 The sound of 30 Seconds to Mars takes on many musical stylistic shifts . Elizabeth <unk> from Now magazine described it as a concoction of ' 80s electronics , industrial music and nu metal with a heavy dose of progressive rock . Jaan Uhelszki of Alternative Press felt that the album is made of " sterner stuff " , with the band 's prog @-@ metal foundation " enhanced by an unexpectedly powerful sense of melody " . Smiley Ben of BBC Collective noted in the album alternative rock tendencies . Ryan Rayhill from Blender found the album befitting prog @-@ rock prototypes Rush and opined that Thirty Seconds to Mars " emerged with an eponymous debut that sounds like Tool on The Dark Side of the Moon " , referring to the 1973 album by Pink Floyd . 
