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    Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:25
has anyone heard anything by these guys?  ive heard that they are really tight prog metal w/ extreme vocals.  any opinions here?

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Points: 60 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:48
Although they have some prog elements I do not really consider them progressive, it's still mainly metal, none the less still a good band from what I've heard by them. They have a concept album out based on Moby Dick, which is all I've heard by them, if you like metal as much as prog it'd be worth while to check them out.
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Points: 88 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 09:27
can you describe the vocals for me?  thanks!
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 09:32
I really wouldn't consider them prog but they are a really good band,and their new album Leviathan is awesome.Their drummer is absolutely SICK.


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Points: 109 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:08

The drummer sounds like Neil Peart and Christian Vander on speed and the new album has some prog passages on it.  The vocals are mostly kind of a bark but the new album has some singing and mellower vocals to counterbalance.

Just buy Leviathan, it's one of the best metal albums of the past decade easy.
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Points: 44 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:27
Like some people already said, it's not prog. Not at all, imo. But it's good enough metal.
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Points: 109 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 22:01
Certainly if you can appreciate metal Mastodon will appeal to the prog part of your mind at least.  Top-notch use of dynamics and constantly shifting rhythms and tempos, think a more technical and extreme version of old Metallica.
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