Mastodon stand tall as one of the few bands that transcend the metal genre and appeal to a wide range of music fans from the indie world to classic metal-heads and those with a penchant for the more progressive and experimental end of the heavy music spectrum. On their sixth album in a dozen years they bring together all the disparate elements of their musical … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Mastodon | Once More ‘Round The Sun
written by Chris Familton To get an idea of the current state of metal you’d be hard pressed to find a better club gig like this. Featuring three bands each representing a different strand of intelligent, hard and heavy guitar music the evening above all showed that there are many divergent threads to a genre that has without a doubt the most devotional of fans. … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Mastodon, Gojira, Kvelertak @ The Hi-Fi, Sydney (01/02/12)
Great to see some metal of the finest kind on Jools Holland recently. This is taken from Mastodon’s new album The Hunter. http://youtu.be/F4Ei2RklDTk Continue reading WATCH: Mastodon | Black Tongue (Live on Later with Jools Holland)
reviewed for FasterLouder Mastodon are one of the new breed of bands that are able to incorporate multiple strains of metal and weave them into something that resembles a progression rather than a regression of the genre. On the back of their epic album Crack The Skye they finally hit Sydney as part of the Big Day Out juggernaut and proceeded to lay waste to … Continue reading REVIEW: MASTODON @ UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney 21/01/10
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