It is also considered to be a metaphor for the grueling struggles mastodon have endured since their formation, which consisted of drug overdoses. It was really beautiful with the acoustics of the church and everything. Atlantabased mastodon have a strange story to tell on their new seven song, 50minute heavy metal opus, crack the skye. It started out with us knowing we wanted to tell a story about ether.
Its about a crippled young man who experiments with astral travel. From the moby dick inspired leviathan to the rasputin led astral adventures of crack the skye, these. Crack the skye is mastodon s 4th full length record and their most adventurous to date. The hunter is longer than crack the skye by a couple of minutes, but it feels briefer. A film adaptation of mastodon s latest album, crack the skye, is well within the realm of possibility albeit not in production yet. Mastodon drummer brann dailor was the latest guest on full metal jackies. The bands third consecutive concept album, this one charts the journey of a. Mastodon guitarist brent hinds has announced that hes selling a. The story behind crack the skye is a very complex, spiritual one. As the band itself noted early on, it comes over like a mastodon mixtape. He goes up into outer space, goes too close to the sun, gets his golden umbilical cord burned off, flies into a wormhole, is thrust into the spirit real, has conversations with spirits about the fact that hes not really dead, and they decide to help him. Broadly speaking, the record follows the story of a young paraplegic who experiments with astral travel, an outofbody experience where an astral body can separate itself, and travel away from, the physical body. If youre gonna go prog, you gotta go the whole hog. Crack the skye deluxe version licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of reprise.
Released in 2009, crack the skye is mastodon s fourth lp and second for warner bros. Mastodon oblivion instrumental crack the skye royal. Mastodon crack the skye lyrics and tracklist genius. Crack the skye tells a story dealing variously with the art aesthetics of tsarist russia, astral travel, out of body experiences, and stephen hawkings theories on wormholes. Welcome to our third and final part of our notes on mastodon s crack the skye. It begins with a paraplegic boy who goes out of his body, through the method of astral traveling, into outer space. Youre given like the storyline and theres not much separation from what i do normally. Dailor explained to billboard the concept behind the crack the skye album. Crack the skye tab by mastodon songsterr tabs with rhythm. Drummer brann dailor who writes most of the lyrics told mtv news that this song is meant as a homage to his deceased sister. For any who have just joined us, or if youre looking for a refresher, dont hesitate to check out part i and part ii from last week. When asked in multiple interviews dailor said the record would tell a story dealing variously with the art aesthetics of tsarist russia, astral travel. Mastodons brent hinds is selling gear from personal collection. Crack the skye is the fourth studio album by american heavy metal band mastodon, released.
A subreddit devoted for the fans of the progressive metal band mastodon. It had sold 200,000 copies in the us as of september 2010, making it one of their highestselling albums to date. The seven songs on crack the skye stretch over about 50 minutes, an indulgent tracklength average for any band not named opeth. With crack the skye, mastodon flattens everything in its path on the way to progmetal glory, continuing a.
The album debuted at number 11 on the billboard 200, selling 41,000 copies in its first week. Crack the skye is the fourth studio album by american heavy metal band mastodon, released on march 24, 2009 through reprise records. Crack the skye tells a story dealing with the art aesthetics of tsarist russia, as. Brann dailor talks about how crack the skye changed the bands. Progressive rock is a music genre in which each album narrates a story created by the band. Some of their older fans may be turned off by the overt prog and classic rock tendencies here but i think theyve done a better job assimilating those influences than on blood mountain. We have 12 albums and 116 song lyrics in our database. And the best way to hear the whole twisted tale will be live and direct. Mastodons fourth fulllength album, crack the skye, is the direct byproduct of hinds brush with.
The first act custom shop lola doubleneck electric guitar played on crack the skye and used live. Dailor, the main lyricist on the album who tried to create a consistent storyline throughout the songs, continues. We ended part ii having just looked at the czar, and that near 11minute epic is followed by the magnificent the ghost of karelia. Crack the skye guitar tab by mastodon with free online tab player. Crack the skye would probably still rock if mastodon were running the remission formula into the ground, but theyve branched out at their own risk to conquer a few more metal touchstones.
Mastodon understands, better than any band since opeth, that more than just being technically impressive or a challenge to write, snaking epics like crack the skye. Today well be looking at the crown jewel of mastodons brilliant discography. Bmg rights management us, llc, latinautor, cmrra, latinautor peermusic, aresa, abramus digital, and 7 music. Crack the skye, their fourth original studio album, mines subject matter from czarist russia and astral travel to outofbody experiences and stephen hawkings. Blessed visionary cut me with your sun the rivers ran in blood spark fueled to fire. Song appreciation crack the skye crack the skye after a brilliant suggestion from upolarrrburrrr, this sub will now arbitrarily feature a weekly thread.