Gojira's Third and Best Studio Album (From Mars To Sirius - Gojira)

Member Name: Bruceybonus

Product:	From Mars To Sirius - Gojira
Date:	11/08/08 (28 review reads)
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Advantages: Intense Riffery and Climaxes, Awesome Drumming and Soundscapes, Top Metal

Disadvantages: May Scare Small Children

In complete contradiction to the review below me, I believe this album to be an absolute masterpiece of Progressive Death Metal.
Intense is an overused word for alot of bands but this word fits Gojira and this album with all the essence it can. Yet to name an album as intense implies a lack in attention to song construction, hooks, melodies etc but this album definately doesn't lack in any metal area at all.
Gojira is a fine recipe of crushing riffs, originality, intensity, atmopheric textures, immense headbangability and awesome climaxes.
To say this album has an "over reliance on gimmicks such as breakdowns" is a complete misinterpretation and also contradicts with the views on the album's tediousness. There is a great deal of repetition within the album but it most certainly this is not because of lack of ideas but more a feel more the direction and atmoshpere the music suits which results in building into unbelievable climaxes that get your metal goosebumps going. One such example is track 7: Flying Whales which begins with a continually repeated chilled phrase that is gradually varied until building to an intensely heavy riff climax. For this to be spoken as being because of lack of ideas shows clearly no connection with the band's feel.
For those of view that buy the album and connect with the music to begin with in a similar track: Ocean Planet won't be able to get enough of this beast.
Many people say that a metal band without a decent drummer is as effective as a pile of bricks for a house. The drumming on the album includes great showmanship with fills and playing around with time signatures and free time but also links with the music and does what is asked of it without over exaggerating itself. Yet is amazing and includes some super fast pedals and blast beats.
The vocals are throaty or shouting for the most part as they suit the music and are used brilliantly. But they sometimes carry a melody line over the riffs and add to the atmoshpheric soundscapes and sometimes are the source of their creation. As a metal fan, my heart is usually in the music and therefore I pay little attention to lyric content but, if you listen to the audible words (of which there are many) within this album, or read them, then you will understand the greatly environmental and political message carried by it.
As a metalhead, if this doesn't get your head banging then I don't know what will.
Despite this, Gojira is for everyone and will no doubt be appreciated by fans largely of other genres.
The Album will surely go down well for fans of: Meshuggah, Sikth, Textures, Pantera, In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Behemoth, Opeth and Cult of Luna
If you're cagey about purchasing the whole album then i recommend, for an example of Gojira's sound as a whole, to download "The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe".

Summary: A Must Have For Metal Heads