0:00 Pain With an Anchor 5:00 The Crux 9:58 Sickle and Peace 16:14 More Than I Could Chew 23:05 The Beast 29:08 Skeleton of Splendor 34:14 Teardrinker 39:33 Pushing the Tides 43:01 Peace and Tranquility 48:55 The Dagger 54:06 Had It All 59:31 Savage Lands 1:03:56 Gobblers of Dregs 1:12:27 Eyes of Serpents 1:19:16 Gigantium
The year was 2004. I was 27yrs old, married with two young kids and I loved metal. One day I happened to catch the song "Blood and Thunder" by some band called Mastodon on some shitty music TV station I was watching. I instantly loved them and bought Leviathan, then Blood Mountain in 2006. Back then the internet wasn't quite the place it is today as far as music "sharing" and whatnot, it was basically in it's infancy so I didn't really care too much about looking up new music, I bought CDs like everybody else and I was fine with that. But as the years went by and music TV started to disappear, I did start getting into the early phases of UA-cam, but it wasn't the same in regards to coming across new music. On TV, every now and then you would come across a new band you never heard of before, and sometimes...just sometimes...they'd be good...a la...Mastodon. Well, after that point in my life, "life" of course, went on. A lot of things changed over the years...and I mean A LOT. Life just "happens", and the things that you had once used to do, change into entirely different things. Jump to 2022. I'm divorced. My kids are adults...and for the past 15yrs I had totally forgot about Mastodon! It was actually my 26yr old son who said to me the other day(because he remembered seeing CDs as a kid), "hey Dad, have you seen the new Mastodon video?". A flash of fire and a bolt of lightening then hit me and I thought to myself "Fuck! I totally forgot about fucking Mastodon!". We watched "More Than I Can Chew" and I was blown away. They have progressed in unbelievable ways and it's almost hard to fathom how amazing they've got. Long story short...I now get to listen to 7 brand new,(to me), Mastodon albums! I think I'm on day 73 of nothing but Mastodon...AND best of all...this happened at a point in my life when I desperately needed to hear this music. Every song is like a fucking epiphany in regards to my life over the last 15yrs. I have been resurrected, and Mastodon has been my savior.
Thanks for sharing your story, and I hope you, myself and all of us can look forward to many years of more awesome albums from these absolute masters. Thank God for Mastodon in today's musical wasteland. I found Mastodon after they had released Leviathan and have been following them ever since. They are what metal needed back then and have been ever since. So far they haven't disapointed me with any of their albums. Sure, Leviathan and especially Blood Mountain will forever have a special place in my heart, but the way they've grown and progressed feels like it's totally in line with my own progression as a man. They are mature enough to explore the complexity of human emotions and the melodies that best represents them, taking their music into any and all places whenever they feel it needs to. Many metal bands get stuck in a very macho oriented way of thinking and writing but Mastodon is so much more. There's a pure love of music constantly present in their songs but they still manage to remain really heavy and agressive. They are by far the best true metal band in the world and have been for years. There are basically three bands that I listen to that has stuck with me through the years and they are Tool, Mastodon and Baroness. If you twisted my arm I would probably say Tool is my favourite band of all time but you would have to twist it pretty hard because Mastodon is up there, next to them. I went to Germany and saw Tool live in april and it was amazing. Best live show I've ever seen and I wouldn't be surprised if it will be the best show I ever see. And 2 months ago I found out that I had missed a live performance by both Mastodon and Baroness here in Sweden 😱😭 I could have seen my three favourite bands, all in the same year, within just a few months... Baroness is not even close to being as big as Tool or Mastodon so having the chance to see both Mastodon and Baroness at the same gig here in Sweden is just an opportunity I probably will never get again. I have seen Mastodon live two times but never Baroness, so hopefullt I'll get the chance again some day.
Are u kidding me, that was when the internet was actually ‘sharing’ music and you could find anything you wanted, in any format ripped, for every special release, in every digital format available.
@@callum6224 It wasn't as easy as it is today and it definitely wasn't as well known or as popular. Mainstream culture then was just starting to hear of music sharing sites because of Napster. CD's were still the main way of how people got their music.
ha, similar for me. A friend invited me to a Mastodon show in 2004, and I had never heard of them before. I was hooked, bought a shirt, listened to Leviathan all day. Life happened, I totally forgot about them until 2014, when I stumbled across Once More 'Round the Sun. Mind blown. Came just in the right moment in my life. Some of those songs struck a chord deep in me. Since then my partner and me and recently even our preschool kid are total fans. These musicians have probably no idea what their art means to us.
Brann once said: _When it comes to music if you want it done right, you should do it yourself._ To be honest, if I want my music done right, I just put on a Mastodon album and I can expect greatness.
Mastodon are completely fresh. They are faithful to their creative vision and fearless in the exploration of what is possible for them. There are precious few bands who achieve this. I would like to see them live to confirm my impression of their excellence, but I suspect that they deliver on stage just as well as in the studio.
@@JackDaniel617saw them in concert on this last tour. Got there early to get barricade. Probably one of the best musical and visual performances I’ve seen.
It’s been almost a year and I can comfortably say this is my favorite album since Crack the Skye, just edging out The Hunter. There are a lot of songs that have developed nostalgia for me already
Specific moments like The Sparrow or the Cold Dark Place EPs were such a tease. I'm glad they went through with a full album with this kind of sound. Beautiful.
Love how you can hear each one of them express their loss separately as well as a group. Especially the 3 track run between "The beast' Skeletons, and Teardrinker. It's all Mastodon but it all is like they all had a solo song
Pain With an Anchor / Lyrics Share these lyrics Oh, my dear Look what we've done here My greatest fear A pain with an anchor The taste of defeat Oh, my dear Look what we've come to We've shattered serene I've turned the grief to medicine Into my mouth will enter The hardest pill I've ever had to swallow down As karma whispers Oh my dear The damage is done here I disappear A love with no anchor In the depths of the sea I've turned the grief to medicine Into my mouth will enter The hardest pill I've ever had to swallow down The crux lyrics Another sinking stone Finds its way down below Resurface when only light will ever show And while I progress slow I'm soon to surpass you Entitled to all possessions I have adored I feel pressure I feel the pressure And all the faded bones Piling up high and low Returning to life once you can stand alone Don't get too close this time The depths of love haunt you It's dark inside where all my demons hide I feel pressure I feel the pressure Waiting with patience of eons Your presence fades into a memory Underneath a cloud of silence, you journey into the rift Will time defy the weight of you leaving us? I feel pressure I feel the pressure Hold aggression Hold aggressionMore Than I Could Chew / Lyrics Will there ever be a moment I won't feel this heat coming up from ground? Will there ever be a time when I can show myself through open doors? All I need is you to tell me how to reconcile this guilt and shame I've already ripped myself to pieces and I've given it away All the weight lies upon my shoulders from The great disruption It's hard to breathe inside these waves of doubt Tidal distraction Can you tell me how to wish away this chaos making my head spin? Can you tell me how to soothe the savage beast locked up inside these walls? Will there ever be a place that I can hide and heal these open sores? Or do I have to cut them out and eat them as my people adore? All the weight lies upon my shoulders from The great disruption It's hard to breathe inside these waves of doubt Tidal distraction I have, I have lost my way Reaching, reaching for today I have, I have lost my way Reaching, reaching for today Say when And I'll come running back Say when And I'll come running back Say when And I'll come running back Say when And I'll come running backThe Beast / Lyrics I'm out of my mind In pictures of past lives Trapped in a memory In fragments of time The way things used to be And find a better way to get back home Reaching for something new That's just not there anymore 'Cause you know that it's gone You slip away to the distance Pass a crack of light in the floor I hear the sound of mischief As the promising light shines some more I paid you in fool's gold, and I don't owe you anymore And I deserve nothing I find Like a mountain of pain on the floor Losing ground Taken by a prophecy Siren sounds Calling for your sanctity Wipe away The blood from your face All I see is our demise Headed for the blackened skies And I need more time I still hear The beast is breathing Should I fall upon my sword? Make sure they know That I fought for them Make sure they know They know I tried I scraped and clawed I gave my all Stars in the distance Oh, how they tell a story of my life And tell us to beware Repeating the past Nature is nocturnal and that is that And I spend my days underground covered in ash and smothered in dirt And you know how it hurts this little clown Pay no attention to the sound of the beast 'Cause you know it can't hurt you when you're with meSkeleton of Splendor / Lyrics You reached two hands outward Two birds spreading our wings Today's arms turn numb When I turn it inward We live and breathe all your thousand words Now you sleep, we'll finish your work To my detriment To my detriment To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment You painted us with effort Always praising us high The day has come to face the storm As lightning strikes me in two We live the dream, onward as it were Endless days, we'll carry on as one There's no doubt of what we're here to do You laid it out, a promise of yourself To my detriment To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detriment (I forge ahead unscarred) To my detrimentTeardrinker / Lyrics Within a bruised heart I'll just say when Just one time before It will come again Little voice inside Inside my head Tell me when it's time to turn around again All appears to fade away I can see your face And I feel the pain And I feel the shame that I have let you down again People everywhere Not a drop to drink Not a dare to think about the damage I have done Try to give up what weighs What weighs you down The only control you have Is all your own Do I fit the pieces together again Or do I leave them lying on the floor? All appears to fade away I can see your face And I feel the pain And I feel the shame that I have let you down again People everywhere Not a drop to drink Not a dare to think about the damage I have done Leaving you behind Is the hardest thing I've done Asking where did I go wrong? I wonder what all of this makes Does fortune favor the bold? I only know that leaving you Was the hardest thing To cut and run I can see your face And I feel the pain And I feel the shame that I have let you down again People everywhere Not a drop to drink Not a dare to think about the damage I have donePushing the Tides / Lyrics I think I'm ready to start I thought I heard you scream We're all part of this fucked up devastation (Go) Always spinning the wheels A greater vision in sight It's not failure if you're trying Another prick of the thorn Her body reaches deep As I choke the situation Seeming clever and wise Clouded beyond the dark cells I know not what drips inside me Pushing the tides Trying not to go down and taken under Pushing the tides Try to keep my head above the water You try untying the weight And you continue to breathe I remove you for protection And where to go from here A place you value the most Such a brilliant realization Pushing the tides Trying not to go down and taken under Pushing the tides Try to keep my head above the water Pushing the tides Leading us to prevail And all we desire Pushing the tides With every ounce of strength I havePeace and Tranquility / Lyrics The night I went under And there was no one around Nothing to swim to Not the sky, not the ground I heard you speak to me And said to, "Just go down" Swept away In peaceful tranquility I wish that I could stay And I keep on waiting For someone to save me I keep waiting for someone to ask me, "What is your name?" Swept away In peaceful tranquility I wish that I could stay I've seen worse before I've had trouble breathing I've had scrapes and scars Healing from lacerations Bending from days on end I get up and walk away Through all the lies I told before Well now, they've all come true Never mind this screaming in the cold And when I caught a glimpse of you You were laughing at me and looking away And I did everything I could To try to get you to stay I pass through dimensions And leaving this plane Turning into the ether It changes everything Swept away In peaceful tranquility I wish that I could stay I can't hear at all I've had trouble speaking Will this heal my heart? Relive the never-ending Bending for days on end I'll get up and walk awayDagger / Lyrics I cannot bare to believe that you have left this Earth I couldn't stare as they covered you up with dirt and left With all the best intent And all your eloquence The price we paid to know you Your smile is stretching from the stars I am still standing here in solace I sense the writhing Peeling off your skin As the coals burn We'll walk on fire The lines you carved remain Too many days to remember Too many times have I tried The price we paid to know you The price we paid to know you A dark shadow was cast with your departure Now dig our way out from this mudslide and survive With all the best intent And all your eloquence The price we paid to know you Projecting light from beyond We stare until the bruises soften Never will there Be another you As the Sun turns We hold you tighter The final curtain calls How many ways you brought pleasure How many nights you brought to life The price we paid to know you The price we paid to know you
Thanks for sharing. Amongst other unforgettable moments, the 2nd half of More Than I Could Chew is so bitter sweet and heartfelt ...is someone cutting onions!?
Welcome to the gang brother. Unlike other bands I used to love they don't cut the mustard anymore. Not Mastodon. Been listening for 20 years and still get chills.
The drumming on Sickle and Peace is phenomenal and well, the whole freakin' album is sick! Great musicianship overall on this one. It's no wonder Bill Ward from Sabbath proclaimed that Mastodon was one of his favorite bands several years ago on That Metal Show.
Haha, great that you remember. I found out about Mastodon that way. Been whining about how there's no good modern music for years before, but decided to try out Hunter after listening to that show and a whole new fucking world opened to me that day.
Mastodon - Dictionary description Noun 1. A massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks. 2. A person of immense size, power, influence, etc. The second description is definitely the better fit. But the first also works if you've had half a litre of whisky, have a next level imagination, or a mixture of both.
Mormons. say, if you want heavy then just listen to Primitive Man or Indian. Myself, I'm digging the the emphasis on the prog aspects. Phenomenal album.
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I love Mastodon - but its something wrong with this album compared to the others - I think its because they repeat themselves to much. They follow the same recipy. Bring in new blood - be creative Mastodon.
I'm trying so hard to like this album but it's such a departure from the band I fell in love with. So boring. So very unengaging. Soft prog rock at best. Very disappointing
Yeah it's always very difficult when the other person, or in this case the other people in a relationship leave your dull, unimaginative, self absorbed ass behind, seek to evolve spiritually, emotionally, intellectually and artistically, effectively to progress, to evolve as individuals and as a group. Essentially consciously choosing to take a chance, bow before the universe, cast egomaniacal illusion and self-preserving delusion aside, as again they bow before THE universe, and lean headlong into seeking the light cascading out from the shadowy abyss which weaker man dare not enter. And simultaneously ever consciously away from the absurd, " fix" seeking, fanatical narcissist, who demands they remain the way they were, which satisfies that individual 1st and foremost, as does a pacifier or breast milk to an insatiable infant, simply to maintain and protect their own need or demand for appeasement or control...
There is a parallel here in what Mastodon is becoming with the band opeth-- the soft, melodic & eerie with the dark, heavy elements intertwined. I started listening to opeth around Blackwater Park and Mastodon around Blood Mountain. I prefer each band's work going forward on from these respective points in time. On both albums you can hear the shift to be heavy but melodic; increasingly complex shades, the timing and build in a song with the light / dark bits; always pushing, growing, maturing. Both bands have continued this trend and both have alienated those fans who demand they remain static entities while at the same time pleasing those fans who enjoy the dynamism.
Exactly. For sure hope next album will have another producer. Imo all songs deserved a better treatment, but especially the heavier songs. Great songs, bad mixing & terrible mastering.
I never understand when people say that Mastodon aren’t as heavy now as they were on Leviathan. The way people talk about Leviathan is that is was so extreme …it isn’t. Plenty of songs and hushed and grim are heavy like on Leviathan. I personally didn’t like Once more round the sun or Emperor of sand.
0:00 Pain With an Anchor
5:00 The Crux
9:58 Sickle and Peace
16:14 More Than I Could Chew
23:05 The Beast
29:08 Skeleton of Splendor
34:14 Teardrinker
39:33 Pushing the Tides
43:01 Peace and Tranquility
48:55 The Dagger
54:06 Had It All
59:31 Savage Lands
1:03:56 Gobblers of Dregs
1:12:27 Eyes of Serpents
1:19:16 Gigantium
Thank you, especially for listing the extra tracks, which for me are the best of the bunch!
Thanks
20:12 socorro
The year was 2004. I was 27yrs old, married with two young kids and I loved metal. One day I happened to catch the song "Blood and Thunder" by some band called Mastodon on some shitty music TV station I was watching. I instantly loved them and bought Leviathan, then Blood Mountain in 2006.
Back then the internet wasn't quite the place it is today as far as music "sharing" and whatnot, it was basically in it's infancy so I didn't really care too much about looking up new music, I bought CDs like everybody else and I was fine with that.
But as the years went by and music TV started to disappear, I did start getting into the early phases of UA-cam, but it wasn't the same in regards to coming across new music. On TV, every now and then you would come across a new band you never heard of before, and sometimes...just sometimes...they'd be good...a la...Mastodon.
Well, after that point in my life, "life" of course, went on. A lot of things changed over the years...and I mean A LOT. Life just "happens", and the things that you had once used to do, change into entirely different things.
Jump to 2022. I'm divorced. My kids are adults...and for the past 15yrs I had totally forgot about Mastodon!
It was actually my 26yr old son who said to me the other day(because he remembered seeing CDs as a kid), "hey Dad, have you seen the new Mastodon video?". A flash of fire and a bolt of lightening then hit me and I thought to myself "Fuck! I totally forgot about fucking Mastodon!". We watched "More Than I Can Chew" and I was blown away. They have progressed in unbelievable ways and it's almost hard to fathom how amazing they've got.
Long story short...I now get to listen to 7 brand new,(to me), Mastodon albums! I think I'm on day 73 of nothing but Mastodon...AND best of all...this happened at a point in my life when I desperately needed to hear this music. Every song is like a fucking epiphany in regards to my life over the last 15yrs. I have been resurrected, and Mastodon has been my savior.
Thanks for sharing your story, and I hope you, myself and all of us can look forward to many years of more awesome albums from these absolute masters. Thank God for Mastodon in today's musical wasteland. I found Mastodon after they had released Leviathan and have been following them ever since. They are what metal needed back then and have been ever since. So far they haven't disapointed me with any of their albums. Sure, Leviathan and especially Blood Mountain will forever have a special place in my heart, but the way they've grown and progressed feels like it's totally in line with my own progression as a man. They are mature enough to explore the complexity of human emotions and the melodies that best represents them, taking their music into any and all places whenever they feel it needs to. Many metal bands get stuck in a very macho oriented way of thinking and writing but Mastodon is so much more. There's a pure love of music constantly present in their songs but they still manage to remain really heavy and agressive. They are by far the best true metal band in the world and have been for years. There are basically three bands that I listen to that has stuck with me through the years and they are Tool, Mastodon and Baroness. If you twisted my arm I would probably say Tool is my favourite band of all time but you would have to twist it pretty hard because Mastodon is up there, next to them. I went to Germany and saw Tool live in april and it was amazing. Best live show I've ever seen and I wouldn't be surprised if it will be the best show I ever see. And 2 months ago I found out that I had missed a live performance by both Mastodon and Baroness here in Sweden 😱😭 I could have seen my three favourite bands, all in the same year, within just a few months... Baroness is not even close to being as big as Tool or Mastodon so having the chance to see both Mastodon and Baroness at the same gig here in Sweden is just an opportunity I probably will never get again. I have seen Mastodon live two times but never Baroness, so hopefullt I'll get the chance again some day.
Dude. Listening to More Than I Can Chew leaves me I years every time. No kids, no marriage. Just dozens of dead peers. I hate my life and want to die.
Are u kidding me, that was when the internet was actually ‘sharing’ music and you could find anything you wanted, in any format ripped, for every special release, in every digital format available.
@@callum6224 It wasn't as easy as it is today and it definitely wasn't as well known or as popular. Mainstream culture then was just starting to hear of music sharing sites because of Napster. CD's were still the main way of how people got their music.
ha, similar for me. A friend invited me to a Mastodon show in 2004, and I had never heard of them before. I was hooked, bought a shirt, listened to Leviathan all day. Life happened, I totally forgot about them until 2014, when I stumbled across Once More 'Round the Sun. Mind blown. Came just in the right moment in my life. Some of those songs struck a chord deep in me. Since then my partner and me and recently even our preschool kid are total fans. These musicians have probably no idea what their art means to us.
More than I could Chew is making its way up to one of their best tracks ever...actually several songs on this album are.
Oh.... shit, they impressed me again. That hasn't happened to me since Blood Mountain.
Fucking bravo.
This is one of the best albums of all time.
I agree 100%!!!
Brann once said: _When it comes to music if you want it done right, you should do it yourself._
To be honest, if I want my music done right, I just put on a Mastodon album and I can expect greatness.
I love this band's sense of blending psychedelia/hard rock with their metallic sound - Thank You Mastodon!!!😁😊👍👏❤
Album of The Year. End of story
Brann absolutely kills it on the vocals
Without a doubt this is the best album they have put out since crack the sky
Mastodon are completely fresh. They are faithful to their creative vision and fearless in the exploration of what is possible for them. There are precious few bands who achieve this. I would like to see them live to confirm my impression of their excellence, but I suspect that they deliver on stage just as well as in the studio.
Absolute Masterpiece! Pure beauty! I love every moment of this album.
Bands like mastodon and deftones never change they just keep making great music
I waited too long to listen to this
This probably the best music I've heard in too long. So original, the musicianship is incredible. This is a band that is far and away one of the best.
See them in concert if you have the chance, you won't regret it.
Mastodon is really one of the best bands on the planet.
Incredibly talented. Their older work is also great. And zero band drama. Members always on the same page.
@@JackDaniel617saw them in concert on this last tour. Got there early to get barricade. Probably one of the best musical and visual performances I’ve seen.
I FINALLY get to see them in August. I am completely stoked 🤘🏻
Hushed And Grim or HAG Or 817 or 76 or 13…. Album is conceptual BRILLIANCE.
This album just keeps growing on me. And the outro solo in Gigantium... my god, it's beautiful.
I couldn't possibly agree more. An absolute masterpiece.
It’s a real tough call but this may be their best album yet
@@JasonMaldonado-mg9xk Pretty damned close.
@@JasonMaldonado-mg9xki agree but CTS is close
I think Bill and Brent heard the newer Elder and Rivers of Nihil stuff and decided to show everyone the roots. Love it.
J'adore, merci Mastodon (mon groupe de métal préféré, loin devant le autres)
It’s been almost a year and I can comfortably say this is my favorite album since Crack the Skye, just edging out The Hunter. There are a lot of songs that have developed nostalgia for me already
Same. Full year non stop. This is stoic classic musical alchemical magic.
I agree fully
un album monstrueux.. leur chef-d'œuvre sans aucun doute !
So beautyfull...❤💛💚
"Cut you up with a linoleum knife"!!!!
This band rocks!!!
Don't talk! Watch!
Specific moments like The Sparrow or the Cold Dark Place EPs were such a tease. I'm glad they went through with a full album with this kind of sound. Beautiful.
That interlude at 7:38 in The Crux is just mesmerizing. Got goosebumps listening to it on my Bose.
Definitely the best bit of the whole album... perhaps the only good one in a sadly underwhelming piece.
@@JohnMatayas this album isn't underwhelming at all, what do you mean?
@@maisiesmydog5194 I find it, by a very large margin, Mastodon's worst.
@@JohnMatayas weird
@@JohnMatayasI'm curious, which one do you think is the best and why?
A Mastodon and Meshuggah tour would be the best thing ever. They could call it the Metal M&M tour 😎😎😎😎
God I wish
Don’t forget Melvins
Great album!! Sound production is brilliant
This is beginning to sound like their best album. Incredible stuff…in each song!
Extremely deep and complex effort and energy. Whole year now i've been killing this album or its been killing me. Classic musical stoicism!!!
It's their pinnacle, that's for sure. Just a fire album from start to finish.
Love how you can hear each one of them express their loss separately as well as a group. Especially the 3 track run between "The beast' Skeletons, and Teardrinker. It's all Mastodon but it all is like they all had a solo song
Great album!!!
Great art of music!!!❤
Pain With an Anchor
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Lyrics
Share these lyrics
Oh, my dear
Look what we've done here
My greatest fear
A pain with an anchor
The taste of defeat
Oh, my dear
Look what we've come to
We've shattered serene
I've turned the grief to medicine
Into my mouth will enter
The hardest pill I've ever had to swallow down
As karma whispers
Oh my dear
The damage is done here
I disappear
A love with no anchor
In the depths of the sea
I've turned the grief to medicine
Into my mouth will enter
The hardest pill I've ever had to swallow down
The crux lyrics Another sinking stone
Finds its way down below
Resurface when only light will ever show
And while I progress slow
I'm soon to surpass you
Entitled to all possessions I have adored
I feel pressure
I feel the pressure
And all the faded bones
Piling up high and low
Returning to life once you can stand alone
Don't get too close this time
The depths of love haunt you
It's dark inside where all my demons hide
I feel pressure
I feel the pressure
Waiting with patience of eons
Your presence fades into a memory
Underneath a cloud of silence, you journey into the rift
Will time defy the weight of you leaving us?
I feel pressure
I feel the pressure
Hold aggression
Hold aggressionMore Than I Could Chew
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Lyrics
Will there ever be a moment I won't feel this heat coming up from ground?
Will there ever be a time when I can show myself through open doors?
All I need is you to tell me how to reconcile this guilt and shame
I've already ripped myself to pieces and I've given it away
All the weight lies upon my shoulders from
The great disruption
It's hard to breathe inside these waves of doubt
Tidal distraction
Can you tell me how to wish away this chaos making my head spin?
Can you tell me how to soothe the savage beast locked up inside these walls?
Will there ever be a place that I can hide and heal these open sores?
Or do I have to cut them out and eat them as my people adore?
All the weight lies upon my shoulders from
The great disruption
It's hard to breathe inside these waves of doubt
Tidal distraction
I have, I have lost my way
Reaching, reaching for today
I have, I have lost my way
Reaching, reaching for today
Say when
And I'll come running back
Say when
And I'll come running back
Say when
And I'll come running back
Say when
And I'll come running backThe Beast
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Lyrics
I'm out of my mind
In pictures of past lives
Trapped in a memory
In fragments of time
The way things used to be
And find a better way to get back home
Reaching for something new
That's just not there anymore
'Cause you know that it's gone
You slip away to the distance
Pass a crack of light in the floor
I hear the sound of mischief
As the promising light shines some more
I paid you in fool's gold, and I don't owe you anymore
And I deserve nothing I find
Like a mountain of pain on the floor
Losing ground
Taken by a prophecy
Siren sounds
Calling for your sanctity
Wipe away
The blood from your face
All I see is our demise
Headed for the blackened skies
And I need more time
I still hear
The beast is breathing
Should I fall upon my sword?
Make sure they know
That I fought for them
Make sure they know
They know I tried
I scraped and clawed
I gave my all
Stars in the distance
Oh, how they tell a story of my life
And tell us to beware
Repeating the past
Nature is nocturnal and that is that
And I spend my days underground covered in ash and smothered in dirt
And you know how it hurts this little clown
Pay no attention to the sound of the beast
'Cause you know it can't hurt you when you're with meSkeleton of Splendor
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Lyrics
You reached two hands outward
Two birds spreading our wings
Today's arms turn numb
When I turn it inward
We live and breathe all your thousand words
Now you sleep, we'll finish your work
To my detriment
To my detriment
To my detriment
(I forge ahead unscarred)
To my detriment
You painted us with effort
Always praising us high
The day has come to face the storm
As lightning strikes me in two
We live the dream, onward as it were
Endless days, we'll carry on as one
There's no doubt of what we're here to do
You laid it out, a promise of yourself
To my detriment
To my detriment
(I forge ahead unscarred)
To my detriment
(I forge ahead unscarred)
To my detriment
To my detriment
(I forge ahead unscarred)
To my detriment
(I forge ahead unscarred)
To my detriment
(I forge ahead unscarred)
To my detrimentTeardrinker
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Lyrics
Within a bruised heart
I'll just say when
Just one time before
It will come again
Little voice inside
Inside my head
Tell me when it's time to turn around again
All appears to fade away
I can see your face
And I feel the pain
And I feel the shame that I have let you down again
People everywhere
Not a drop to drink
Not a dare to think about the damage I have done
Try to give up what weighs
What weighs you down
The only control you have
Is all your own
Do I fit the pieces together again
Or do I leave them lying on the floor?
All appears to fade away
I can see your face
And I feel the pain
And I feel the shame that I have let you down again
People everywhere
Not a drop to drink
Not a dare to think about the damage I have done
Leaving you behind
Is the hardest thing I've done
Asking where did I go wrong?
I wonder what all of this makes
Does fortune favor the bold?
I only know that leaving you
Was the hardest thing
To cut and run
I can see your face
And I feel the pain
And I feel the shame that I have let you down again
People everywhere
Not a drop to drink
Not a dare to think about the damage I have donePushing the Tides
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Lyrics
I think I'm ready to start
I thought I heard you scream
We're all part of this fucked up devastation
(Go)
Always spinning the wheels
A greater vision in sight
It's not failure if you're trying
Another prick of the thorn
Her body reaches deep
As I choke the situation
Seeming clever and wise
Clouded beyond the dark cells
I know not what drips inside me
Pushing the tides
Trying not to go down and taken under
Pushing the tides
Try to keep my head above the water
You try untying the weight
And you continue to breathe
I remove you for protection
And where to go from here
A place you value the most
Such a brilliant realization
Pushing the tides
Trying not to go down and taken under
Pushing the tides
Try to keep my head above the water
Pushing the tides
Leading us to prevail
And all we desire
Pushing the tides
With every ounce of strength I havePeace and Tranquility
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Lyrics
The night I went under
And there was no one around
Nothing to swim to
Not the sky, not the ground
I heard you speak to me
And said to, "Just go down"
Swept away
In peaceful tranquility
I wish that I could stay
And I keep on waiting
For someone to save me
I keep waiting for someone to ask me, "What is your name?"
Swept away
In peaceful tranquility
I wish that I could stay
I've seen worse before
I've had trouble breathing
I've had scrapes and scars
Healing from lacerations
Bending from days on end
I get up and walk away
Through all the lies I told before
Well now, they've all come true
Never mind this screaming in the cold
And when I caught a glimpse of you
You were laughing at me and looking away
And I did everything I could
To try to get you to stay
I pass through dimensions
And leaving this plane
Turning into the ether
It changes everything
Swept away
In peaceful tranquility
I wish that I could stay
I can't hear at all
I've had trouble speaking
Will this heal my heart?
Relive the never-ending
Bending for days on end
I'll get up and walk awayDagger
/
Lyrics
I cannot bare to believe that you have left this Earth
I couldn't stare as they covered you up with dirt and left
With all the best intent
And all your eloquence
The price we paid to know you
Your smile is stretching from the stars
I am still standing here in solace
I sense the writhing
Peeling off your skin
As the coals burn
We'll walk on fire
The lines you carved remain
Too many days to remember
Too many times have I tried
The price we paid to know you
The price we paid to know you
A dark shadow was cast with your departure
Now dig our way out from this mudslide and survive
With all the best intent
And all your eloquence
The price we paid to know you
Projecting light from beyond
We stare until the bruises soften
Never will there
Be another you
As the Sun turns
We hold you tighter
The final curtain calls
How many ways you brought pleasure
How many nights you brought to life
The price we paid to know you
The price we paid to know you
Thanks for sharing. Amongst other unforgettable moments, the 2nd half of More Than I Could Chew is so bitter sweet and heartfelt ...is someone cutting onions!?
I wish i could be able to put on words what these songs make me feel.
I'm relatively new to Mastodon, and this is a great freakin album!
Welcome to the gang brother.
Unlike other bands I used to love they don't cut the mustard anymore.
Not Mastodon.
Been listening for 20 years and still get chills.
Gotta get em all!!!!!
Awesome
Entirely Amazing. Mind Blowing Awesome.
Favorite album 🖤
Thank you!
Here before they remo...
Bomber, great southern metal
Nice album!
BEST ALBUM EVER ❤🔥
Awesome!!!
amazing mastodon.
I'll bet Michael Akerfeldt and Stephen Wilson are listening.
I recently saw them Live for the first time and it was great! Much better Live!
I fall in love with this guys back in 2005 when some day watching Headbangers Ball, the video for Blood and Thunder appears and my mind was blown
Grandeur!
feelin some serious david gilmour vibes comin in about 8:00. Lovin the album so far. tech deathy
This album sounds like Black Sabbath had a baby with Pink Floyd. A complete eargasm!
don't ever insult Mastodon like that again
@@metalmike1976 bro that was a good compliment. not his fault that your shoe size iq brain doesn't understand quality music
@@metalmike1976 If you can't hear some of the influences of Pink Floyd in this album, then you might need to relisten to some of their stuff.
@@metalmike1976 Sabbath and Floyd are great bands.
The drumming on Sickle and Peace is phenomenal and well, the whole freakin' album is sick! Great musicianship overall on this one. It's no wonder Bill Ward from Sabbath proclaimed that Mastodon was one of his favorite bands several years ago on That Metal Show.
Haha, great that you remember. I found out about Mastodon that way.
Been whining about how there's no good modern music for years before, but decided to try out Hunter after listening to that show and a whole new fucking world opened to me that day.
ohhhh My Dear!!!! The taste ov Mastodon!!!!
i fell in love long ago and they remain :)
Awesome thank you for this
¡¡¡DISCAZO!!!
Wow, this is Good Stuff. Probably seeing them in May with Gojira.
Thanks for the upload man.. just finished the whole thing.. lol
This album I swear. 🔥🔥🔥
Skeleton of Splendor definitely had a tribute to Pink Floyd in there for sure.
absolute banger, shows the spectrum of their musicianship, fuckin A
mastadon is the best group in the world
YES
What else?
@@indexpagebyuforumbrellapri5685 Disembodied spirit
GOAT Mastodon
Foi esse álbum que Rasta gravou os teclados?
first listening... not bad
holy shit, what a coda !!!
It's a better album than Crack the Skye. Search your heart, you know it to be true.
🖤
yeow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
W
god this kicks so much ass
Im gunna go deaf playing this so loud..
Mastodon - Dictionary description
Noun
1. A massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
2. A person of immense size, power, influence, etc.
The second description is definitely the better fit. But the first also works if you've had half a litre of whisky, have a next level imagination, or a mixture of both.
Lmaa
Mormons. say, if you want heavy then just listen to Primitive Man or Indian. Myself, I'm digging the the emphasis on the prog aspects. Phenomenal album.
The audio mix on the "depression" song is shyte!
Vibe after vibe after vibe…..ORIGINAL BRILLIANCE. Track 6 Skeleton of Splendor or 6 16 16?
If pink Floyd, black sabbath, lemme, and tool made a baby in Istanbul….
I noticed on Spotify that ‘Pushing The Tides’ mix on the album is low. Why is that?
These guys must have watched a ton of He-Man Masters of the Universe back in the day.
:o
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What?
@@danosullivan4358 My 🇬🇧 Inglis, !! don't is, very good, sorry !!! 🇬🇧🤪☄️🌘
not only remain still kickin ass hahahahahhahahahahaha!!!!!
last time i check it took more than a big C to make u captain, my name is Kirk afterall
Tnx bro. Can you put Emperor of sand and/or Crack in the sky if you have from this great band. Cheers.
is there no full album for either on youtube?
@@tiktokliveencounters9297 no. All their albums but not only Emperor of sand and Crack the sky.
@@dragijakic6511 could be due to copyright but I will attempt to upload them both 👍
@@tiktokliveencounters9297 tnx bro.
Mastodon has both as playlists on their youtube page.
little church
ngl good songs, but there aren't space for the voice. I can't barely understand what's being said
dude, where is my head?
much like this music.......Far out,man!!
Drum kit. Dead.
Nahhhhh
WTF is this emo?
What happened to Mastodon?
They peaked with Leviathan
Sad but true
I love the Mastodon guitar work but can't get over those Brann Dailor vocals, don't like them cleans. I guess it's what the industry wants.
I love Mastodon - but its something wrong with this album compared to the others - I think its because they repeat themselves to much. They follow the same recipy. Bring in new blood - be creative Mastodon.
I'm trying so hard to like this album but it's such a departure from the band I fell in love with. So boring. So very unengaging. Soft prog rock at best. Very disappointing
Yeah it's always very difficult when the other person, or in this case the other people in a relationship leave your dull, unimaginative, self absorbed ass behind, seek to evolve spiritually, emotionally, intellectually and artistically, effectively to progress, to evolve as individuals and as a group. Essentially consciously choosing to take a chance, bow before the universe, cast egomaniacal illusion and self-preserving delusion aside, as again they bow before THE universe, and lean headlong into seeking the light cascading out from the shadowy abyss which weaker man dare not enter. And simultaneously ever consciously away from the absurd, " fix" seeking, fanatical narcissist, who demands they remain the way they were, which satisfies that individual 1st and foremost, as does a pacifier or breast milk to an insatiable infant, simply to maintain and protect their own need or demand for appeasement or control...
Bang on Sonny. Right up your ass!
Yeah it actually sucks when you fell in love with the first few albums that where seriously heavy and made Mastodon what is what
There is a parallel here in what Mastodon is becoming with the band opeth-- the soft, melodic & eerie with the dark, heavy elements intertwined.
I started listening to opeth around Blackwater Park and Mastodon around Blood Mountain. I prefer each band's work going forward on from these respective points in time. On both albums you can hear the shift to be heavy but melodic; increasingly complex shades, the timing and build in a song with the light / dark bits; always pushing, growing, maturing. Both bands have continued this trend and both have alienated those fans who demand they remain static entities while at the same time pleasing those fans who enjoy the dynamism.
I fell in love with the band after listening to this album. To each his own.
Horrible mixing and mastering, some of the songs deserved a much better treatment.
can you provide examples?
wrong
What?!! You have hearing problems or your speakers need repair.
Exactly. For sure hope next album will have another producer. Imo all songs deserved a better treatment, but especially the heavier songs. Great songs, bad mixing & terrible mastering.
get out
I never understand when people say that Mastodon aren’t as heavy now as they were on Leviathan. The way people talk about Leviathan is that is was so extreme …it isn’t. Plenty of songs and hushed and grim are heavy like on Leviathan. I personally didn’t like Once more round the sun or Emperor of sand.
I'm 5 mins in and I love this already!