OMG. finally i have something to put on when i've already listened to _surrounded by thieves_ 3 times in a day.
(haven't watched the DVD yet, though.)
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Saturday, 10 January 2004 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 January 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Saturday, 10 January 2004 19:44 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 11 January 2004 09:30 (twenty years ago) link
Maybe Mastodon will help crusty rock critic types to give other 'creative' metal bands a chance - Lamb of God, people!!!!
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 11 January 2004 18:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Sunday, 11 January 2004 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:11 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 12 February 2004 03:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 04:01 (twenty years ago) link
That's true that movie portrayals of computers are almost always ludicrously inaccurate (at least they always used to be before almost everyone had internet access). I was watching Weird Science on Comedy Central today and thinking the same thing.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 12 February 2004 04:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 12 February 2004 05:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Rock Bastard, Tuesday, 3 August 2004 05:09 (nineteen years ago) link
I have been informed that a copy of the new Mastodon is on its way to me. Can't wait.
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
They blew it. No sludge, no doom, no Crusher/Destroyer, no incredible listen-to-the-drummer-play-fills-during-the-entire-fucking-album. Just a lot of cheap Maiden and Slayer imitations.
This is like Cave In following up Jupiter with Antenna.
I'm so bummed right now.
― harshaw (jube), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link
I really wanna hear this.
Mastadon LIVE trumps Mastadon recorded, FWIW.
― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:10 (nineteen years ago) link
wait, how could they stop this? :(
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link
(most of this could change by the time the record comes out - who knows if this is the final mix?)
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 19:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― jess, Tuesday, 3 August 2004 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ramon D, Tuesday, 3 August 2004 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Wait does that sound too pissy?
― harshaw (jube), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 6 August 2004 02:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 August 2004 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 6 August 2004 03:07 (nineteen years ago) link
I think it's interesting how up-front the vox are compared to the other two records - dude seems to be cultivating a Phil-Anselmo-in-Superjoint-guise thing, which is welcome as far as I'm concerned
I wanna see 'em live
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 6 August 2004 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Friday, 6 August 2004 19:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― reed (smile), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 02:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rock Bastard, Wednesday, 5 January 2005 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― william (william), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 07:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Idolator linked to this story about Brent Hinds being assaulted and hospitalized -- what the fuck?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Sounds as though he has a really bad injury. Hope it's not as serious as it sounds.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
WTF? Horrible news.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
That's fucked up.
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Saw them this summer. March Of The Fire Ants works even better when they play the main riff with their guitars behind their heads.
Too bad about Brent.. Hope everything works out.
― MRZBW, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Interesting article in the new RS titled "Head Injury Inspires New Melodic Mastodon Album: With Brendan O'Brien on board, the headbangers craft "classic rock" sound"
Brent Hinds was attacked and cracked his head open during a drunken altercation following the MTV VMAs. He suffered brain hemorrhaging, then was plagued by vertigo for eight months. He said he wrote the music for the next album during that time with his acoustic guitar and some marijuana. "I wanted a more melodic, easy-listening situation, and definitely came from having head trauma."
If that isn't a Spinal Tap worthy quote, I don't know what is!
Brann Dailor confirms they want to make a broader, "classic-rock-sounding record." They met their producer backstage at a Bruce Springsteen concert of all places.
The article mentions three of the album's seven songs -- "Quintessence" with spacey synthesizers and vocal harmonies, "Divinations" that comes on like Master Of Puppets era Metallica but with soaring vocals and a bright chorus, and "Oblivion," a sinister, multitempo prog-metal epic with a bluesy guitar solo.
It will continue the elements theme, exploring air, ghosts and the ethereal world. The group has talked about eventually combining the releases into a box set called The Elements, heh.
So, lots of openings there to talk about shark-jumping and whatnot. However, I'm just glad they won't be repeating themselves. Hopefully it'll be great.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
He got a kicking the other week there too.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
tales from topographic...
― REIGN IN FUDGE (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
He exhibits many hallmarks of being an absolute prick. I'll still look forward to this - even if it's bad I don't think it'll qualify as shark jumping as Blood Mountain was so great it wouldn't really represent a downward curve, if you get me
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought Blood Mountain was great, So I am looking forward to this. Remission is my favourite but there's no point in trying to remake it when simply it couldn't be as good.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought Blood Mountain was terrible, so I expect listening to this will be like actually receiving head trauma.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Did you like Leviathan? I couldn't get my head round people who loved one and hated the other
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I did like Leviathan. It's definitely a difference by degrees but the Blood Mountain riffs are just a little bit worse, the vocals are a lot worse, and the lyrics swing away from awesome shit like chasing a whale to kinda lame shit like made up D&D creatures.
Basically I feel like they've been simplifying the formula a bit with each release, and the LAST thing we need is another '00s band getting its classic rock on.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome shit like chasing a whale to kinda lame shit like made up D&D creatures
Haha this is some pretty definitive narcissism of small diffs to be fair. Of your other points I guess it's an 'eye of the beholder' deal but I've not listened to either for a good 18 months so hey
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i feel like i didn't sit with emperor of sand long enough when it came out... what an accomplished record, especially the second half. also "show yourself" is about as awesome as a capital-S Single from this band could sound, i love all the riffs in the bridge
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
once more 'round the sun was also even more awesome than i remembered it being, and made me think i should be more careful about claiming the new one as the best since crack the skye. kinda wish i had another extremely psychedelic and hilarious mastodon record
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
I still think the new one is the best since CTS, but I did also love Emperor of Sand. I need to revisit Sun again soon, but I can't stop going through the new one.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
Hearing Crack the Skye comparisons validates my thoughts lol. Sad I didn't see them at Coachella that year, or live at all until 2018.
I was definitely more a Lamb of God fan in the past - didn't quite get the Leviathan hype, though I bought Blood Mountain on CD with all the hype surrounding it.
― DT, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
I've only seen them live twice, the last time was when they toured with Opeth, but they were incredible both times. I really need to try to catch them again.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
also if anyone like me slept on the cold dark place ep... stop sleeping
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
hard to believe any of those songs didn't make their respective albums
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
it's going to take a while for me to gather my thoughts on this one but first impression is very positive. This may be their best sounding album, the mix is very clear as opposed to the murk of Emperor of Sand. They seem to be really going for it performance-wise, with a welcome return to higher tempos and wild riffing, as opposed to the kind of lumbering mid-tempo stuff they often get bogged down in.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
wow, Pitchfork really hated this, huh? wtf?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
ok, after listening to pretty much every mastodon album, the new one sounds even… more impressive? every part of “pain with an anchor” deeply rocks. feeling like “masterpiece” is otm
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
My current ranking: Leviathan > Crack the Skye > Emperor of Sand > Hushed & Grim > Once More 'Round the Sun > Blood Mountain > The Hunter > Remission
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
Not a bad ranking at all, but I'd flip it a little:
Leviathan > Crack the Sky > Blood Mountain > Hushed > Emperor > Remission > Hunter > Sun
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
crack the skyehushed and grimblood mountainleviathanonce more ‘round the sunremissionemperor of sandthe hunter
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
Still digging this!
Also excited to hear what Brent cooks up in his new project with Matt Pike, supposedly a single and video due out before the end of the year. Read a thing that said Brent held back some songs from this Mastodon record for the Pike project, but not sure if that's just because they didn't really fit here or what. Not going to link to the article I read since it also includes Brent dropping a homophobic slur while he's trashing other bands they've toured with.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFJisKSY2SY
video would've been better if they'd just done the numbers straight without the interviews - but playing at the Georgia Aquarium would be on my Mount Rushmore of unattainable performance venues.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 5 December 2021 06:48 (two years ago) link
I wrote a long piece about Hushed and Grim and how Covid-19 has killed the album cycle.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:02 (two years ago) link
Great piece, glad to see some more love for that record. I was really surprised at the muted reaction to one of their best.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:17 (two years ago) link
they just announced upcoming tour dates, I'm probably going to see them when they get to Austin in August
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
very nice writing, unperson. I hope this album gets more recognition, it's one of their best.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:25 (two years ago) link
I found it a slog the one time I listened to it, perhaps I wasn't in the right frame of mind. There seemed to be barely any variation in mood.
― chap, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 16:41 (two years ago) link
The band just released a full-on 90 minute documentary on the making of their new one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rgi5C0JbRs
I have not watched it yet so I cannot rep for it but I will probably have it play in the background one day when I am working sometime.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 26 August 2022 02:02 (one year ago) link
"It’s also facing new competition from established names: Meta has said it’s working on its own decentralized social network, code-named P92, which will reportedly connect to ActivityPub. And Twitter’s co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey is getting ready to unveil Bluesky, a decentralized social media app that will come with a new protocol of its own."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/18/mastodon-users-twitter-elon-musk-social-media
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 09:57 (one year ago) link
Lol no
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 10:02 (one year ago) link
lol
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 10:27 (one year ago) link
no shade on the app, but let's not shit up this beautiful thread with this stuff
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 14:34 (one year ago) link
I haven't a chord from this group and I apologise (posted this in the ILE thread)
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
An easy mistake to make.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
Revisiting Hushed and Grim for the first time in awhile, it's fucking fantastic. I think it'll stand up as one of the band's best. Doesn't hurt that it ends with an absolutely incredible run - "Gobblers of Dregs", "Eyes of Serpents" and "Gigantium" are all so good.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
it's a good one for sure. My only complaint as always is that they should let Brent Hinds sing more. He doesn't have quite as powerful a voice as the other 2 but he sounds cooler. I get burned out on Troy Sanders constant bellowing and Brann Dailor is a bit bland.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
Brann barely sang at all on the first bunch of records and now he's all over the newer ones.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:53 (one year ago) link
agreed, it is fantastic.out of a random urge, i listened to disc 1 earlier.absolutely hit the spot.
― mark e, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link