Mastodon 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.

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'.

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

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.

You're working too hard, and being far too active for my tastes. Ha-ha.

I know its not your job to include ISB (or not), but this unbalance is still annoying. I think that far too much Prog-metal is being added. You explaining it by your team of specialists is extremly active, doesn't exactly help.

So if we only had a more active prog-related team, the site would have an invasion of bands in the Queen, ELO, Wishbone Ash etc.. vein?

Rocktopus wrote: 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.

Why are the intrests of Prog Folk more important than those of Prog Metal?  If you want ISB added, I suggest you go heckle the proper genre team about it.

Rocktopus wrote: Mastodon is still thrash/death metal.

Well ... not really.

TheProgtologist wrote: Thanks,nice to know all this hard work is appreciated.

Your welcome! Actually I think you and the whole team been working so hard you all deserve a looong vacation.

Rocktopus, Jody is right. It is not his fault neither his team members' if the PMT is more active than other teams in the actual inclusion of bands. Prog-Metal may not be my subgenre of choice (I actually prefer classic metal, but I'm trying to get to know at least some of the bands, and I've heard some really interesting things), but no one can deny the dedication that these guys are putting into their work on behalf of this site.

As to Prog-Folk, at the moment the team is a one-man operation - Sean Trane (Hugues) has been left alone to work, and he very probably has other priorities at the moment. This thread is not the right place to complain about the addition of ISB having not happened yet. It is certainly not the fault of the PM team, whose action is endorsed by the owners of the site.

Rocktopus wrote: AtLossForWords wrote: Why are the intrests of Prog Folk more important than those of Prog Metal?  If you want ISB added, I suggest you go heckle the proper genre team about it. 1. I never said that (I feel its the other way around, with your big, hard working metalteam) 2. I have. (It was just an example.) All that said, I do think an influential progfolkband of the late sixties, is much more improtant than yet another added so-called prog-metal band. I own both Leviathan and Blood Mountain. I know they're conceptalbums, but Mastodon is still thrash/death metal.

WTF. How did you get a copy of Blood Mountain already. I live in Atlanta...where the band is from. I pre-ordered weeks ago and it just got mailed today. UNFAIR!

...and by the way. Yes, Mastodon plays thrash/death metal, but so does Opeth. It's the fact that they play it in a way that nobody else in thrash/death metal plays it that makes them progressive.