Ages ago, I wrote about Mastodon and their third album, Blood Mountain. I said that I would never like it and that I didn’t think I would ever understand metal’s appeal. Well, it’s time to eat my hat. But only half of it. For although I still have no clue about the sprawling genre that is “metal”, I’ve had a complete volt-face on Mastodon I’m really enjoying their latest album Crack the Skye.
In fact Crack the Skye has acted a bit like a gateway drug. As soon as I devoured it I listened to their watershed album Leviathan, and then I moved onto Blood Mountain. And now I’m looking for more, or maybe something similar…
The problem is that I still have no clue when it comes to listening to metal, but I think the time has finally come to explore the strangest of all musical genres.
Now, I don’t have a plan of any kind, I’m just going off the deep end. But I do want to come out of this knowing my progressive from my power, my black from my death, and my stoner from my sludge.
So, irregular Shoveling Snow service will continue as normal, just expect to be kept abreast of my voyage into the deep black of the night…
