Comments on: Mastodon – Crack the Skye

By: ReviewsResist » Blog Archive » Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage

ReviewsResist » Blog Archive » Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:30:52 +0000

[...] bands? After Mastodon announced that the famous hard-rock producer would be working on their album Crack the Skye, I was worried. It was an ominous sign that Mastodon wanted to take their sound to a more [...]

By: BNS

BNS — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:11:10 +0000

Gotta side with Mark on this one. First two tracks gave me somewhere between a 3/4 and 2/3 chub. Track 3 makes me think I might be gay as my chub goes to 1/2, then The Czar comes on and makes me realize that I’m just not that into it.
I never get my chub back.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:19:23 +0000

Having just bought the album, based on Justin’s glowing review & being a huge Mastodon fan, I thought it was a bit off from Mastodon’s normal sound, but overall I enjoyed the album. I’ve only had opportunity to listen to it once, so more listens may change my opinion for better or worse, but I dug what I heard on the once thru.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:37:31 +0000

In the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Crack the Skye was dubbed “Art Rock” (a new genre created by Rolling Stone to let douche bags know this band is “cool”) and that “mastodon are a full on metal band for people who think they’re too cool to like metal”. Is this why all the hipsters sport the beard nowadays? With RS magazine and a review on the next page of Peter Bjorn and John’s new “masterpiece” of hipster anthems, I see where these posers get it from. I can’t say I have listened to crack the skye more than 3 or 4 times, but thats not saying I dislike it, I’m just still stuck on the new Napalm Death(I’m not ready to chill and hit the bong yet). The first 2 songs are catchy as hell, and honestly I love the vocals, but it does loose allitle punch as it goes, and seriously what the fuck happened to the drums?