MASTODON - CRACK THE SKYE - RECORD

Vinyl LP pressing. 2009 release from the Atlanta-based Heavy Metal outfit. Mastodon has taken hold of the leadership of the New Wave of Progressive Heavy Metal. The band's 2006 major-label debut Blood Mountain spun off a Grammy nomination and earned Top 5 Best Album of the Year nods from Kerrang!, Revolver and Metal Hammer, and a Top 10 Rolling Stone. Now Crack the Skye, it's fourth original studio album, mines subject matter from czarist Russia and astral travel to out-of-body experiences and Stephen Hawking's theories on wormholes for an unrepentantly heavy aural assault that will shake the heavens.

Track List:

1.1 Oblivion
1.2 Divinations
1.3 Quintessence
1.4 Czar: Usurper/Escape/Martyr/Spiral
1.5 Ghost of Karelia
1.6 Crack the Skye
1.7 Last Baron

Label: Reprise / WEA