Mastodon

[theis]

I've been spinning Crack the Skye on repeat the past few days. While I think it's a fantastic album, I still think that Leviathan and Blood Mountain are better.

I'm disappointed with it in the way that I was hoping it would blow me away even more than the past two albums.

[devlin]

i think this is by far their best. i was most definitly blown away.

[bright lights, big city]

upon the first listen, i was definitely blown.  away.

[Alvar]

the only problem with this album is that they tried so hard to make an epic sounding, old-school progressive album, that it lacks a bit in variety. it just felt a bit monotonous compared to their past albums.

but its still damn good

[devlin]

"it lacks a bit in variety

i think its all part of the story they are telling. it would sound wierd and out of place, not to mention stray from the story, if they threw in a real heavy, crazy, fast track to spice things up. then they would have been trying to hard IMO.

[skooks]

The new album is sick as fuck to listen to when you're stoned.
That is all.

[Oldnewtype]

the only problem with this album is that they tried so hard to make an epic sounding, old-school progressive album, that it lacks a bit in variety. it just felt a bit monotonous compared to their past albums.

but its still damn good

they didnt really try to make it sound like that, it just happened to come out that way.

I loe the shit out of the new album, all of the lyrics are really really good and I'm more amped about seeing them in 12 days than i have been for any other band in a long time.

[lostpilot]

Many bands claim to be psychedelic rock, but Mastodon actually lobbies for the title. From an article in the April 16, 2009, issue of Rolling Stone:

    The Mastodon brain trust of Hinds and Dailor get their weird lyrical ideas the old fashioned way: "It comes from us doing too much acid," Hinds says. "Acid is the best drug in the world. It did the most amazing things for my creative psyche, and it still is doing things for me."

    Seeking refuge from an operatically awful childhood, drummer-lyricist Dailor tripped almost nonstop from the age of 14 until his early 20s. "I went to high school on acid," he recalls. "Droppers filled with liquid acid on my tongue and just going for it, fully exiting what I consider to be an earthly plane. And when the acid wore off, I had a connection with that kind of music, with Frank Zappa and Yes and King Crimson."

Mastodon has a new album out, 'Crack the Skye', but I'm not too impressed with their first single, so instead I'll feed you the crazy Blood and Thunder video from the album 'Leviathan'. Of course, if you're not a fan of metal or death metal or anything remotely metal-ish, you can just skip it.

[whodunit?]

I've been spinning Crack the Skye on repeat the past few days. While I think it's a fantastic album, I still think that Leviathan and Blood Mountain are better.

I'm disappointed with it in the way that I was hoping it would blow me away even more than the past two albums.

I have to totally agree with you.

[Crazylegs]

me too.

[Crazylegs]

i got this mafucka in the post today



hot

[theis]

awesome!

[Oldnewtype]

theprp.com says they may end up making a crack the skye movie

[oldgentlovecraft]

I've been spinning Crack the Skye on repeat the past few days. While I think it's a fantastic album, I still think that Leviathan and Blood Mountain are better.

I'm disappointed with it in the way that I was hoping it would blow me away even more than the past two albums.

I have to totally agree with you.

Agreed.  I absolutely love these guys but this album feels like it lost some of that intense, heavy edge.

[bright lights, big city]

theprp.com says they may end up making a crack the skye movie

i just read that as well. unexpected but interesting news, i guess

[theis]

Mastodon on Letterman:

[youtube=425,350]YmFFGvznE8w[/youtube]



Pretty funny that Brann is the best vocalist in the band, haha!

[devlin]

new video for "oblivion" premires tomorrow on myspace. they have a trailer up for it now.

[tarkil]

Hole In The Earth !!!!!!!




Sort of.... Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less gay though

[bright lights, big city]

copied this from aint it cool news:



JONAH HEX news so mind-meltingly awesome that only Satan's Mighty Balls are cooler!

Hey folks, Harry here with awesomeness the likes of which only Medusa's slithering snakey bush might conceal badassery to match. It seems this is the time of year where little birdies will come a calling with mind-numbing news of unmatched wowitude.

Today - and many other days as well - the metal gods known as MASTODON have been not so quietly scoring the film JONAH HEX. When I asked what it was sounding like, the only response was, "Needless to say, pretty heavy!"

Man - Daft Punk doing TRON 2. Mastodon doing JONAH HEX - geek just got real cool - The metal sounds of an occult western. SO COOL. I really do have an incredibly good feeling about this. Of course, I also bought tickets for METALOCALYPSE with Dethklok and Mastodon this November here in Austin, so I'm chomping at the bit for this tiny rocking bit of awe! How about you?

[Deft11_17ones]

Another great band that I havent seen life yet  All their CDs are so great and crack the sky is a masterpiece