new mastodon?

[MFJ]

feels like a grower, but its pretty good so far

 

[Necro Joe]

What I've heard is rad but I'm waiting for the album. I like the direction they're taking with this new stuff, it seems like they know they can't recapture the suffocating heaviness and emotional impact of Remission so they're concentrating on writing better melodies and really pushing themselves technically with each release. I'm sure this will end up in my top five come year's end.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Mastodon?

man as robot COME ON DOWN

*cue "the price is right theme"*

 

[E-bortion]

!!!!!!!.................. FUCK MASTODON.

 

[MFJ]

Guest vocalists:
"The Siberian Divide" - Cedric Bixler-Zavala (ex-At the Drive-in, The Mars
Volta)
"Crystal Skull" - Scott Kelly (Neurosis)
"Colony Of Birchmen" - Joshua Homme (ex-Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age)

KICKASS

 

[Demonspell]

the direction they're taking with this new stuff, it seems like they know they can't recapture the suffocating heaviness and emotional impact of Remission so they're concentrating on writing better melodies and really pushing themselves technically with each release. I'm sure this will end up in my top five come year's end.

Sounds promising, but what I really want is an album where everything sounds like Hearts Alive, and a better vocalist...

 

[Eminor]

I love these guys. Just got a chance to hear the new one. First impression is that it seems a logical progression from the last album. It has a few more accessible passages, but overall I found Leviathan easy to latch onto. I'm not quite sure they pull off all the vocal shifts in spite of, or maybe because of, all the guest vocal work. But there are some great songs on there, and I'm pretty sure I'll end up really digging this one.

 

[jimbobhickville]

excellent album, not sure how I'd rank it compared to their others, but I like 'em all quite a bit

 

[Dev]

Sounds promising, but what I really want is an album where everything sounds like Hearts Alive, and a better vocalist...

Both fail

 

[Krilons Resa]

FUCK MASTODON.

In DEED!

 

[MFJ]

be quiet

 

[circus_brimstone]

be quiet

 

[Krilons Resa]

be quiet

no yuo

Asstadon to teh rescue!!11

 

[circus_brimstone]

Mastodon > Sabbath

 

[Krilons Resa]

Mastodon > Sabbath

I'm just glad you added that lol smiley to your post.

 

[NAD]

be quiet

BLOODY PEASANT!

I still do not own any Mastodon but I enjoyed Moby Dick or whatever it was called. With those kind of guest vocals I'll probably buy this one when it gets released, I mean jesus fuck! Penis crap! Donut shit!

 

[Claws of Perdition]

BLOODY PEASANT!
I mean jesus fuck! Penis crap! Donut shit!

Quality post right there

 

[Demonspell]

For anyone who's interested, you can listen to the entire album on their myspace. As usual, there are some moments where potentially great songs are sabotaged by the vocals, which here range from tolerable to atrocious (that encoded part in track 5...ugh!), notably in Capillarian Crest, the playing is absolutely sick in the middle. And Sleeping Giant is another attempt at an epic sound, which is highly successful.

 

[Nate The Great]

Why don't people like the vocals? I think they're just fine . . . for us straight guys.

 

[Dev]

I've neer had any problem with the vocals in the pat though I'm not into them at all. However I've listened to Blood Mountain one and it's quite weak indeed. Remission days are far.