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el dingo
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 08 2008
Location: Norwich UK
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Points: 7053
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Posted: September 15 2009 at 04:57 |
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Not that I'm trying to influence you or anything, but anything less that a 4.5 will be punishable by something, well, erm, extremely nasty I haven't thought of yet
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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earlyprog
Collaborator
Neo / PSIKE / Heavy Teams
Joined: March 05 2006
Location: .
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Points: 2133
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 12:00 |
All the hype about the latest Mastodon offering made me try it and I found something best described as the Mars Volta with a dose of...(I don't know). Then I moved on to "Blood Mountain" and discover who? Cedric Bixler-Zavala! Was I surprised? No!
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Prog-jester
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 05 2005
Location: Love Beach
Status: Offline
Points: 5865
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 14:36 |
~Rael~ wrote:
So, Mastodon is a band I have never gotten into. I always thought they were just another screaming metal prog band (and I do not mean for that to sound derogatory). And now I listen to their new song Oblivion, and I am blown away. Instead of screaming, there are tons of clean vocals, even a lottle harmonizing, mixed with beautifully intricate and melodic instrumentation. What happened? Somewhere this band changed. Is it just the new album? I'm definitely getting it after hearing that amazing song.
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same here, never liked them before "Crack the Skye", but now it's my FAVOURITEST RELEASE FROM 2009 with "Oblivion" being my favouritest track
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hirszu
Forum Groupie
Joined: April 03 2009
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Status: Offline
Points: 46
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 18:59 |
I've only listened to the newest one and I don't get this music. but you can recommend me some stuff if you'd like
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Kashmir75
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 25 2009
Status: Offline
Points: 1029
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Posted: December 04 2009 at 19:54 |
I really didn't get them at first. Which is weird, because it's not as if I'm unused to screaming prog metal, Opeth being one of my top bands. But then I heard 'Crack the Skye'. A great record. I even find myself liking their previous stuff more now. Mastodon are clearly one of the forerunners in the scene at the moment. Dream Theater and even Opeth should watch their backs carefully.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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LOUDTRAX
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 08 2009
Location: MONTREAL
Status: Offline
Points: 102
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 15:08 |
Crack the Skye is surely they're peak so far commercially, but i also liked Call of the Mastodon and Remission
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www.Loudtrax.com
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TheProgtologist
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: May 23 2005
Location: Baltimore,Md US
Status: Offline
Points: 27802
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 17:49 |
hirszu wrote:
I've only listened to the newest one and I don't get this music. but you can recommend me some stuff if you'd like |
You need to get Mastodon's "Leviathan" album.It's a masterpiece.
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Jet Wesley
Forum Groupie
Joined: August 17 2009
Location: UK
Status: Offline
Points: 68
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 19:48 |
I saw Mastodon a while back at Leeds and i was massively unimpressed! As a result i haven't listened to them since. Now i have some free time ill see if i can get into them, maybe starting with Leviathan...
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www.motiontheoryband.com
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JROCHA
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 18 2007
Location: Oakland, KS
Status: Offline
Points: 1501
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 20:21 |
Great Band, I like all their material very much.
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WileyMarshall
Forum Newbie
Joined: May 03 2009
Status: Offline
Points: 27
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 20:25 |
Mastodon is my one and only prog metal exception. I wouldn't really say they cop out musically with the overuse of screams, more of just gruff vocals. Crack the Skye might be my favorite metal album (well, really one of the only on regular rotation)
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