LIVE AT BRIXTON

The second live album of Mastodon was released in 2013 - 'Live at Brixton' was recorded in London in February of 2012, capturing one of the shows in support of the band's fifth studio album 'The Hunter'. Generally, there is not much separating this live recording from the previous one ('Live at the Aragon'), except for the fact that the sound seems to be slightly muddier, while the vocal department is subjected to a narrow improvement; this comes at the premise that the performances are still incredibly good, and each instrumentalist does his job perfectly well. With a much more expansive tracklist, 'Live at Brixton' features twenty-four tracks covering each studio release by the band up to that point, and one thing that is interesting is that the setlist eventually approximates what a "greatest hits" album by the band might look like. At the same time, there is an overlapping with half of the material on 'Live at the Aragon', which seems like a strange decision given that it had been released just two years prior. But even with all that in mind, this remains an interesting listen that should satiate hardcore fans, with tons of powerful performances of iconic songs, capturing one of Mastodon's really fine live shows.