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Favorite Music of '09: MASTODON

Of the three things I've posted so far, this is the most popular. I think this album debuted at #10 or #11 on the Billboard charts. Metal is in a bit of a renaissance right now with tons of subgenres creating a lot of diverse, excellent music. So, a little heaviness for those of you who thought that last two entries were a bit "arty":

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MASTODON
Crack the Skye

This is easily the "lightest" album Mastodon has put out. Earlier efforts were much heavier, but this one has incorporated more singing and a greater use of melody instead of relentless screaming and churning (which certainly have their own merits.) This is the third part of a trilogy of albums about water (Leviathan....yeah, they did a concept album about Moby Dick), earth (Blood Mountain) and air (Crack the Skye).

There's a bit of a local connection here as well. Singer/guitarist Brent Hinds is from Pelham, a suburb of Birmingham and, according to Wikipedia, went to the Alabama School of Fine Arts for high school. When they played a show here earlier this year, he brought his grandmother out on stage, which was awesome. Even more awesome was her up on the balcony fist pumping to the music. Too cool. Anwyay, Hinds is the first guy to sing in the song "Divinations" (they rotate lead singing duties, so I had to point him out.) Mastodon calls Atlanta home. Anyway, here are two cuts from their new album, Crack the Skye...

Divinations...

Oblivion...

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