new mastodon?

[Reign in Acai]

As decent as the new one is I had to throw Leviathan on after it was over. Aurel, don't dismiss the album until you get up to The Czar, it's where the album really begins. They should have made this a 4 song EP.

 

[Krilons Resa]

this is a fucking masterpiece.

 

[Plastic Nathrakh]

Talk about maturing musically. Sheesh!
Awesome.

 

[lurch70]

As decent as the new one is I had to throw Leviathan on after it was over. Aurel, don't dismiss the album until you get up to The Czar, it's where the album really begins. They should have made this a 4 song EP.

should I just skip the first 3 songs altogether, or will listening to them first enhance the goodness of the rest?

 

[Krilons Resa]

This is a true ALBUM. It begs you to list to it as a whole.

 

[Reign in Acai]

I say skip the first 3 or else be put off. That's what I'm doing right now on listen #dos. I'll go back to the first three after I'm won over.

 

[lurch70]

ok track #1 reminded me of Stone Temple Pilots for some reason.
but so far you guys are right, this doesn't even sound like Mastodon ...
i am also feeling that this needs to be cranked on speakers for full effect, headphones aint working.

ok, ... track 2 has some pretty awesome ass kicking jamming.

 

[lurch70]

track 3 has some weird Voivod, circa Angel Rat vibe to the it.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

if this is good i'll feel a lot better about springing for a ticket for their show with kylesa next month...

 

[lurch70]

this is damn good so far, really impressed by the change.

and track 2 is really a jamming scorcher Jerry
http://www.mtv.com/videos/mastodon/346252/divinations.jhtml

 

[Reign in Acai]

The s/t track & the last baron are fucking amazing tbh. As is this chicken cacciatore I'm feasting on.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

hah that video is pretty wtf, good song though

 

[lurch70]

still on track 4 ... and on some mashed potaotes with ground cutlets and hot sauce

 

[swizzlenuts]

I'm downloading now. Pretty pumped, I still need to listen to Blood Mountain, and I even own it

 

[EricT]

I picked this up at best buy(first time I bought an album at best buy since the last Mastodon dropped, I think). Fucking album slays.

 

[J.]

not to be annoying, but man, i thought this bands first two albums blew ass. the vocals were atrocious. they seem to be in the same group as wittr, hipster band.

 

[EricT]

Nah, Mastodon are competent musicians AND awesome guys. The complete opposite of wittr.

 

[lurch70]

i actually listened to the entire thing ... it started off good, but then it kind of all bleneded together as it went along.
standout track on first listen is track 2, mostly for its jamming and memorable vocal lines

 

[swizzlenuts]

This is pretty fucking sweet. I barely hear anything that is similar to their first two albums though.

 

[swizzlenuts]

The album is so fucking proggy. Am I crazy that I hear a faira mount of Psychotic Waltz? The vocals and the crazy melodies remind me of them quite a bit.