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My absolute FAVORITE band to listen to after chiefing it up. Get REALLY high and listen to it REALLY LOUD either with good headphones or a good car system or surround sound.
They're a metal band out of Atlanta, they've gained tons of popularity with their last 2 albums, Leviathan and Blood Mountain. They get labeled as "stoner metal" a lot, and I guess that fits but I think they're beyond that. To me, they're revolutionary; best, most talented, most creative metal band EVER.

MASTODON OFFICIAL WEBSITE - Blood Mountain
MySpace.com - Mastodon - Atlanta, GEORGIA - Metal / Hardcore / Progressive - www.myspace.com/mastodon


Also this article made me lol:
MASTODON: STILL ON DRUGS | MetalSucks
Brann Dailor (drummer) on their new album set to release early 2009:
“Yeah, there’s a story which goes from start to end. And there is Tsarist Russia in there and that was picked because ever since the first record we’ve wanted to do something about this period and their art aesthetics, with the black lacquer boxes and that look was something we were going for. From there, you take elements of that, and it’s multi-dimensional and it goes into outer space and it’s about the ether and deals with astral travel, out-of-body experiences and deals with Stephen Hawking’s theories on wormholes. But I think one of the cool things about our band is that we will leave it ambiguously for the listener to dive into the lyrics themselves and maybe come to their own conclusions and form a little movie that plays in their heads.”

Sounds like you gotta be on acid to understand it haha. I have high expectations for this album.

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