When a band can simply walk on stage, start playing for a couple of hours and walk off without so much as a please, thank you, hello, good bye and yet captivate the crowd with every note, taking their already sensational albums to a new level, you know you are in the presence of greatness.
Mastodon walked on stage, then played one set which comprised of every song of their latest album Crack the Skye, before playing an assortment of greatest hits in the second half. Each piece was played with precision, aggression and such a unique feel that it was hard to really view it as a set list and more as a giant piece of awesomeness. I’ll never forget as the started up “The Last Baron” thinking that they would naturally avoid the wierd King Crimson time-signature bit in the middle where it goes all over the place like a jazz track, but when they hit that part, nailed it without breaking sweat my jaw hit the floor. Just incredible.
The second half included “Where Strides the Behemoth” (heavy heavy heavy) and a frankly sensational version of “Mother Puncher” in which Brent Hinds nearly headbanged his own head off and Brann Dailor produced a drumming performance than was utterly ridiculous and incomprehensibly impressive. Doesnt happen often, but this was perfect.
10 out of 10
Mastodon walked on stage, then played one set which comprised of every song of their latest album Crack the Skye, before playing an assortment of greatest hits in the second half. Each piece was played with precision, aggression and such a unique feel that it was hard to really view it as a set list and more as a giant piece of awesomeness. I’ll never forget as the started up “The Last Baron” thinking that they would naturally avoid the wierd King Crimson time-signature bit in the middle where it goes all over the place like a jazz track, but when they hit that part, nailed it without breaking sweat my jaw hit the floor. Just incredible.
The second half included “Where Strides the Behemoth” (heavy heavy heavy) and a frankly sensational version of “Mother Puncher” in which Brent Hinds nearly headbanged his own head off and Brann Dailor produced a drumming performance than was utterly ridiculous and incomprehensibly impressive. Doesnt happen often, but this was perfect.
10 out of 10
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