Comments on: Mastodon Tears Open The Skye

By: Mastodon: The Hunter (Review) @ Antiquiet

Mastodon: The Hunter (Review) @ Antiquiet — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:01:05 +0000

[...] following two releases, culminating in the all-out progressive metal of 2009’s excellent Crack the Skye. That being said, it was hard to guess in just which direction they would go for their fifth LP, [...]

By: Dylan Cole

Dylan Cole — Sun, 01 May 2011 18:17:02 +0000

One of those albums where the more you listen to it the more you like it, which in my opinion is the sign of an amazing artistic piece. The kind of music that keeps on giving. I was never a huge Mastodon fan, but the more time you spend with each album the better they get. I can understand why some fans would be disappointed with the change, however, you can’t truly expect a band to make the same music over and over again – unless that band is Nickelback of course – therefore change is natural. Same thing applies to the Qotsa and their music, every album must evolve from the last. So open up a bit, and learn to love change, it’s not like they are playing slow love ballads and shitty hip-hop.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:06:06 +0000

I went to Hoover Drive middle school with Skye. I remember I first met her at a metal concert at a roller skating rink when I was 12. She was a wonderful person and what happened to her was a tragedy.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:28:37 +0000

“joseph rose is a cock sucker” is a Rude Gus.

By: joseph rose is a cock sucker

joseph rose is a cock sucker — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:52:40 +0000

joseph rose is a fucking dumbass cocksucker, claudio sanchez (assuming hes the dude from coheed and cambria) that guy fuckin sucks he sounds like a bitch, and so do you

By: stu

stu — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:49:53 +0000

To spinnet, pretty sure the reference to coheed is because coheed’s a prog band who attempts to make huge, sprawling storylines in their music (i think over 4 albums or something) and Johnny is basically saying that mastodon came in with one album and blew them away.

Back on topic, I’m definitely not much of a metal fan, and probably couldn’t sit through the entirety of any of their previous albums, but crack the skye is absolutely badass, it feels like the kind of record that makes every other band have to raise their game.

By: Spinett

Spinett — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:43:58 +0000

By the way, what does Coheed and Cambria has do do with Mastodon? Haven’t listened to them and I don’t get it.

By: John Persh

John Persh — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:54:22 +0000

Good review Johnny. Brilliant album.

By: Rudimus

Rudimus — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:06:38 +0000

Hey Josh.

You’re a moron.

By: Spinett

Spinett — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:07:43 +0000

It’s less heavy, but definitely not worse than the previous work (though I prefer Blood Mountain).