Mastodon is an “indie” metal band of sorts. My fellow Clutch-fan-guy at work mentioned them first, but I’ve heard a lot about them in the meantime.
This is one of the best metal releases of the year; Top Ten material. Maybe even Top Five. But, it’s not without some drawbacks.
The Leviathan disc is half great fucking [...]
Archive for December, 2004
Mastodon: Leviathan
December 13, 2004Zeke: Dirty Sanchez
December 13, 2004Selected track titles: “Let’s get drugs.”, “I don’t give a fuck.”
The longest song clocks in at 2:11.
Same 3 chords.
Brilliant. You wish you could rock like this.
GWAR: War Party
December 4, 2004Do you realize Gwar has been doing thier thing for something like 15 years? I first saw Gwar at the Flood Zone in Richmond, when I was in high school. How many goddamn bands have come and gone in that span of time?
Each Gwar record is a snapshot of time it was recorded, commentary [...]