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The French extreme metal band Gojira will release their new album L'Enfant Sauvage June 26 via Roadrunner. It's the group's debut for the label, and its title translates to "the Wild Child." As Pitchfork's Grayson Currin notes in his review of the title track, the record "revolves around conceits of self-reliance and self-determination."

In a press release, the band's frontman Joe Duplantier said of its title, "I'm asking myself, 'What is freedom? What does it mean to me?' L'Enfant Sauvage reflects on that. There's no answer though. There's just life and questions."

Read a 2008 interview with Gojira for Brandon Stosuy's Show No Mercy column, wherein Duplantier states, "I believe in humanity's ability to find the path to consciousness and peace."

L'Enfant Sauvage:

01 Explode

02 L'Enfant Sauvage

03 The Axe

04 Liquid Fire

05 The Wild Healer

06 Planned Obsolescence

07 Mouth of Kala

08 The Gift of Guilt

09 Pain Is a Master

10 Born in Winter

11 The Fall