Heck, Joe Duplantier actually sings here, and not singing as in sounding like a drunkard or a … While not a bad record by any means, I can unfortunately call it the … It's one of those albums that pains the listener with its mediocrity. They're biting off of bands that themselves are fairly original and interesting so they're not bad, but they just missed the mark, and their synthesis of … This is a very unique and monstrous metal release that effortlessly delivers twelve tracks of savagely severe progressive death metal that ferociously crushes and annihilates absolutely … Overall, Gojira's From Mars to Sirius feels too one-dimensional and too derivative to satisfy anybody other than the most desperate, 14-year old metalhead, or alt-metal bandwagon jumper. Many of the songs feel a bit directionless because of weak, unnecessarily repetitive endings and their overall length. Gojira will still play brutally pummeling metal, but it can still soften up and allow lighter melodies to emerge. “From Mars To Sirius” is certainly a breakthrough album for them, and it’s certainly an improvement from “The Link”. Well anyways, "From Mars to Sirius" is an absolute monster of a metal album from a monster of a metal band that truly does live up to their namesake. The album constantly seems to tread the fault line between being resonant and being completely uninteresting.
Introduced now are more prog elements, as well as more emphasis on atmospheric tones. Not one single word can even describe how incredible this album truly is. There's nothing really terrible about From Mars to Sirius, but it really would have benefited from being pared down.
It's not terrible.