Mastodon Albums Ranked
Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2000. The group is composed of Troy Sanders (bass/vocals), Brent Hinds (lead guitar/vocals), Bill Kelliher (rhythm guitar/backing vocals), and Brann Dailor (drums/vocals). Mastodon has released seven studio albums, as well as a number of other releases. The band’s 2002 debut album, Remission, garnered significant critical acclaim for its unique sound.[1] Mastodon’s second full-length release, Leviathan, is a concept album based on the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. Three magazines awarded the record Album of the Year in 2004: Revolver, Kerrang! and Terrorizer. he band’s seventh album, Emperor of Sand, was released on March 31, 2017, and features the band’s most commercially successful song to date, “Show Yourself”, which peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in June 2017. The follow-up single, “Steambreather”, peaked at number 18 on the same chart in October 2017. The album’s opening track, “Sultan’s Curse”, earned the band their first Grammy award. Emperor of Sand was the band’s first album to receive a Grammy nomination; it was nominated for Best Rock Album. Here are all of Mastodon albums ranked.
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10. Live At Brixton (2013)
“From the very beginning this is 1 hour and 30 minutes of pure furious rocking out. Mastodon sound better than they ever have, and it gives me a new appreciation for the Hunter, which I do not like as much as their older stuff. Very little is played off of Crack the Skye and a surprising amount of old stuff is played near the end, which I enjoyed immensely.”
9. Cold Dark Place (2017)
“This album is incredible! I am a huge fan of 70’s & 80’s bands like Rush and Blue Oyster Cult. This album combines their incredible sounds with heavy metal. I am starting to think of this band is in the vein of Faith No More and Fates Warning. That is music that doesn’t subscribe to the norms, it’s just great, I absolutely love this band. All I can say is, if you love heavy metal that is a little different, support these guys.”
8. Call Of The Mastodon (2006)
“Relentless pursuit of perfection through riffage, drumming and structure is how I like to describe this, and all other songs by this band. 90% of the people looking at purchasing this cd probably already know that they want it. For those people, I will say this album is essential to your Mastodon collection”
7. Remission (2002)
“This album set them up to become to become the chiefs of modern American heavy metal. Make no mistake — Mastodon may be a lean, mean sophisticated bunch of metallers, but the dominant feature is its dirty, blunt aggression. Nowhere on this album does Mastodon strive to show everyone how talented they are by using fancy clean vocals or prog-metal trickery. Music comes across in rumbling sheets of distortion, waves of crunch like a cacophony of splintering skulls. Polyrhythms of growling riffage and frantic drums is the course for the most part, but there are a few quieter instrumentals.”
6. The Hunter (2011)
“The songs are more succinct, the growls have nearly completely disappeared and singing has taken their place (Whether that will be the case on stage we’ll find out next month). The lyrics are still bonkers, but let’s face it it’s always been the music we’ve really loved and the musicianship here is still top notch. A couple of years ago when I first went to see Mastodon I played some of Crack The Skye in the office and couple of old wrinklies said ‘They only play that loud to cover up the fact that they can’t play’. I not so politely pointed out them that these guys know their way around the fret board and skins as well anybody and better than most.”
5. Emperor Of Sand (2017)
“More classic powerful driving pulsating anthemic rock that maintains excitement and relentless pace from start to finish. This band are at the top of Their game.Every song is well played well constructed and bristles with passion/intensity and controlled aggression throughout. Slightly shorter songs than usual thus more tracks (11 ) than usual and a classic epic song to end proceedings ( Jaguar God)”
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4. Once More ‘Round The Sun (2014)
“The songs on this album (especially the first 5 or so) are incredibly catchy – and catchy is a great thing! I’ve been humming the chorus’s to The Motherload and High Road for the past few days and I can’t get enough! I recently saw them live at Sonisphere Festival and they played some material off of the album and it blew me away entirely. The second half of the album is way more psychedelic and resembles past Mastodon a bit more, with some (well, most!) of the riffs being absolutely huge and some really nice instrumentation and arranging between the entire band. And Brent’s solo’s are as wicked as ever!”
3. Blood Mountain (2006)
“BLOOD MOUNTAIN is another concept album following LEVIATHAN, this time an epic quest on a mountain. From water to earth… Scott Kelly of Neurosis makes another guest appearance, this time on the second song, “Crystal Skull.” This time Josh Homme also appears, on “Colony of Birchmen.” Paul Romano once again provides the superb art work.”
2. Leviathan (2004)
“The intensity and intelligence to be found on this record bring metal to whole new levels, and it remains just microns shy of Mastodon’s masterpiece to date. The evolution continued with Blood Mountain ever slightly edging this in terms of comprehensive quality and storytelling, to be their best yet. They added sitars and incense to the mix for Crack the Skye, which I love but which is a little too mellow for Mastodon…then starting sludging it up again with the Hunter.”
1. Crack The Skye (2009)
“Crack the Skye is incredibly diverse, both in its structure and its content. It contains just seven songs, but these range in length from 3:39 to 13:01. Clean riffs are blended often with distorted ones in true progressive fashion, and there are a wealth of other sounds and effects going on in the background of every song. Particular examples worth mentioning include the hazy intro and exit of “The Czar,” the otherworldly vocal effect in the middle of the title track, and Troy’s outstandingly psychedelic bass. In a word, Crack the Skye is innovative.”