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>>130217265BLASTING?!
https://youtu.be/f6M741Jby80?si=m5guHQ5qelHF4vm8
>>130217544No offense to Andre Matos (RIP), but his vocals are so annoying. His vocal tone is so sweet and he does a weird yodel thing every line.
Kinda surprised at these scores. I know Mastodon is a little divisive so I wasn't expecting glowing reviews across the board but I figured the early albums would be sitting in the 80s
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>>130222299I don't take review scores on that site seriously, there's always some holier than thou retard review bombing with a ridiculous score, basically shitting in the pool. Especially that ultraboris retard gave a few 0% reviews to popular albums just because, imo such things should be deleted.
>>130224112Yeah remember that MA scores are from just those handful of reviews, they're not hundreds of people voting like on RYM or elsewhere. So they're not at all reflective of any community consensus, just the opinion of a dozen people at most.
>>130217265This album would've been legit total kino if the production was actually good. Andy Johns nearly did it, which would've sounded great, but then they decided against it because of his coke habit. Problem is, Dennis MacKay who got the job was drunk for nearly all the sessions and completely mailed it in. Subsequently you have a piss weak drum sound and Bonnet's vocals are strained because he was singing at the absolute top of his range - a good producer would've brought it down half a step to make his vocals more comfortable.The second album with Steve Vai has great production and way better vocals thanks to Eddie Kramer but then material isn't neatly as strong as the debut.
>>130227118i don't really mind the poor production that much. it definitely detracts from the album, but not by a lot and i think the material across the board more than makes up for it.>and Bonnet's vocals are strained because he was singing at the absolute top of his range - a good producer would've brought it down half a step to make his vocals more comfortable.this is my only complaint about the album, though. graham is one of my favorite rock singers from the early 80s, but outside of the mid-paced rockers like general hospital, i don't think his performance is all that great. it's serviceable, and he has his moments but i think he's far better on assault attack by MSG.
>>130217544fun fact, the album after this one was written by david defeis, from virgin steele.
>>130222299Looks about right to me. Mastodon is pretty pretentious music. Most smarty pants metal albums should be around 7/10 because they don't have catchy melodies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g7CRKjGOA8DELIVERANCE>BLACK DEMONBREAKING THE TRANCE>BLACK DEMONEXPOSING THE EVIL>BLACK DEMONTO THAT BASTARDS LETHAL>BLACK DEMON>Tonight...
>>130230662>Running Wildmore like Being Based
>>130230132what's pretentious about Leviathan
