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Crack The Skye - Mastodon
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  • Summary: The fourth album from the Atlantia, Georgia rock band features songs about the murder of Rasputin.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 29
  2. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Amidst blistering tritone riffs and arpeggiated chords is a group keener to explore sonic harmony than crank the distortion. Crack the Skye is an epic trek across the space-time continuum, entirely on Mastodon's terms.
  2. Crack the Skye has the feel of a classic metal album, steeped in impressive musicianship and stylized construction; it's the kind of album you can repeatedly rock out to without ever feeling the desire to skip even one moment of its sprawling majesty.
  3. As richly rewarding a work of brilliance as it is, Crack The Skye will nonetheless be beyond the ken of all but those with the most open of minds--or pre--attuned ears. [Apr 2009, p.107]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 37
  2. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. JohnA
    10
    From rapid crushing riffs to shimmering melodies Crack The Skye has it all, something for everything. The interplay between Troy Sanders and Brent Hinds with the vocals ia fantastic, and the guitar solos are astounding. There's twists and turns, here Mastodon take you on a thrilling journey through beautiful soundscapes. Expand
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  2. JoeS.
    10
    Best album from the best metal band alive. Need I say more?
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  3. SteveK
    5
    This album is same old generic metal made slightly more interesting with Mastadon's excellent abilities to rock hard. It's structured differently but it's a tired sound, mainly. Longer, toned down, slight song changes, same old chug chug little mastadon-lick here isn't that creative. Listen to the best of this year so far, Zu. You will hear how metal sounds when it's actually progressing. Expand
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