Mastodon's Blood Mountain is one of the best albums of all time...discuss.
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[Sep 19,2006 1:40pm - Likety_Split ""]
That album is ridiculous.
[Sep 19,2006 2:08pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
it really is...I haven't been able to have anything else in my cd player for weeks. It destroys everything I've heard in a long time.
[Sep 19,2006 2:09pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I wouldn't go as far as 'all time', but for me, one of the best albums this year.
[Sep 19,2006 2:11pm - Likety_Split ""]
I've actually tried to rotate in some other Cds becuase I'm afraid of overplaying it. They were fuckin sick at the palladium too. They've distanced themselves from the pack with this album.
[Sep 19,2006 2:11pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
It's definitely a sick record.
[Sep 19,2006 2:22pm - dreadkill ""]
i like it a lot. their best album yet.
[Sep 19,2006 2:26pm - anonymous ""]
could go without the BLS style vocals.
[Sep 19,2006 2:29pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
But at least there are less corish vocals.
[Sep 19,2006 2:33pm - Likety_Split ""]
i just think brent is doing more vocals now. i thought the mix of different vocal tones was cool.
[Sep 19,2006 2:35pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I like the vocals a lot on this one, I don't really think they sound too much like BLS except for the fact that they both involve some burly crooning.
[Sep 19,2006 2:36pm - Likety_Split ""]
burly is right!
[Sep 19,2006 2:40pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
I don't hear any BLS...I hear Thin Lizzy!
[Sep 19,2006 2:41pm - Likety_Split ""]
i hear lots of weed and whiskey.
[Sep 19,2006 2:48pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
HailTheLeaf said:I don't hear any BLS...I hear Thin Lizzy!
And thank gawd for that.
[Sep 19,2006 3:00pm - dreadkill ""]
the only thing lacking in prior mastodon releases was interesting vocals, and i think they have that area covered on this album. they started experimenting with less bland vocals on the last album, but it wasn't enough. the music is still a lot more interesting than the vocals, but now they add something to the mix instead of just merely being there.
[Sep 19,2006 3:01pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I also just like the music more. The album has that rare capacity to both grab you on the initial listen, and deepen with each successive spin. A top 10 for this year, with ease.
[Sep 19,2006 3:04pm - Likety_Split ""]
well said.
[Sep 19,2006 3:38pm - Anthony nli ""]
Best of all time? haha not at all, in my opinion.
Cool record though, although the guitar tone annoys the fuck out of me.
[Sep 19,2006 3:40pm - davefromthegrave ""]
leviathan was better
[Sep 19,2006 3:41pm - Likety_Split ""]
Annoying? The guitar tone is world's ahead of the majority of crappy death metal bands out there. I think you're just used to hearing high pitched solid state amps with no balls.
[Sep 19,2006 3:42pm - Anthony nli ""]
No.
[Sep 19,2006 3:44pm - Likety_Split ""]
saying leviathan is better than blood mountain is like saying coke is better than heroin. they're both good...leave it at that. Remission is meth.
[Sep 19,2006 3:48pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Leviathan is my least favorite. I like this, Remission, and even the Lifesblood EP more.
[Sep 19,2006 3:51pm - Josh_Martin ""]
Mastodon is gayer than a Culture Club concert at Richard Simmons Summer home on Fire Island.
[Sep 19,2006 3:52pm - Likety_Split ""]
ahhh...they're all great. i really like lifesblood though. really raw.
[Sep 19,2006 3:54pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Josh_Martin said:Mastodon is gayer than a Culture Club concert at Richard Simmons Summer home on Fire Island.
I loved the analogy, but explain.
[Sep 19,2006 4:03pm - pam ""]
Josh_Martin said:Mastodon is gayer than a Culture Club concert at Richard Simmons Summer home on Fire Island.
x2
[Sep 19,2006 4:23pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
I think you have Mastodon confused with Avenged Sevenfold...there's nothing gay about March Of The Fire Ants..that's just full on badass right there.
[Sep 19,2006 4:25pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Yeah, Mastodon is really good stuff, I've enjoyed them since the demo (and some of the members' work in previous bands).
One of my favorite aspects is the drumming, it is just so interesting, there are few bands I could listen to just for the drummer, Mastodon is one of them.
[Sep 19,2006 4:27pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
The drums are fucking crazy...not to mention the guitar work
[Sep 19,2006 4:30pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Yeah, it's not even just because they are crazy...the guy writes good drum parts that compliment the songs. 90% of what I hear in metal is just by-the-numbers drumming, rarely is it that creative (and truth be told, it rarely needs to be).
[Sep 19,2006 4:32pm - Likety_Split ""]
In my opinion Mastodon is one of the most creative metal bands to come out in a decade. Brutally heavy and not trying to follow any sort trends. If you like Brain's drums on Mastodon, check him out on Today is the Day.
[Sep 19,2006 4:34pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
That's where I first heard him
[Sep 19,2006 4:37pm - Likety_Split ""]
i wish our drummer had half of the rolls and shit that he has. reminds me of the dude from candiria with that jazz style of playing.
[Sep 19,2006 5:42pm - pam ""]
Likety_Split said:In my opinion Mastodon is one of the most creative metal bands to come out in a decade. Brutally heavy and not trying to follow any sort trends. If you like Brain's drums on Mastodon, check him out on Today is the Day.
Another band I hate. To each his own.
[Sep 19,2006 5:47pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Why do you hate Mastodon though?
[Sep 19,2006 5:48pm - dreadkill ""]
i was wondering when pam would chime in.
[Sep 19,2006 5:50pm - anonymous ""]
HailTheLeaf said:The drums are fucking crazy...not to mention the guitar work
oh come on, the guitar work, crazy?
drumming, is good.
guitar work is okay, but nothing special, they are not virtuoso's or anything.
[Sep 19,2006 5:50pm - dreadkill ""]
pam hates mastodon because they eat kittens.
[Sep 19,2006 5:51pm - dreadkill ""]
anonymous said:HailTheLeaf said:The drums are fucking crazy...not to mention the guitar work
oh come on, the guitar work, crazy?
drumming, is good.
guitar work is okay, but nothing special, they are not virtuoso's or anything.
you don't have to be a virtuoso to come up with creative riffs.
[Sep 19,2006 5:53pm - brad weymouth ""]
Anthony nli said:Best of all time? haha not at all, in my opinion.
Cool record though, although the guitar tone annoys the fuck out of me.
you're a cunt
[Sep 19,2006 5:54pm - allah that ""]
I thought they were from Austin, but the're from Athens Gay.
[Sep 19,2006 5:55pm - dreadkill ""]
i like how having an opinion about guitar tone makes someone a cunt.
[Sep 19,2006 5:55pm - dreadkill ""]
allah that said:I thought they were from Austin, but the're from Athens Gay.
they are from georgia.
[Sep 19,2006 5:56pm - cavnli ""]
i heard it once. thought it was awesome then forgot to download the whole thing. ill do that tonight
[Sep 19,2006 5:59pm - brad weymouth ""]
dreadkill said:i like how having an opinion about guitar tone makes someone a cunt.
shut up cunt
[Sep 19,2006 6:05pm - dreadkill ""]
ha
[Sep 19,2006 6:10pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
They have great riffs and songwriting, that is all that matters as far as the guitar playing goes.
[Sep 19,2006 10:28pm - powerkok ""]
I thought this sucked, but then, I KNEW it sucked, when some n00b says 'Have you heard of Mastodon? theyre like the new heavy Tool'
I Rofl'd
[Sep 19,2006 10:30pm - mOe ""]
said it before, say it again
overrated band