7/16/2023 0 Comments Clandestiny lyrics mastodon![]() ![]() ![]() and then "Show Yourself" kills the momentum dead in its tracks. The song builds to a terrific close of swirling, overlapping guitars from Hinds and Bill Kelliher, and it seems we're off to the races. "Sultan's Curse" wastes no time in showcasing Mastodon's vastly improved vocal work, as both guitarist Brent Hinds and drummer Brann Dailor sound infinitely more at ease behind the mic than ever before (I've always thought bassist Troy Sanders has been great in his vocal role). "Sultan's Curse" kicks things off with a storm of ferocious riffs and catchy melodies, a combo that will be at the center of Emperor of Sand. Mastodon's rapid ascent to the top of Critical Reception Mountain early in their career has only made their two-album slide all the more questioned: Were they trying to be more accessible and get a radio hit? Were they burnt out? Does Brent Hinds really hate playing in a metal band? Did they really just fluke their way into three All-Time albums? Fair or not, their seventh album, Emperor of Sand, feels like a make or break album for the band, one that will either return them to metal prominence as a great band, or seal their fate as a good band that had a transcendent six years once. Since their crushing debut Remission in 2002, the quartet has released five more albums, including back-to-back-to-back classics in Leviathan, Blood Mountain, and Crack the Skye, before falling back to earth and releasing two intermittently enjoyable, but really only ok to good albums in The Hunter and Once More 'Round the Sun. ![]() Mastodon is a band that needs no introduction they are on the shortlist of bands that have influenced and defined the genre thus far in the 21st Century. ![]()
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