Mastodon - Crack the Skye CD (album) cover     Tech/Extreme Prog
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Honorary Collaborator 4 stars Having previously heard only Blood
Mountain, the MASTODON experience for me was not a fully
gratifying one. While I liked the innovation and the energy that
the band was capable of, I wasn't too thrilled about the
senseless vocals or the lack of melody. Luckily for me, things
have changed this time around.  Crack The Skye is a whole
different beast, much more focused, much more controlled than
its predecessor. The band has toned down on the violence a
little bit, to leave more room for subtlety, melody and actual
songwriting. Yes, the band is still violent, energetic,
aggressive, metallic. But now it's much easier to read more than
all of that between the lines of the heavy, syncopated riffing.
MASTODON has decided to adopt a much more melodic style. The
first and most obvious change is in the v