Mastodon

Add Date: March 31

Artist: Mastodon

Album: Crack the Skye

Label: Reprise

Genre: Rock, Metal, Prog

Comments: Heavy metal band Mastodon is one of those bands taht you need to listen to at least once, even if only for the sake of listening to one of the leaders of American metal. And they're worth a listen here, shifting between plodding, methodical, ponderous songs, and sudden bursts of proggy goodness. And it's a concept album about Czarist Russia (I think)! The most single-ready song is "Divinations" (#2), but the rest of the album fills nicely around it, they just take longer to appreciate.