Mastodon C/D ?

i also just put on remission and i'm headbanging

Pre-ordered the new album, along with this absurd T-shirt:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0797/5345/products/MST10017_1200x1200.png

That looks dope

Another new song/video: "Teardrinker". I'm into it. Reminds me of something from Once More 'Round the Sun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1L2XW1N0c

Really dig the new one, love when the synth kicks in during the back half. Really excited to hear the whole thing now.

fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F76JslnhBo

dopest one yet

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.

Yeah that's proper good. I often enjoy their less obviously heavy material - that EP a few years back for example.

record's their best since crack the skye imo

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.

Looking forward to checking it out tomorrow. I like their latter-day albums (Emperor of Sand in particular) so my hopes are high.

The Hunter is the only one I didn't really vibe with

record's their best since crack the skye imo

seconded

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.

enjoyed this while i was working today, but it seemed to go on for a heck of a long time

it is pretty long and almost every song is five minutes

still within that there is a ton of variety

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"

Haven't made it all the way to the end yet, but I like the Van Halen-isms on "Peace and Tranquillity."

"more than i could chew" is so awesome

been revisiting mastodon 2.0 in light of the new record. i forgot how much i loved "stargasm" and "octopus has no friends"

I really like the new album

as an extremely casual mastodon fan - this felt like a masterpiece, after one listen today.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

also if anyone like me slept on the cold dark place ep... stop sleeping

hard to believe any of those songs didn't make their respective albums

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.

wow, Pitchfork really hated this, huh? wtf?

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

My current ranking: Leviathan > Crack the Skye > Emperor of Sand > Hushed & Grim > Once More 'Round the Sun > Blood Mountain > The Hunter > Remission

Not a bad ranking at all, but I'd flip it a little:

Leviathan > Crack the Sky > Blood Mountain > Hushed > Emperor > Remission > Hunter > Sun

crack the skye
hushed and grim
blood mountain
leviathan
once more ‘round the sun
remission
emperor of sand
the hunter

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.

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.

I wrote a long piece about Hushed and Grim and how Covid-19 has killed the album cycle.

Great piece, glad to see some more love for that record. I was really surprised at the muted reaction to one of their best.

they just announced upcoming tour dates, I'm probably going to see them when they get to Austin in August

very nice writing, unperson. I hope this album gets more recognition, it's one of their best.

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.

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.

"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

Lol no

lol

no shade on the app, but let's not shit up this beautiful thread with this stuff

I haven't a chord from this group and I apologise (posted this in the ILE thread)

An easy mistake to make.