Roadrunner\/Warner<\/p>\n
MASTODON was formed in 1999 after meeting at a HIGH ON FIRE concert. The debut, \u201cRemission\u201d was released in 2002, and by now they have reached five albums. Apart from the first demo, featureing one Eric Saner on vocals, the band has always consisted of; Troy Sanders, bass\/vocals, Brent Hinds, guitars\/vocals, Bill Kelliher, guitars\/Backing vocals, and drummer\/vocalist Brann Dailor.
\nThis album has its flaws. As much as I enjoy the melodic depression of \u201cBlack Tongue\u201d and the groovy SABBATH of the nonsensical \u201cCurl of the Burl\u201d I get totally fed up with the space opera rock of the spaced out \u201cStargasm\u201d. The title track also has a way of making me reach for the fast fwd button, which also goes for the metal take on \u201cAge of Aquarius\u201d called \u201cThe Sparrow\u201d. I normally like 30\u00b4s horror but the aspirations of \u201cBedazzled\u201d are somehow cut short. The lyrics are totally weed-smoking 70\u00b4s, the music somewhere in stoner-land and the songs often curiously short. How do you develop a melody in 2.35? But there are ups too, like the stoned Sabbathical \u201cDry Bone Valley\u201d and the odd mix of 1970 and \u201cBark at the Moon\u201d which has been named \u201cOctopus Has No Friends\u201d. I\u00b4d say that some time off the weed is absolutely crucial if MASTODON don\u00b4t want to suffer a fate similar to BLCK SABBATH in the late seventies!<\/p>\n
Track List
\nBlack Tongue
\nCurl of the Burl
\nBlasteroid
\nStargasm
\nOctopus Has No Friends
\nAll the Heavy Lifting
\nThe Hunter
\nDry Bone Valley
\nThickening
\nCreature Lives
\nSpectrelight
\nBedazzled
\nThe Sparrow<\/p>\n
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