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Crack the Skye by Mastodon (CD, 2009)

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You'd imagine that Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy) would love this band. Comparisons to the Mars Volta or even Muse's last album are valid here. There's even a banjo at the beginning of the single, Divinations.

About this product

Product Identifiers

Producer
Brendan O'brien
Record Label
Reprise
UPC
0093624987222
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050135175

Product Key Features

Era
2000s
Run Time
3003 Sec
Format
CD
Release Year
2009
Features
Studio Recording
Genre
Pop, Alternative, Rock
Style
Heavy Metal, Post-Hardcore
Type
Album
Artist
Mastodon
Release Title
Crack the Skye

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs
1
Distribution
Wea
Number of Tracks
7
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Guitar
Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher
Mixing
Brendan O'brien
Reviews
"'The Czar,' a four-part, 11-minute epic that's still only the second-longest song on the album, gargles and fumes and lurches for nearly three minutes before launching into its first glorious steamroller riffs.", "The record rumbles to life with the ominous 'Oblivion,' the sound of thunder moving over mountains, and the menacing tone this strikes is prevalent throughout and best demonstrated on the title-track, which is one of the meanest and most overpowering songs you're likely to hear this year...", Ranked #17 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2009" -- "Mastodon's fourth album is their glossiest effort yet.", "CRACK THE SKYE is a seven-song, 50-minute phantasmagoria of psychedelic song structures, cosmic lyrics, and foreboding atmosphere. Opener 'Oblivion' provides a fiery summary of what's to come...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "CRACK THE SKYE is an awesome display....It's thrill-ride stuff that conjures not just art-metal predecessors such as Helmet but also old-school prog-rockers like Rush, Frank Zappa and Yes.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Guitarist Bill Kelliher's mathy riffing is simply seismic; standouts 'Oblivion' and 'Quintessence' juxtapose burning-horizon solos and must-mosh-now thunderclaps.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "Their most mainstream to date....A sprawling prog-metal masterpiece....Richly rewarding...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "New to the mix are rich vocal harmonies, Vocoder, organ and unprecedented awesomeness....Mastodon present a prog-metal concept that would make Stephen Hawking bang his head."
Engineer
Nick Didia, Doug Hill, Billy Bowers
Additional Information
One of Modern Heavy Metal's Most Adventurous Bands Returns with a Majestic Ode to Czarist Russia
Vocals
Brent Hinds, Brann Dailor, Troy Sanders
Group Member
Brent Hinds, Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher
Percussion
Brann Dailor
Drums
Brann Dailor
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo