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.