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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1330 on: March 17, 2015, 03:30:24 AM »
NEW SONG!!

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/new-mastodon-song-white-walker-from-catch-the-throne-the-mixtape-available-for-streaming/

That's great! Beautiful song.

Yet another Mastodon - side project.... Arcadea featuring 'don drummer/vocal Brann Dailor.

I swear Brann makes everything awesome. This really is different but sounds pretty amazing.  :tup  Check it out guys!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y36PqRQ3Jc0

This is very cool as well. Really different.


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« Reply #1331 on: June 20, 2015, 03:22:01 AM »
Bumping the thread for a new video for Asleep In The Deep, released yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBXWBj7hIzg

"The psychedelic and epic journey of a house cat who unknowingly travels into a bizarre gypsy catacomb where it encounters a giant bullfrog, a three-headed evil rat king, cat gnomes, cheese slaves and a warrior squirrel."
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1332 on: June 21, 2015, 04:22:46 PM »
haha classic Mastodon vid.

Also, I just watched the Motherload video for the first time, lol what the hell.  Obviously a piss take.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1333 on: June 24, 2015, 06:20:05 PM »
Just getting into them. Picked up Leviathan.

Fucking wicked band, should have gotten into them sooner

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1334 on: June 24, 2015, 07:26:12 PM »
Just getting into them. Picked up Leviathan.

Fucking wicked band, should have gotten into them sooner

Leviathan is a masterpiece, as is Crack the Skye imo. They haven't really put out a bad album, even if The Hunter and Once More 'Round The Sun aren't quite as good as the first four albums.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1335 on: June 24, 2015, 07:56:29 PM »
Just getting into them. Picked up Leviathan.

Fucking wicked band, should have gotten into them sooner

Better late than never man.  Leviathan is my fav album from them.

Rankings;

Leviathan
Remission
Lifesblood/Call of the Mastodon
Blood Mountain
Once More Round the Sun
Crack the Skye
The Hunter
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« Reply #1336 on: June 25, 2015, 03:06:07 AM »
Crack the Skye
Once more 'round the sun
The Hunter
Leviathan
Blood mountain
Remission

Yeah, I prefer the later day Mastodon.

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1337 on: June 25, 2015, 03:27:22 AM »
Crack the Skye
Once more 'round the sun
The Hunter
Leviathan
Blood mountain
Remission

Yeah, I prefer the later day Mastodon.
That's basically my ranking as well.

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« Reply #1338 on: June 25, 2015, 03:44:06 AM »
Love this band!

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Blood Mountain
Once More 'Round the Sun
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Leviathan
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1339 on: June 25, 2015, 04:45:09 AM »
The Hunter
Crack the Skye
Leviathan
Once More 'Round the Sun
Blood Mountain
Remiission
Lifesblood/Call of the Mastodon
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1340 on: June 25, 2015, 05:16:05 AM »
I've tried so many times to try and get into the Hunter but it just does nothing for me.  I think I'll try again.

Once More Round the Sun still gets frequent plays from me, it could sneak up my list more over time, great album.
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« Reply #1341 on: June 25, 2015, 05:52:24 AM »
I love the calmer tracks on The Hunter so much - the title track and The Sparrow are two of my favourite Mastodon songs.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1342 on: June 25, 2015, 08:12:10 PM »
Leviathan
Blood Mountain
Crack the Skye
The Hunter / Once More Round the Sun
Remission
Lifesblood/Call of the Mastodon

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1343 on: June 26, 2015, 10:10:02 AM »
I've tried so many times to try and get into the Hunter but it just does nothing for me.  I think I'll try again.

Once More Round the Sun still gets frequent plays from me, it could sneak up my list more over time, great album.

I'm kinda the opposite. I adore The Hunter. Once More Round The Sun is just "good" to me :)

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1344 on: June 26, 2015, 10:11:25 AM »
Leviathan
Blood Mountain
Crack the Skye
The Hunter / Once More Round the Sun
Remission
Lifesblood/Call of the Mastodon

Pretty much. And The Top 3 are all extremely close.

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1345 on: June 26, 2015, 07:45:02 PM »
Crack The Skye
Leviathan
The Hunter
Blood Mountain
Once More 'Round The Sun
Remission

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1346 on: June 26, 2015, 09:26:08 PM »
Blood Motha'friggin Mountain
Crack The Motha'friggin Skye
Once More 'Round The Motha'friggin Sun
Motha'friggin Leviathan
The Motha'friggin Hunter
Motha'friggin Remission

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1347 on: June 27, 2015, 06:16:12 AM »
Blood Mountain
Crack The Skye
Leviathan
Once More Round The Sun
Remission




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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1348 on: June 27, 2015, 06:55:17 AM »
Leviathan
Crack the Skye
Blood Mountain
Remission
Once More 'Round the Sun
The Hunter

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1349 on: June 27, 2015, 11:26:47 AM »
I think my order would be
Crack the Skye
Leviathan
Remission
Blood Mountain
The Hunter
Once More 'Round the Sun

And being last placed doesn't mean that it's bad just less preferred than the others.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1350 on: June 28, 2015, 03:36:45 AM »
Finally a couple that agree with me with The Hunter.
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« Reply #1351 on: June 28, 2015, 08:48:34 AM »
I'm right there with you. It's always felt like a collection of B-sides instead of a regular album. I like maybe four songs off of the entire thing and the rest are close to throwaway.

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1352 on: June 28, 2015, 09:45:37 AM »
Wow really ? I f---ing love The Hunter. I like it a lot more than Once More.

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1353 on: June 28, 2015, 09:57:25 AM »
Wow really ? I f---ing love The Hunter. I like it a lot more than Once More.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1354 on: June 28, 2015, 08:09:12 PM »
I'm right there with you. It's always felt like a collection of B-sides instead of a regular album. I like maybe four songs off of the entire thing and the rest are close to throwaway.

Yep.  And IMO, the best song (Deathbound) wasn't even on the album.

Still have to get it out and try again though.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1355 on: June 29, 2015, 04:15:42 PM »
I tried The Hunter again, yeah still does nothing.

Black Tongue and Spectrelight are awesome though.
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« Reply #1356 on: June 29, 2015, 04:39:24 PM »
Wow really ? I f---ing love The Hunter. I like it a lot more than Once More.
Agreed


I like Once More quite a bit but The Hunter was a good bit better overall for me too...

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« Reply #1357 on: June 30, 2015, 08:58:28 AM »
I think the issue with The Hunter I have is like some have said, it doesn't feel like a cohesive album for some reason. I love the songs individually but the style of the album seems all over the place when listened from start to finish. I need to listen to Once more 'round the sun a few more times before I really figure out where I stand with it. Most times when I start to listen to it I just drift away and decide to listen to something else.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1358 on: June 30, 2015, 09:04:15 AM »
To me The Hunter has precision whereas Once More feels a bit more lumpy and muddy.

Ironically - The Hunter was a very spontaneous album and Bill was away a lot and had to learn a lot of the songs after the fact.

Once More was a year in the making and apparently even more pre-produced than Crack The Skye yet the Hunter feels more like the better written of the two.

I don't dislike Once More... but it's no Crack The Skye and The Hunter just has the shiny production and better songs for my money.

Plus it has the songs " The Hunter " , " Dry Bone Valley " and " The Sparrow " ...

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1359 on: June 30, 2015, 09:41:44 AM »
I like Once More 'Round the Sun more than The Hunter, but Asleep in the Deep and Diamond in the Witch House have a lot to do with that, honestly-- both albums are very sonically similar and I enjoy them both immensely.

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1360 on: June 30, 2015, 01:36:51 PM »
Diamond In The Witch House is my favourite track from OMRTS.

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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1361 on: June 30, 2015, 01:40:59 PM »
The Motherload is mine.
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« Reply #1362 on: June 30, 2015, 05:06:28 PM »
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1363 on: June 30, 2015, 08:19:17 PM »
Diamond In The Witch House is my favourite track from OMRTS.

This actually could be my least favourite along with Chimes at Midnight.  Still good songs though.

Tread Lightly, Motherload, Aunt Lisa, Halloween, Emerald City all could be the best.
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Re: The Mastodon Thread v. Once More
« Reply #1364 on: June 30, 2015, 08:46:39 PM »
What?? I love Chimes at Midnight.

Tread Lightly is great, though, def agree there.