Mastodon - Crack the Skye [LP]

Vinyl LP pressing. 2009 release from the Atlanta-based Heavy Metal outfit. Mastodon has taken hold of the leadership of the New Wave of Progressive Heavy Metal. The band's 2006 major-label debut Blood Mountain spun off a Grammy nomination and earned Top 5 Best Album of the Year nods from Kerrang!, Revolver and Metal Hammer, and a Top 10 Rolling Stone. Now Crack the Skye, it's fourth original studio album, mines subject matter from czarist Russia and astral travel to out-of-body experiences and Stephen Hawking's theories on wormholes for an unrepentantly heavy aural assault that will shake the heavens.

Tracklist:

1. Oblivion
2. Divinations
3. Quintessence
4. Czar: I. Usurper/II. Escape/III. Martyr/IV. Spiral, The
5. Ghost of Karelia
6. Crack the Skye
7. Last Baron, The

UPC: 093624979098
Label: REPRISE / WEA
Release Date: 5.5.09
Format: Vinyl