Mastodon - Crack the Skye ALBUM REVIEW

[ssmith87]

Crack the skye is their best..IMO

[vukstanovcic]

although Blood Mountain is my favorite, i have to disagree a little bit with you, cause to me, Crack the Skye is fucking awesome too.

[TheSensitiveBuffalo]

Crack the Skye > Leviathan > Remission > Blood Mountain IMO

[dropmolly143]

I think its their best album. 10/10

[maidentrooper138]

This album is incredible... A 10/10

[fishbandit]

@ 0:05 ... There is no 'R' in Mastodon ???

[MastodonRockss]

To be honest, I don't think many people liked it at first, myself included, but after you listen to it all the way through once or twice, it's pretty awesome.

[jamesstitt2]

it's hard to compare the Mastodon albums because they all have their different elements, I love all of their albums but I can't choose which I would decide as my favourite...Leviathan, no CTS! arghh!!!

[Draculafreak]

I saw them perform this whole album live and about half way through their set, you could consider yourself legally high from the sounds and imagery they were showing.

[ConquerTheCemetery]

@Draculafreak I saw them play with Dethklok/Converge/High On Fire on that tour, and they played pretty damn amazing.

[maidentrooper138]

Not as good as blood mountain? This was the album of the year for 2009, and one of the albums of the decade...

[razer3230]

So im looking to buy an album to a band that i hardly never listen to. I've listened to some Mastodon like the song Blood Mountain and Blood and Thunder. I love both of those songs but I dont know which Mastodon album I should get?

[redfoxskater]

Really? I thought Crack the Skye was much better than Blood Mountain. Musically though. I thought Blood Mountain was a lot heavier and had newer riffs.

This album was like a remix of a classic rock jam session.

This album reminded me of a heavier Led Zeppelin.

[phidipidies]

Im so glad I had the privilage to see these dudes before leviathan came out. I had no Idea who they were, but they opened of Maiden. Ever since that show, I have loved these guys. Seen them five times now, and every show is better. Their progression in albums is increadible to say the least. If you like prog- metal, and are not familiar with all of their work, I suggest you check them out. Its time WELL spent. Cheers.

[steerclear036]

Love this album. It definitely is an album that needs to be listened to a few times to get the full effect because there is so much going on.

Crack the Skye and Blood Mountain are both tied for my favourite Mastodon album. But they are completely different records in that Blood Mountain has alot more riffs and technical playing, but (for me at least) in Crack the Skye you can really hear the emotion and quality song writing coming through.

[ilovechipotle85]

opinions are like assholes....

[brandito1527]

1. blood mountain

2. crack the skye

3. leviathan

4. remission

lolEthrealwaves, juaonuno and I can all agree on something.....apparently remission is'nt their best work....

[moiros]

i agree with you!Blood Mountain!Much better than Crack the skye!

[senorvolasco]

Crack The Skye was the album of 2009. Fuck Taylor Swift.

[EtherealWaves]

This guy's an idiot, not as good blood mountain?!

1. Crack The Skye

2. Blood Mountain

3. Leviathan

4. Remission

[jumblejunkiemusic]

@EtherealWaves Look up the definition of Opinion please.

[MessOfCurlyHair]

@jumblejunkiemusic

He may need help. Shall I hand him a dictionary? XD

[sohaib785]

@jumblejunkiemusic you didn't really say "in my opinion" before making that claim..i'm probably the biggest mastodon fan u'll ever come across and I think this album ties with (or even beats) blood mountain!!!

[TheCorruptionlives]

@jumblejunkiemusic Exactly, nicely said. Blood Mountain is very amazing, probably my favourite METAL album ever (i guess you COULD call it sludge even though its not as sludgy as the previous releases). And Crack The Skye is my favourite progressive metal album ever, they are very different (blood mou..,crack th..) but thats what great bands do, they change up their sound ever piece, and since remission they've done just that. Cant wait for the next release, coming out this year!!

[Blindside453]

@EtherealWaves I've got blood mountain and I thought it had a couple good songs but this CD in my opinion is so much better than their other stuff. But then again before this cd I wasn't a huge Mastodon fan. I thought they were really talented but this cd is absolutley amazing.

[phidipidies]

@EtherealWaves Im a huge blood mountain fan, but I would say crack the skye is even better. Leviathan is still my top though.. that album is just sooo raw and brutal. then the last couple melodic songs to end it off.. ahh, thats some good listinin'

[MetalHeadFilipeG96]

@EtherealWaves

i think the same, for me Mastodon gets better with each album

Remission was great, than they got better in Leviathan which was really awesome, than they reached almost perfection with Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye reached perfection, im sure their next album will be even better than perfection

[EtherealWaves]

@MetalHeadFilipeG96

My thoughts exactly! :D

[MetalHeadFilipeG96]

@EtherealWaves

ya, Mastodon is the best band of this century so far, no band has been able to start so well and get better with each album like Mastodon

[MKPAK93]

@EtherealWaves you cant call someone an idiot for having their own opinion

[12ozshark]

@EtherealWaves

1. Blood Mountain

2. Remission/Leviathan

3. Crack The Skye

[MetalHeadFilipeG96]

@12ozshark

i think they got better with each album

1.Crack the Skye

2.Blood Mountain

3.Leviathan

4.Remission

its almost impossible for a band to start as well as Mastodon did in Remission and then just get better and better with each album, thats why theyre the best band of these last 10 years in my opinion

[12ozshark]

@MetalHeadFilipeG96 I have to save hat 'best - 10 years' for TMV but that's me haha, yeah they got more experimental with each release, you could say better but I prefer the sound they had on the first two and blood mountain over crack the skye - thinking about it, Leviathan and Remission sound nothing like the other two, they had that epic sludgey sound on the first two where they'd use a lot of opens (guitar), the second two sound much more watered down, that's not necc bad just different

[MetalHeadFilipeG96]

@12ozshark

either way we all agree that all their albums are awesome

[DigitalBeesTV]

@EtherealWaves Man, all four album are very unique in a different way, as intended by their artists. I'd abandon that asshole attitude before having a real conversation about music.

[EtherealWaves]

@DigitalBeesTV LOL 8 thumbs up!, but I agree with you, I would'nt have said that now :)

[KirkAwesome]

@EtherealWaves I like Blood Mountain a bit more as well. So what?

[fabbola]

It's still a great album. I have to hand it to Mastodon to go in a different direction and still make it work. Great guitar solos on this album, by the way.

[mazze84]

The first song "neeeee..." your talking about Oblivion, you know that right...? Best song ever, and your rating it as a "neeee..." . . . Right. . .

[Sleepwalker516]

thank god u did an awesome review lol blood mountain is much better, leviathan is 2nd, Skye is 3, and Remmission 4th. Kudos to u on this review and to the Napalm death one

[PortugueseDevotion]

Is that the special edition????

[Ridethelightnin69]

1:Remission

2:Crack The Skye

3:Leviathan

4:Blood Mountain

[ShadowstepSH]

1. Blood Mountain

2. Remission

3. Crack the Skye

4. Leviathan

[joaonuno2009]

are you idiot?

1:Crack The Skye

2:Leviathan

3:Blood Mountain

4:Remission

[Vektruscen]

Crack The Skye is much better than Blood Mountain in my opinion.

[guitarist8688]

I thought it was better than Blood Mountain. I've listen to Bood Mountaina few times and it still isn't hitting me.

doesn't matter though, it's all good

[codeaires]

Best album of 2009; one of the top 10 best albums of the 00's.

[PortugueseDevotion]

The best album of 21century

[voodoochild1029]

imo mastodon sucks... they don't sound very prog or technical and doesn't sound like metal at all

[ymad29]

n'importe quoi ta que des conneries comme ça a raconter ?

[agugugachu]

and we all know that quality of music is based on how easy it is to slap a genre label on it

[voodoochild1029]

huh? no i'm just saying it doesn't sound prog or metal....

[gtarkid4u]

blood mountain has got nufn on crack the skye. who r u 2 judge

[Vektruscen]

The Last Baron, Ghost Of Karelia, and The Czar are unbelievable tracks. CTS is a masterpiece.

[Crohny]

not as good as blood mountain?! this isnt what we have really come to know vocal wise from them, but this album was amazing. you obviously dont need to be reviewing shit. haha

[Jaymeizter01]

Better than Blood Mountain.

[guitarist8688]

Amazing Record.

[DanielAbbasi07]

Blood Mountain is a hell of a record, but Crack The Skye tops it

[Terminxman]

Well, nothing tops Leviathan

[groovebrew]

Yeah, Mastodon got bored with the straight-ahead rah rah metal thing and took it up a couple clicks by implementing even more progressive songwriting like their heroes in Yes and Rush. To me, they're breaking ground as a hard-rock prog band and covering so much ground that it literally takes a while to digest it all and 'get it'... once it arrives it's a total headrush of 'HOLY SHIT!!!' The guys really outdid themselves, their next album is going to be absolutely phenomenal, bank on it folks.

[lutherhans]

i hope to god they write more heavy shit... fast paced, time signature changes were the shit and biggest reason i loved em so much

[MetalMassacre45]

this is by far my favorite mastodon record in my opinion.

[redsoxmb545]

Redundant comment is redundant.

[SirAwsomness]

black people are black

[FreakKitchen94]

i agree with chisox91, it's really really great, my favorite album right after leviathan but the more i listen to it the more i like it!

[fijberto]

Better than Blood Mountain IMO

[capchaos1289]

lol dude before i clicked this i thought you were going to be like " this is an embarrassing cd" i was going to flip on you lol

[jumblejunkiemusic]

ROFL, nah embarrassing CD week was only for.... well a week. The more i listen to Crack the Skye, the more i like it!!

[chisox91]

Easily better than Blood Mountain. IMO its not better than Leviathan though

[TERIOS45]

How brilliant is this album?

you may say that it's not as heavy as "Blood and Thunder" but the brilliancy of the album is what makes it heavy.

[jumblejunkiemusic]

i agree man. ive listened to it alot!! I like it alot

[Gerritspartan69]

@jumblejunkiemusic Yeah the album really grows on you over time. I didn't care for it too much at first but as time passed I listened to it more and more. And now, its my all time favorite album. I love Mastodon

[PsychoholicSlag83]

@Gerritspartan69 The same happened to me. I didn't understood it at first. Lucily, I'm not just a metalhead, but a rock music fan. So as a metal album... previous ones were better, but as a rock album (and always remember: metal is just a sub-genre of rock) is their BEST!

[hellojackathin]

a lot of people say its not as good as blood mountain. i can understand because its just a lot different but idk i like it more. good review.

[jumblejunkiemusic]

The more i listen to it the more i really like it. It is much different than Blood Mountain but probably will be the top metal record this year for sure

[JackoThe1st]

Speaking of Rush has any1 noticed that Mastodon seem to have copied and pasted YYZ into "The Last Baron" at 6.00-6.30. The cymbal sound at 6.22 is also exactly the same. I think Mastodon said they were into Rush at some point. If so this is a blatant tribute!

[jumblejunkiemusic]

I have to check that out. I didn't catch that! Rush are GODS!!! Everytime they come around here, My buddies and I go see them

[birdmetal90]

yeah its exactly the same- i think they were looking to do an homage to rush if you get what i mean; they kind of expected people to notice and say "ah mastodon tipping their hat to rush"...i really doubt that they thought they could copy note for note a distinct rush riff and not have people notice

[IGNITINGSATURN]

Crack the Skye is the best Metal Album of 2009.

Best Mastodon so far. Phucking brilliant.

Love it.

Jimmy

Melbourne Australia

[jumblejunkiemusic]

I havent heard the new Wolves in the Throne Room yet, it might be better than the new Mastodon ;)

Great album though!

[YoureWrongImRight]

I'll check out these Mastodon fellows, but only because you said so Jumbles.

I mean, you were right about Rush.