MASTODON "Logo" /Patch/

Another chapter of Unholy Alliance Tour, headlined by Slayer.
Filmed live on July 13, 2006 at General Motors Place, Vancouver BC.
DVD also includes: behind the scenes, interviews, fan footage… etc.
American Records/Columbia Music Video, 2007 (88697 13925 9)

Tracklist:
1. Slayer - South of Heaven
2. Slayer - Silent Scream
3. Slayer - Blood Red
4. Slayer - Cult
5. Slayer - Chemical Warfare
6. Slayer - Eyes of the Insane
7. Slayer - Dead Skin Mask
8. Slayer - Hell Awaits 
9. Slayer - The Antichrist
10. Slayer - Angel of Death
11. Mastodon - Crystal Skull
12. Mastodon - Capillarian Crest
13. Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
14. Lamb of God - Vigil
15. Children of Bodom - Angels Don't Kill
16. Children of Bodom - In Your Face
17. Thine Eyes Bleed - Dark White

The third full-length studio album by the American Progressive/Sludge Metal band.
After springing into existence fully formed with the fantastic Progressive Post-Sludge "Remission", Mastodon injected more melody and ambition into its accomplished and worthy follow-up, "Leviathan". Their Proggy tendencies became even more prominent on "Blood Mountain". The band's emphasis on clean, melodic vocals instead of the harsher vocals that the band used on their early work continues to grow on this album.
Like Mastodon's previous studio work "Leviathan", "Blood Mountain" is a concept album. According to bassist Troy Sanders, "It's about climbing up a mountain and the different things that can happen to you when you're stranded on a mountain, in the woods, and you're lost. You're starving, hallucinating, running into strange creatures. You're being hunted. It's about that whole struggle." Guitarist Bill Kelliher considers this album to represent the earth element. At the time, bassist Troy Sanders called it "sonically the best album we have done".
The album includes guest appearances by Scott Kelly of Neurosis on "Crystal Skull", Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age on "Colony of Birchmen", as well as keyboard player Isaiah "Ikey" Owens of The Mars Volta and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta on "Pendulous Skin" and "Siberian Divide", respectively.
"Blood Mountain" voted the best album of 2006 in the UK Metal Hammer Magazine end-of year polls, as well as top in Total Guitar Magazine's top 50 albums of 2006. It was also rated the 17th Greatest Metal Album of All Time by a countdown recently carried out by gaming website IGN. "Blood Mountain" entered the Billboard 200 bestselling album charts at No. 32, with 24 000 sold copies, marking it the third highest debut in the band's career before "Crack The Skye" and "The Hunter". The album is also one of the band's highest selling effort to date. By December 2006, the album had sold more than 65 000 copies in the U.S. alone according to the band's website. By March 2009, the album had sold 150 000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen Soundscan, and by September 2010 it had sold 176 000 copies.
Over the last fifteen years, Mastodon has grown into one of the leading lights in contemporary Heavy Metal. As intelligent as they are massive, they took a significant step forward with their third album and major label debut.
Release Relapse Music (BMI)/Reprise Records, A Warner Music Group Company, 2006/2017 (561699-1). Made in Czech. First time on Picture Disc.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. The Wolf Is Loose 3:34
2. Crystal Skull 3:27
3. Sleeping Giant 5:36
4. Capillarian Crest 4:25
5. Circle Of The Cysquatch 3:19
6. Bladecatcher 3:20

Side 2
7. Colony Of Birchmen 4:19
8. Hunters Of The Sky 3:52
9. Hand Of Stone 3:30
10. This Mortal Soil 5:00
11. Siberian Divide 5:32
12. Pendulous Skin 22:15

Total playing time: 68:09 min.

The fifth full-length studio album by the American Progressive/Sludge Metal/Hard Rock band.
"The Hunter" is Mastodon's second non-concept album. Moreover, it's marks the first time that drummer Brann Dailor composes and sings a Mastodon song in its entirety ("Creature Lives"), and takes lead vocal duties on more than two songs. Like Mastodon's previous album "Crack The Skye", "The Hunter" features a mix of clean singing and a few songs with harsher shouting vocals.
On "The Hunter", Mastodon abandoned the Proggy, conceptual route taken on previous outings, choosing instead to mine the trailblazing, riff-heavy abandon of their 2004 masterpiece, "Leviathan". Mastodon's increasingly accessible sound may not land them a hit anytime soon, but cuts like “Black Tongue”, “Curl of the Burl” and “Balsteroid”, all of which arrive in sequence at the front of the set, show a willingness to write within the parameters of 21st century Pop music’s dark side. That’s not to say that the band has pulled its head out of the vastness of space, as there are more than enough tracks here to satisfy fans who prefer the Sludgy, drop-D epics of yore to the more organized roar of "The Hunter" 's front end. Fueled by Brãnn Dailor's Jazzy, machine-gun drumming, songs like “Octopus Has No Friends”, “All the Heavy Lifting” and “Bedazzled Fingernails”, despite coming in at under five minutes, are epically arranged, and the surprisingly hummable, bass melody-led swamp monster anthem “Creature Lives” sounds like a Sabbathy, Lovecraftian take on Jane’s Addiction's “Summertime Rolls”. The closest " The Hunter" comes to reaching an apex is on the breathless “Spectrelight”, a relentless three-minute slab of pure unadulterated fury that will probably clock in at around a minute and half live, but it’s an album that doesn’t really need to peak, as it never promises a thing it can’t back up, boldly and loudly.
The song "Spectrelight" features Neurosis vocalist/guitarist Scott Kelly as a guest. Guitarist Bill Kelliher provides lead vocals on the bonus track "Deathbound". "The Hunter" is their first release with producer Mike Elizondo.
In its first week of release in the UK, the album reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and position number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart selling over 39000 copies in the first week. As of December 2011, "The Hunter" has sold over 75133 copies in the United States.
Reprise Records/Roadrunner Records/Cargo Records, 2011 (RRCAR 7675-1). Made in Germany. First press. 180 Gram Vinyl.


Tracklist:

SIDE A:
1. Black Tongue 3:25
2. Curl Of The Burl 3:38
3. Blasteroid 2:33
4. Stargasm 4:37
5. Octopus Has No Friends 3:46
6. All The Heavy Lifting 4:29
7. The Hunter 5:15

SIDE B:
8. Dry Bone Valley 3:57
9. Thickening 4:28
10. Creature Lives 4:39
11. Spectrelight 3:07
12. Bedazzled Fingernails 3:06
13. The Sparrow 5:30

Total playing time: 52:30

Re-release of the fifth full-length studio album by the American Progressive/Sludge Metal/Hard Rock band.
"The Hunter" is Mastodon's second non-concept album. Moreover, it's marks the first time that drummer Brann Dailor composes and sings a Mastodon song in its entirety ("Creature Lives"), and takes lead vocal duties on more than two songs. Like Mastodon's previous album "Crack The Skye", "The Hunter" features a mix of clean singing and a few songs with harsher shouting vocals.
On "The Hunter", Mastodon abandoned the Proggy, conceptual route taken on previous outings, choosing instead to mine the trailblazing, riff-heavy abandon of their 2004 masterpiece, "Leviathan". Mastodon's increasingly accessible sound may not land them a hit anytime soon, but cuts like “Black Tongue”, “Curl of the Burl” and “Balsteroid”, all of which arrive in sequence at the front of the set, show a willingness to write within the parameters of 21st century Pop music’s dark side. That’s not to say that the band has pulled its head out of the vastness of space, as there are more than enough tracks here to satisfy fans who prefer the Sludgy, drop-D epics of yore to the more organized roar of "The Hunter" 's front end. Fueled by Brãnn Dailor's Jazzy, machine-gun drumming, songs like “Octopus Has No Friends”, “All the Heavy Lifting” and “Bedazzled Fingernails”, despite coming in at under five minutes, are epically arranged, and the surprisingly hummable, bass melody-led swamp monster anthem “Creature Lives” sounds like a Sabbathy, Lovecraftian take on Jane’s Addiction's “Summertime Rolls”. The closest " The Hunter" comes to reaching an apex is on the breathless “Spectrelight”, a relentless three-minute slab of pure unadulterated fury that will probably clock in at around a minute and half live, but it’s an album that doesn’t really need to peak, as it never promises a thing it can’t back up, boldly and loudly.
The song "Spectrelight" features Neurosis vocalist/guitarist Scott Kelly as a guest. Guitarist Bill Kelliher provides lead vocals on the bonus track "Deathbound". "The Hunter" is their first release with producer Mike Elizondo.
In its first week of release in the UK, the album reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and position number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart selling over 39000 copies in the first week. As of December 2011, "The Hunter" has sold over 75133 copies in the United States.
Reprise Records/WEA International Inc., 2011/2017 (561701-1). Made in Czech. First press on Picture Disc.


Tracklist:

SIDE A:
1. Black Tongue 3:25
2. Curl Of The Burl 3:38
3. Blasteroid 2:33
4. Stargasm 4:37
5. Octopus Has No Friends 3:46
6. All The Heavy Lifting 4:29
7. The Hunter 5:15

SIDE B:
8. Dry Bone Valley 3:57
9. Thickening 4:28
10. Creature Lives 4:39
11. Spectrelight 3:07
12. Bedazzled Fingernails 3:06
13. The Sparrow 5:30

Total playing time: 52:30