Well thanks to this thread, I've been checking out the entire Mastodon discography for a few days. I fucking LOVE THEM.
I'm definitely not a hardcore metal listener. But I do love alot of these songs.
I found the first two albums, Remission and Leviathan hard to get into at first. I was a little meh to them at first even though they sounded rocking.
But then Blood Mountain hit the spot for me. More melodic, more complex. I loved Sleeping Giant. Circle of Cysquatch. Colony of Birchmen. This Mortal Soil. Fucking Wolf is Loose is incredible. I really liked it right away.
Crack the Skye took me awhile. It was dark and moody and took a couple of listens to really take hold of me. But fucking WOW, once it did, this album is incredible. Divinations and Oblivion blew me away. The Csar is fantastic. Ghosts of Karelia gave me chills. And then I finally sat through The Baron. It absolutely slayed me. What an album!
And then The Hunter. All I had read about it was everybody bitching about it. I was expecting a complete turn from the earlier material. Not so at all! The Hunter is fucking great! I think it may even have my favorite songs. Stargasm, Dry Bone Valley, Bedazzled Fingernails, Spectrelight, The Hunter, The Sparrow, Curl of the Burl. I fucking love them all! Yes they are way more melodic than before, and I LOVE it.
And now I'm kind of trying to enjoy the earlier stuff. I've been watching videos of them live, and I fucking love March of the Fire Ants, Blood and Thunder, Megalodon, Iron Tusk. I'm sure many other songs will continue to grow on me.
So all in all, thanks for the thread. Mastodon has a new fan! Looking forward to the new album!