My First Time Listening to From Mars to Sirius by Gojira (Album Reaction)

[@isuzumu6606]

This album is a fantastic introduction for what this band has to offer. Now it’s time for their magnum opus, The Way of All Flesh. Harsher vocals and killer riffs all over it.

[@marysmusictaste]

Great thank you! I’m excited 🥳

[@vesuvius115]

Agreed, hell for me it's hard to choose between From Mars To Sirius and The Way of All Flesh, both are AMAZING concept albums. Those two take the same spot on my top 5 Album list, which is this currently HM: Terrasite and Anthropocene Mass Extinction by Cattle Decapitation, Affinity by Haken, Ghost Reveries by Opeth, Autotheist Movement by The Faceless, Tall Poppy Syndrome and Bilateral by Leprous, Pelagial by the Ocean, Eidolon and Feathergun by Rishloo 5. Coal by Leprous 4. Proponent of Sentience by Allegaeon 3. From Mars to Sirius/The Way Of All Flesh by Gojira(I legit cannot choose) 2. Blackwater Park by Opeth 1. Precambrian, Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic, Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic, and Holocene, all by The Ocean(Yes, is one kinda cheating? Yeah, sure, but they go together, all four albums do in a quadrilogy, so im putting them all together xD)

[@baconater4199]

@@vesuvius115wow a fellow ocean lover

[@vesuvius115]

@@baconater4199 Oh yes, I am a massive nerd so I fucking LOVE The Oceans concept albums!

[@baconater4199]

@@vesuvius115ya, I heard Permian the great dying and I was hooked. For me it’s a tie between Phanerozoic I and Pelagial for #1

[@lynnkingpin]

mario is one of the best drummer ever

[@oregonwoodelf]

Flying Whales is one of my favorite songs of all time🙌🐋 Now I can see the whaaaaaaaaaallleess!!!

[@FlaatBeat]

My favorite Gojira album. Masterpiece

[@jordanjoestar8839]

Crazy how cohesive and deep this album is. You like heavy stuff so The Way of All Flesh is definitely a must. They don't miss. Terra Incognita has the most wild riffs of any album I've ever heard, also.

[@marysmusictaste]

Brilliant thank you! I’ll definitely be checking that one out next 🥳

[@Aetomatis]

The Way Of All Flesh and Terra Ingonita are both excellent and very well produced albums!

[@lisajohnson521]

Agreed! That one is my fav from them.

[@the_prog_nerd]

thanks so much for checking this one out!!! gojira are my favourite band atm and have the best combo of prog and metal :)))

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you for the suggestion!! 🖤

[@thoronthol1175]

Thank you for your review! What you just found is the genius of Gojira - the lyrics and the passion behind them. The music itself is jarring in combination. There are more technical groups, heavier, faster.. on and on.. but they’ve carved out a unique space that is all theirs. I’ve been in a Gojira deep dive for about five years, and I think they reached their technical peak on their next album, The Way of All Flesh. It has intensity, speed, and precision. The drumming is off the charts. Joe’s voice is probably at it’s peak. You can’t go wrong with it and based on your comments during this review, you might appreciate it the most. But I’ve come around over time to L’Enfant Sauvage, their fifth album, being their best all around from beginning to end. It is transitional in their discography, and you can feel it.. the songs are full of fire and passion thematically, and the music matches - not necessarily quite as technical as earlier albums, but absolutely brimming with emotion. It’s their gift, and as far as I’m concerned separates them from a lot of other metal. It’s also lyrically brilliant, and still heavy as fuck. Check it out!

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you so much for watching! The way of all flesh is definitely next on my list, I’m excited to hear the drumming for sure haha

[@ThuhDarkKittens]

Joe has such a unique vocal style. He can really show his emotion through his screams.

[@DavidMG-km]

El mejor trabajo de metal escrito!!!!!

[@jeffcarter1563]

You sound like you're taking my path on Gojira 17 years ago and they're still one of my favorite bands today. All of their albums are very different but still go to your room They have one hell of a range. As with most metal bands they go from hardest to softest by natural progression, So maybe you can pick another album based off of that.

[@HobRarrison]

Big fan of the first time listening series

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you! 🥹

[@ballingdrums1644]

Mario Duplantier is a BEAST, great review!

[@marysmusictaste]

He really is! Thank you for watching 🖤

[@revan5293]

Love this album. This band got me into death metal. Actually can’t get enough of this band. Flying whales is the song I first heard and I loved it.

[@wojecire]

Oh hell yes, love the idea of this video. The Ocean Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic is an amazing album.

[@marysmusictaste]

Amazing thank you!! 🖤

[@saltysir]

Why hello there! Fantastic to see this happen.

[@davidleach4689]

All of there albums are good and yet different

[@diefordethklok3711]

Hey just found you. Glad you enjoyed Gojira. I think another band you would enjoy is Opeth. They’re death metal, the two songs I can suggest to show their range is Windowpane and Deliverance. Black Metal has a huge sub genre that is fun to explore if you find something you love. A sun genre I live is Despressive Suicidal Black Metal (DSBM), if you have time check out None - Never Came Home. Either way enjoy your journey can’t wait for more

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you so much! 🖤

[@FrozenMeatDisk]

Id highly recommend lenfaunt savauge aswell born in winter and the gift of guilt are the songs that really got me into gojira

[@NormogGaming]

Welcome to the Gojira Family 🤘

[@derekk8523]

Lorna shore- pain remains album is beautiful. Soft and warm. Really find yourself during the album. Cheers

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you! I actually adore that album, it was one of my faves of 2022 🖤

[@jackbrown4697]

You just gained yourself a new subscriber. Big music fan myself and big metal fan. Good luck going forward with your channel 🤘

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you so much!

[@CruxalYT]

Thanks for this reaction! I like gojira but they have never quite been my favorite band either. Found your channel from your love of PT excited as always to see you upload! Cheers!

[@CruxalYT]

also not sure if you like Mastodon already but a reaction to one of their albums would be sick! I personally love Once More 'Round The Sun but its not the top album for a lot of people, you could also check out Blood Mountain or Crack The Skye! :)

[@marysmusictaste]

That’s so kind, thank you! 🥹 and I will definitely add Mastodon to the list, I’ve been planning to listen to them properly for a while but just never got round to it 🥲

[@DrTim0thyLeary]

Seeing someone your age with that much metal knowledge gives me the warm and fuzzies. The kids are going to be okay.

[@sartian]

Great reaction ! definitely sounds like The way of all flesh is right up your alley (my favourite album from Gojira), maybe even The link although that's probably less progressive and more tech-death It's nice seeing someone discover Gojira and not being put off of the more heavy/death metal side ! Also Mario (the drummer) is a beast ! Glad you noticed it early on and kept commenting on it

[@Ivanmckt]

Check out where dragons dwell live at hellfest, the outro is a killer

[@pasza_dem]

Gojira is essential band, and they are beyond amazing live, do not hesitate it they will have show around your area! And for sure check their The way of all flesh album, this one might be even better than From Mars...

[@marysmusictaste]

Fab thank you! 🖤 The way of all flesh is the next one I’m gonna check out I think

[@Tritoness]

@@marysmusictaste The Way of all flesh is their next album after from mars to sirius. What's very noticeable, is the change in production and mixing. Much tighter, less muchy, which i prefer. And overall i like the tracks better on The way of all flesh. Together with Terra inc, their first and arguably their heaviest, and L'enfant Sauvage, a weirder one, they are my 3 favourite Gojira albums. But Live is where they shine.hope you'll get to The way of all flesh and Terra Incognita.

[@BrianYates-ue8hf]

Hello from New England...FMTS is one of the best concept albums released the last 25-30 yrs When Gojira pull back just a bit they write some of the most atmospheric metal out there...Its amazing how much they grew as musicians between albums...As a drummer Mario Duplantier is an alien on his kit... It took me 4 months to chart this song and then sit down and actually play it lol...Backbone is one of my fav Gojira tunes WELCOME TO THE WORLDWIDE GOJIRA COLLECTIVE 🧐✌️🤘

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you so much! 🖤

[@BrianYates-ue8hf]

@@marysmusictaste ✌️🤘

[@joannaburns1503]

Love your vids 💙💙

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank youuu🥹

[@chadboutilier2649]

I have four of their albums, I didn’t get this one yet. Fortitude, their latest is definitely my favorite in their catalog.

[@marysmusictaste]

Oooh interesting, the way of all flesh seems to be coming highly recommended so I might check that one out next and then I’ll have a look at Fortitude 🖤

[@chadboutilier2649]

The Way of All Flesh is great, probably their heaviest, but Fortitude (in my opinion) is their most creative.

[@scottmorey6212]

Gojira, for me, is the best metal band of the modern era (2000+) and top 5 of all time. They're easily my favourite to listen to, I have their discography on repeat most weeks. 1st album Terra inc is proper death metal. Harsh, fun, screeching pinched harmonics and scrapes. The Link is often seen as their least best but one of my favourites, very much a drum album, a favourite for car journeys. Rhythmic. The way of all flesh is peak technical death metal, they really honed that style. Art of Dying a legendary track. L'Enfant Sauvage so well put together, I don't listen to those tracks as often but many people's favourite. Magma was a proper evolution of their sound, some more commercialised but they are so damn good live. It's aged really well, listen to it more now than ever. Fortitude, beautiful album. Really confident to explore themes and Inspirations. My kid's favourite. The outro to the final track is one of my favourite bits of music anywhere. Can't go wrong, they'll grow on you. If you really want to get to know them (this is perhaps more for anyone who's bothered to read this far) they have some old EPs as 'Godzilla', they have a live soundtrack to a silent film called Maciste All'Inferno - which is a masterpiece and you can really see them for musicians - and brothers Joe and Mario (Singer/Lead & drummer) were in an experimental fusion metal band called Empalot, worth a youtube gander (my favourite is Au 2, largely as it sounds like a metal acid trip surrounded by seagulls). They refreshed one of their tracks from Maciste a few years back, a live studio version called Inferno, it's possibly my favourite Gojira track. Enjoy all 🤘

[@paulatreides1354]

maybe you don't realize it ..but Gojira is actually one of the best band of the world ,one of the best drummer of the world , and live ..one of the greatest live metal band of all time ..i mean objectively .no kidding , evrybody wants to sound like Gojira ,but Only Gojira sounds like Gojira . and when you will see them live you'll be like "ok ... they are tight " to the point that i personally think that they set a new standard in terms of live performance and this already since 2003 ( the link alive concert is a perfect demonstration ) ..anyway .;an oldie ..but ,i think it's the best performance live of that song , check out "Oroborus " live at the eurockeenne 2009 which is off the next album "the way of all flesh "

[@marysmusictaste]

Ah thank you so much! I’ll check that out 🖤

[@WTR28]

You're right to keep raving about the drums. Mario is absolute beast on the drums. If you liked him you gotta check out Brann Dailor and Matt Greiner, two other phenomenal metal drummers.

[@marysmusictaste]

Fab thank you!! Brann is from Mastodon right?

[@WTR28]

@@marysmusictaste Yes, and Greiner is from the metelcore band August Burns Red

[@RDSRDSRDSReDraguns]

You are awesome. Weezers Blue was great to start and this album is fanfuckingtastic

[@georgecavert6778]

Funny you mentioned System of a Down and Opeth. I'm fairly obsessive when it comes to music, it's extremely rare that I search for new things to listen to. When I stumble on a band that I like, I explore their discography and stick with them for years. After System of a Down, I moved on to Gojira, and after Gojira, I moved on to Opeth!

[@SirChubblesSteen]

Mario is one of the best drummers ever, his brother Joe is on guitar and vocals. Love this band!

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

This is a great album indeed.

[@felipecampos3045]

You really should listen to gojira live at red rocks, it will give you goosebumps, they somehow manage to make the songs sound even better, that show feels more like an spiritual trip than metal show

[@marysmusictaste]

Amazing thank you!! Performances at Red rocks are always incredible so I’ll definitely check that out 🥳

[@gastonvolpe4811]

I felt this album so much that I tattooed the cover on my leg.

[@bobby666666]

I know of Gojira and have heard some of their songs. I was unaware they had some clean songs though. A band that is similar, but is more extreme is the Swedish Band Meshuggah. Formed around 1987 and still on the go. All their albums are different and Jens vocals have changed over time. They are quite huge and a lot of their material has a groove to it. I love Destroy Improve Erase from 1995. I would recommend Koloss from 2012. You should listen to all their albums especially Chaosphere from 1998 as it fast compared to the others. Another group I like is the American Band Periphery. Their first album is from 2010. Meshuggah is an influence on them and both bands are under the Genre called Djent.

[@marysmusictaste]

Oooh thank you so much! I’ve heard great things about Meshuggah actually so I’ll be sure to add them to the list 🖤

[@bobby666666]

@@marysmusictaste Thank you. Judging by your Gojira review, I know you will enjoy them.

[@mouadmoiad4724]

Album 10/10 Top album gojira masterphic top top❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@danday9697]

Hopefully you listen to the way of all flesh. That album is such a banger. And terra incognita. The first album is very slept on. Extremely heavy

[@patfix]

When you see them live, you will never want to live without this band.

[@Onyx-f7p]

I'm going to see them next month with korn I'm so excited

[@foiabun1]

You gotta check out their ablum 'L'Enfant Sauvage'. Some very interesting moments there (even a guitar solo-ish thingy!). Their drummer Mario Duplantier has his own youtube channel, with some insane drums solos. Another cool album to check out is 'Crack the Skye' by Mastodon. Even the album art is amazing! I also see that you have ranked Ghost albums. You might already know this, but their lead singer was in a death metal band called Repugnant. It's very interesting to hear his roots in this sense. I think there's one of their albums on youtube.

[@marysmusictaste]

Ooooh what a good idea, I’d love to react to Repugnant - Tobias is a beast

[@Tritoness]

The Way of all flesh is their next album after from mars to sirius. What's very noticeable, is the change in production and mixing. Much tighter, less muchy, which i prefer. And overall i like the tracks better on The way of all flesh. Together with Terra inc, their first and arguably their heaviest, and L'enfant Sauvage, a weirder one, they are my 3 favourite Gojira albums. But Live is where they shine.hope you'll get to The way of all flesh and Terra Incognita.

[@marysmusictaste]

Thanks so much! From everyone’s comments, it seems like I’ll really enjoy the way of all flesh so I’m gonna go for that one next! 🖤

[@Tritoness]

@@marysmusictaste I don't think you will be blown away, it's just that it takes many playthroughs with Gojira and this album too and once it will click, you'll appreciate more and more and for a longer time. That ztleast how i experienced it..

[@detectivecox]

IC3PEAK - KISS OF DEATH

[@marysmusictaste]

Thank you!

[@PZMaTTy]

You need to listen to Wisdom Comes, almost straight death metal haha

[@chasedemastus8636]

what do you mean “didnt enjoy it as much as i thought i would”, not trying to hate but what album have you ever actually heard better than this one !?😂