I have never been a massive mastodon fan but this has left me completely speechless. Each song has is own amazing moment. These are the type of songs that forget about song sructures and just follow what sounds right. The boys at mastodon have now confirmed themselves as one of the best metal ... Read review
Advantages: new and original. a very diverse style of music Disadvantages: might be to complex for some people
I have never been a massive mastodon fan but this has left me completely speechless. Each song has is own amazing moment. These are the type of songs that forget about song sructures and just follow what sounds right. The boys at mastodon have now confirmed themselves as one of the best metal bands of the modern day. Each rift is completely hypnotizing. It is hard to explain why this albm is so good it is something you will only understand when you ... more
I have never been a massive mastodon fan but this has left me completely speechless. Each song has is own amazing moment. These are the type of songs that forget about song sructures and just follow what sounds right. The boys at mastodon have now confirmed themselves as one of the best metal bands of the modern day. Each rift is completely hypnotizing. It is hard to explain why this albm is so good it is something you will only understand when you listen to it. I urge you t buy tis album becuase it is definately one of the best metal albums of all time you wont be disapointed. It isnt trying to copy any band , in fact it has almost created its own new style of music.
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Product details
Title
Crack The Skye
Performer
Mastodon
Genre
Heavy Metal
Release Date
23/03/2009
Original Release Year
2009
Label / Distributor
Reprise / Cinram Logistics
Engineer
Tom Tapley; Darren Tablan; Nick DiD
Producer
Brendan O'Brien
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
93624987222
Catalogue Number
9362498722
Additional notes
Album Notes
Atlanta's Mastodon climbed to the top of the metal heap the old-fashioned way. Taking the template for success etched by Metallica, the band captured the imagination with a series of albums that offered potent heaviness and relentless experimentation. After graduating from respected indie Relapse, they released 2006's acclaimed BLOOD MOUNTAIN, an album with a fire motif/fantasy adventure concept that opened numerous doors both commercially and critically. Their latest, CRACK THE SKYE, completes their elemental cycle by focusing on "ether," while also serving as a tale of czarist Russia. The progressive metal elements that bled into their sound on BLOOD MOUNTAIN are pushed even further here, led once more by Brann Dailor's furiously technical drumming. As Dailor goes, so goes the band, and his stick work remains some of the finest this side of Neil Peart. The crackling "Divinations" follows up the contemplative, restrained "Oblivion" with furious thrash riffs and springy dueling fretwork, and "Quintessence" wraps glittering guitar arpeggios around Dailor's impossibly percolating drums. The four-part "The Czar" is a towering epic that comes off like Rush on steroids, each part with its own distinct feel. A more mature and adventurous metal album is unlikely to be heard for a long time.
Album Reviews
Q (Magazine) (p.107) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir most mainstream to date....A sprawling prog-metal masterpiece....Richly rewarding..." Paste - "Amidst blistering tritone riffs and arpeggiated chords is a group keener to explore sonic harmony than crank the distortion. CRACK THE SKYE is an epic trek across the space-time continuum, entirely on Mastodon's terms"
Titles on disc 1
1.
Oblivion
2.
Divinations
3.
Quintessence
4.
Czar, The (Usurper/Escape/Martyr/Spiral)
5.
Ghost Of Karelia
6.
Crack The Skye
7.
Last Baron, The
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