Reviews
"BLOOD MOUNTAIN finds Mastodon neck-deep in the primordial ooze, ascending to a very literal artistic peak by album's end.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "A crushing heaviness grounded in classic hardcore and grind meets the drumming of Brann Dailor...", "Major-Label Metal Hasn't Sounded this Hungry since Metallica Got Haircuts." -- Grade: B, 3 stars out of 5 -- "Consisting of relentless time changes...and vocals that veer from unintelligible roar to choral chant....Exhilarating.", Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "They leap between math-prog tempo shifts without losing their sense of primal paranoid thunder.", Ranked #5 in Kerrang's "20 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "They continue to dazzle and confuse everyone with their staggering reinvention of heavy music's fundamental principles.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Melody matters as much as mayhem, and the treacherous temp shifts are navigated brilliantly by drummer Brann Dailor..."