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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Uberpwn_w00t on March 30, 2009, 02:29:56 AM

Title: There! In the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on March 30, 2009, 02:29:56 AM: It's a Crack?

Yeah. So, Mastodon (http://www.mastodonrocks.com/) came out with it's fifth album, "Crack the Skye (http://cracktheskye.com/)"... The fourth album in the 'elements' series [Remission (fire), Leviathan (water), Blood Mountain (earth)]...

I know we have at least a few people here on Charas who are Mastodon fans (gemini), or have at least heard of them. So... What are your thoughts on Crack the Skye?

Discuss.
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Post by: Archem on March 30, 2009, 02:41:11 AM: *pumps fist in the air*
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Post by: HobomasterXXX on March 30, 2009, 05:35:43 AM: I dont like Mastodon's vocals. I dont really like metal vocals at all.
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Post by: Dominicy on March 30, 2009, 06:29:48 AM: Quote from: HobomasterXXX on March 30, 2009, 05:35:43 AM
I dont like Mastodon's vocals. I dont really like metal vocals at all.

I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AGUywHntw) Must (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0hJEno6qOo) Agree (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErdJpg1ECg).
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Post by: Ben on March 30, 2009, 06:38:45 AM: Leviathan is one of the best album of all time.
BLood mountain was good.
Crack the skye is different then anything else theyve done.
Personally, I love it.
Second favorite to Leviathan.

I will be seing them live in about 3.5 weeks, at a small bar, here in Edmonton.
I was lucky enough to get the Album pre-release. Along with the Oblivion single and some stellar shirts.

Also, You have put too much emphasis on this whole "elemtents" thing. Most of the "element" is simply in the artwork.
Levithan was more focused on Moby dick then water. Blood mountain was more about an epic adventure and perilous dangers. Not so much earth, but I guess the theme fits.
Crack the Skye was aimed at aleins and ghosts. Its just that the last four albums have been more conceptual then others, progressively so

Its awesome, but i would have liked some more tracks. However, the tracks that are there are super progressive and epic. This album is WAAAY more prg then their others, and the vocals are dramatically different then they have been in the past.
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Post by: Archem on March 30, 2009, 06:57:08 AM: I saw them a while back at the Sam Houston race park during Mayhem Fest.

Hell of a show they put on.

Oh, and you two haters are dumb. There are various reasons why (facts are actually involved, too!), but I'm far too tired to explain why just now. Perhaps someone else can explain.
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Post by: Ben on March 30, 2009, 08:33:45 AM: meh...I think if you "dont like the singer" go listen to linkin park and continue on having no taste in metal/being underage
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Post by: Moosetroop11 on March 30, 2009, 10:15:12 AM: I'm definately getting it... But I have a bad habit of actually buying all my music so It'll have to wait in line.
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Post by: Archem on March 30, 2009, 07:09:45 PM: I only have that habit if I actually like the music enough.

This is one of those "enough" bands.
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Post by: Dragonium on March 30, 2009, 07:27:24 PM: Quote from: Dominicy on March 30, 2009, 06:29:48 AM
I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AGUywHntw) Must (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0hJEno6qOo) Agree (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErdJpg1ECg).

You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FX2bJXfwe8) know (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJ-OOr7H_c) nothing. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjm17n6SyEE)

Also Dom please don't imply that Slipknot is anything other than arsegravy.
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Post by: Fisherson on March 30, 2009, 07:31:18 PM: Quote from: Uberpwn_w00t on March 30, 2009, 02:29:56 AM
It's a Crack?

Yeah. So, Mastodon (http://www.mastodonrocks.com/) came out with it's fifth album, "Crack the Skye (http://cracktheskye.com/)"... The fourth album in the 'elements' series [Remission (fire), Leviathan (water), Blood Mountain (earth)]...

I know we have at least a few people here on Charas who are Mastodon fans (gemini), or have at least heard of them. So... What are your thoughts on Crack the Skye?

Discuss.

All I have to say is I love this ****ing band, so i'm glad that they came out with a new album... Now if only Disturbed would come out with some new stuff my day would be awesome.
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Post by: Ben on March 30, 2009, 07:53:07 PM: disturbed blows.

As for Doms "I MUST AGREE"

You need to die for mentioning those three bands in the same post.

Slayers vocals are their weakpoint....they pioneered...Dont compare them to slapknut.

Metallica pioneered too. But they suck. Hetfields Vocals are lulzy in a bad way. Every word that finished off any given line, he adds an "aahhhh" or "ugh" or "eeeeeh" for no real reason.

Slayer, allthough they still pump out new stuff, is not putting out any new or innovative material....they pulled off their first blastbeats in forever with a little help from Mr Lumbardo on their last album, but Comparing them to A band like mastodon is simply apples and oranges.

Slipknot is a completly differnt genre then any of the other bands mentioned in this thread, and as such you have proved your opinion malinformed.

In fact NONE of those bands share the same genre.

Seriously, if you dislike mastodon for their vocals, just go make a point of listening to their instrumental tracks. Or buy the new album special edition, and you get a bonus disc of ALL THE TRACKS MINUS VOCALS.

This is a band I refuse to pirate. their album art is stunning. They deserve my money.
And if people with musical taste such as the naysayer above dont like it, I guess thats fine. The further this gem of awesome stays from the mainstream, the better the tightly packed small venue shows will be, and the drunker and happier I will be after a case of imported beers.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on March 31, 2009, 12:51:03 AM: The way I see it, Mastodon has been getting progressively more... Progressive. No pun intended. It's as if with each album, their music moves down a notch in a scale towards the 'progressive' end, and away from their older stuff. But they've never been all the way to one side, so their music still maintains a balance between badass sludge riffs (a la "I Am Ahab") and interweaving progressive melodies (See: Sleeping Giant).

Of course, you still get the asshats complaining that they're getting too progressive, or too soft, or whatever.

Personally, I'd still love Mastodon either way they went, because their older, sludgy stuff kicks ***, and their newer, progressive stuff kicks ***.

In conclusion, I'm pumped about Crack the Skye, and I can't wait to get it. **** yeah.
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Post by: Archem on March 31, 2009, 12:57:08 AM: I can only hope that they get more progressive. Their more proggy songs are my favorites, and I love prog more than anything. If I were a musical genre, I'd be progressive rock.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on March 31, 2009, 02:20:32 AM: Yes. Very, very yes.

Prog rocks.
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Post by: Valiere on March 31, 2009, 02:25:12 AM: I concur that progressive rock is god. Oh, can I plug Tool in here? I can? Yay.

My brother and his friends are big Mastodon fans, so I figure there must be something there. I think I'll give them a listen. Anyone have any progressivish song recommendations? I don't mind hard stuff, just no excessive screaming.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on March 31, 2009, 02:32:22 AM: You have now given me an excuse to flood this thread with music. Thank you, and you're welcome.

These bands, I recommend:
- An Endless Sporadic
- Tetrafusion
- Liquid Tension Experiment
- Canvas Solaris
- Blotted Science
- Stemage (If you like tool you might like this more than most of the stuff here.)
- Coheed & Cambria (I don't care if you don't like them guys, they're still progressive rock)
- The Fall of Troy (Yes, them too.)
- Rush
- Yes
- Dream Theater
- Opeth
- Pelican
- Piglet (More math rock than anything else, but still progressive)
- A bunch of other stuff I can't think of off the top of my head
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Post by: Archem on March 31, 2009, 03:39:30 AM: Not to be a-pissin' in your stew, but don't at least a couple of those bands have some of that "excessive screaming" she asked to not be included?

But yes. Several of those. Especially Rush. They're Gods of their domain.

Oh, and Pink Floyd. Yes the ~~game~~ band, Kansas.

And others.
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Post by: fruckert on March 31, 2009, 03:55:46 AM: On topic, sadly I've never heard of Mastodon...going to go research now D:
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Post by: Valiere on March 31, 2009, 04:15:45 AM: Everyone knows girls hate Rush.
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Post by: Archem on March 31, 2009, 04:59:20 AM: Quote from: Valiere on March 31, 2009, 04:15:45 AM
Everyone knows girls hate Rush.
D:

You get the **** out! NOW!
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Post by: HobomasterXXX on March 31, 2009, 08:32:43 AM: Quote from: gemini on March 30, 2009, 07:53:07 PM

Seriously, if you dislike mastodon for their vocals, just go make a point of listening to their instrumental tracks. Or buy the new album special edition, and you get a bonus disc of ALL THE TRACKS MINUS VOCALS.

I may just do this.
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Post by: Archem on March 31, 2009, 06:08:29 PM: Oh, Scale the Summit. They're an instrumental band worthy of noting.
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Post by: Dragonium on March 31, 2009, 08:52:27 PM: I've been listening to nothing but Opeth and Agalloch (occasional Iced Earth song thrown in) for the past few months. Still not tired of it.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on April 01, 2009, 02:34:32 AM: Quote from: Archem2 on March 31, 2009, 06:08:29 PM
Oh, Scale the Summit. They're an instrumental band worthy of noting.
Yesss! STS!

And, on that note, another good instrumental band is 'The Fucking Champs'.

EDIT: And Pink Floyd! Hell yeah!
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Post by: HobomasterXXX on April 02, 2009, 09:10:02 AM: Quote from: Valiere on March 31, 2009, 02:25:12 AM
Tool
Have my children.
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Post by: Archem on April 11, 2009, 02:02:51 AM: **** your topic kicking rules, I boughts this album.

It may have sex with my ears forever.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on April 11, 2009, 02:10:10 AM: I bought a Mastodon T-shirt, and am probably going to attend their concert in Atlanta with a few friends.

Hopefully those two little tokens of support and/or testaments to my undying love of Mastodon will be enough to make up for the fact that I'm probably going to wind up pirating Crack the Skye. Until I can afford a copy, of course.
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Post by: Archem on April 11, 2009, 02:37:25 AM: $10.99

I think it's money well spent.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on April 11, 2009, 02:40:36 AM: Well, it was about $15 for the shirt (I believe) and it's going to be $20 for the concert.

And don't worry, I plan on buying Crack the Skye. Eventually.

...The artist only gets a small percentage of CD revenue anyway BUT LET'S NOT GET INTO THAT.
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Post by: Ben on April 11, 2009, 04:06:12 AM: the album art alone is worth the money
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Post by: Archem on April 11, 2009, 04:28:53 AM: Very true. I only wish they had made the insert into a fold-out poster of a larger size version of the cover art.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on April 11, 2009, 04:36:55 AM: I wanted to get the limited edition package so bad... The whole accordion thing...
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Post by: Ben on April 11, 2009, 04:45:06 AM: thats what i was referring to
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on April 11, 2009, 05:05:42 AM: Oh. >_>

Well, I agree, their album artwork is awesome. Although, my mother seems to disagree. She didn't like the shirt.
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Post by: Archem on April 11, 2009, 05:19:03 AM: She's a stupid bitch.

Well, I say that about everyone's mom these days... Don't take it to heart.
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Post by: HobomasterXXX on April 11, 2009, 05:36:43 AM: Quote from: Uberpwn_w00t on April 11, 2009, 05:05:42 AM

Well, I agree, their album artwork is awesome. Although, my mother seems to disagree. She didn't like the shirt.
Everytime my mum sees me in my Tool tshirt she calls me a tool.
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Post by: Archem on April 11, 2009, 06:42:11 AM: Every time my mom sees me in my myriad of black t-shirts related to some band or another, she says nothing.

She also happens to enjoy most of them, but that's irrelevant.
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on April 11, 2009, 06:46:40 AM: Quote from: Archem2 on April 11, 2009, 06:42:11 AM
myriad of black t-shirts related to some band or another
This sounds familiar...

Too familiar...
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Post by: Archem on April 11, 2009, 05:22:22 PM: I'm starting to feel... Fuzzy...
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Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on April 12, 2009, 02:03:34 AM: I think you're molding.
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Post by: Archem on April 12, 2009, 02:48:35 AM: ...Molting?