Mastodon - Medium Rarities

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Couple of tracks out off this now.

The only original track on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqh_9g_UgI0

And a cover of Orion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKYbXVnakIs

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Ha, sorry, total oversell; the whole thing has been streaming since the 11th!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Aw man, this is on it too: the intro from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie! Quality...
https://youtu.be/wS5niV3vjKw

[ochoill]

Are the songs re-recorded?  Had that cover of Orion years ago and it was great, came on a Metal Hammer (I think) CD with covers of everything off MoP.  Don't remember the rest so that's probably not a good sign.  The Aqua Teen Hunger Force song is unreal

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I think they've just been remastered. Like, in a way the release is no great shakes, just a way of collecting them all into one place I suppose.

[Trev]

Shame they didn't stick Deathbound on it, but it's a decent collection, although they haven't put out anything yet I didnt like

[Pedrito]

Listened to Orion a few days ago and there's little that would excite me about it. Very dry, pro toolsy vibe off it. Maybe it sits better in the wider release?

[ldj]

Usually cover songs like that are just done for compilations so I doubt much time goes into them, the covers of the two non-metal artists (Feist and The Flaming Lips) are more interesting imo.

Will be interesting to hear the next album, I enjoyed Cold Dark Place a lot actually so I'd like to hear more weird Brent Hinds stuff but he seems pretty disengaged from the rest of the band the last few years it seems like.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Listened to Orion a few days ago and there's little that would excite me about it. Very dry, pro toolsy vibe off it. Maybe it sits better in the wider release?

Not really, it's just an odds and ends thing.

[Squigs]

White Walkers is a cool song for what it is.

Cold Dark Place was a great release, got more mileage out of it than Emperor of Sand.

[Giggles]

Cold Dark Place is a class record no doubt about it 

[open face surgery]

White Walkers is a cool song for what it is.

Cold Dark Place was a great release, got more mileage out of it than Emperor of Sand.

Given the fanboy you are I'm surprised by that. Though Emperor of Sand was great, although I could've done with less of the extra little percussive dings dongs and shakers. They are constant throughout.

[Squigs]

It's moreso I haven't revisited it quite as much as I have Cold Dark Place - Emperor of Sand kind of came and went for me. Still enjoy it though and as you say, its not like there's many a weak-link in the catalogue whatever way you look at it.

[open face surgery]

Never really gave Cold Dark Place a right lash so tried today and not feeling it.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmW5qNfID4w

Would definitely dig this bunch doing the whole album