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04-01-2005, 02:35 PM
| | an actor who wants to run the whole show | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bridgeport, CT | | | MASTODON
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freakin' rocks. IMHO the best new metal band to come out in the past 5 years.
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04-01-2005, 02:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Danville, Virginia | | | yeah, they are having a show at a venue near me in the coming months... i may check it out |
04-01-2005, 03:10 PM
| | an actor who wants to run the whole show | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bridgeport, CT | | | If you haven't seen them live I would say that show is mandatory. They are phenominal live. I was blown away by their sheer power and technicality. |
04-01-2005, 06:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yonkers, NY | | | Hell yeah, Mastadon is great. Their bass player Troy Sanders is great and has his own column in Bass Guitar Magazine. |
04-01-2005, 11:21 PM
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04-01-2005, 11:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bel Air Maryland | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by 43% burnt freakin' rocks. IMHO the best new metal band to come out in the past 5 years.
That is all. | While I do like Mastadon I think the best metal band to emerge in the last 5 years is Agalloch. They are worth a check by all, great blend of early dimmuesque black metal, early Opeth style doomishness, and very elegant yet somber acoustic arrangements.
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04-01-2005, 11:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: florence , mississippi | | | Mastadon rocks !
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04-01-2005, 11:58 PM
|  | Mayday! Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jackson, MS | | | As good as Leviathan is, I like Remission better. Cool band, with an interesting use of drop tuning. Bran Dailor might be my favorite metal drummer, great style combined with "chops for days". |
04-02-2005, 06:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Nuremberg, Germany | | | I picked up Leviathan recently. I haven't listened to metal for the past few years and really thought I never again would. I am tremedously enjoying this album, though, and am planning on picking up Remission soon as well.
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04-02-2005, 10:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: London, England | | | Saw them live at the Mean Fiddler (London) a few weeks ago. Wasn't as impressed as I'd hoped to be, but the second half of their set got the whole crowd going.
I don't think it helped that I wasn't into the supports (Dozer and Burst) too much, although Burst had a few great tracks, and they seemed nice guys at the merch stall afterwards.
I'm still making up my mind on which album is better, Leviathan or Remission. Anyone listened to Behold The Arctopus or Dysrhythmia? Both great, similar sounding prog-metal bands.
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04-02-2005, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by page Mastadon rocks ! | yes they do.
Recently picked up "Lifesblood" -also very good! |
04-02-2005, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | I picked up Levithan because I heard the name Mastadon and loved the album art and thought, "WTH, is this an album about Moby Dick" after looking at the song titles.
I can't seem to get more than 4 songs into the album without getting bored.  I can't figure out what bothers me about it. I've heard worse singers (even though this guy isn't great)... I haven't given up on it, but it hasn't struck me as brilliant just yet.
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04-04-2005, 05:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, England | | I've seen em in London 5 times,the early ones in tiny venues left me totally floored. Utterly phenomenal in every respect. AND they ended with Emerald by Thin Lizzy. 
The perfect touch on an already remarkable cake. |
04-04-2005, 09:32 PM
| | an actor who wants to run the whole show | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bridgeport, CT | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Kink Rimson I've seen em in London 5 times,the early ones in tiny venues left me totally floored. Utterly phenomenal in every respect. AND they ended with Emerald by Thin Lizzy.
The perfect touch on an already remarkable cake. | They played that when I saw them last year, oppening for clutch. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after their set. I had earplugs in, and still left the club deaf...  |
04-06-2005, 03:44 PM
| | Proof you don't have to be good to be a member. | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St.Louis, MO | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Mitchell Royce I picked up Leviathan recently. I haven't listened to metal for the past few years and really thought I never again would. I am tremedously enjoying this album, though, and am planning on picking up Remission soon as well. |
Thats the same response I had too. My drummer showed me the band about 8 months ago and I was floored. F'n sucks they cancelled their St.Louis show. I think my drummer and I are driving all the way to atlanta to see them though. |
04-06-2005, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by abark000 As good as Leviathan is, I like Remission better. Cool band, with an interesting use of drop tuning. Bran Dailor might be my favorite metal drummer, great style combined with "chops for days". | Pretty much exactly what I was going to post. The new album is decent but remission was awesome. I picked up the EP just because of Bran, and man that album rocked. I got to see them awhile ago with Cephalic Carnage and they definately rocked live, very powerful and heavy. |
04-06-2005, 04:13 PM
| | an actor who wants to run the whole show | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bridgeport, CT | | | Glad too see people with similar thoughts on an incredible band. I've been listening to Keelhaul and the new High On Fire alot lately.
What other bands out there are similar to Mastodon? |
10-25-2005, 07:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | | | Leviathan wasnt that great, Lifesblood (EP) and Remission are totally awesome..
Oh and bands like mastodon, I dont know.. maybe Isis could be a bit similar..
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10-25-2005, 07:24 AM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | Excellent band. Too bad I missed them 2 years ago at a festival. |
10-25-2005, 07:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Iowa | | I was the exact same way. Listen through the whole disc a few times. It gets better with every listen. Definately a 'growing on me' band if you have never heard of them before Quote: |
Originally Posted by Matt Till I picked up Levithan because I heard the name Mastadon and loved the album art and thought, "WTH, is this an album about Moby Dick" after looking at the song titles.
I can't seem to get more than 4 songs into the album without getting bored. I can't figure out what bothers me about it. I've heard worse singers (even though this guy isn't great)... I haven't given up on it, but it hasn't struck me as brilliant just yet. |
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