It's so sloppy. First thing I notice is track 2 is literally every gojira song ever same rhythm same beat what utter trash
@@HAHb-zc2dpIt's not like you could produce anything of significance. Chill out
@@productofmymind4860 I play in a band called vitriol,check us out we're on tour,maybe you like us maybe not,out second lp was just released. It will NOT appeal to fans of garbage music.
@@HAHb-zc2dplmao "not for fans of garbage music"
Sorry, I won't listen to your average ass simplistic band lol
@@Lomaxxx53 neither will I. That's gojira and this crap is. Basic boring bullshit mainstream rock crap
They need to re-record and re release their Godzilla stuff.
if they take a long ass break from touring joe probably could produce those vocals again
@@sambt123like what they did with Inferno. He doesn’t need a break his voice is still good
No, he sounds strung out on live recordings.@@jinsakai9729
@@jinsakai9729his voice is arguably better now . he’s the Death metal James Hetfield, insane rhythm guitarist + Vocals age like fine wine
One of the greatest possible horrors is hearing an OSDM record with modern production. No.
I've never gotten into Gojira but this is right up my alley
Early gojira was like this.
same here. this kicks ass.
I love the vocals that start at 11:00
They have some like this on Satan is a lawyer aswell. Sickest technique Joe does easily
I hope they re-release it soon
Imagine them recreating this album but now🔥
Holy shit Mario was only 15-16
Genius nuff said
Reminds me of sepultura max and igor were only 14-15 when they started recording they're music, absolutely nuts when you listen to what they were producing.
@@johnhoggan1053 alexi laiho from children of bodom was also 15 or so when they wrote 'something wild'
So brutal!!
Pretty old compared to nergal and ivar
Holy shit. This was way better than I was expecting. They were literally better than everyone when they were already teenagers. Well played, Gojira. Well played. 😂🤘
definitely the best finale song of all time
Holy shit.
The intro is from The Exorcist. For those not familiar...
Thanks, was wondering
Absolutely am familiar Haha
Still haunts me to this day anytime I hear samples from that movie being used anywhere.
the exootcist by possessed
Marduk also has the exorcist intro
12:13 really reminds me of Darkside's, drummer of the band Mgła, cymbal work. Pretty cool.
Picasso was known to draw & paint in a realistic style in addition to his abstract work....its called ART !!
The beginning of Possessed scares the shit out of me
You probably already know, but it's from the exorcist
@@infidelcastro6687 I haven't seen it but I think the last bit before the music starts is when her head was rotating
the exorcist isn’t scary
@@sambt123 that's what she said
Nah I'm pretty sure it is when he is pretending to use holy water on her. When her head turns around she is imitating the voice of the dead director.
Deberian de hacer un remaster de este ep cambiando el nombre al que ya conocemos asi mucha mas gente podra escucharlo porque es muy bueno para que pase desapercibido
Timestamps:
1. Possessed - 0:00
2. Bleeding - 5:43
3. Brutal Abortion - 8:58
4. End of Time - 12:39
5. Mandragore 17:08
so glad I found out these demos exist. heavy as fk. kinda reminds me a bit of the band Mithras
Mithras rings a bell but can’t put my finger on it
Okay I looked em up. I see what you mean! Definitely not heard them before thanks
Mithras is so rad. also Sarpanitum if you aren't familiar
I need this on Spotify so bad
Death + Morbid Angel
Spot on 👍
More like Morbid Angel + Deicide
Or maybe old decapitated
Music: Death
Vocals: David Vincent
kinda hear deicide, entombed and early suffocation with mikael akerfeldt on vocals
i think i can hear the origins of the awesome joe squeal on some parts
I love this album. And I genuinely love all their other albums too. I love how each album is a snapshot of each stage of their career. And I like this snapshot of a group of young men taking their first step and pursuing their passion. It brings joy.
Pre-Gojira was good and a great Death-Metal Demo is such a great record a must-have for every death-metal aficionado sounds like Morbid Angel and Vader this is really good.
Yt did it again. This is gold ❤
Damn! Wish they kept this sound, this is incredible for how young they were!
this goes so hard bro
Awesome record, BIG THANKS!
Many of these comments are recent, I knew im not the only one who thinks heavy Gojira is best Gojira.
They only got heavier from here
They stopped being heavy after from Mars to sirius
Edit: I was wrong
@@kentozapater8972TWOAF is still heavy and L'enfant has heavy shit too, Magma is where it pivots
@@Leo._...and magma is still fantastic
@@kentozapater8972Go back and listen to TWoAF, I remember not thinking it was as heavy as previous albums but listening recently I forgot how heavy it is. The Art of Dying is a monster.
Je les avais vu à cette époque en première partie d'Immortal, je m'en suis souvenu récemment. Très bon album qui mériterait une réédition.
Lol love how there death and morbid angel influence really show in this album 🤘🏼
More like Sepultura and Morbid Angel.
Joe really sounds like sepultura's main singer
@@kentozapater8972 lmfao, no
@@i_want_my_shuggahHe is talking about the first singer, Wagner from Sarcofago
Merci beaucoup pour cet ajout 💪🤌
i love gojira and for what they've become but this sounds so amazing i wish they'd rerelease some of this
How did they get self-recorded music to sound so clear in 1996??
80% of the clarity comes from playing super-tight which they were already capable. Saw them live at the time and it was spectacular how great they sounded even with crappy amps and guitars, even compared to more "seasoned" bands. They were already super impressive so it's not a surprise they got this far.
This is pretty average death metal production for the time I'd say
We had lottle more than potatoes with cotton strings attached if you believe it. Up hill both ways and shit.
@@evergreen3337but you dont expect this for a Demo
@@pedrohenriqueviana5596 You'd be surprised, death metal demos tend to be pretty tight. For example, Cryptopsy's demo back in '93 is almost clearer than the album after it. Sounds about on par with this Godzilla demo too.
Extraordinario el disco! Death metal oled school! 🤘🔥🔥🔥👹🇨🇱
The Godzilla name isnt an American misinterpretation. It's the official English translation created by Toho for the American market
Thanks for posting this !
i’m a huge fan of death metal. i have tried to listen to gojira a bit but i never got into it. i know their influence is huge and the olympics was massive. this shit fucking slaps, and i wish they would have stuck to this style of death metal.
Wow this is badass purity
They sounded surprisingly similar to their compatriots Loudblast in their early years. Both bands are awesome.
This is amazing for a bands debut!
Greatest album of 16 years old.... The best drummer ever
Bleedings intro sounds very much like intro in the heaviest matter of the universe 🤔
Most of these songs were revamped to become terra incognitas album
@@mirrorforceheaviest matter of the universe was not on terra incognita
@@eimaj3185 did I say that?
And then kind of like Fire is everything
Yeah man many bands reuse old riffs they had on demos on later releases, that’s not surprising
It's amazing they were in thier late teens when they tracked this More still Mario had only been playing for a few short yrs b4 he finally took formal lessons including jazz in 97 I was 28 and had been playing drums for 17 yrs and if I had happened upon this then I would've burned my mint sparkle Blue 90's Ludwig and took up the fkn triangle haha And I was already playing Voivod Testament and King Diamond
And the progression they showed with each album is simply mind blowing
LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY GOJIRA
mandragore goes real hard
It's unbelievable that the band has never ever made an acoustic recording again.
Holy sh... That's something that had to be done in Fortitude, not the stupid rock with terrible growls they do these days.
Thx for sharing. First time hearing this and I love it.
I had heard about this album but never expected it to be this good. There's artistry i wasnt expecting from them this early on in their work, being that young.
I hear a lot of Morbid Angel here. Awesome.
I need an infinity loop of Mandragore
BRUTAL!!! I FKNG LOVE IT
This is so fucking good, I have to come back and listen to this 2-3 times a year at least. Better than everything they have given out after The way of all flesh.
They play this in between songs live on the M72 tour
This is a masterpiece and has to go down in history books 🤘🏽
I wish they'd put out a compilation of their demos.
Help me not to die
I'm possessed by the devil
Too dark are my visions
Need an exorcism
I'm the servant of the dark
Cannot die make you burn in hell
Kill the beast inside of me
Kill the lord of pain
Domination of the dark
Am I lost forever? Devoured inside
Eat my soul and flesh
Help me not to die
I'm possessed by the devil
Emptiness on my side it's not me
My own blood on my hands, mutilate myself
Bleeding black, cannot see the light
I'm possessed, I'm the devil
I'm the (the) devil
Mutilate myself, my own blood
I'm dying
Rock on 🤘
put on 1.5x speed for modern gojira
Woah
Holy shit I hear it
Needs more riffs that are just a single note.
I am surprised. Was not expecting this. I really dig groovy old school DM. Great rythm and songs overall here. Makes me miss heavier Gojira.
can't talk about early Gojira without mentioning Empalot! very strange stuff that every fan should check out.
This is the best Gojira has ever been. Flawless!
Can they go back to sounding like this
I love the internet ❤😂 been listening to death metal for over 25 years and never heard of this album.
Anyone know of songs or bands that have this feel? I’ve listened to everything Gojira has ever made. And a lot of similar death and prog metal bands but this just has a different feel
I know it’s not THAT similar but this kind of reminds of the summoning redemption album from morbid angel because of the mid-range pace and vocals. Also possibly the negation album from decapitated but that has way faster double bass and blast beats
@@adino20 I did check those out. Solid picks my friend.
@@Manic_Mitch.official Honestly, I'm surprised at the quality of 90's death metal since I looked more into it. The riffs on display here are honestly so heavy and groovy that they might be hard to top but check out this playlist and maybe you'll find some more to like th-cam.com/video/whLAtGGCHx0/w-d-xo.html
Like adino said, pretty much something like Morbid Angel
Maybe Death too
Brutality - Screams of Anguish
You can hear some patterns they used in Gojira later on
Heads down to Lucifer ^^ First time heared. How old they where at this time of the record?
Where are our gojira, that use to be of the people? Le temps passe. That they stopped me from killing myself with space time. It was brilliant.
The intro riff of "Bleeding" is definitely the initial version of The Heaviest Matter of the Universe's intro riff
I will never understand how they produced these vocals
Double tracking low and high growl at the same time
it's like guitars, the more you add, the more the track feels well produced. This is why Deathcore have been so popular the past 15 years (more so than death metal among the younger generations), abusing these techniques to achieve great production quality and very powerful vocals that can't really be reproduced on stage without backing vocals, unless you recruit 4 other vocalists in your band. Can't say I hate it though. Live and studio are 2 separate things worth enjoying for different reasons. Besides, some deathcore vocalists are actually insane on stage.
@@cyn1stre dethcore is the worse sub genre of all time
@@rustycrystal4475 subjective and not my point
@@cyn1stre i know
I think Godzilla hears this death metal song.
Wild that this is Gojira, quite a different sound to what they became, still heavy either way
Wow wow wow!!! Gojira!!! This is real old school death metal!!!🖤🔥🔥🔥🤘
Reminds me of polish death metal band Trauma's earlier work. Very brutal and awesome, hail! \m/
Modern listeners gagging over their ages obviously missed the majority of the early 90s DM scene in Europe.
Right??? Left Hand Path is the PRIME example!
Exactly.
mario was better than lars at 16 lmaooo
Lars is useless LOL
That’s a low standard
There is no Mario without Lars, said by the man himself
th-cam.com/users/clipUgkxhzVgKE_ZHbsKDD6iNIdY5epHYh5FCbTo
@@bryanalvaradov thank fuck all the drummers inspired by Lars is far better than him
Good job!
Merci c’est énorme de trouver ça !
Pour les explications de pourquoi « Gojira » a la place de « Godzilla », il faut connaître les kanas japonais pour avoir l’explications. Godzilla en japonais s’écrit ゴジラ. ゴ=Go, ジ=Ji et ラ=Ra
I like songs from every single one of their albums. This & Terra Incognita are the only 2 I can listen to beginning to end without skipping a song.
Saturate too!
The way of all flesh has no skippings bro
to mars to sirius is arguably one of the best heavy metal albums of all time . absolutely mindblowning and not a single skip. every song a headbanger even unicorn lol.
Bro what the hell are you skipping on the link, from mars to sirius, the way of all flesh, and l'enfant sauvage?
@@DOWNPOUR_😂😂😂
Gojira is not "heavy metal" and they have never been.
People really should know the definitions of musical labels. The genre is called metal. Heavy metal music was on a specific period, although there are few bands that still try that formula these days.
Or what? Is brutal death metal, stoner metal and progressive symphonic power metal the same calling them "heavy metal"?
Educate yourself.
That’s what they should play on Olympic Games in 2024.
Bruh this is amazing bring godzilla album to Spotify 🤘
the intro to bleeding reminds me of the heaviest matter of the universe
Love this album. I wish they would release it. I would kill for a CD of it
best epoch !!!
this is better than their newer stuff
Reminds me of old school Hypocrisy. Love it
7:32 could be from ...and justice
Revisit this after 2024 Olympics openung ceremony things☠️
they should have played brutal abortion smh
Them black metal riffs are 🔥!!
Should have opened the Olympics with this
Or…where dragons dwell and have one come out of the castle 🏰 🐉
I hope they bring back their old sounds without losing their progressive tendencies
Yeah. They're now a commercial stadium-metal band. But not in the way of Metallica with the black album, or Megadeth with Symphony Of Destruction. In the very wrong way...
@@i_want_my_shuggahLmao, what is "the very wrong way", I wonder??
wtf, had no idea this was this good
better than their later albums
I would love a re-release of this tbh. with the original logo too ;o