A doomier, catchier Mastodon
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Talking Backwards
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It just sounds like a much more basic Mastodon tribute band slowed down quite a bit. The main standout is that they have a lot better vocals (aside from a few exceptions) on this song. Pretty decent, but I doubt it would replace Mastodon for me.
It's like comparing Facelift or Dirt to The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. That's of course assuming the rest of the album is at a similar pace.
It's like comparing Facelift or Dirt to The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. That's of course assuming the rest of the album is at a similar pace.
So listen to the rest of the album and find out. It's more like Pink Floyd meets a cleaner Mastodon.
It's doom with a touch of prog and some southern rock, and it's way catchier than a lot of Mastodon's stuff. If you wanna be nit-picky and "rompipalle" (which I completely understand...it's good to be discerning), that's fine, but you'll be doing yourself a serious disservice if you blow this off as a "Mastodon tribute band". This album is as good if not better than Mastodon's last two albums; the vocals are better, the hooks are better, and the riffs are better (this is subjective, as I tend to lean towards doom rather than prog). It does go off on some very Pink Floyd-ish tangents here and there, but there are quite a few great surprises that come out of nowhere, such as the bridge riff in Pyre for the Red Sage.
This is an older video from their last album, but you can see they're very much their own band. This song is inferior to every song on the new album, just to clarify.
It's doom with a touch of prog and some southern rock, and it's way catchier than a lot of Mastodon's stuff. If you wanna be nit-picky and "rompipalle" (which I completely understand...it's good to be discerning), that's fine, but you'll be doing yourself a serious disservice if you blow this off as a "Mastodon tribute band". This album is as good if not better than Mastodon's last two albums; the vocals are better, the hooks are better, and the riffs are better (this is subjective, as I tend to lean towards doom rather than prog). It does go off on some very Pink Floyd-ish tangents here and there, but there are quite a few great surprises that come out of nowhere, such as the bridge riff in Pyre for the Red Sage.
This is an older video from their last album, but you can see they're very much their own band. This song is inferior to every song on the new album, just to clarify.
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When I introduced a friend of mine to Mastodon, he said "they really like to get their Pink Floyd on don't they?".
These guys have stuff that sounds even more Pink Floyd than Mastodon's stuff. It's done well, though, and doesn't sound like a copy.
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Finished listening to the album, and holy shit they worship Crack the Skye; and not just slightly...they almost revel in it. But I personally don't care, because it's so freaking good. I do hear Floyd, Sabbath, Katatonia, High on Fire and even a bit of Opeth as well, but the Mastodon "tribute band" moniker really fits. Unless you prefer "clone" instead; but they don't sound exactly the same. Just similar--and less--riffs, slowed down.
Overall their vocals destroy Mastodon (whenever Brann isn't singing anyway...), and bring me back to early 90's Staley at times (go figure). I'm not sure that I'll ever find it catcher than Mastodon, but it's still very good, and something I'll probably have on repeat for a while.
Overall their vocals destroy Mastodon (whenever Brann isn't singing anyway...), and bring me back to early 90's Staley at times (go figure). I'm not sure that I'll ever find it catcher than Mastodon, but it's still very good, and something I'll probably have on repeat for a while.
I share the same idea. To me it's not a clone or a poor man's Mastodon, it's just they took Mastodon and made it better, imo. That's not taking anything away from Mastodon because I think Mastodon's best songs from CTS may still outshine these guys a little, but pound for pound, I prefer these guys. You can totally hear that they love CTS but, like you said, it's just so freaking good that it doesn't matter. You see what I mean when I said they are very much their own band but have no problem wearing Mastodon on their sleeve.
They are what I wish Mastodon were.
They are what I wish Mastodon were.
