What bands/albums have you listened to recently?

Decided to add my two cents here. In music, I'm almost omnivorous (I only dislike vulgar "chanson" and one-hit-wonder pop:smile48:). I prefer metal, as well as "classic" rock bands. Among my favorites are Metallica, Pantera, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc... I listen to a lot of music, and sometimes even the music itself (any kind!) gets tiresome, so I just want to sit in silence, and it's even better in noise-canceling headphones for the full effect:D! I'll try to write my review, and if it goes well, I'll create another one later. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006) 1. «The Wolf Is Loose» 3:34 2. «Crystal Skull» (Feat. Scott Kelly) 3:27 3. «Sleeping Giant» 5:36 4. «Capillarian Crest» 4:25 5. «Circle of Cysquatch» 3:19 6. «Bladecatcher» 3:20 7. «Colony of Birchmen» (Feat. Joshua Homme) 4:19 8. «Hunters of the Sky» 3:52 9. «Hand of Stone» 3:30 10. «This Mortal Soil» 5:00 11. «Siberian Divide» (Feat. Cedric Bixler-Zavala) 5:32 12. «Pendulous Skin» (Feat. Isaiah "Ikey" Owens) 22:15 "Mind-blowing" - someone aptly described the live performance of one of the album's tracks. The bassist screaming wildly into the microphone, the guitarist "meowing," combined with complex, irregular rhythms and a dirty guitar sound. And even the musicians' appearance, if not quite reaching ZZ Top levels, is close. But this is not the kind of "mind-blowing" that would only make you headbang! Despite its intensity, the mammoth's relatives are almost as complex as King Crimson and incredibly melodic - a rare combination, wouldn't you agree? In general, the band Mastodon was formed in 1999 in Atlanta by drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher and is considered, along with Lamb of God, to be one of the leaders of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. The band's style is vague and elusive: it includes death, doom, progressive, and groove metal, as well as stoner rock, and even... jazz. They also tried to label it as sludge or post-sludge, but in my opinion, they have their own unique genre: what would be the best name for it? Glitch metal, perhaps? (although I haven't found any information about the musicians using illegal substances yet...). It's hard to find well-known analogues to such a nuclear mix: somewhere, something from Pantera (some guitar riffs, something in the arrangements of vocal parts), some associations with the American Armenian band SOAD (dizzying changes in rhythm without losing the delicate melodic thread and some kind of exoticism...), and maybe they borrowed something from Dream Theater, but that's just a little bit. Blood Mountain is the American band's 3rd studio album. All 4 albums released so far are dedicated to one of the elements. Blood Mountain is dedicated to Earth. Well, the pleasure of listening to it is quite comparable to the pleasure of getting a mass Slow in Heroes of Might and Magic 3. The concept of this album is the ascent to the so-called Blood Mountain (an analogy to life?) in search of the Crystal Skull artifact, with various adventures, such as meeting Cysquatch - a one-eyed snowman who predicts the future (the plot is quite something!). I'll stop here regarding the "literary" aspect. In terms of music, there seem to be no weak points in Blood Mountain; everything is crazy, chaotic, and yet, where it needs to be, there are no repetitions, there are some imitations, such as singing "in the style of Ozzy," but this "Ozzy" is not just copied, but is quite self-sufficient and good. Particularly successful is the tornado-like The Wolf Is Loose (although it still has the signature "meow":)), Crystal Skull, which pays homage to the 80s standards of Metallica, Sleeping Giant - with one of the strongest introductions in rock that I have ever heard:eek:, Colony Of Birchmen with a calmer, more drawn-out tempo, as if tired from the difficult climb up the mountain... Authoritative music publications have highly praised this creation: Rolling Stone - 9th place and Metal Hammer - 1st (!) place in 2006. Well, do you still doubt whether it's worth listening to?