well i mean it's obvious leviathan is best

then blood mountain then remission

crack the skye is so meh

Album Rating: 4.0

Crack The Skye is their only album that feels really cohesive, the rest just feel like a collection of songs.

maybe doesn't stop it from being boring

Album Rating: 3.5

The Wolf is Loose is my favorite Mastodon opener though.

Album Rating: 4.0

true^



but Crack The Skye is so outlandishly awesome in its prog elements that I would say its overly-interesting, in a way, the complete opposite of boring

Album Rating: 4.5

I think Mastodon really pulled away from their Sludge roots with Crack The Skye and decided they were going to try and make an intelligent and psychedelic album. If you pop in any of their albums before Crack The Skye, you can tell that Crack The Skye is the definite odd one out. However, all of their albums leading up to Crack The Skye were getting more Progressive in their song structure. I mean, look at the awesome "Sleeping Giant" song from Blood Mountain. It was very trippy and familiar sounding to what Mastodon were trying to pull off with CTS. I honestly really like the direction their music is headed in.

Album Rating: 4.0

but Crack The Skye is so outlandishly awesome in its prog elements



You mean 'wank' elements?



I think Mastodon really pulled away from their Sludge roots with Crack The Skye and decided they were going to try and make an intelligent and psychedelic album.



This is why they fail so much on Crack the Skye. At least this album was a good mixture of their wanky prog and sludgey past.

Album Rating: 4.5

I disagree. I think Crack The Skye was a success for Mastodon on many levels. It managed to show a different and more Progressive side to the band. Their songs were less linear and more structured. Their original instrumentation is in the mix, it's just coming through a more mellow and Proggy sound.

Just not my cup of tea, maybe it will click one day soon.

Album Rating: 4.0

probably herbal

Album Rating: 4.5

lol

Album Rating: 4.0

It managed to show a different and more Progressive side to the band.



From a song writers standpoint, they slapped a whole bunch of ideas together that really didn't flow well at all. But to each his own. Just really pissed and disappointed by Crack the Skye.

Album Rating: 4.0

I like Crack The Skye ever so slightly more than this, Leviathan owns them both though.

Album Rating: 4.0

Good call. I guess I'm by myself on Crack the Skye with Deflon hahahaha.

Album Rating: 4.0

I can see why people wouldn't like CTS though. It's a lot different to something like this.

I think it just clicked

It managed to show a different and more Progressive side to the band.

The only part that bugged me was that random part in "The Last Baron". It seemed like Brent just mashed YYZ and Bladecatcher (from Blood Mountain) into one and threw it in the middle, just for "prog" fun. Which goes with what Wizard said about it being poor writing.

I can see why people wouldn't like CTS though. It's a lot different to something like this.

I feel that at least one song on Crack the Skye was almost lifted entirely from Blood Mountain. I haven't checked to see if this has ever been brought up, but the intro from Divinations and Sleeping Giant sound eerily similar to one another, from Crack the Skye and Blood Mountain respectively. I see Sleeping Giant as an almost stepping stone towards the vibe in a lot of Crack the Skye.

Album Rating: 4.5

"From a song writers standpoint, they slapped a whole bunch of ideas together that really didn't flow well at all. But to each his own. Just really pissed and disappointed by Crack the Skye."



Haha! Definitely to each his own. I can understand some people's disappointment with CTS. It is definitely a different album for Mastodon. There is no doubt about that.

Album Rating: 2.5

I think I completely missed the point of this album - it was overwhelmingly average for me. Maybe I had heard too many good things about it beforehand?