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Points: 651 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2011 at 22:59
I actually think of them as more of a post metal band. Play "Oceanic" by Isis and "Leviathan" back to back and you'll get where I'm coming from. 
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Points: 16122 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2011 at 01:22
Originally posted by 40footwolf 40footwolf wrote:

I actually think of them as more of a post metal band. Play "Oceanic" by Isis and "Leviathan" back to back and you'll get where I'm coming from. 

No.  Just... no.

ISIS and Mastodon share a similar heavy tonality and sludgy tendencies, but Mastodon are not post metal.  Not remotely so.
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2011 at 01:58
Mastodon are difficult to descrie but technical thrash  metal is one way
 
Mastodon recently programmed allnight rock program in Australia called RAGE
 
their playlist reflects their influences.
 
as follows:
 

RAGE playlist

10:02am

MASTODON Oblivion (Warner)
BJORK Bachelorette (Polydor)
VAN HALEN Hot For Teacher (Warner)
THIN LIZZY The Boys Are Back In Town (Independent)
THE RAMONES Pet Sematary (Festival)
DAVID BOWIE Ashes To Ashes (EMI)

10:30am

PHIL COLLINS In The Air Tonight (Atlantic)
PETER GABRIEL Sledgehammer (Virgin)
MEN AT WORK Overkill (Sony)
JOHNNY CASH The Orange Blossom Special (Sony)
AGAINST ME! Thrash Unreal (Warner)
MASTODON Divinations (Warner)

23:59pm

IRON MAIDEN Aces High (EMI)

12:00am

JUDAS PRIEST Freewheel Burning (Sony)
LED ZEPPELIN Whole Lotta Love (Warner)
BLACK SABBATH The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (EMI)
ALICE IN CHAINS Man In The Box (Sony)
SOUNDGARDEN Spoonman (Polydor)
FAITH NO MORE I Started A Joke (Polydor)

12:30am

THE JESUS LIZARD Puss (Shock)
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE First It Giveth (Universal)
CURSIVE Big Bang (Stomp)
DEFTONES Be Quiet And Drive (Warner)
THE DEAD KENNEDYS - LIVE Holiday In Cambodia (Virgin)
THE RAMONES Psycho Therapy (Festival)
WEEZER We Are All On Drugs (Universal)
AT THE DRIVE-IN Invalid Litter Dept. (Virgin)

1:00am

THE MARS VOLTA Goliath (Universal)
PINK FLOYD Us And Them (Polydor)
YES Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Warner)
GARY NUMAN We Are Glass (Warner)

1:30am

THE MELVINS Honeybucket (Warner)
CLUTCH Soapmaker (Sony)
ISIS In Fiction (Shock)
HIGH ON FIRE Devilution (Riot)
LAMB OF GOD Set To Fail (Roadrunner)
TRIVIUM Anthem (We Are The Fire) (Roadrunner)
HATEBREED I Will Be Heard (Universal)

2:00am

TOOL Schism (Jive/Zomba)
DYING FETUS Shepherd's Commandments (Riot)
SLIPKNOT Psychosocial (Roadrunner)
AGAINST ME! White People For Peace (Warner)
ANTI-FLAG This Is The End (For You My Friend) (SBME)
RISE AGAINST Audience Of One (Universal)

2:30am

NO FX Stickin' In My Eye (Shock)
BARONESS Wanderlust (Riot)
MESHUGGAH Shed (Riot)
HELMET Give It (Warner)
MINISTRY N.W.O. (Warner)
TURBONEGRO F= The World (Shock)
CHILDREN OF BODOM In Your Face (Universal)

3:00am

ENTOMBED - LIVE Stranger Eons (Independent)

FEATURED VIDEOS

3:08am

MASTODON Oblivion (Warner)
MASTODON Iron Tusk (Riot)
MASTODON Capillarian Crest (Warner)
MASTODON Colony Of Birchmen (Warner)
MASTODON Divinations (Warner)
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Points: 651 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2011 at 13:16
Originally posted by NecronCommander NecronCommander wrote:

Originally posted by 40footwolf 40footwolf wrote:

I actually think of them as more of a post metal band. Play "Oceanic" by Isis and "Leviathan" back to back and you'll get where I'm coming from. 

No.  Just... no.

ISIS and Mastodon share a similar heavy tonality and sludgy tendencies, but Mastodon are not post metal.  Not remotely so.

I dunno. I wouldn't have noticed it either until I really payed attention to the riff at the chorus of "Naked Burn". The "saaave yourself" part. And then everything just started falling into place a bit. Plus, all the members will say that they count Neurosis as a huge influence so, I dunno, I'm not saying they ARE post-metal, I'm just saying that's what I hear them as. Approve
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