This is a pretty cool Leviathan era sounding Mastodon song:
Artwork is class too.
The riff sounds like a Dealz version of Blood and Thunder.
As an aside, Leviathan is now 20 years old.
I'd have good time for Mastodon for the most part, even if some of their stuff has left me a bit cold of late. Absolutely zero interest in Lamb of God who are the epitome of bog standard, uninspiring metal. I suppose I could just listen to the track and make mind up but that's a collaboration that doesn't inspire much hope.
It sounda like a Leviathan cast-off. It's fine but nothing to get excited about.
I love Mastodon and that artwork is indeed class but the song is dull enough, feels like it's meant to kick into a high gear that never comes.
Just can't fathom why Mastodon who, love em or loathe them, are quite interesting in their own right, would collaborate with someone as outrightly dull, meat and potatoes, as Lamb of God.
Ya, Lamb of God are dogshit.
Your man Chris Adler is a cool drummer, but sure even he bailed out on them.
Just started that track. Vocals started, track ended.
Meh song. And totally pointless collaboration.
Hopefully there isn't an album of it on the way. Leave that to the likes of Converge/Chelsea Wolfe and Bell Witch/Aerial Ruin.
Or Mastodon and Scott Kelly :laugh: :abbath:
Quote from: Ducky on September 12, 2024, 10:03:37 PMYour man Chris Adler is a cool drummer, but sure even he bailed out on them.
In fairness Mastodon are one of the few metal bands with a better drummer.
The song is fairly meat n' potatoes. As mentioned, sounds like something recorded during the Leviathan sessions that didn't make the cut. Shout out for the graphic though and the way it's animated. Cool as fuck. Wonder if it's AI.
Must give it a blast later but yeah, Lamb of God are just such a middle of the road nothing band. No idea why Mastodon would lower themselves to collaborate with a band that can add nothing to what they do.
The two bands have been pals for years. Think Burn The Priest toured with Today Is The Day when Bill & Brann were playing with them too.
Came across a Kerry King interview recently where he says he recons Lamb Of God deserve to take Slayers place in the big 4.
No Kerry. No. Bold boy.
I'm actually fond of a bit of LOG, Ashes Of The Wake and Wrath are great albums in my opinion, but big 4 material? No.
I'd be familiar with Lamb of God's first 4 albums, some good tracks on there.
I know a few heads on here can't stand the vocalist, but this instrumental of theirs from 2004 might be worth checking out. With guest solos from Alex Skolnick and Chris Poland:
Have to agree with the folks saying LoG are a bit of a nothing band. They take the heaviness of Pantera and the techhy riffs of Megadeth and then remove all of the hooks, melody, and feel and are left with just some lumpen inferior version of both. They have a few good songs that hit the target they're aiming for, but 90% of it is just one dimensional mud. There's a whole genre of similar bands who do it much worse though, so they do look kinda good by comparison...
They're a gateway band like Slipknot
The tour doc they did a few years ago was worth watching for the scrap between Randy & Mark Morton.