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Post subject: Re: The Wolf Is Loose / An RM Mastodon Thread
Posted: Tue April 04, 2017 7:31 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Sun May 31, 2015 12:11 am Posts: 3127 Location: The 216
Leviathan and Remission aren't pop metal at all, I mean maybe it has more cohesive song structures than Neurosis or ISIS or whatever, but it's still very much sludge metal.
The Emperor of Sand is about as poppy as it gets for 9/10ths of the thing though, it's alright and I probably will go see them next month when they come to town, but it's still nowhere close to the Leviathan - Crack the Skye stretch of albums. I don't even think I like it as much as Once More Round the Sun.
Post subject: Re: The Wolf Is Loose / An RM Mastodon Thread
Posted: Tue April 04, 2017 12:33 pm
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm Posts: 12082
The metal genres and what is and what isn't metal has always been ponderous to me. If I had to categorize I would think Motley Crue or Def Leppard as Pop Metal. Maiden, Priest and Metallica would be Heavy Metal and LV's grunt, bark and scream bands would be Extreme Metal. Then I guess you could have a million subgenres under those basic three or bands that move though multiple genres. I'm old though so that thinking is probably outdated. I guess if you were into grunt, bark and scream Metal everything not that would seem poppy.
Post subject: Re: The Wolf Is Loose / An RM Mastodon Thread
Posted: Tue April 04, 2017 12:52 pm
The Master
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
I am by no means a metal purist and I don't care if a band is "real" metal or not (What does that even mean?). I just don't like this particular type of metal in general, and find Mastodon boring.
Post subject: Re: The Wolf Is Loose / An RM Mastodon Thread
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 3:27 pm
Banned from the Pit
Joined: Mon January 07, 2013 2:35 am Posts: 16 Location: Albany, NY
I'm really enjoying the new record. Only got really into them a few years ago. Always enjoyed Colony of Birchmen and Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife.
If I had to rank them: 01. Emperor of Sand (think it's fantastic) 02. Crack the Skye 03. Once More 'Round the Sun 04. Blood Mountain 05. Leviathan 06. The Hunter 07. Remission 08. Call of the Mastodon
Album cover? Leviathan's vinyl version is by far my favorite.
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