Cloudspeakers

Jede Dekade kommt einmal wieder. Wissen wir. Den abfälligen Kommentar darüber, dass es gerade die Achtziger sind, sparen wir uns jetzt mal. Ist doch viel schöner, einen Blick nach vorn zu werfen. D... Read more

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Eind maart kwam Mastodon met hun vierde studioplaat aanzetten. Crack the Skye heet het schijfje en hier werd reikhalzend naar uitgekeken, vanwege de samenwerking met producer Brendan O’Brien. Dez... Read more

God, did me and Terry love that van. When we weren't in school or sleeping, it was all about the van. Decked out just like in the magazines — shag carpet, bean bag chairs, a mattress (Yes, we were ... Read more

Mastodon's 2004 album "Leviathan" was easily one of my favourites of that year so I was very happy indeed when this most recent single fell through my letter box this morning! It's indicative of th... Read more

The relationship a diehard fan has with a "first single" can be a tricky one, and perhaps even more so if we're talking metal. Generalizations aside, modern metal has become increasingly album-cent... Read more

Mastodon remain a befuddling proposition; while crafting sounds that are increasingly more accessible to a non-metalhead audience, the group keep the concepts high and the track lengths epic and th... Read more

Bevor mich die beinharten Mastodon-Fans vom Fleck weg steinigen, hier noch ein Hinweis in eigener Sache: Die brachiale Gewalt, die ungezügelte Energie der ersten drei Alben kenne ich nur vom Hörens... Read more

This band are ‘Prog Metal’. How can you tell? Well, the song on offer here (from their current long-player Crack the Skye) sounds like three or four smaller songs stitched together. Fairly frenetic... Read more

Back in the days when Mastodon were a mere spec in the vast world of heavy rock/metal, they were described as "The next Metallica". The hype built around Mastodon (mainly from your ever bumming Ker... Read more