Album Rating: 3.0
are they still trying to sing?
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Yea it sounds like the last two... Don't expect anything like their first four.
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troys voice isnt as strong as on leviathan but what can you expect, leviathan is like a 15 year old record
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Album Rating: 3.0
the difference is there wasn't much of an attempt at singing on the early stuff because their efforts at doing so are usually cringe inducing
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
honestly I don't even mind Brent's cleans
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Album Rating: 3.5
they are trying to sing for sure.....the harmonies have improved dramatically imo
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Album Rating: 3.0
i've got so much stuff to check out that by the time i'd get around to listening to this i'll have more stuff i need to check out so i probably won't ever hear this all the way through
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Album Rating: 4.0
I feel compelled to check this out.
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Album Rating: 3.5
dominion, i see you 3ing this
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
there is definitely better stuff to check. if you love this band, you'll probably like this album. in your case, I doubt you'd dig it a whole lot
and titan, I'd see him 2.5ing this probably
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Album Rating: 4.0
I really wish other bands could be as selfless and realize their potential in the way Mastodon have with this album. I feel like the last two albums incorporated everyone's ideas but also felt like a collection of songs that stood independent of one another. That's not the case here, as the same themes and direction of the album is apparent even with obvious contributions from every member to every song, and seemingly for the good of the song every time. The Precious Stones, Steambreather and Roots Remain sequence is one of the best three song runs I've heard since Funeral,Bastard and Death of Music on Devin Townsend's Ocean Machine (though not as good).
There are just so many well executed moments in here that were unexpected, from the QOTSAy riffs in Steambreather, to that passage with a great solo and funky baseline from Troy in Ancient Kingdom, the Jane's Addiction coming down the mountain style "It's right in front of me" part near the end of Jaguar God, etc. Just a really fucking solid group effort where everyone seemed to call on each other to use their strengths at parts suited for them and exercise restraint where they weren't needed.
The only thing that seems formulaic was having Show Yourself as track two (as were Curl of the Burl and The Motherload on their albums), but I don't even mind that so much. I guess I'm in the minority in that I enjoy a catchier pop-metal track. As long as there's not more than one. The rest of the album had a lot of meandering twists and turns and is the most proggy thing they've done since Crack the Skye.
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what dom for real? i love their vocals to death on the first 4 at least
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Album Rating: 1.5
Oh wow this is straight garb
I mean i realise they aren't exactly reaching the heights of remission and leviathan these days but this is so goddamn boring
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Album Rating: 3.0
first two were decent because they didn't try to fool themselves into thinking that they could actually sing. the grunts and yells were perfect for the music they were playing.
not to mention the "concept" from leviathan wasn't some ridiculous, inane nonsense
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
better than the last two man. omrts was p dismal
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Album Rating: 3.5
only one way to find out
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
"some ridiculous, inane nonsense"
at least CTS had ace music, even if nobody actually knows what it was about
also, BM's concept is really underrated.
"It's about climbing up a mountain and the different things that can happen to you when you're stranded on a mountain, in the woods, and you're lost. You're starving, hallucinating, running into strange creatures. You're being hunted. It's about that whole struggle." - Sanders
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my man sevengill comes to the rescue. blood mountain is a kickass concept. leviathan is about the coolest concept i can think of, moby dick, captain ahab being consumed by his obsessions. remission has some awesome concepts in ol' nessie and shit
cmon boy cmon my boy cmon guy
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Album Rating: 3.5
"my man sevengill"
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
don't
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