Mastodon - New album

[Don Gately]

Mastodon good

[Pentagrimes]

Edit: woops, never mind

[Squigs]

New track out today, I Saw Your Ghost again - don't think it'll win back many fans that have been lost over the last few albums, but its a lot riffier than lead tracks off H&G, EoS, etc. I think. I find these songs work better within the context of an album regardless, but I really like it. Don't think its reinventing the wheel, but it does have a few directions I hope to hear more of on the album. Good stuff, by my reckoning.

[ldj]

Sounds pretty cool, I was expecting a return to a heavier sound with Kurt Ballou producing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ65pizgD9I

[Eoin McLove]

Not bad. Some cool riffage at the end but the song seems to be focused on the vocal melodies with the guitars mostly taking a back seat.

[Ducky]

Yeah agree with McLove there. It sounds like they went "hey guys we can still write great riffs (and they absolutely can), but we never did settle on a proper vocalists and Brann still thinks he's Phil Collins, so here's whatever mish-mash this is supposed to be".

[open face surgery]

That's a great tune. Vocal harmonies don't seem out of line with anything they've done over the last few albums. After H&G never hitting the sweet spot for me, looking forward to hearing the album and seeing how it works as a whole.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's grand, but fairly latter-period Mastodon-by-numbers.

[ldj]

Live performance of the new song, they're sounding pretty tight these days to be fair. New guitarist is a dead ringer for Mike Scheidt from YOB.

https://youtu.be/LN97ICWccOk?si=Dtk8v38M26woBJdi&t=53

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Appreciated closure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba4fW0mXh_w

"And that's the last time I ever saw him again," Troy. Rough.

[Eoin McLove]

Seems like he was a hard man to work with.

[NINE-T]

A class way to explain the joys and difficulties of being in a band with a gifted and conflicted genius that Brent hinds was. I'm a big fan of this band, hinds was the outstanding member imo. But I really am looking forward to the next album.

[Hellyeah]

That was a great watch. Didn't know Brent was that difficult to work with. Never knew the full story. Have mega respect for these guys after watching.

[OpenSores]

Looking forward to watching this. Didn't expect this at all, so respect for em' sharing this.

[Eoin McLove]

Fair play to them for not just saying he was an angel, and brushing his difficult nature under the carpet.