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Mastodon - Blood Mountain



8.4 | 985 votes |
Release date: 12 September 2006
Style: Progressive sludge metal

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Disc I [CD]
01. The Wolf Is Loose
02. Crystal Skull
03. Sleeping Giant
04. Capillarian Crest
05. Circle Of The Cysquatch
06. Bladecatcher
07. Colony Of Birchmen
08. Hunters Of The Sky
09. Hand Of Stone
10. This Mortal Soil
11. Siberian Divide
12. Pendulous Skin
13. Crystal Skull [live version] [Japanese bonus]

Disc II [Limited Edition DVD]
01. Making of "Blood Mountain"
02. Capillarian Crest [video]
+ Gallery captured during the recording
+ Expanded artwork

Staff review by
Herzebeth
Rating:
8.8
Mastodon is back!!! Blood Mountain could be one of the most anticipated Relapse albums since the Suffocation come back and finally we have the chance to hear what these guys are up to now. My hopes were really high as when I first heard this band (with their album Remission ) they shocked me like no other band has shocked me before. So here's my objective review about their new record.

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published 11.08.2006 | Comments (53)

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07.11.2012 - 15:45
Death_95

Amazing.
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09.11.2012 - 19:51
Rating: 9
Unhealer
Eclecticist
With time I'm liking this album more and more. My favorite one from Mastodon, for sure.
Saw them live yesterday, "Crystal Skull" was a party
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04.02.2013 - 20:25
Illog1cal
Account deleted
Full of half-baked ideas and songs that go nowhere, but also contains a few surprises.
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18.08.2013 - 07:53
Rating: 10
In my opinion, their best album. I enjoy literally every song, but probably my favorite is Siberian Divide.
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15.12.2014 - 18:51
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
I don't know if I'd call this their best album, but it's definitely their best drum-wise. Brann Dailor is simply a monster on this one.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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15.12.2014 - 19:19
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Auntie Sahar on 15.12.2014 at 18:51

I don't know if I'd call this their best album, but it's definitely their best drum-wise. Brann Dailor is simply a monster on this one.



I still find Remission their best by far on all fronts.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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26.10.2016 - 08:33
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.12.2014 at 19:19

Written by Auntie Sahar on 15.12.2014 at 18:51

I don't know if I'd call this their best album, but it's definitely their best drum-wise. Brann Dailor is simply a monster on this one.



I still find Remission their best by far on all fronts.


Think this is their proggiest and agree it's Brann Dailor's best. Drumming is top notch. Monstrous indeed.
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The sun shines over The Fool...
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03.11.2018 - 17:24
Rating: 7
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Would eb nice to like this album more than I actually do. The second half just sounds so tame and uneventful in comparison to the first half which I really enjoyed. A strong 7.
Definitely inferior to the two previous albums.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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03.11.2018 - 18:01
Zap
Guest
Written by X-Ray Rod on 03.11.2018 at 17:24

Would eb nice to like this album more than I actually do. The second half just sounds so tame and uneventful in comparison to the first half which I really enjoyed. A strong 7.
Definitely inferior to the two previous albums.

I'd say it's the weakest of the elemental-themed albums. Definitely agree on the first half vs second half thing. I always think "damn, maybe this album is better than I remember" when on the first few tracks, but then lose interest the further I go.
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12.09.2022 - 08:12
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
As with Leviathan, this grows on me with more listens. Very diverse melodies and addictive sludgy goodness throughout
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12.09.2022 - 10:57
gavdann

Written by F3ynman2000 on 12.09.2022 at 08:12

As with Leviathan, this grows on me with more listens. Very diverse melodies and addictive sludgy goodness throughout

Loved Leviathan and Crack the Skye but always found Blood Mountain a bit hit & miss personally. There are still some crackers but also a few which don't do much for me as well.

I used to really love Mastodon but I've not listened to much of them in recent years. I just got bored of them I suppose. It is the same with Opeth.
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13.09.2022 - 18:49
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by gavdann on 12.09.2022 at 10:57

Loved Leviathan and Crack the Skye but always found Blood Mountain a bit hit & miss personally. There are still some crackers but also a few which don't do much for me as well.

I used to really love Mastodon but I've not listened to much of them in recent years. I just got bored of them I suppose. It is the same with Opeth.

Blood Mountain has some interesting parts, but at the moment my favorites are Remission and Leviathan
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23.01.2024 - 23:29
Rating: 10
Mastodon74

What to say about Mastodon?
One of the bands that impacted me the most a few years ago. My avatar's name is in his honor.
This, along with Leviathan, are my favorite albums.
The riffs, their rhythm to the drums and the change of voices.
A force of nature at the controls of the bass, Troy should be your undisputed frontman, with that imposing image on stage.
Very good!!
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