mastodon

Call of the Mastodon, a 2006 collection of Mastodon's first-ever forays into the recording studio, exposes the humble beginnings of hard rock's heaviest hitters. The nine tracks laid to tape here, the first the fledgling quartet had ever written, document a band finding its own voice and place in the musical world. The compilation collects all of the band's earliest material including demo material, 2001's Slick Leg 7", and 2001's Lifesblood EP. Call of the Mastodon is a vital piece of heavy metal history and the crucial starting point in the still burgeoning Mastodon legacy.

1. Shadows that Move
2. Welcoming War
3. Thank You for This
4. We Built This Come Death
5. Hail to Fire
6. Battle At Sea
7. Deep Sea Creature
8. Slickleg
9. Call of the Mastodon

David Bottril (Tool, Muse, Peter Gabriel) Produced Ninth Full Length Effort Serves as Metal Mavericks' Most Ambitious Body of Work to Date!

Mastodon returns on Reprise Records with their anxiously awaited ninth full-length album, Hushed and Grim. Over the past year, the metal mavericks recorded the album in their hometown of Atlanta, GA, collaborating with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Rush, Muse, Peter Gabriel) behind the board. As their most ambitious body of work to date, it consists of 15 tracks, surveying sonic landscapes of rock, psychedelia, punk, metal, alternative, and prog threaded together by the innately expressive musical interplay of these four musicians. At the same time, an atmosphere of loss, loneliness, and longing permeates through the trio of cathartic vocals as they musically say goodbye to old friend, confidant, and longtime manager the late Nick John by architecting a magnum opus that bears the influence of his eternal memory.

LP1

1. Pain with an Anchor
2. The Crux
3. Sickle and Peace
4. More Than I Could Chew
5. The Beast
6. Skeleton of Splendor
7. Teardrinker
8. Pushing the Tides

LP2

1. Peace and Tranquility
2. Dagger
3. Had It All
4. Savage Lands
5. Gobblers of Dregs
6. Eyes of Serpents
7. Gigantium