Mastodon Progressive?

I like Mastodon, as a great metalband. Best band I've heard since Slayer.

How come it takes ca. two days from someone starting this thread to get them cleared for inclusion? While a real, pioneering progfolk band like the Incredible String Band so far has taken about a year of thinking about? That's one of the reasons these endless metal inclusions really pisses me off.

I'm sort of coming around to the idea of including Mastodon... if Jody agrees you guys may very well get your wish.

If you argue 'no', then tell me another band that they are a clone of...

I think that they are a very original and unique band. While you may not enjoy their music, you should at least admit that they are doing something that nobody else in metal is doing. Is that not progress on the sound of metal?

Yes, you can argue about their 20-minute songs, concept albums and sheer complexity, but the fact is this. Mastodon is it's own band, trying to write music that is truly something new. IMO, that's the point of progressive rock....or at least the meaning of the word 'progressive'.

alan_pfeifer wrote: I don't see how anyone could say they aren't. The best way to decide, for me at least, if a band is progressive, is to listen to their discography and see what you think. There's a very obvious jump in musicalisty and technical ability from their 1st album (Call of the Mastodon) to their 2nd (Remission,) and an even larger leap from Remission to Leviathan.  And if what I've heard is correct, Blood Mountian looks to be another leap from that.  So I don't see how they aren't in th archives as of yet.

I don't see how anyone could say they aren't. The best way to decide, for me at least, if a band is progressive, is to listen to their discography and see what you think. There's a very obvious jump in musicalisty and technical ability from their 1st album (Call of the Mastodon) to their 2nd (Remission,) and an even larger leap from Remission to Leviathan.  And if what I've heard is correct, Blood Mountian looks to be another leap from that.  So I don't see how they aren't in th archives as of yet.

I think Mastodon are a prog band, songs like Tribolite on Remission, Hearts Alive on Levithian and Sleeping Giant and Pedolous Skin on their latest album are very much prog songs. Also they have concept albums and even concepts with their 3 albums together. Remission is the Fire album, Levithian water and Blood Mountain Stone.

Yeah, I think they're pretty progressive. They definitely approach their music that way. One of Brann Dailor's favorite albums is The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

I've said it in two other threads: Leviathan was borderline at least, and Blood Mountain places them squarely under prog. They just aren't "traditional" prog metal.

Edited by Walri - August 29 2006 at 21:57

Yes, did anyone happen to catch their comments about Dream Theatre in their interview in the newest Guitar World? I was laughing my ass off, they completely made a laughing stock out of them but then went on to praise several other prog bands such as Rush.

I think after Blood Mountain comes out, the team will be in favor of their addition. I've only heard the two songs on their site, but man, they were darn good, Capilarian Crest especially.