it's up there, their artwork also never disappoints, my favourite is Blood Mountain tho it speaks to the troglodyte in me ^^ they never settle for simple formulas its cool everybody can find sth different in their work, Leviathan is also masterfully done Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool!
That was my first listen through of the whole album too!, with that video. Should've worn ear protection, took a few days to get my hearing back to normal and at the time my job was to answer phones @@xujenvoxith360
It was my second song too, and what got me into Mastodon. Never quite cared about them until I heard that song... They're one of my fav bands now and Hearts Alive is still my fav song from them
Oh man, if you are into doing a full concept album, Crack the Skye is definitely the album for it. Such an awesome journey, and my favorite album by them. The songs somehow all work so well together, and listening start to finish would be the way to go. Would love to see this pop up on your channel some day and get to see someone else go through that journey!
Im still holding out for you to try Ne Obliviscaris . An Aussie melodic progressive metal band with unbelievable talent. Forget Not,Devour Me Colossus ,Intra Venus,Eyrie, or And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope would be absolute my some of the best suggestions to experience their art. And Ill !save out the surprises for you to discover. Thanks .
I wish reactors would stop listening to live tracks as their first experience with a song. The original "Colony of Birchmen" had Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age singing along with them, which obviously can't be properly replicated live by the band without him going on tour with them. Play live tracks after hearing what the original sounded like, so you can get an idea of how the band plays live.
I saw them live a few months ago, with Opeth. They were great, they had nonstop energy on stage, the passion was still there. Similar to some of their albums, they would ring out a note at the end of each song and segue right into the next, it was nonstop music. The light and animatics display going on behind them was perfectly psychedelic to go along with the music, and they had a great setlist. Closer was "Blood and Thunder". Really good show. My favorite album is actually "Crack the Skye", it's their most psychedelic/progressive, with tasteful inclusion of some keys/synths and the first time the drummer/lyricist Brann Dailor sings along with the other two guys. But I love Leviathan and Blood Mountain almost equally. All three of these albums are masterpieces. They have no really "bad" albums or songs, just the newer ones aren't as progressive or aggressive as earlier (with cleaner singing). One of my favorite bands, for sure.
Man, the Spiral part of the The Czar must be one of the worst moments to be interrupted by the dog.. That song is a real spiritual journey for me, especially that part, just pure epic piece of art.. Great reaction btw, I'm really happy with the songs you choose :)
I've seen them twice, once at a festival in 2009 and rhenium on tour in 2017. On the tour they started with The Last Baron and I absolutely love the fact they were ballsy enough to kick off a concert with a 13 minute song about astral projection. They are truly one of the great modern metal bands. Brann on the drums is a monster and the fact he does it while singing too... mind blown. Love their more experimental stuff over the straight ahead metal, but it's all good. And agree with what everyone else said, Crack The Skye is a masterpiece and a total trip.
Agree! Her stank faces ,air drumming and air guitar playing and her understanding of the music ,explaining what influences these artists and her excitement. I'm jealous. Its what I enjoyed the most about music the new experiences and discoveries. Rock on.
Yeah Justin I got Albums,8 tracks from older brother and his friends then cassettes on to CDs to the digital . The full tapes ,albums ,or cds, got wore down and replaced repeatedly. The nighttime headphone sessions to cruising ,partying ,and all boating and river adventures of the youth years. Those were definitely bathe days for meand my friends. The late 70s to the early 90s.
Just seeing your channel for the first time and this video got recommended to me as Mastodon is easily my favorite band. Great Vid! 2 fun facts: There are 3 lead singers in the group that share the vocals, the bassist (Troy), Lead guitarist (Brent) and Drummer (Brann). That climax of the solo in The Czar is actually the exact center of the whole Crack the Skye Album. The album is 50min on the second and that part is exactly 25:00.
THANKS FOR WATCHING!! Sorry for some slight editing errors in this one I just noticed lol. I hope you enjoy and let me know more about Mastodon! Children of Bodom is up NEXT!! xoxoxoxox
Crazy cool Mastodon facts: - three band members sing, guitarist, bassist, and drummer - Leviathan is the book Moby Dick made into a metal album. Thats the reason for all the nautical themes and tones. - the story and guitar parts for Crack the Skye were largely written by the guitarist when he was recovering from a brain hemorrhage. - Their guitarist doesnt write any of his solos in advance. Just shows up and plays them over the song a couple times by feel and thats whats on the album. - Their first 4 albums are also themed by elements - fire, water, earth, sky (or Aether)
Couple of factoids. Each of their most recent albums were inspired by personal tragedy and death. Skye was Brann Dailor's sister who died when he was a teenager. The Hunter was in tribute to guitarist Brent Hinds brother who died in a hunting accident. Emperor of Sand was inspired by a number of people the guys in the band knew who were battling cancer, and their most recent, Hushed and Grim, was both inspired by and a tribute to their long time manager, who sadly passed away from cancer just after the release of the previous album
I love the replies here with facts about the albums and the inspirations. If that interests you, (its not metal) try some Nick Cave, his later works, say Push The Sky Away or Skeleton Tree. His earlier work is amazing too and probably more well-known than these albums but Push The Sky Away just has a story to tell that really hits and personally I love the slower groove as opposed to the fierce approach he had when he was younger. On the other end of the spectrum, Listen to the album Buster by Admiral Angry. I have to say it's the heaviest most painful album I've ever heard knowing that the guitarist was dying of Cystic Fibrosis. Daniel played a modified bass, strung up as a guitar tuned down to A. Everything about the sound he creates is so crushing but its also the gap in sound that makes this album so mean, breaks in a song where you have just a snare and a bass creating space, its just bleak. Side fact, the rest of the band went on to form the band Black Sheep Wall which is relatively well known in the I dunno djent, doom, drone metal scene, whatever its called.
Okay so Ima just drop this here and other places in hopes you'll give 'em a go. The band Crowbar still heavy as heck but with slower tempos. This is the "Sludge Metal" genre. Crowbar - Like Broken Glass, Planets Collide, The Lasting Dose, All I Had (I Gave), Walk with Knowledge Wisely.
I'd love to see a reaction to some Unleash the Archers. Some song suggestions that give you a good scope of their talent - General of the Dark Army, Apex, Awakening, Cleanse the Bloodlines, Tonight We Ride, Abyss, Faster than Light, The Wind that Shapes the Land
Glad you enjoyed them! Hope for a part 2 someday. I think you'd like their Emperor of Sand album! You noting some twang in their sound was pretty spot on, lead guitarist Brent Hinds originally played the banjo and has snuck in some banjo and some banjo inspired riffs like in the song Megalodon off the Leviathan album.
There are 3 singers. I love that term, “that’s juicer”. Can I use it? 🤣 Brann Daylor is one of the best drummers in the world. He onnce had a drum off with Danny Carrey of tool. Look it up.
32:53 girl saaaame, and then "Joseph Merrick" comes right after, which I don't know why they named it like that. Because I'm picturing Ishmael inside a tavern all messed up reliving in memory all the epic and tragic adventure that he had with Ahab's crew as my imaginary camera's fading away from his face in shock and awe from what he'd experienced. What a banger of an album 🤘 fucking hell
Mastodon is such an amazing band with a wide range of sounds. If you want to do one album in its entirety, Crack the Skye is a progressive metal masterpiece. It has long epic jams that keep you mesmerized, and a few shorter bangers that hit really hard. Oblivion in particular has incredible lyrics. Also definitely see them live. They play a lot of their newer stuff but it's honestly better live than on the album.
Yesss! My favourite album from one of my favourite bands. This album is a journey. I listened Leviathan while I was in a boat sailing in the middle of the ocean in the south of Chile and it was ttemendous. Love your content!
Mastodon are great. I think you should definitely check out at least 5 more songs of theirs. You haven't really got to experience Brann singing which over the years has come to be my favorite of the three.
Nice reaction. Mastodon is glorious, best discography in metal the last 2 decades. More mastodon videos would be awesome, they have so much insanely good music and nobody else sounds like them, they also have 3 lead vocalists including the drummer Brann Dailor who’s a god tier musician, he sings the chorus on high road. you’ve gotta do their song “roots remain” whenever you do more mastodon, one of their best songs ever and very emotional song because it’s about the guitarists mom who died of cancer.
Funny you mentioned them having Opeth vibes a lot in this video. They actually co-headliner a tour together earlier this year and that was definitely an experience. Highly recommend seeing them when you can.
Mastodon needs time like good wine. it gets better and better everytime you lisent to it. High road, Asleep in the deep and Steambreather are masterpieces you need to check the videos tho
I don't know anything about the Grammys, but the choice seems fine if that category means what I think it means. Tenacious D is actually a pretty good band and they are showmen. Also, they are definitely metal, even if not quite as extreme as you've listened to on this channel. So them winning "Best metal *Performance* " isn't that ridiculous in my mind. Mastodon and the others are more technically competent and I'd personally say better bands that make better music, but if the award is for a "performance". I don't know if I'd personally have given them the award, even if it is for a "performance", but it's not out of the question IMO.
Oh and as you're into the drum side of things, there's a series of videos of Brann Dailor playing along with the songs so you can really see him go at it. ua-cam.com/video/CJroOyxw-r4/v-deo.html
The Colony of Birchmen version couldn't have been worse. I highly recommend for you to check the album version and at the same time the whole album Blood Mountain. Same goes with Crack the Skye. Some epic stuff. Orher than that: nice video!
“Lead singer” is Troy but they have two other singers that are all different and fanatic. Funny you mention Opeth, theres a lot of crossover between those two bands. Both my favorite metal bands, both “progressive” but both definitely different. I must say you have an amazing musical ear, catching things that took me several listens to hear. Love your reaction.
@1:08:45 You're thinking of an oxymoron. A double entendre is a double meaning, something that interpreted more than one way due some amount of vagueness of the language used; often for the effect of *purposefully obscuring the **_true_** meaning,* or to *explicitly state that **_both_** meanings apply.*
He has a very recognizable voice. I picked him out of Killer Be Killed right away. You should check them out as well. "founded by Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera in early 2011. The lineup also features Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and Converge drummer Ben Koller."
@@AbhijeetSingh-ed3lw since you’re an insomnium fan I definitely recommend checking out the album “the frozen trail “ from hollow decay, really good debut album from earlier this year with a lot of insomnium vibes, one of if not my favorite melodeath project this year
High on fire would be a good one too similar type of metal this is more like soilent green ultra gritty and dirty exactly old school underground sound 🤘
If you enjoyed the Czar, please listen to the full album start to finish as a whole. It's not a complete concept album in the way like pink floyd or the who did it but there are interlinked tracks that tell a pretty wild story about astral travelling, flying too close to the sun, travelling through time and back to Russia during the time of Rasputin and the downfall of the Romanovs.
I think you should do The Last Baron from Crack The Skye album. Its their masterpiece along with Hearts Alive and Jaguar God. Its mind blowing!! By the way nice video 👏
Crack the Skye could be in the conversation for the greatest progressive metal album of all time, only Metropolis part 2 and Colors have a hand in that race.
Very nice reaction, you definitely have a chill vibe 💯 interesting picks as well Full album reaction would be great, altough I prefer their newer stuff (Once more round the Sun / Emperor of Sand / Hushed and Grimm) besides the Blood Mountain album, which I think is their best album. I always see people loving Crack The Skye the most, which of course is a good album too, just not my favorite
Its Ozzy. Im not even a fan of Ozzy. I used to get frustrated that other metal kids my age pretended to like it. But its undeniable how much Ozzy and Sabbath influenced my favorite music. Brent sounds just like Ozzy and i love it. Its so weird to me that nobody really makes that connection,
You made me laugh....it is "Leviathan". Not Lev-i-a-thon. That was adorable. Yeah, Mastadon is excellent and Brann is a killer drummer. Lots more to enjoy and I hope that you'll post more about them. ;)
similar concepts between the bands you mentioned. but not EARTHY as much as OCEANY. 😂 your thinking of flying whales from Gojira. Gojira singin more climate stuff. MASTODON just describing a book in their style. both have whales. 😎
Also I'm not sure if you know them but you should totally react to a band called amon amarth A good song is called Toks taunt, Loki's treachery part ll.
Unpopular opinion (at least it was back in 2009) among Mastodon fans, but Crack in the Skye is their masterpiece. I am glad they didn't even try to do it again, but moved on, even if I like what came after a lot less. It's weakest track (Quintessence) is still decent, and all others are actually really good. And the last three tracks are my picks for all time top three tracks from Mastodon.
They definitely not an unpopular opinion, it’s pretty much the most common opinion these days. Crack the skye is just one of their multiple masterpieces tho and not the only one
Please do Trivium!! One of best modern metal bands in last 20 years, their music evolved through so much, especially last 3 records are their best work. Its a must, the sin and the sentence, shogun, in waves, in the court of the dragon, what the dead men say - whatever you pick from these wont dissapoint you!
@@RussFerri and thats completely okay, just my point of view. A new drummer came in 2017 and gave them a second breath, so you still gotta give them a chance again haha
@@PatrikVrazba Right on! I'm glad you enjoy them, I think their 1st couple of records were really cool but I don't really like the direction they took.
Love the tcm shirt I got tons of good horror recommendations if you're interested nothing too crazy or brutal some of that stuff is insane even for me I mostly like supernatural I'm pretty sure you do too
"Crack the sky" album is one of the best concept albums ever, this masterpiece should be listened as a whole!!!
The black and white concert video was awesome to watch live. Saw it with the Dethklok/Mastodon tour.
This. People always shout out oblivion, the czar, nah man crack the skye…in its entirety
it's up there, their artwork also never disappoints, my favourite is Blood Mountain tho it speaks to the troglodyte in me ^^
they never settle for simple formulas its cool everybody can find sth different in their work, Leviathan is also masterfully done
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool!
That was my first listen through of the whole album too!, with that video. Should've worn ear protection, took a few days to get my hearing back to normal and at the time my job was to answer phones @@xujenvoxith360
Hearts Alive is a pretty deep cut for just your second Mastodon song. You handled it pretty well.
It was my second song too, and what got me into Mastodon. Never quite cared about them until I heard that song... They're one of my fav bands now and Hearts Alive is still my fav song from them
Heart's alive is one of my favourite tracks by Mastodon! Its a master piece
Imagine never listening to them before and you start with a 13 minute multi-movement epic like Hearts Alive. Bonkers.
Without a doubt their best song. I still remember when they opened their concerts with this song…ballsy move
Oh man, if you are into doing a full concept album, Crack the Skye is definitely the album for it. Such an awesome journey, and my favorite album by them. The songs somehow all work so well together, and listening start to finish would be the way to go. Would love to see this pop up on your channel some day and get to see someone else go through that journey!
Came to say the same thing.
Im still holding out for you to try Ne Obliviscaris . An Aussie melodic progressive metal band with unbelievable talent. Forget Not,Devour Me Colossus ,Intra Venus,Eyrie, or And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope would be absolute my some of the best suggestions to experience their art. And Ill !save out the surprises for you to discover. Thanks .
Painters of the Tempest Pt 2 also to add to that
@Drummonkey96 I agree . Its hard to remember all the titles since e there are no bad tracks from them imo.Thanks.
That's me showing my approval for this comment.
And a woman beating ex bassist
Cool thing about this band is that everybody sings, even the drummer
Does Bill ever sing? I always thought it was just Troy Brent and Brann
@@Harper_Sloane He sings on Mother Puncher and Blood and Thunder. Probably more too
@@brandonaitchison3747 this is untrue. bill has never sung on a studio recording
@@zeph4608 true but he does live.
@@Harper_Sloane He yells live during mother and blood. I wouldn't call it singing.
You might want to check out Baroness sometime. They're not exactly metal, but they remind me a lot of a stoner rock version of Mastodon.
Heavy YES to that suggestion from me!
I'd say Baroness falls under the prog metal umbrella. Also a big yes from me to that suggestion as they are one of my favourite bands.
YES.
Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk and Red Album were pretty damn metal imo. Blue was amazing but started to tone it down a bit
FUCKIN love Baroness! But I am from that part of Pa. The whole band are badasses. John and Gina - WHEN IS THE NEXT ALBUM COMING : )
I wish reactors would stop listening to live tracks as their first experience with a song. The original "Colony of Birchmen" had Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age singing along with them, which obviously can't be properly replicated live by the band without him going on tour with them. Play live tracks after hearing what the original sounded like, so you can get an idea of how the band plays live.
hearts alive is peak mastodon.
I saw them live a few months ago, with Opeth. They were great, they had nonstop energy on stage, the passion was still there. Similar to some of their albums, they would ring out a note at the end of each song and segue right into the next, it was nonstop music. The light and animatics display going on behind them was perfectly psychedelic to go along with the music, and they had a great setlist. Closer was "Blood and Thunder". Really good show. My favorite album is actually "Crack the Skye", it's their most psychedelic/progressive, with tasteful inclusion of some keys/synths and the first time the drummer/lyricist Brann Dailor sings along with the other two guys. But I love Leviathan and Blood Mountain almost equally. All three of these albums are masterpieces. They have no really "bad" albums or songs, just the newer ones aren't as progressive or aggressive as earlier (with cleaner singing). One of my favorite bands, for sure.
Me too! In Seattle.
Saw them in Houston back in October. Epic show!
Man, the Spiral part of the The Czar must be one of the worst moments to be interrupted by the dog.. That song is a real spiritual journey for me, especially that part, just pure epic piece of art.. Great reaction btw, I'm really happy with the songs you choose :)
I've seen them twice, once at a festival in 2009 and rhenium on tour in 2017. On the tour they started with The Last Baron and I absolutely love the fact they were ballsy enough to kick off a concert with a 13 minute song about astral projection.
They are truly one of the great modern metal bands. Brann on the drums is a monster and the fact he does it while singing too... mind blown. Love their more experimental stuff over the straight ahead metal, but it's all good. And agree with what everyone else said, Crack The Skye is a masterpiece and a total trip.
Yesssss more of this type of metal kaiya cutest metalhead ever
Agree! Her stank faces ,air drumming and air guitar playing and her understanding of the music ,explaining what influences these artists and her excitement. I'm jealous. Its what I enjoyed the most about music the new experiences and discoveries. Rock on.
@@harlanmonk569 true enough man it's just a different way of discovering for us it was tapes in the local record store for me anyway
Yeah Justin I got Albums,8 tracks from older brother and his friends then cassettes on to CDs to the digital . The full tapes ,albums ,or cds, got wore down and replaced repeatedly. The nighttime headphone sessions to cruising ,partying ,and all boating and river adventures of the youth years. Those were definitely bathe days for meand my friends. The late 70s to the early 90s.
@@harlanmonk569 sounds awfully familiar man old school tape trading etc...
Yes ma’am. Great metal band with tons of layers and a southern vibe. 3 vocalist and deep lyrical content. Mastodon rocks. That’s all I have to say.
4 vocalists, if you think about the earlier albums. Bill Kelliher has some brutal screams in there, gotta say. :D
Just seeing your channel for the first time and this video got recommended to me as Mastodon is easily my favorite band. Great Vid!
2 fun facts:
There are 3 lead singers in the group that share the vocals, the bassist (Troy), Lead guitarist (Brent) and Drummer (Brann).
That climax of the solo in The Czar is actually the exact center of the whole Crack the Skye Album. The album is 50min on the second and that part is exactly 25:00.
THANKS FOR WATCHING!! Sorry for some slight editing errors in this one I just noticed lol. I hope you enjoy and let me know more about Mastodon! Children of Bodom is up NEXT!! xoxoxoxox
Crazy cool Mastodon facts:
- three band members sing, guitarist, bassist, and drummer
- Leviathan is the book Moby Dick made into a metal album. Thats the reason for all the nautical themes and tones.
- the story and guitar parts for Crack the Skye were largely written by the guitarist when he was recovering from a brain hemorrhage.
- Their guitarist doesnt write any of his solos in advance. Just shows up and plays them over the song a couple times by feel and thats whats on the album.
- Their first 4 albums are also themed by elements - fire, water, earth, sky (or Aether)
Ummm, Opeth - still life? :|
Yeah what batweed said. Still Life is the best prog metal album ever made
Couple of factoids. Each of their most recent albums were inspired by personal tragedy and death. Skye was Brann Dailor's sister who died when he was a teenager. The Hunter was in tribute to guitarist Brent Hinds brother who died in a hunting accident. Emperor of Sand was inspired by a number of people the guys in the band knew who were battling cancer, and their most recent, Hushed and Grim, was both inspired by and a tribute to their long time manager, who sadly passed away from cancer just after the release of the previous album
I love the replies here with facts about the albums and the inspirations. If that interests you, (its not metal) try some Nick Cave, his later works, say Push The Sky Away or Skeleton Tree. His earlier work is amazing too and probably more well-known than these albums but Push The Sky Away just has a story to tell that really hits and personally I love the slower groove as opposed to the fierce approach he had when he was younger.
On the other end of the spectrum, Listen to the album Buster by Admiral Angry. I have to say it's the heaviest most painful album I've ever heard knowing that the guitarist was dying of Cystic Fibrosis. Daniel played a modified bass, strung up as a guitar tuned down to A. Everything about the sound he creates is so crushing but its also the gap in sound that makes this album so mean, breaks in a song where you have just a snare and a bass creating space, its just bleak.
Side fact, the rest of the band went on to form the band Black Sheep Wall which is relatively well known in the I dunno djent, doom, drone metal scene, whatever its called.
Okay so Ima just drop this here and other places in hopes you'll give 'em a go. The band Crowbar still heavy as heck but with slower tempos. This is the "Sludge Metal" genre.
Crowbar - Like Broken Glass, Planets Collide, The Lasting Dose, All I Had (I Gave), Walk with Knowledge Wisely.
Dude, those are some of my favorite Crowbar songs
Hell yeah man crowbar is way to go
Great band, planets collide.
I'd love to see a reaction to some Unleash the Archers. Some song suggestions that give you a good scope of their talent - General of the Dark Army, Apex, Awakening, Cleanse the Bloodlines, Tonight We Ride, Abyss, Faster than Light, The Wind that Shapes the Land
If I had the time, I would mark every "uhgh" you made! I agree, it's DISGUSTINGly good! :D
Damn I was hoping you hear March of the Fire Ants. That was the song that got me into the band.
Brann Daylor the drummer is their best singer.
Glad you enjoyed them! Hope for a part 2 someday. I think you'd like their Emperor of Sand album! You noting some twang in their sound was pretty spot on, lead guitarist Brent Hinds originally played the banjo and has snuck in some banjo and some banjo inspired riffs like in the song Megalodon off the Leviathan album.
There are 3 singers. I love that term, “that’s juicer”. Can I use it? 🤣 Brann Daylor is one of the best drummers in the world. He onnce had a drum off with Danny Carrey of tool. Look it up.
they all sing
Ah man, I was hoping you heard ‘March Of The Fire Ants’. That’s what introduced me to Mastodon.
32:53 girl saaaame, and then "Joseph Merrick" comes right after, which I don't know why they named it like that. Because I'm picturing Ishmael inside a tavern all messed up reliving in memory all the epic and tragic adventure that he had with Ahab's crew as my imaginary camera's fading away from his face in shock and awe from what he'd experienced. What a banger of an album 🤘 fucking hell
I would love to see your reaction to Devin Townsend
I would recommend Deadhead, Life, Angel and Stand
Awesome reaction
mastodon is one of the best live shows. dont miss any chance to see them
love Mastodon. I need to see them live again now 😢
Mastodon is such an amazing band with a wide range of sounds. If you want to do one album in its entirety, Crack the Skye is a progressive metal masterpiece. It has long epic jams that keep you mesmerized, and a few shorter bangers that hit really hard. Oblivion in particular has incredible lyrics.
Also definitely see them live. They play a lot of their newer stuff but it's honestly better live than on the album.
Yesss! My favourite album from one of my favourite bands. This album is a journey. I listened Leviathan while I was in a boat sailing in the middle of the ocean in the south of Chile and it was ttemendous. Love your content!
Hearts Alive is a masterpiece.
Mastodon are great. I think you should definitely check out at least 5 more songs of theirs. You haven't really got to experience Brann singing which over the years has come to be my favorite of the three.
Nice reaction. Mastodon is glorious, best discography in metal the last 2 decades. More mastodon videos would be awesome, they have so much insanely good music and nobody else sounds like them, they also have 3 lead vocalists including the drummer Brann Dailor who’s a god tier musician, he sings the chorus on high road. you’ve gotta do their song “roots remain” whenever you do more mastodon, one of their best songs ever and very emotional song because it’s about the guitarists mom who died of cancer.
Definitely Go see them live also, it’s a blast.
I think mastodon deserves a reaction to one of his albums
Crack the Skye is my second favorite album ever behind Blackwater Park. Glad you’re checking this band out
Funny you mentioned them having Opeth vibes a lot in this video. They actually co-headliner a tour together earlier this year and that was definitely an experience. Highly recommend seeing them when you can.
Mastodon needs time like good wine.
it gets better and better everytime you lisent to it. High road, Asleep in the deep and Steambreather are masterpieces you need to check the videos tho
I don't know anything about the Grammys, but the choice seems fine if that category means what I think it means.
Tenacious D is actually a pretty good band and they are showmen. Also, they are definitely metal, even if not quite as extreme as you've listened to on this channel. So them winning "Best metal *Performance* " isn't that ridiculous in my mind.
Mastodon and the others are more technically competent and I'd personally say better bands that make better music, but if the award is for a "performance". I don't know if I'd personally have given them the award, even if it is for a "performance", but it's not out of the question IMO.
Oh and as you're into the drum side of things, there's a series of videos of Brann Dailor playing along with the songs so you can really see him go at it. ua-cam.com/video/CJroOyxw-r4/v-deo.html
I like Blood and Thunder cause it has a guest vocalist Neil Fallon from Clutch.
The Colony of Birchmen version couldn't have been worse. I highly recommend for you to check the album version and at the same time the whole album Blood Mountain. Same goes with Crack the Skye. Some epic stuff.
Orher than that: nice video!
Agreed
Red Fang is a band that should be on your radar. Their videos are highly entertaining.
hushed and grim album is full of bangers thats the newest album
I completely understand the reaction at 57:35. I've been having the same reaction for several years now
Hearts Alive is Opus Magnum as far as Mastodon somgs go. Love em to death, they live rent free in my soul. A guitaR sandwich indeed :)
Hells yeah girl I needed this today 🤘😈🤘😀❤
This is funny to watch now after watching a certain tier list with Mastodon in the trash bin.
The video for Motherload is catchy AF
Big thumbs up my new favorite reactor
And btw they did win a grammy
“Lead singer” is Troy but they have two other singers that are all different and fanatic. Funny you mention Opeth, theres a lot of crossover between those two bands. Both my favorite metal bands, both “progressive” but both definitely different. I must say you have an amazing musical ear, catching things that took me several listens to hear. Love your reaction.
Troy is very recognizable and has a distinctive vocal all his own. Mastodon as a whole are unique and are their own creation in sound and delivery
It's actually both guitarist doing the guitar solo in harmony in blood and thunder
Kinda wish Teardrinker was one of the songs reacted to. Just so she could hear how well the drummer sings.
"The Sparrow" from them is a must
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Most reactors try give outrageous surprised and elated expressions but your stank face is perfect for Mastodon. Love it.
@1:08:45 You're thinking of an oxymoron.
A double entendre is a double meaning, something that interpreted more than one way due some amount of vagueness of the language used; often for the effect of *purposefully obscuring the **_true_** meaning,* or to *explicitly state that **_both_** meanings apply.*
He has a very recognizable voice. I picked him out of Killer Be Killed right away. You should check them out as well. "founded by Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera in early 2011. The lineup also features Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and Converge drummer Ben Koller."
Would love to see you react to The Deftones.
blood and thunder: summer vibes
Good choices. Hearts Alive and the Czar are two of their best tracks imo.
The singer's name hahaha Three dudes sing and the fourth growls sometimes hahahah great band!
Some Insomnium would be great..
Insomnium rules, probably 2nd behind be’lakor for top melodeath bands
@@puppetmaster8551 Both on par for me
@@AbhijeetSingh-ed3lw since you’re an insomnium fan I definitely recommend checking out the album “the frozen trail “ from hollow decay, really good debut album from earlier this year with a lot of insomnium vibes, one of if not my favorite melodeath project this year
@@puppetmaster8551 will do mate… 👍
Chambering of the drums.
High on fire would be a good one too similar type of metal this is more like soilent green ultra gritty and dirty exactly old school underground sound 🤘
Great video! Ill watch you react to anything.
If you enjoyed the Czar, please listen to the full album start to finish as a whole. It's not a complete concept album in the way like pink floyd or the who did it but there are interlinked tracks that tell a pretty wild story about astral travelling, flying too close to the sun, travelling through time and back to Russia during the time of Rasputin and the downfall of the Romanovs.
Oh man, one of my favorite bands ☺️
King Diamond is amazing he has done Abigail 2. Check out the other band he's in they're called Mercyful Fate
First time I heard Troy's voice I thought of a doomed soul in hell
52:35 when you vibe so hard you tuck in the knees
I think you should do The Last Baron from Crack The Skye album. Its their masterpiece along with Hearts Alive and Jaguar God. Its mind blowing!! By the way nice video 👏
Crack the Skye could be in the conversation for the greatest progressive metal album of all time, only Metropolis part 2 and Colors have a hand in that race.
I saw Mastodon with Opeth earlier this year. Go to the show. Love your reactions.
Hey girl ! Love Mastodon! Love your reaction ! They were definet definitely influenced by the band Dead Horse
I REALLY LOVE THE NEWER STUFF WHERE BRANN IS SINGING A LOT MORE
Very nice reaction, you definitely have a chill vibe 💯 interesting picks as well
Full album reaction would be great, altough I prefer their newer stuff (Once more round the Sun / Emperor of Sand / Hushed and Grimm) besides the Blood Mountain album, which I think is their best album. I always see people loving Crack The Skye the most, which of course is a good album too, just not my favorite
Great reviews ma’am, Please review “Red Fang” and “Baroness.” Please and Thank You.
Colony of Birchmen is one of my favorites. The album version features Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age singing “run with death”
Haha! I wrote that before you read that little article there. Good shit
Its Ozzy. Im not even a fan of Ozzy. I used to get frustrated that other metal kids my age pretended to like it. But its undeniable how much Ozzy and Sabbath influenced my favorite music. Brent sounds just like Ozzy and i love it. Its so weird to me that nobody really makes that connection,
You made me laugh....it is "Leviathan". Not Lev-i-a-thon. That was adorable. Yeah, Mastadon is excellent and Brann is a killer drummer. Lots more to enjoy and I hope that you'll post more about them. ;)
VINTERSEA!!! Right meow!!
❤
BLOOD MOUNTAIN!!!
Need to do do every time I die - map change
WHITE WHALE, HOLY GRAIL!
Mastodon is one of those rare bands where if you replaced any member it would not sound the same.
Never boring, don't you think???
You should react to more Mastodon, particularly more of their album Crack the Skye and their album Remission.
Que? Encontre alguien que se escucha todo el disco de MASTODON? oKKKKEYYY!!!
If you want to listen to more whale like albums take a listen to Ahab 😉
You got a nice voice
You must be a traffic citation, cause you have FINE written all over you.
I think this just made my day. love you!
similar concepts between the bands you mentioned. but not EARTHY as much as OCEANY. 😂 your thinking of flying whales from Gojira. Gojira singin more climate stuff. MASTODON just describing a book in their style. both have whales. 😎
All hail Brann Dailor
Lol I thought it was funny watching you react to mastodon lol the small puns made me laugh a lot 😇 you're a badass lol.
Also I'm not sure if you know them but you should totally react to a band called amon amarth
A good song is called
Toks taunt, Loki's treachery part ll.
I prefer leviathan as an album but capillarian quest is my favourite overall mastodon song.
Unpopular opinion (at least it was back in 2009) among Mastodon fans, but Crack in the Skye is their masterpiece. I am glad they didn't even try to do it again, but moved on, even if I like what came after a lot less. It's weakest track (Quintessence) is still decent, and all others are actually really good. And the last three tracks are my picks for all time top three tracks from Mastodon.
They definitely not an unpopular opinion, it’s pretty much the most common opinion these days. Crack the skye is just one of their multiple masterpieces tho and not the only one
Please do Trivium!! One of best modern metal bands in last 20 years, their music evolved through so much, especially last 3 records are their best work. Its a must, the sin and the sentence, shogun, in waves, in the court of the dragon, what the dead men say - whatever you pick from these wont dissapoint you!
I've never been a fan I'll be honest
@@RussFerri and thats completely okay, just my point of view. A new drummer came in 2017 and gave them a second breath, so you still gotta give them a chance again haha
@@PatrikVrazba Right on! I'm glad you enjoy them, I think their 1st couple of records were really cool but I don't really like the direction they took.
Love the tcm shirt I got tons of good horror recommendations if you're interested nothing too crazy or brutal some of that stuff is insane even for me I mostly like supernatural I'm pretty sure you do too