Les Enfants Sauvages

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Les Enfants Sauvages
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Live album (DVD)by
Released11 March 2014
Recorded2013
Genre Progressive metal, technical death metal, groove metal
Length56:40
Label Roadrunner
Gojira chronology
L'Enfant Sauvage
(2012)
Les Enfants Sauvages
(2014)
Magma
(2016)

Les Enfants Sauvages (French for "The Wild Children") is the third live album by French heavy metal band Gojira that was released in 2014. It was released as a CD/DVD set in a 60-page hardcover photo book. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Track listing

CD/DVD [5]
Brixton Academy, London: 24 March 2013
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:24
2."Explosia"5:12
3."Flying Whales"5:23
4."Backbone"5:17
5."The Heaviest Matter of the Universe"4:43
6."L’Enfant Sauvage"3:37
7."Toxic Garbage Island"4:43
8."Wisdom Comes"2:53
9."Jam"2:07
10."Oroborus"4:36
11."Drum Solo"3:14
12."The Axe"7:19
13."The Gift of Guilt"6:12
Total length:56:40

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