― Ryan McKay (Ryan McKay), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 23:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Brock K. (Brock K.), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 00:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Marinaorgan (Marina Organ), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 01:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:15 (twenty years ago) link
― KIng Eddie, Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:19 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:21 (twenty years ago) link
― King Eddie, Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Mikael Wood, Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Wired Flounder (Wired Flounder), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:46 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 02:49 (twenty years ago) link
I think "Remission" is a really good album, though I don't really listen to it very often, I'm really curious about how that band's going to go in the future. So far I prefer Today Is The Day quite a bit (the latest album is excellent, despite what all the cronies on the Relapse board will tell you) However, the self titled TITD is probably my favorite nowadays.
― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 06:09 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 12:23 (twenty years ago) link
As to that newest Today Is The Day, it really doesn't sound like anything to me: so completely of-itself. Maybe it reminds me a little of some o' those rockin'-er bands in the artsy-industrial English scene in the early eighties (i.e., trying to fuse anguished screaming with elegant piano sounds over a backdrop of skreeeeeech), but only a little. It's also very difficult to get through: I listened to it twice, was really impressed, and am now kind of afraid of it.
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 12:42 (twenty years ago) link
― adam (adam), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:44 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 19:01 (twenty years ago) link
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
I like that they are finding some different directions to take the guitars. Last album or two had a bit too much of just make everything sound huge all the time. I think they actually benefit from not doubling up everything to oblivion.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah that's proper good. I often enjoy their less obviously heavy material - that EP a few years back for example.
― chap, Friday, 22 October 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
record's their best since crack the skye imo
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 29 October 2021 02:03 (two years ago) link
Crazy, I gave up on Mastodon years ago. Everything they'd done after Crack the Skye was forgettable, so I'll (cautiously) check the new one out.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 October 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to checking it out tomorrow. I like their latter-day albums (Emperor of Sand in particular) so my hopes are high.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 29 October 2021 03:25 (two years ago) link
The Hunter is the only one I didn't really vibe with
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 29 October 2021 03:33 (two years ago) link
seconded
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Friday, 29 October 2021 08:09 (two years ago) link
I've liked the singles well enough, but Brad and and stevie's praise has me stoked. Like Moodles, The Hunter is the only one I don't love, Emperor of Sand and that EP were both great.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
enjoyed this while i was working today, but it seemed to go on for a heck of a long time
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 29 October 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
it is pretty long and almost every song is five minutes
still within that there is a ton of variety
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 29 October 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
every time i threatened to get tired of it some new flourish would pull me further along, cf. the power ballads "skeleton of splendor" and "had it all"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 29 October 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
Haven't made it all the way to the end yet, but I like the Van Halen-isms on "Peace and Tranquillity."
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 29 October 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
"more than i could chew" is so awesome
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 29 October 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
been revisiting mastodon 2.0 in light of the new record. i forgot how much i loved "stargasm" and "octopus has no friends"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 November 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
I really like the new album
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 6 November 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
as an extremely casual mastodon fan - this felt like a masterpiece, after one listen today.
― DT, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 04:40 (two 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (eleven months 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 (eleven months 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 (eleven months 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 (eleven months ago) link