MASTODON - Leviathan (Full Album Stream)

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  • @GanklThat
    @GanklThat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    I love that the "most replayed" slider on Megalodon actually has a profile of a shark's upper body, dorsal and tail fin and all.

  • @imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553
    @imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    It impresses me that it took 34 years after the creation of heavy metal for someone to realize that moby dick, the most metal story out there, is perfect for a metal concept album

    • @bigman9905
      @bigman9905 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      try the band ahab, different musical style but also moby dick based

    • @meatynomnoms7113
      @meatynomnoms7113 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      metal was such a shocking and awesome concept, it just took that long for people to get over the initial shock of just how great metal was and come back to earth :)

    • @user-qj6xp8te8d
      @user-qj6xp8te8d 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Разве хэви метал появился в 1988 году? По моему на несколько лет раньше. “The Namber Of The Beast” появился в 1982 году, и его уже трудно было бы назвать классическим хард-роком.

    • @Piece-Of-Time
      @Piece-Of-Time 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-qj6xp8te8dтут речь о Моби Дике

    • @Piece-Of-Time
      @Piece-Of-Time 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @hellokitteh6431 best

  • @craigferge4702
    @craigferge4702 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1772

    This is probably my favorite album of all time. As a drummer, every single song was such an inspiration for me - Brann is a beast.
    Back when I was 14 I was just getting into metal. I think Blood Mountain had just come out about a year before. I went on vacation to universal studios florida on one of my breaks and I was wearing my Mastodon shirt. We were sitting down eating churros on a bench, when all of a sudden I see Brann and his wife appear out of nowhere walking toward us. Me and my friend were basically star struck (we were just kids). We ran up to him and couldn't really say much except "Holy shit! We love your band!"
    Him and his wife were so cool to us. You could tell he was happy to meet some fans and was just a really friendly, genuine dude. We talked for a while about random shit and asked him what they were working on and he told us that their new album "Crack the Skye" was coming out in the next few months. We took a picture with him and were about to leave, when out of nowhere he invited us to go on The Hulk rollercoaster with him and his wife. We were so fucking stoked, it was so much fun. He even bought us the ride picture afterwards!! Really cool people, I will never forget that - still have that picture in my closet somewhere

    • @ianvader0000
      @ianvader0000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Thats fucking rad

    • @swimmingboulder
      @swimmingboulder 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Hell yeah. The guys in Mastodon are super cool.

    • @homeyiommi1921
      @homeyiommi1921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      That's a really cool fuckin story, man. Thx for sharing!

    • @jeffreynaish3235
      @jeffreynaish3235 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      If you can find it, look for Brann's old band from Rochester NY called Lethargy.He was just as good way back then.

    • @nichole8734
      @nichole8734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Cool story but what the hell is that picture doing in your closet somewhere? If you have a Hulk rollercoaster pic with Brann that he bought you then you need to display that shit!

  • @ZBR_ProXP
    @ZBR_ProXP 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    There are many moments on this album where it sounds like the music and vocals are swaying back and forth like you're on a ship in a storm, it's incredible.

    • @Darfaultner
      @Darfaultner 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Someone is highhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    • @Mike_Jones68
      @Mike_Jones68 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@Darfaultnerno he's right tho lol

  • @krigg
    @krigg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +814

    This album is straight snare-porn.

    • @maltsutty
      @maltsutty 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I love most of all Mastodons stuff for different reasons but on this album it's all about the drumming and to a lesser extent those TASTY riffs

    • @tylerjacobson8012
      @tylerjacobson8012 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      mayte sutin the riffs on this album are iconic. Blood and thunder is one of the simplest strong riffs I think ever wrote. Reminds me of what Blackmore did with smoke on the water. Seabeast is probably my favorite song of theirs. The riff that closes that song is the most monstrous way to close a song I've ever heard.

    • @blankgeneration9540
      @blankgeneration9540 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mastodon though they have put more emphasis on "prog' aspect of their sound in recent years, they still metal

    • @TheStanStanmanson
      @TheStanStanmanson 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heya brock. You come here after some led zeppelin?

    • @ThePhobos100
      @ThePhobos100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Snaregasm

  • @zainerikat4704
    @zainerikat4704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    I wish if all metal and rock bands knew how valuable an aggressive drummer is for an album. This drummer is a fucking master of his work. He just found something he's good at and improved himself upon it beyond belief.

    • @michaelh2935
      @michaelh2935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yep, a weak drummer could have made this album so much less than it is.

    • @jettgjr31
      @jettgjr31 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fo shizzle my nizzle

    • @devinwatson4594
      @devinwatson4594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He's alright. He's no Meg White that's for sure

    • @gregoryleonard1098
      @gregoryleonard1098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's no Frost either. This whole band lacks talent

    • @zainerikat4704
      @zainerikat4704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gregoryleonard1098 after time and thought, considering their other albums i must concur

  • @onimusic6525
    @onimusic6525 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1245

    Lets take a shot every time there's a drum roll.

    • @tomaszwakuski2411
      @tomaszwakuski2411 7 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      ARTRAD you'd be wasted before I Am Ahab.. :D

    • @uberethair
      @uberethair 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Let's take this moment to remember LONEBOY, who sadly passed away from alcohol poisoning listening to this beast of an album

    • @MrRickstopher
      @MrRickstopher 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Uberethair lmao, I was thinking along these lines as well.

    • @Kyrus92
      @Kyrus92 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      RIP

    • @lucasgutschow5164
      @lucasgutschow5164 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      #neverforget

  • @nerdrock8087
    @nerdrock8087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    I love how it's composed of melodic and technical parts mixed with blunt, brutal heaviness

    • @kariluna8416
      @kariluna8416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Absolutely yup me too, few tunes are so melodic and technical at the same time, its wild... saw them live once, totally unforgettable...

    • @T.2.S.A.
      @T.2.S.A. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/foMVF6zA46E/w-d-xo.html

  • @emivalx
    @emivalx ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I've had the riff for Blood And Thunder in my head for the past two years now. My first thought was "I swear I've heard this somewhere" then I could never think of where from. I thought I finally had a cool riff idea. Then I found Blood And Thunder and my world crumbled around me.

    • @zachscott4867
      @zachscott4867 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Welcome to the club, it’s been almost 20 years for this album playing in my head at different times and different songs. It’s so good it’s unbelievable really.

    • @rerditirerthz5568
      @rerditirerthz5568 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The same happend with me but It was with Schism by Tool
      "I've written the most powerful riff"

  • @dialektischabgefahrenerwel1654
    @dialektischabgefahrenerwel1654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    For mobile devices:
    Blood And Thunder (0:00)
    I Am Ahab (3:48)
    Seabeast (6:34)
    Ísland (10:49)
    Iron Tusk (14:16)
    Megalodon (17:19)
    Naked Burn (21:41)
    Aqua Dementia (25:24)
    Hearts Alive (29:34)
    Joseph Merrick (43:14)

  • @stalker11421
    @stalker11421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    you know a masterpiece when you listen without song skipping

    • @nowone666
      @nowone666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      on repeat

    • @DHarvey-Scarola
      @DHarvey-Scarola 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Of Breath And Bone by Be'lakor. That's a masterpiece right there.

    • @roundandroundltd7528
      @roundandroundltd7528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Would you like to grind this album and smoke it though?

    • @fabioriato
      @fabioriato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Then it's probably a 9/10 in my book, since I tend to skip Ísland (can't really dig the vocals...)

    • @johnrobson1309
      @johnrobson1309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm a little torn on the theme. It's like, you can't take it seriously or relate to the lyrics but the music is so fast and interesting. The whole album is groovy and angry at the same time. It's like listening to Ozzy, Tool and System of a down all at the same time. lol

  • @jackattack7940
    @jackattack7940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    'Joseph Merrick' is such an fascinating end to an album, definitely settles things down after the mammoth of a song that is 'Hearts Alive'. The calm after the storm, it even sounds kinda like a sea shanty.

    • @JohnMatayas
      @JohnMatayas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I always, ALWAYS skip it man... To me it has to end with Hearts Alive... the solo is just too good and even the amazing coda of the song feels anticlimactic to me.

    • @effctoocool9763
      @effctoocool9763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JohnMatayas Try linking it to Elephant Man from Remission instead, to me that works amazing as an outro after Hearts Alive! They are always together in my playlists!

    • @finn4435
      @finn4435 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its washing up on the beach, after Moby Dick trashes the ship. Its the aftermath of the storm in Hearts Alive.
      Especially when the Leslie amp mini solo begins at 44:28, i can imagine a Castaway-movie type moment, like a sunburned guy with blistered lips and wild hair just sitting on the sand, staring out at the horizon.

  • @hotdevilzz
    @hotdevilzz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    one of the best albums ever

    • @adamk8683
      @adamk8683 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Based on its overall quality and the impact it had when it came out.

    • @hotdevilzz
      @hotdevilzz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Vinko Grgić if you think otherwise then why are you here? go play league and gtfo lol

    • @metalfuk1
      @metalfuk1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      you're a fucking douche lol

    • @mathewhaffenden1610
      @mathewhaffenden1610 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      go back to your game knob jockey

    • @supremebuffalo6322
      @supremebuffalo6322 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Vinko Grgic
      hey, Vinko, dude. Your English isn't as good as you think, trust me. The lofty intellect you're trying really hard to project gets undermined by the mistakes.
      But, to quote you; no need for you to upset.
      Just don't go around pretending you're above us all, 'there's always a faster gun' I like to say. and you'll just look like a moron before long.
      Case in point - it'll be my turn next! haha
      Now get lost!

  • @thefives7ar
    @thefives7ar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Came for the weird, metal-country, hillbilly square dancing riff at 18:40, was not disappointed.

    • @ThePhobos100
      @ThePhobos100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It kind of reminded me of a sailor.

    • @Cryptstal666420
      @Cryptstal666420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You would be correct, such a damn epic breakdown

    • @jakeybball
      @jakeybball 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Brent Hinds has to be the most unique guitar player of this generation. One second he’s playing heavy ass thick and fat riffs. Next he’s playing chicken picked rockabilly. And somehow it works within the same song.

    • @Jeff-ik9zj
      @Jeff-ik9zj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brent's playing never fails to amaze me

    • @johnnyKwho
      @johnnyKwho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I glanced at this comment at the exact time this played, hot damn

  • @VenomSpreader
    @VenomSpreader 7 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    the guitar tones on this album make my brain happy

    • @leshockingshred8903
      @leshockingshred8903 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They make mine all tingly.

    • @skippityblippity8656
      @skippityblippity8656 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      gibbo lp + bill kelliher + octave fuzz + marshall + orange cabs = magic

    •  หลายเดือนก่อน

      i dont have a brain but it makes me happy too

  • @LordGeorgeDead
    @LordGeorgeDead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    this drummer is amazing

    • @joeyoksh
      @joeyoksh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I know, Brann is crazy good at drums

  • @king-zahi2438
    @king-zahi2438 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    19 years old and still hitting as hard as ever!

    • @Mike_Jones68
      @Mike_Jones68 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Def does man. They're touring this this year, going to see em. Can't wait!

  • @rheathesaturnmoon9124
    @rheathesaturnmoon9124 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Makes me want to read the book. S-tier

    • @jcanal0221
      @jcanal0221 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I actually read the book back in the day when I first listened to this

    • @rejectrealism
      @rejectrealism ปีที่แล้ว

      It made me read the book

    • @FriedMetroid
      @FriedMetroid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Reading it now, the book is a masterpiece

  • @Ledface117
    @Ledface117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The riff at the end of Seabeast is some of the nastiest shit I have ever heard in my entire life

  • @littlecrimsonwyvern8083
    @littlecrimsonwyvern8083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    18:38
    Your life will never be the same.

    • @unoriginalcontent346
      @unoriginalcontent346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've listened to the song like 6 times today for that part

  • @atree88
    @atree88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    Blood and Thunders opening riff is possibly the most metal thing ever

    • @Phantasm2Cuda
      @Phantasm2Cuda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Must be new to metal

    • @absoluteward7811
      @absoluteward7811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No it ain't

    • @frankscassi4960
      @frankscassi4960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It isn't, but it's still so good it's almost forbidden

    • @brandontadday6288
      @brandontadday6288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Such a simple yet effective riff. Still one of my favorites to rip during a soundcheck or when playing a new guitar.

    • @hasbeendrummer
      @hasbeendrummer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Considering the riff was written by Slayer, yeah.

  • @tylerjacobson8012
    @tylerjacobson8012 7 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    Legitimately one of the best metal albums ever released. Every song is so colorful. I've never heard an album able to paint a picture like this masterpiece. I see the whale and ahab on quest and his descent into madness. Great fucking album.

    • @collegegoer45
      @collegegoer45 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tyler Jacobson Try some Symphony X. Guy paints a picture with his voice. The Damnation Game is a great album to start with

    • @bobbywarren9933
      @bobbywarren9933 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tyler Jacobson , this and Clutch elephant riders are the 2 that just ruined me on an "album concept". Music in it's most imaginative form for me.

    • @angelocrossbones9816
      @angelocrossbones9816 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tyler Jacobson con-fuckin-cur !!!!THE WHITE WHALE!!!!!

  • @j.t.8848
    @j.t.8848 7 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    A timeless classic. I just realized it's been almost 13 years since this came out. Feels like yesterday.

    • @piafrancesca1
      @piafrancesca1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aeturnus , wow it has been 12-13 years. Your getting old

    • @1383berty
      @1383berty 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I remember buying this in Iraq at the PX and just thinking, holy shit..

    • @jpeg7521
      @jpeg7521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I grew up with this, and have always loved it

    • @HeirofDacia
      @HeirofDacia 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It will be 20 soon.

    • @rerditirerthz5568
      @rerditirerthz5568 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tour with Lamb of God playing this entire masterpiece front to back \M/

  • @Cowboykings1
    @Cowboykings1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Heart's Alive is among the greatest songs ever composed.

  • @xrezzerreckedx4226
    @xrezzerreckedx4226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    Remission - Fire🔥
    Leviathan - Water 🌊
    Blood Mountain - Earth 🌎
    Crack the Skye - aether 🌌
    Mastodon - Awesome \m/\m/

    • @daviddegeorges8416
      @daviddegeorges8416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Crack the Skye - Air

    • @theassassin3106
      @theassassin3106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The hunter-forest 🌲🌳🥀

    • @jacoblevenson7934
      @jacoblevenson7934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@daviddegeorges8416 Aether and air are arguable interchangeable.

    • @daviddegeorges8416
      @daviddegeorges8416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@jacoblevenson7934 nope. Aether was the 5th.

    • @serhat6181
      @serhat6181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@daviddegeorges8416 5th is Wood.

  • @JC-jx9se
    @JC-jx9se 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Mastodon’s artwork has always been sick AF. Artwork imo can make or break a band. The music and visuals gel to create the experience.

    • @JC-jx9se
      @JC-jx9se 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Tom Dantzig no

    • @reesetorwad8346
      @reesetorwad8346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      no, visual is irrelevant

    • @goromarimba
      @goromarimba ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@reesetorwad8346 nowadays it might be somewhat irrelevant, but back in the days of vinyls, cassettes and CD's the artwork would add to the personality of the album whilst catching the eye of those searching for something new to listen to

    • @raafbraai789
      @raafbraai789 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@goromarimba though these days, if artwork catches the eye, we buy too. Bands work closely with the artist, sometimes even create it themselves, and it does represent what sonic assault will be unleashed. Purple and black album cover? Probably gonna be some dope-ass bm. Trippy n colorful, perhaps proggy goodness. Raw n ugly, u get the idea. In the case of concept albums like dis one, faaaarkin-a the music wouldn't have had one iota less of an impact but gardaayum does this cover rip and pay such a beautiful homage to the dick of moby :))

    • @hyde4004
      @hyde4004 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@reesetorwad8346 Great artwork can help you fully put yourself in the landscape that the music is painting, not irrelevant at all.

  • @spurqz
    @spurqz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Hearts Alive! What a masterpiece! My favorite Mastodon moment from any of their albums is the ending of that song starting at 39:36

  • @ASNnKC913
    @ASNnKC913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Hearts Alive is a masterpiece. The ultimate climax of an epic story. One of the best songs of the 21st century

  • @Beenyad
    @Beenyad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    First album I ever bought. Was absolutely obsessed with this throughout my teenage years. All these years later I've gotten into much different music but nothing gives me goosebumps like this. Just the perfect amount of heaviness, catchiness and stank face inducing musicianship.

  • @MrProjectpat15
    @MrProjectpat15 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ashes of the Leviathan here we go. I cant belive Im still rocking to this album even 20 years later. Keep rocking!

  • @father042
    @father042 7 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    The album that got me into metal with Blackwater Park, such good memories.

    • @SoulDeSol
      @SoulDeSol 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Blackwater Park and Leviathan - two of the greatest metal albums of all time. Unfortunately, both Opeth and Mastodon are much softer these days, and no longer really make metal, but their legacies will live on in metal fame for time immemorial.

    • @TheStanStanmanson
      @TheStanStanmanson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +M00tzart Fear not, Mastodon with andromeda shall save you from this metal drought.

    • @ThePhobos100
      @ThePhobos100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      With mastodons recent stuff, it is more clean vocals. But I would still consider them metal. Opeth have gone totally clean vocals.

    • @Countdownsmiles
      @Countdownsmiles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yeah It's still metal, Judas Priest is still metal.

    • @jakeman1397
      @jakeman1397 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      clean vocals have nothing to do with a band being metal or not, Sabbath, Judas priest, Metallica, anthrax and Iron maiden are all metal, but have clean vocals

  • @topraman519
    @topraman519 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Classic album. Sounds even better than it used to.

  • @Fr3akymet4l
    @Fr3akymet4l 7 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    I love the artwork!

    • @ugosanshache2562
      @ugosanshache2562 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah freakin' awesome

    • @manueltavares5967
      @manueltavares5967 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Done by mr Paul Romano.
      adrenochromemusic.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/the-art-of-the-mastodon-%E2%80%93-part-i-paul-romano/

    • @sonofernest
      @sonofernest 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've had the pleasure of seeing it in person. Its like 4ft square and full of little hidden details. Super awesome to stare at for 10 minutes.

    • @homeyiommi1921
      @homeyiommi1921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Mastodon always has insanely cool album artwork, imo

    • @svobodasimon1185
      @svobodasimon1185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      great for tattoo too

  • @divineauspex9604
    @divineauspex9604 7 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    A modern classic.

    • @swinginmad
      @swinginmad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brandon Hoeppner The Chaos Ensemble did a string version. It's just as good imo.

    • @ataberkozcelik9328
      @ataberkozcelik9328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ah I see album cover of the ocean, man of culture

  • @scratchypineapple
    @scratchypineapple 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AN THUNDER!!!!

  • @exitus82
    @exitus82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thank you relapse records for letting us listen for free.
    I hate bringing in my record player for work.

    • @tompaddle_
      @tompaddle_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      WOW finally, someone that is not complaining about the ad. FREE MUSIC is the best things a records company can do to make people discover music.

  • @dislecsyk991
    @dislecsyk991 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of my very favourite albums of all time. I Am Ahab the epic that lasts less than 3 minutes and a near-15 minute Hearts Alive that flies by. Masterful song-writing.

  • @visakhc6352
    @visakhc6352 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Brann Dailor is seriously an awesome drummer yet he isn't mentioned in the greatest drummers conversation

    • @CrossDenier
      @CrossDenier ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because he choose to do things simpler after "Leviathan"... Remains a beast of a drummer, but this album here is his undeniable peak

  • @frogsuitsman4853
    @frogsuitsman4853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Today was the 1st time I listened to this from start to finish, loud, with headphones on eventually just laying on my floor. I gotta get better at making time for music that exact way.

  • @202d
    @202d 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    copy n paste from a search, good explanation of the best song on here:
    [hearts alive] ...It's nearly the band's crowning Opus, and is definitely the culmination of the Leviathan's storyline....this song went over the heads of SO many people....found "it's boring", "it's slow", "it's not heavy enough", "it's repetitive". How could people miss the point so dramatically?
    Hearts Alive IS the whale! It rises from the deep, it thrashes around, it is eternal. The lyrics are about the behavior of the whale and the interaction with the captain. The riff from 10:03 until the end of the song evolves so slowly and methodically..."

  • @BayouDrank
    @BayouDrank 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    WHITE
    WHALE
    HOLY
    CRAP

  • @DrCrunchyRiff
    @DrCrunchyRiff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Just a perfect album. 👊

    • @markpalavosvrahotes5575
      @markpalavosvrahotes5575 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No way. Crack The Skye is much better and that is not quite perfect.

  • @devinwatson4594
    @devinwatson4594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This album and this song helped me through a really long and painful bowel movement but at the end of the day. I'm better for it

  • @phisoundlab4656
    @phisoundlab4656 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    best sonic interpretation of Moby Dick ever!

  • @nicolasdicesare1797
    @nicolasdicesare1797 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hearts Alive one of the best songs ever

  • @UncleAnaesthesia
    @UncleAnaesthesia ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The high water mark of modern metal within the last 20 years, pun unintended.
    The undefeated king: Leviathan.

  • @Mystixor
    @Mystixor ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Metal isn't a genre I ever really listen to, but being introduced to this album through Blood And Thunder I have to say, this is really not bad!

  • @estebban345
    @estebban345 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    think I might start buying some Mastodon albums

    • @josephevans2438
      @josephevans2438 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      they played hella good in the unholy alliance tour, i think they were honestly my fav i went for slayer my all time fav but yea mastodon one of few i like too

    • @josephevans2438
      @josephevans2438 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i dont know which songs but this one they had such sick riffs omg lol mastodon awesome live

    • @michaeldavid1471
      @michaeldavid1471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the only good one

    • @kevinerhardthansen9016
      @kevinerhardthansen9016 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael David Remission is pretty decent

    • @DaPoopIsInDaPudding
      @DaPoopIsInDaPudding 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Michael David other than all of em yeah

  • @erl00558
    @erl00558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    cannot get enough of these guys lately...in 13 months after giving it a shot and listening to cold dark place after work one night on youtube, now I have all their albums and a couple extraneous releases and profoundly wish there was alot more. each album makes it to favorites list but leviathan and hushed and grim seem to stick around the most this past month

  • @johnkehoe1305
    @johnkehoe1305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    still a monolith of an album years and years after i first fell in love with it!!

  • @adolpholiverbush2
    @adolpholiverbush2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That breakdown at 10:05 or so, well, that's stupid-good.

  • @turbofox23
    @turbofox23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Fell in love with the band after listening to this

  • @xxUrameshixxTTV
    @xxUrameshixxTTV 7 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    10 seconds in and Mastodon has me head banging already. Well done.

    • @The-Punnkk
      @The-Punnkk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      why?

    • @joeyoksh
      @joeyoksh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gregory Chri Because it's Mastodon!

    • @tennenyt5311
      @tennenyt5311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can't help but do it all the way through

    • @frankscassi4960
      @frankscassi4960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember seein them playing live. When I left the club my neck was hurting for that reason. And I'm not a fanatic head banger

  • @vvsrao
    @vvsrao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That Seabeast intro riff is a beast.

  • @elijahbradley704
    @elijahbradley704 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i'm not even a drummer and the percussion in this album makes me feel things.

  • @Jordo246
    @Jordo246 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    28:09 One of THE greatest riffs ever written.

    • @The-Punnkk
      @The-Punnkk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      why?

    • @scottlebrun6782
      @scottlebrun6782 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      really? I'll just assume you are about 12

    • @CR7xDBZxMETALLICA
      @CR7xDBZxMETALLICA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      18:44 feels like a shark is swimming at you

  • @RUBENS9645
    @RUBENS9645 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man, this is one of the most gorgeous artcover i've ever seen!

  • @jackolaid6179
    @jackolaid6179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You know, this may be my favorite Mastodon album, but I truly do appreciate all of the others. They all bring something to the table for me, they are all unique and amazing in their own way. All the way from Remission to Emperor of Sand, Mastodon is one of the few bands that have not put out a bad album and can keep me headbanging and laying in bed relaxing throughout their whole discography.

  • @user-hf4qv1vd5c
    @user-hf4qv1vd5c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've already been losing 14 pounds of fat just by drumming this album and eating properly, thanks Brann!

  • @theozuretti6091
    @theozuretti6091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Was not expecting that riff at 10:05

    • @paulgrudowski4383
      @paulgrudowski4383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, so crunchy and brutal. Love it!

    • @vinyldiary6664
      @vinyldiary6664 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Badass

    • @zachscott4867
      @zachscott4867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Devastating! That moment just gives me butterflies still and I know it’s coming.

  • @grindcoremaniac
    @grindcoremaniac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    this was a great year for Relapse.

    • @snakelegion1469
      @snakelegion1469 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      grindcoremaniac 2004, fuck yeah. Becrophagist released epitaph. Good times.

    • @rippindrummer666
      @rippindrummer666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pig destroyer-terrifyer, miss machine-Dillinger escape plan, leviathan-mastodon all in 2004

  • @Xldldoom0
    @Xldldoom0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    My favorite album of all time. Some days my particular favorite is Once More 'Round the Sun, others it's Remission. Sometimes it's Crack the Skye or Blood Mountain. Overall, I know my favorite is Leviathan. It's my personal number one album ever. Almost 47 minutes of pure progressive sludge metal brutality and chaos. It's an absolute masterpiece.

    • @bousculade1035
      @bousculade1035 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let's just say rip to The Hunter that is never your favorite.

    • @tadpole2bullfrog201
      @tadpole2bullfrog201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Minority opinion: I just discovered Mastodon recently and have listened to most of their discography a couple of times over (as I am doing with Leviathan right now) and like it all but the one that I keep returning to is The Hunter. I put it on in my car and just kept hitting repeat on Dry Bone Valley.

    • @kariluna8416
      @kariluna8416 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "47 minutes of pure progressive sludge metal brutality and chaos. An absolute masterpiece"
      Im like, wanting to frame your words.
      So well said, yes.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @Xldldoom0
      @Xldldoom0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tadpole2bullfrog201 The Hunter I love. Criminally underrated progressive sludge metal and stoner rock/metal. Bit more polished and kind of restrained, but who cares, the music itself is excellent.

    • @Xldldoom0
      @Xldldoom0 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bousculade1035 great album.

  • @nathanrasely7903
    @nathanrasely7903 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Always got the vide that every album since Crack the Skye was solid, but Remission, Leviathan, and Blood Mountain were epic. Crack the Skye was like that buffer in between. This record, followed by Blood Mountain being a close second, is my favorite Mastodon album. The mix of sludge, blues, prog, concept, riffs, drum fills, and straight up metal makes this a heavy metal fucking journey.

  • @bestboy897
    @bestboy897 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    this album is pure adrenaline, such a rush

  • @metalhead0740
    @metalhead0740 7 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    best Mastodon album

    • @areswolf76
      @areswolf76 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed!!!

    • @kempesmario77
      @kempesmario77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      kevski 1964 I prefer Crack the skye, but between those two is just a matter of taste.

    • @imissmykids4206
      @imissmykids4206 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Their first 3 are hands down amazing

    • @brianmcg.8260
      @brianmcg.8260 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Kalihan Mclean I have found that there is a first 3 Album Phenomenon. The first 3 Albums of Bands who are considered Successful, at least, and usually it is the first 3 Albums that are the best & sometimes the only like with
      Portis Head -their first 3 are in a genre & classification of their own, & even though they have toured heavily since getting back together a while ago, years. There is only the 3 Portis Head Albums. Just an example, but 3 is the number for the best Albums.

    • @Cheximus
      @Cheximus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brian McGuire Opeth fans would generally disagree. I see what you're saying though.

  • @leonhardwelkener3917
    @leonhardwelkener3917 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hearts alive...drums sounding like harpoons and guns fighting against leviathan beasts....simply awesome!!!!

  • @RareAries323
    @RareAries323 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ok first time listener to this masterpiece, its epic af!

  • @foxferreira
    @foxferreira 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I was listening to this album while playing Pokémon, and my Wailmer became a killer whale, obliterating everything in its path completely.

  • @franlovelsimic8421
    @franlovelsimic8421 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Masterpiece!

  • @chestbuster1987
    @chestbuster1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the new segmented progress bar :)

  • @JohnMatayas
    @JohnMatayas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hearts Alive is the most haunting song I've ever heard... and that fucking solo at the end is, to me, the best metal solo ever... I just love every single note of it

  • @NyeGuy-yv2dv
    @NyeGuy-yv2dv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Exceptional group of musicians. Exceptional humans as well. Long live Mastodon.

  • @kickinwinghotboi883
    @kickinwinghotboi883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Megalodon has to be my all time favorite mastodon song out of every single album

  • @Immoskyl
    @Immoskyl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Hearts Alive solo omg

  • @eddiespectral
    @eddiespectral 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Everybody's talking about how great is "Crack the Skye" or "Blood Mountain" but this album is the best.

    • @mazeoftorment805
      @mazeoftorment805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agree 100%

    • @dekapitatorr
      @dekapitatorr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      you are wrong. this album get many praise back in 2004 and recently was voted for best metal album in last 20 years. this one and crack the skye will forever be remembered as their best work and if any mastodon album was overlooked,that is blood mountain. anyway,it;s hard to pick best mastodon album.

    • @TheCecchino98
      @TheCecchino98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't decide between the three honestly

    • @dakotafawson1223
      @dakotafawson1223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They’re all so different and good for different moods. As long as we agree that they are the Holy Trinity of mastodon

    • @krauzz1611
      @krauzz1611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      several people are typing.....

  • @s-ambrelhermitte
    @s-ambrelhermitte 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A beautiful cover of album for a perfect band! This album, and many of them albums, are journeys by themselves!

  • @Ledface117
    @Ledface117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The only sea shanties worth listening to in 2021

  • @joebrown4165
    @joebrown4165 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hadn't thought about this album since about 2010 but as soon as blood and thunder starts all the lyrics were right there again. Great album.

  • @kriskrissison4508
    @kriskrissison4508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    its rare seeing Ísland spelled like we write it

  • @ReprogrammedToHate
    @ReprogrammedToHate ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What Mastodon, Matt Bayles and Relapse achieved together with this album is nothing short of awesome. Most of their songs on this album were part of gaming soundtracks and one of them made it into a big screen kids movie. A critical and commercial success. One that will go down in history, although, to me, it's already there.

    • @TheCecchino98
      @TheCecchino98 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know about monster university, but which games have these songs been in?

    • @ReprogrammedToHate
      @ReprogrammedToHate ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheCecchino98 Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Saints Row, Rocksmith 2014, Project Gotham Racing 3, Splatterhouse, Guitar Hero Metallica, Rock Band, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and NHL 2K9

  • @MrBlackskye
    @MrBlackskye 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love all Mastodon. I think this & Blood Mountain are their most creative. Credit to them for not getting complacent and rehashing material. And I think The Hunter is badass too. Round the Sun & Remission get the least replay from me

  • @dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668
    @dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    People keep talking about how amazing it is how they have so many hits, but nobody is amazed about how they never miss.

  • @supremebuffalo6322
    @supremebuffalo6322 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I reckon the intro to Aqua Dementia has a middle eastern vibe to it. Can anyone else imagine it being played on a Sitar?

    • @samirwknox
      @samirwknox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can see that...

    • @Violence1320
      @Violence1320 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aqua Dementia literally frightened by brain

    • @joeyuzwa891
      @joeyuzwa891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sitar’s an indian instrument. maybe you’re thinking of an Oud?

    • @supremebuffalo6322
      @supremebuffalo6322 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joeyuzwa891 No, maybe the Barbat.

  • @ivancampos6754
    @ivancampos6754 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is great! Everything about it. The musicianship, song writing, a fat guitar tone and an awesome album cover.

  • @williamdaglowjr9376
    @williamdaglowjr9376 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seabeast. Still one of the toughest riffs I ever learned. The timing was so frustrating, but so rewarding once I got it down!

  • @larryattotta3018
    @larryattotta3018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Drums on this album are demential!

  • @augustuscrane895
    @augustuscrane895 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Usually I get bored to listen to a whole album without doing anything but god damn I definitely didn’t get bored with this masterpiece

  • @miguelgomes6849
    @miguelgomes6849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Timeless classic, drumms, riffs bliss

  • @spencerm5913
    @spencerm5913 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I listened to this album every night when I was working the nightshift on a 60ft sailboat off the coast of Nantucket.
    It was just me and the ocean, 150 miles from land with every soul aboard sound asleep.

  • @stepitupandgo67
    @stepitupandgo67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brann is just so fast and accurate on the snare drum...love it beyond words

  • @armoredmonkey
    @armoredmonkey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    guess ill just listen to this whole album like i did remission

  • @soleusmcmacsauce1431
    @soleusmcmacsauce1431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Its tradition to listen to this every Christmas. Haven't missed a year.

  • @morgenstern4.669
    @morgenstern4.669 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The first song makes the fucking album for me, oh god it’s intoxicatingly strong

  • @aSinkingShip
    @aSinkingShip 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love this album!

  • @danieluffner3298
    @danieluffner3298 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you, Mastodon

  • @Weedeater58
    @Weedeater58 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just when you think blood and thunder couldn't get better here comes Neil Fallon

  • @broncoxy
    @broncoxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Afer listening to Mastodon for a few years now, but always the same songs (as I'm often times guilty of doing this lol), I put myself on the quest to explore their discography a bit more, starting with this beast of an album, just because I liked Blood And Thunder so much...
    And holy shit what a beast it is, loved every moment of it!
    This is one of Mastodons styles I like best, massive and raw and wild, like some force of nature; incredibly intruiging, addictive and inspiring to hear!

  • @Metal3750
    @Metal3750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    going down with the ship on this ride boys

    • @shillian4770
      @shillian4770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A captain never abandons ship

    • @Metal3750
      @Metal3750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shillian4770 have a drink on me bro

    • @shillian4770
      @shillian4770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Metal3750 cheers mate I’m feeelin weird tonight

  • @surfboardjoker6299
    @surfboardjoker6299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    why aren't concept albums more of a thing? there cool as ice

  • @shaunawilliamson5552
    @shaunawilliamson5552 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This band is great and this is one of their finer offerings. As a musician and fan of music in general I appreciate their progressive style and evolution. I hijacked my GFs phone to burn her data and listen to it again. My comments in no way reflect her opinion but I did play Emperor of Sand for her and she didn't tell me to turn it off.

    • @zachgilbert3815
      @zachgilbert3815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Emperor of Sand is so fucking good!!!!!!