Mastodon

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albums

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- Blood Mountain
- Released 2006

- Crack The Skye
- Released 2009

- Leviathan
- Released 2004

- Crack The Skye (Zune/Play.com)
- Released 2009

biography

Atlanta-based sludge/stoner/alternative metal outfit Mastodon formed in 1999 around the talents of guitarist Bill Kelliher, drummer BrSnn Dailor, bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, and guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds. One of the more notable New Wave of American Heavy Metal acts, a genre spawned in the mid-'90s by bands like Pantera, Biohazard, and Machine Head, Mastodon's innovative, lyrically astute blend of progressive metal, grindcore, and hardcore helped position the band as one of the preeminent metal acts of the early 21st century.

Formed out of a mutual admiration for the Melvins, Black Sabbath, Neurosis, and Thin Lizzy, Mastodon signed with Relapse Records (Today Is the Day, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Coalesce, Burnt by the Sun) in 2001 on the strength of a four-song demo. The EP Lifesblood arrived that same year, followed by the group's full-length debut, Remission, in 2002. The album made positive waves in the metal community but it wasn't until 2004's Leviathan that the band's eclectic brand of proto-metal began to enter the bloodstream of the entire music community. As polished and melodic as it was brutal and genre-defying, Leviathan, loosely based on author Herman Melville's Moby Dick, signaled a turning point in the band's career, appearing on critics' year-end Top Ten lists across the musical spectrum.

Mastodon's newfound popularity eventually landed them a deal with Warner Bros., but not before fulfilling their contract with Relapse in 2006 by releasing Call of the Mastodon, a remastered version of the group's first two demo EPs, and Workhorse Chronicles, a DVD that chronicled the band's story thus far with interviews and concert footage. The band's third album, Blood Mountain, debuted at number 32 on the Billboard charts and received a Grammy nomination in the Best Metal Performance category for the song "Colony of Birchmen." Blood Mountain marked the band's highest chart peak, and set the stage for its long-awaited 2009 follow-up, Crack the Skye. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

news

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- - cracktheskye: Tonight - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC http://tinyurl.com/yfah28v #mastodon #dethklok #converge #highonfire
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  - cracktheskye: Tonight - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC http://tinyurl.com/yfah28v #mastodon #dethklok #converge #highonfire

- - cracktheskye: Rock Sound Magazine's annual Readers' Poll is now online. Go to http://bit.ly/readerspoll for more info and to cast your votes!
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  - cracktheskye: Rock Sound Magazine's annual Readers' Poll is now online. Go to http://bit.ly/readerspoll for more info and to cast your votes!

- - cracktheskye: Tonight - Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA http://www.mastodonrocks.com/tour #mastodon #dethklok #converge #highonfire
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  - cracktheskye: Tonight - Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA http://www.mastodonrocks.com/tour #mastodon #dethklok #converge #highonfire

- - cracktheskye: Tonight - The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC http://tinyurl.com/y9h8g3u #mastodon #dethklok #converge #highonfire
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  - cracktheskye: Tonight - The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC http://tinyurl.com/y9h8g3u #mastodon #dethklok #converge #highonfire

- - cracktheskye: RT- The Oblivion - EP is now available on iTunes http://tinyurl.com/yzdmt5s #mastodon #oblivion #itunes
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  - cracktheskye: RT- The Oblivion - EP is now available on iTunes http://tinyurl.com/yzdmt5s #mastodon #oblivion #itunes

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- Lamb of God

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- - Oblivion
  - - By Gmoneyrocks
    - 10/20/2009 01:47:54
  - That's the track that got me hooked on Mastodon, ever since my friend brought the CD to work. I went out and bought the special edition of Crack The Skye. Then I went back and picked up Blood Mountain and then Leviathan. Awesome music indeed!!!! I can't wait to see them with Dethklok when they come to The Rave in Wisconsin.
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  - - By danevati
    - 9/19/2009 18:53:23
  - Did you know that Troy Sanders was in a coma?!?!?!?
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- - sick as fuck
  - - By iamriboflavin
    - 7/17/2009 01:52:05
  - Crack the Skye is an amazing album, and the video for Oblivion is fucking killer. I hope you guys do end up making the album into a movie. That shit would be crazy!
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- - Crack the Prog/metal scene
  - - By mattoscarson
    - 7/13/2009 19:42:22
  - What an amazing album. Can't wait to hear what they come up with next.
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- - Come to San Antonio!!
  - - By The Z KIL
    - 5/2/2009 18:19:48
  - I cannot believe there not gonna be in Texas anytime soon. Ugh. Crake the Skye is amazing and really sounds great shuffled with all thier other albums together. Mastodon just has so many different sounds. Prog/Metal at it's best!
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