I wanted to get this review posted before Monday so that I will be completely prepared for the next wave of albums. I've never listened to Mastodon before and I thought that their upcoming appearance in my village would be a good reason to get listening. And then they released a new album. So New Release Sunday had to provide Mastodon.
I've always expected Mastodon to sound like Atreyu. Again, not really sure where this has come from...I just think I associated the two. However, I shan't be doing that again.
I'm now going to make a very unusual statement. So apologies for this as once again I can't back it up.
The singer from Mastodon sounds like how I would imagine a wizard to sing. For any Lord Of The Rings fans, listen to Mastodon and then pretend that Saruman (and I don't mean Christopher Lee) is the singer. It definitely fits. Even the music sounds fitting to this sort of mystical, mysterious theme.
I quite like it though. The music that is. I despise Saruman's vocals. He should stick to casting spells while his wizardy friends make music. I also think that I should have been right about Mastodon sounding like Atreyu. I think if Alex Varkatzas, lead vocalist of Atreyu, were to replace the Mastodon singer they would be a much better band.
Anyway, I don't want to talk about this album anymore, or listen to it for that matter. Despite saying I liked the music, I thought the album as a whole was poor. It seemed to blend horribly, and I am 100% sure that the bonus disc of this album is only intrumentals because there are many people that hate the vocals.
I'm sure that Crack The Skye: Disc 2 is fantastic, but a band shouldn't have to do that.
1/5
Dan.
So you disliked the album because you're annoyed that they don't sound like Atreyu?
ReplyDeleteI am guessing this is better than your other reviews. Keep it up
ReplyDeleteWhat genre is this album?
And why was that cover designed to give people epilepsy?
It's metal... pretty much just straight heavy metal with a bit of progression and sludge influences.
ReplyDeleteNo I'm not annoyed they don't sound like Atreyu. I'm annoyed that they have a terrible singer.
ReplyDelete"I am guessing this is better than your other reviews. Keep it up"
Not sure I understand what you mean...
I mean it's better written, you normally come across as someone whos not very well read, but this seems too be improving.
ReplyDeleteMassive lol.
ReplyDeleteI didn't write that last post but that was what I meant.
ReplyDelete" I mean it's better written, you normally come across as someone whos not very well read, but this seems too be improving."
ReplyDeleteHypocrite if anything.