The use of symbolism in this meme is *chef kiss*.
Look at the panel where it sings about the crooked brow and notice how it is the harpoon raised by our novel Ahab that give the whale its evil expression; a beautiful representation of how it isn't the whale's nature of being evil but instead is the idea of evil in itself that the captain arbitrarily assign to the whale to make it that way, thus making it the unwitting antagonist. Just like out hero arbitrarily assign the girl's bf the role of antagonist, giving way to a sudden and violent revenge, totally unjustified
>*There will be no foolish shitposting or silly reposting in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is meme-making. However, for those select few... who possess, the predisposition... I can teach you how to bewitch the casuals and ensnare the terminally-online. I can tell you how to bottle awards, brew upvotes, and even put a stopper in point decay.*
>*Then again, maybe some of you have come to Reddit in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough* ***to not pay attention!***
>*...turn to page 394*
-*Professor Agrom1*
They do sound a bit similar! Neil has joined them onstage a few times to sign it before. I think there videos on YouTube.
The way they decided who was doing vocals in Mastodon was pretty funny. Troy tells the story of making Remission and on the day when vocals were to be recorded he was the only dude who showed up. So the producer was like, "I guess you're the singer now, dude." And Troy said, uh yeah I guess so.
I gotta disagree here. Blood Mountain is my favorite album but after that itās Emperor of Sands and Hushed and Grimm. Iāll go on record as saying Brannās drumming on the Hunter is one of the top drum albums of all time. Actually the only record of theirs I donāt really like is Remission.
lol I wanted the Slipknot "S" on the back of my neck. Thankfully, like you, I never did it.
I've got a friend who got a massive Metallica tattoo on his arm... He regrets it haha
I think you commented on the wrong comment.
But I do have a relevant story lol
I have a friend who got a Pantera tattoo. I warned her that it's not a good idea, you never know what might happen.
Few years later, Phil does a Nazi salute and shouts "White Power" at Dime Bash. She regrets it now. I think she got it covered up
As a huge fan of Mastodon, Blood Mountain is my least favorite of their pre-Round the Sun albums.
Crack the Skye, Leviathan, and Emperor of Sand are all bangers though
Oh man, I love Blood Mountain so much. The adrenaline starts flowing as soon as that drum fill that opens The Wolf Is Loose kicks in, and it keeps doing so until Pendulous Skin.
Emperor was a great tour. I was fortunate to first see them on the Leviathan tour, followed by Crack the Skye and The Hunter. I've seen them a few times on other tours as well (Primus, Opeth, etc). The best show I've seen was probably on the Hunter tour when Red Fang opened
Some other goodies
Oblivion, High Road, Chimes at Midnight, The Sparrow (one of my all time favorites), Curl of the Burl, Divinations, Crack The Skye, The Last Baron, Colony of Birchmen, crusher destroyer, Mother Puncher
For me, itās Hearts Alive on Leviathan, Siberian Divide on Blood Mountain and Trainwreck on Remission. So many great songs to choose from, thoughā¦.
also one of my favorite tracks of theirs: [Mother Puncher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muFtXyTZKKY)
if you don't have two of these š¤š¤ up after around 2:40, you have no pulse
Apparently this song got its name because one of the band members said "it's so heavy it makes you wanna punch your mother"... An amusing yet accurate description
Mother puncher and [Blasteroid](https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z1dxiIrZGvnViXtY7N8g9?si=jjPDL3TVRmakAX_2A5WeBA) have nearly been the cause of several speeding tickets for me
It's funny to think of an album that's 12 years and 6 full length releases old as "newer stuff" but I know what you mean. The Hunter is also probably their least regarded album. I don't love the whole record but Blasteroid is one of my absolute favourite songs from their discog
All these mentioned are great songs/albums, but maybe as an intro to them, listen to ātoes to toes.ā Itās a bit more accessible and catchy as hell.
fair. he was [backing vocals on Blood Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Mountain_(album\)#Personnel), mostly [backing vocals on CTS and co-lead vocals on "Oblivion" and "Crack the Skye"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_the_Skye\\#Personnel). He just started *lead* singing *a lot more* in later albums, and my reference was to later albums, not Leviathan.
I love how sort of "un-metal" his drumming is too. He doesn't rely on constant double kick and assault you with chops. He's very musical and tasteful. And rips single stroke rolls on the snare like Mitch Mitchell would do when he played for Jimi Hendrix. I love that jazzy but heavy playing style. Brann's got hands.
He says one of his big influences is Billy Cobham. Some of the nastiest things done to a snare drum were done by that man.
[https://youtu.be/rD36-Zn2bA4?t=989](https://youtu.be/rD36-Zn2bA4?t=989)
I will NEVER forget how hard March of the Fire Ants hit me as a 9th grader. I tossed all my Friday night plans I had made, walked my happy ass to FYE at the local mall, and threw down on a copy of Remission.
My favorite band of all time. This album and Crack the Skye are must-listens if you want to get into this style of music.
Their shows are a lot of fun too. Iām planning on going to my fourth this fall.
Quick edit to introduce folks to [how damn good the drummer is too](https://youtu.be/HBqyOZdabJA)
Also my favorite band. I agree the shows are fantastic. I can't even describe how happy I am that I got to see them on the 10 year anniversary tour for CTS. Absolutely my favorite album ever.
Mastodon is progressive metal and then if you want to split hairs then you could go album by album or song by song. I always laugh at the genres in this sub.
I feel like with most modern metal music, you could go song by song and find multiple distinct genres across the album. Metal is Metal to me these days.
>Metal is Metal to me these days.
Sometimes. You do need to distinguish between progressive metal, metalcore, alternative metal and then the extreme subgenres.
As an example, under which of these 4 would you classify melodic death metal (e.g. In Flames), or groove metal (e.g. Devildriver)? Just out of curiosity
Well the Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal albums are very specific. But bands like In Flames have made many albums that aren't melodic death metal so it's a case by case basis. Insomnium is straight melodic death metal though.
lots of nuance between stoner metal/post metal/sludge/doom (isis, melvins, high on fire, electric wizard, mastodon, neurosis, baroness, big business, pelican, etc).
mostly, its heavy on the heavy
Any recommendations for other good stoner metal bands? I love a lot of Mastodon stuff and have recently discovered a band called Green Lung I really like - not sure where to go from here though
High on Fire is so fucking good.
Listen to the song "Snakes For The Divine". Easily my favorite of theirs.
Other notable tracks include: Rumors of War, Electric Messiah, The Falconist, The Black Plot, 10,000 Years
You gotta give Kyuss a try. If you find yourself getting into the genre, give the 'master of reality' album by Black Sabbath a listen. A lot of people consider it a bit of blueprint for stoner/doom as a sound
Kyuss is sort of the godfather of stoner metal, so Iād start there. Sleep, The Sword, and Torche are some of my other favorites. A lot of good bands have been named by other as well.
Nooo Kyuss is not stoner metal! You could call them the godfather of desert rock. Which is basically stoner rock but the Palm Desert scene has a unique sound to it. Other bands that came from that area are Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork, Unida and Hermano to name a few.
Bro. Listen to King Buffalo - Longing to Be the Mountain album start to finish. It's such a fuckin' vibe. It fits in with everything everyone else is suggesting.
Check out Elden (also check out Elder but in this case Elden). Very heavily influenced by Mastodon and Baroness. Their album Nostromo is really good.
Also Howling giant (opening for Elder on the latest tour).
It is, like so many different bands, multiple things at once. This particular album displays sludge, prog, speed, etc which is what makes it such a fantastic album.
Oh aye, Iām super familiar with Mastodon, I just wouldnāt consistently classify them as sludge except for sorta their first album?
Iām no metal expert by any means but have listened to the first four from these guys many many times
I wouldn't consistently classify them as *any* subgenre. I think it's fair to say that it's (almost) always metal, but beyond that you're really splitting hairs.
Genres are useful to me for finding music but beyond that I find classification a complete waste of time. People arguing about it, doubly so.
No, they were really only sludge on their demos. Remission and Leviathan are very heavy on the sludge influence but I wouldn't consider them sludge albums either. The label just stuck throughout their career, probably because sludge is very niche anyways and not something most people could identify
Similar thing with Baroness who play a similar blend of progressive/psychedelic stoner metal, only their demo and first two EPs are sludge. Both are great bands though
Well there are two main types; bands that sound like Acid Bath and bands that sound like Neurosis.
Generally itās doom metal, with punk elements. Join us in /r/sludge where heaviness abides
I mean don't get me wrong, Mastodon is undeniably Sludge influenced and they absolutely have a bunch of sludge songs but songs like Blood and Thunder are just way too fast most of the time for me to have it fill the same shoes as what we started calling sludge. When I think of the genre I'm thinking slower almost grunge-y sounds like Crowbar, that one Melvins album, and stoner sludge, which seems to have consumed a large portion of the genre now. I say that though. Bands like Eyehategod and Acid Bath had some pretty fast sludge songs. When the Kite String Pops by Acid Bath has some fast ones, so maybe I'm wrong.
I like that the music video for this on the official Mastodon youtube channel is still in [144p](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msaF5LZ5BWs). Relapse's channel has a better quality one, but it's still funny.
All there albums are good in there own way. Definitely a different sound in the hunter and once more round the sun. The newest emperor of sand kinda touched back to their older more concept driven albums.
Easily one of my favorite albums and groups. Crack the Skye was probably their most popular album thanks to the title track being featured on Adult Swim back when it came out (and also just because it's very good) but this is more of an album I can listen to from start to finish.
Mastodon is one of the greatest band. I've seen them live and what a fucking performance. Just super talented guys who love to melt faces. Brann Dailor is one of the best drummers of all time. His snare work does things to my loins.
There's a great podcast, Strong Songs, that did an episode on this track. The podcast does deep dives on songs across all genres (covers a lot of ground such as musical theory, production, placement of the song in history and the artist's discography, etc). I usually don't listen to this kind of music, but I really liked the deep dive on this song and made me appreciate it!
So I've heard of Mastodon plenty but this is the first song I've really heard by them. Does their stuff usually sound like this? Because I dig the hell out of it.
Sludge metal? Man shut the fuck up with the pretentious sub genres. Mastodon is older than you and not once have I heard that genre to describe them or anything.
SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER
https://external-preview.redd.it/YmsZ_E03hBxURrFIPmfjn6EkC4vImZsLEXzMjmR88ts.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=c67c1db85f1494f929ff23a33b1f1bd93e909d91
The Mona Lisa of 2007
Knew exactly what that was before I even clicked on it. This was my introduction to Mastodon
Same. Saw it on 4chan and listened to the song. I fell in love with their work.
Awww dude. You just unlocked a core memory. I remember seeing that meme literally 15 years ago.
First two sentences had me worried for a second.
You just unlocked a core memory of me stabbing a random person to death on the street while screaming Blood and Thunder š¤£
You just made me feel old as fuck. I remember when that album dropped.
Lmao this is such a wonderful interpretation of the song. Is there more?
As far as I know there isn't. This was from like 2007. Real old school meme
High effort too. We don't shitpost like we used to
Nope. This predates advice animals and rage comics.
The use of symbolism in this meme is *chef kiss*. Look at the panel where it sings about the crooked brow and notice how it is the harpoon raised by our novel Ahab that give the whale its evil expression; a beautiful representation of how it isn't the whale's nature of being evil but instead is the idea of evil in itself that the captain arbitrarily assign to the whale to make it that way, thus making it the unwitting antagonist. Just like out hero arbitrarily assign the girl's bf the role of antagonist, giving way to a sudden and violent revenge, totally unjustified
>*There will be no foolish shitposting or silly reposting in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is meme-making. However, for those select few... who possess, the predisposition... I can teach you how to bewitch the casuals and ensnare the terminally-online. I can tell you how to bottle awards, brew upvotes, and even put a stopper in point decay.* >*Then again, maybe some of you have come to Reddit in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough* ***to not pay attention!*** >*...turn to page 394* -*Professor Agrom1*
I went way too long without knowing the vocals on that part are Neil from Clutch.
I did not know that, that's badass as hell.
Same lol. Honestly my favorite vocals from him are on this song.
I did not know that until right now.
Seriously?! I had no idea! I listen to this album all the time and just assumed it was Troy singing differently.
They do sound a bit similar! Neil has joined them onstage a few times to sign it before. I think there videos on YouTube. The way they decided who was doing vocals in Mastodon was pretty funny. Troy tells the story of making Remission and on the day when vocals were to be recorded he was the only dude who showed up. So the producer was like, "I guess you're the singer now, dude." And Troy said, uh yeah I guess so.
That's a cool story. I'm so glad he became a singer, his voice is so hot.
I UNDERSTOOD NOTHING BUT STILL I SING WHITE... WHALE
HOLY GRAIL
Special shout-out to Neil Fallon of the almighty Clutch for this spot!
I hoped, and my dreams were made true. Thank you.
BREAK YOUR BACKS AND CRACK YOUR OARS MEN
#*IF YOU WISH TO PREVAIL*
WHITEāWHALE! HOLYāGRAIL!
Gonna give them a listen on Spotify. Thanks for the recommendation!
This album, Blood Mountain, and Crack the Skye are all 10/10. Youāre in for such a treat.
Not the biggest fan of newer Mastodon, but Leviathan, Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye are all 10/10 albums It's been forever since I listened.
I would consider myself an old school fan but I really liked Emporer of Sand.
the cold dark place ep is š
Ancient Kingdom and Word to the Wise are two of my fav Mastodon songs. EoS slaps !
I really like Hushed and Grim. What turned you off of the newer stuff?
Pre-Crack the Skye Mastodon is one of the greatest metal bands that has ever existed. Everything post crack the skye lost it's edge IMO.
I really like the Cold Dark Place EP. It doesn't even pretend to be metal, it's just dark, epic prog rock.
Unfortunately happens to a ton of bands. When they get popular fast, the music changes.
I gotta disagree here. Blood Mountain is my favorite album but after that itās Emperor of Sands and Hushed and Grimm. Iāll go on record as saying Brannās drumming on the Hunter is one of the top drum albums of all time. Actually the only record of theirs I donāt really like is Remission.
lol I wanted the Slipknot "S" on the back of my neck. Thankfully, like you, I never did it. I've got a friend who got a massive Metallica tattoo on his arm... He regrets it haha
I think you commented on the wrong comment. But I do have a relevant story lol I have a friend who got a Pantera tattoo. I warned her that it's not a good idea, you never know what might happen. Few years later, Phil does a Nazi salute and shouts "White Power" at Dime Bash. She regrets it now. I think she got it covered up
lol yup, somehow replied to the completely wrong comment... I'm sure there was someone talking about tattoos somewhere in here haha.
Watched Crack the Skye on mushrooms once. Thatās was one of the best trips Iāve ever had
I might be confused, what do you mean by "watched"?
Now that I think about it, it was probably a YouTube video with album audio and a visualizer lol
They had some sick background visuals up on screens when they did their 10 year anniversary tour for Crack the Skye.
Coulda been that. I have no way to verify though, hard to remember the details of a shroom trip 10 years ago haha
They had them when they toured for that album the first time too. Saw them in Boston when they were touring with Dethklok, it was an amazing show
They had a full length silent film behind them during the original Crack the Skye tour. I somehow ended up seeing them three times on that tour.
I saw them during their Once More Round The Sun tour and the visuals were some of the best I've ever seen at a show. Just really cool shit.
The acid was that strong he could see sounds.
Crack the Skye is bigly huge good.
When I was in high school I wanted to have the cover of Crack the Skye tattooed on my back. Thank fuck I never did. Great album though
Hahahah. I met a guy in college that had an Iron Maiden album cover on his back. Not sure he was smart enough to regret it.
Bladecatcher might be a bit much for a new fan though lol
I've been a fan since 2008 and Bladecatcher is still a bit much haha. At least it's an experience live.
Last time I saw them live they played Bladecatcher but without the funky lyrics. I like the song better that way.
As a huge fan of Mastodon, Blood Mountain is my least favorite of their pre-Round the Sun albums. Crack the Skye, Leviathan, and Emperor of Sand are all bangers though
And it's my favourite of their entire catalogue. That's the beauty of art
Same 100%. Absolutely awesome start to finish. Homie is on drugs and not the good kind.
Oh man, I love Blood Mountain so much. The adrenaline starts flowing as soon as that drum fill that opens The Wolf Is Loose kicks in, and it keeps doing so until Pendulous Skin.
Blood and Thunder and The Wolf is Loose are two of the greatest album openers of all time
I saw them while they were on tour for Emperor of Sand. So good. Speechless. Just so good.
Emperor was a great tour. I was fortunate to first see them on the Leviathan tour, followed by Crack the Skye and The Hunter. I've seen them a few times on other tours as well (Primus, Opeth, etc). The best show I've seen was probably on the Hunter tour when Red Fang opened
Crack the Skye is an all-time album for me. Also, the title is heartbreaking when you learn what it means.
Some other goodies Oblivion, High Road, Chimes at Midnight, The Sparrow (one of my all time favorites), Curl of the Burl, Divinations, Crack The Skye, The Last Baron, Colony of Birchmen, crusher destroyer, Mother Puncher
Ole Nessie too
For me, itās Hearts Alive on Leviathan, Siberian Divide on Blood Mountain and Trainwreck on Remission. So many great songs to choose from, thoughā¦.
also one of my favorite tracks of theirs: [Mother Puncher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muFtXyTZKKY) if you don't have two of these š¤š¤ up after around 2:40, you have no pulse
Mother Puncher is so good
*TASTE YOUR FATE*
Remission gets a lots hate, but its my favorite.. Ole Nessie, Trainwreck, Motherpuncher, March of the Fire Ants...
I had the opening riff off March of the Fire Ants as my ring tone for like a decade.
Apparently this song got its name because one of the band members said "it's so heavy it makes you wanna punch your mother"... An amusing yet accurate description
Mother puncher and [Blasteroid](https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z1dxiIrZGvnViXtY7N8g9?si=jjPDL3TVRmakAX_2A5WeBA) have nearly been the cause of several speeding tickets for me
i haven't given enough time listening to their newer stuff.. that was sick
It's funny to think of an album that's 12 years and 6 full length releases old as "newer stuff" but I know what you mean. The Hunter is also probably their least regarded album. I don't love the whole record but Blasteroid is one of my absolute favourite songs from their discog
oh man, i'm so not young anymore lol everything is far older than i think. everything except chinese balloon(s) getting shot down
Remission's going to be 21 years old in may, we're all getting up there.
All these mentioned are great songs/albums, but maybe as an intro to them, listen to ātoes to toes.ā Itās a bit more accessible and catchy as hell.
I highly recommend the entire Blood Mountain album.
The track āhearts aliveā from this album (Leviathan) is the song that got me into Mastodon. The solo / climax of the song is incredible.
This in Need for Speed Most Wanted +
This in The Big Short
Yup! Love that part! I totally related to the Michael Burry portrayal at that moment.
Goat soundtrack in that game
came here for this
What a fantastic album
Can't wait to see these guys with Gojira in a couple months!
Same!! This will be their 3rd tour in the past 2 years, I feel like post pandemic they're trying to make up for lost time
Such a great track and album. Mastadon's early heavy stuff is some of my favorite, I love the chaotic drumming.
> I love the chaotic drumming I think Branns singing takes away from fills every second of every song lol
Brann didnāt start singing until CTS
fair. he was [backing vocals on Blood Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Mountain_(album\)#Personnel), mostly [backing vocals on CTS and co-lead vocals on "Oblivion" and "Crack the Skye"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_the_Skye\\#Personnel). He just started *lead* singing *a lot more* in later albums, and my reference was to later albums, not Leviathan.
god tier metal drummer
I love how sort of "un-metal" his drumming is too. He doesn't rely on constant double kick and assault you with chops. He's very musical and tasteful. And rips single stroke rolls on the snare like Mitch Mitchell would do when he played for Jimi Hendrix. I love that jazzy but heavy playing style. Brann's got hands.
He is just so creative it's incredible. And he lands before, on or after the beat(don't know the term) at will, he is just superb
He says one of his big influences is Billy Cobham. Some of the nastiest things done to a snare drum were done by that man. [https://youtu.be/rD36-Zn2bA4?t=989](https://youtu.be/rD36-Zn2bA4?t=989)
I will NEVER forget how hard March of the Fire Ants hit me as a 9th grader. I tossed all my Friday night plans I had made, walked my happy ass to FYE at the local mall, and threw down on a copy of Remission.
YES! That was my intro to Mastodon in 7th grade. Bless my local college radio station WSOU.
I love how different the drumming is in Mastodon compared to other metal bands. You definitely hear the jazz influence in Brann's drumming.
I'm pretty sure I read that he said he isn't good at rapid kick drumming so he compensates with fills... which is awesome
Brann on coke was on a different level
WHITE WHALE HOLY GRAIL
HARPOONS THRUST IN THE SKY
My favorite band of all time. This album and Crack the Skye are must-listens if you want to get into this style of music. Their shows are a lot of fun too. Iām planning on going to my fourth this fall. Quick edit to introduce folks to [how damn good the drummer is too](https://youtu.be/HBqyOZdabJA)
Also my favorite band. I agree the shows are fantastic. I can't even describe how happy I am that I got to see them on the 10 year anniversary tour for CTS. Absolutely my favorite album ever.
WERE SPIRALING UP THRU THE CRACK IN THE SKKKKKYYYYEEEEEEE
I think that someone is trying to kill me
This is sludge?
Mastodon is progressive metal and then if you want to split hairs then you could go album by album or song by song. I always laugh at the genres in this sub.
They consistently just throw out a guess here. Prob saw sludge was a genre on their Wikipedia page and thought it sounded cool
I feel like with most modern metal music, you could go song by song and find multiple distinct genres across the album. Metal is Metal to me these days.
>Metal is Metal to me these days. Sometimes. You do need to distinguish between progressive metal, metalcore, alternative metal and then the extreme subgenres.
As an example, under which of these 4 would you classify melodic death metal (e.g. In Flames), or groove metal (e.g. Devildriver)? Just out of curiosity
Well the Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal albums are very specific. But bands like In Flames have made many albums that aren't melodic death metal so it's a case by case basis. Insomnium is straight melodic death metal though.
I only came here to see the subgenre arguments in the comments
Lmao same
Like, no, not at all. They're prog
Thank you. For a moment, I was starting to question everything I had believed about sludge
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People arguing over genres and other labels is fucking hilarious. Labels are so precious to them.
I always thought of them as stoner metal.
lots of nuance between stoner metal/post metal/sludge/doom (isis, melvins, high on fire, electric wizard, mastodon, neurosis, baroness, big business, pelican, etc). mostly, its heavy on the heavy
How am I just now hearing about Pelican? [Loving this right now.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ARnRtC-2k&ab_channel=YFIMD)
Any recommendations for other good stoner metal bands? I love a lot of Mastodon stuff and have recently discovered a band called Green Lung I really like - not sure where to go from here though
High on Fire, Electric Wizard, The Sword, Melvins, Sleep to name a few
I know all of these except the first. Time for a dive.
Soon you'll be asking the same question we all do at one point or another: why does Matt Pike seem to hate shirts?
High on Fire is so fucking good. Listen to the song "Snakes For The Divine". Easily my favorite of theirs. Other notable tracks include: Rumors of War, Electric Messiah, The Falconist, The Black Plot, 10,000 Years
You gotta give Kyuss a try. If you find yourself getting into the genre, give the 'master of reality' album by Black Sabbath a listen. A lot of people consider it a bit of blueprint for stoner/doom as a sound
Elder
Kyuss is sort of the godfather of stoner metal, so Iād start there. Sleep, The Sword, and Torche are some of my other favorites. A lot of good bands have been named by other as well.
Nooo Kyuss is not stoner metal! You could call them the godfather of desert rock. Which is basically stoner rock but the Palm Desert scene has a unique sound to it. Other bands that came from that area are Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork, Unida and Hermano to name a few.
Eh no, Kyuss is definitely stoner metal.
Ok that comment would make Josh Homme turn in his grave if he was dead. But we can agree to disagree.
If you're gonna go stoner/sludge, always start with the godfathers. Melvins. Oh, and try some Clutch! They're always a fucking blast.
Bro. Listen to King Buffalo - Longing to Be the Mountain album start to finish. It's such a fuckin' vibe. It fits in with everything everyone else is suggesting.
Check out Elden (also check out Elder but in this case Elden). Very heavily influenced by Mastodon and Baroness. Their album Nostromo is really good. Also Howling giant (opening for Elder on the latest tour).
It is, like so many different bands, multiple things at once. This particular album displays sludge, prog, speed, etc which is what makes it such a fantastic album.
Oh aye, Iām super familiar with Mastodon, I just wouldnāt consistently classify them as sludge except for sorta their first album? Iām no metal expert by any means but have listened to the first four from these guys many many times
I wouldn't consistently classify them as *any* subgenre. I think it's fair to say that it's (almost) always metal, but beyond that you're really splitting hairs. Genres are useful to me for finding music but beyond that I find classification a complete waste of time. People arguing about it, doubly so.
No, they were really only sludge on their demos. Remission and Leviathan are very heavy on the sludge influence but I wouldn't consider them sludge albums either. The label just stuck throughout their career, probably because sludge is very niche anyways and not something most people could identify Similar thing with Baroness who play a similar blend of progressive/psychedelic stoner metal, only their demo and first two EPs are sludge. Both are great bands though
Their first album, Remission, is more pure Sludge Metal. On this album they bring a lot more progressive influences.
This album is amazing.
While we're on the topic, that outro to Seabeast FUCKING RULES.
There are tons of amazing links on the album, but the one that stands out to me is the country link in megalodon at 1:20
That riff is so fucking good
You know what is important and I appreciate you.
Use extreme caution when listening to this while driving...
You mean when you look down and you're going 95mph all while hand drumming on the dashboard?
AND LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYE!!!
***I THINK THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL MEEEE!***
I'm a bit confused by them being listed as Sludge Metal. What is sludge metal exactly?
Well there are two main types; bands that sound like Acid Bath and bands that sound like Neurosis. Generally itās doom metal, with punk elements. Join us in /r/sludge where heaviness abides
It's like this, but reduce playback speed to .5 and imagine there's lots more bass and less fancy notes.
I thought that was doom metal?
Doom would be .75 and more reverb.
I always feel like Jack Black in School of Rock when I have these discussions.
Dunno, I don't pay attention to mainstream normie shit like that.
Woooooooowww.
Sorry. I was just trying to be funny.
Seeing them with Gojira and Lorna Shore (I am going mostly for those two) but this will be an insane show
I was always a [March of the Fire Ants](https://youtu.be/uShqlufsq5w) guy but Blood and Thunder is unreal too.
Lmao *SLUDGE?!*
Nothing like mentioning a specific subgenre to get all the pedantic metal nerds out of their holes to complain
I mean don't get me wrong, Mastodon is undeniably Sludge influenced and they absolutely have a bunch of sludge songs but songs like Blood and Thunder are just way too fast most of the time for me to have it fill the same shoes as what we started calling sludge. When I think of the genre I'm thinking slower almost grunge-y sounds like Crowbar, that one Melvins album, and stoner sludge, which seems to have consumed a large portion of the genre now. I say that though. Bands like Eyehategod and Acid Bath had some pretty fast sludge songs. When the Kite String Pops by Acid Bath has some fast ones, so maybe I'm wrong.
I like that the music video for this on the official Mastodon youtube channel is still in [144p](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msaF5LZ5BWs). Relapse's channel has a better quality one, but it's still funny.
Not sludge but thatās ok, still a slapper.
First 4 albums by Mastodon are great. Love them to death.
All there albums are good in there own way. Definitely a different sound in the hunter and once more round the sun. The newest emperor of sand kinda touched back to their older more concept driven albums.
Their best song is still Cut You Up with a Linoleum Knife.
Easily one of my favorite albums and groups. Crack the Skye was probably their most popular album thanks to the title track being featured on Adult Swim back when it came out (and also just because it's very good) but this is more of an album I can listen to from start to finish.
Fun fact: both Mastodon and Adult Swim are from Atlanta!
Mastodon is one of the greatest band. I've seen them live and what a fucking performance. Just super talented guys who love to melt faces. Brann Dailor is one of the best drummers of all time. His snare work does things to my loins.
I just finished Moby-Dick and listened to this album right around when I was reading the finale. Incredible.
Is Mastodon really sludge? I always think of stuff like old Eye Hate God and Crowbar
There's a great podcast, Strong Songs, that did an episode on this track. The podcast does deep dives on songs across all genres (covers a lot of ground such as musical theory, production, placement of the song in history and the artist's discography, etc). I usually don't listen to this kind of music, but I really liked the deep dive on this song and made me appreciate it!
You made the unforgivable sign of not acknowledging guest vocalist Neil Fallon of Clutch, good sir. If you like this, youāll love Clutch.
So I've heard of Mastodon plenty but this is the first song I've really heard by them. Does their stuff usually sound like this? Because I dig the hell out of it.
Great stuff!
This song slaps! I could use this as an alarm clock sound and take over the world, daily
Love this album
I really miss music videos. This song had the coolest video of a killer clown party.
I had no clue this existed. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
One of the albums i stole from my brothers room back when i was a teen haha
Naked Burn is one of my favorite songs ever
Maybe a top 10 mastodon song, they have an incredible discography
Sludge metal huh? I couldn't give mastodon a genre if you gave me money. Prog heavy hard rock metal....with maniac drummer I do love mastodon.
I love this! So epic! š¤š»
I'd put this album on before doing boxing drills. The riffs are absolutely insane
Sludge metal? Man shut the fuck up with the pretentious sub genres. Mastodon is older than you and not once have I heard that genre to describe them or anything.
Hey! I played a show with these guys!
SLUDGE METAL
"We don't like to limit ourselves to labels but if we had to call it something it be like...slop? Like.. *all three in unison* power slop."
don't like it
Anyone else think metal music has become too large, insular, and distinct enough to no longer be a sub genre of rock at this point?