Review by Rexorcist for Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (2005)

Gojira seem to have achieved legendary status among metalheads for their innovations in the death metal scene, innovations which I can't fully deny.  Gojira really did something easy to get behind with From Mars to Sirius.  They captured the essence of the many genres that influenced the whole album throughout.  The industrial simplicity and grooves that come from these almost djenty progressive structures flow together brilliantly with a metallic aesthetic that's deep, rough and used the edge factor to max effect without going into the kind of over-edgy nu metal territory that a lot of people like to call butt-rock.  This kind of unique behavior can almost be compared to Dream Theater's artistic inclusion of 80's rock sounds in their brand of prog metal, or even Athiest's wild jazz influence.  This range of influences also allows for slight variations in aesthetics to give most of the songs their own identity.  Still, I have only one complain about this album.  I feel like the evolutions of each song weren't fully lived up to, likely because the progginess, while still good, have been outperformed earlier prog metal bands, so it's not the best prog death I've ever heard.  But it's still a really cool album with a lot of strong merits, and I won't complain about its popularity.  I feel like Gojira are a staple for what to do right when you have multiple interest and influences that you want to put in one project.