Who else thinks Mastodon is OVER RATED?
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[Sep 25,2006 1:10pm - brian_dc ""]
dreadkill said:other overrated bands: dragonforce, and everyone on rttp's favorite band, necrophagist.
whoa, he went after necrophagist! Get him!
Haha, yeah, they probably get jocked more than they deserve. But for good technical death metal that still has some songwriting merit, there just aren't a whole lot of competitors.
[Sep 25,2006 4:41pm - 8008135 ""]
necrophagist > mastodon
[Sep 25,2006 5:42pm - Anti-Racism ""]
Mastodon is like Metallica, if they spent too much time at some wanky college. Opeth is like a cross-dresser at a UFC.
[Sep 26,2006 3:24pm - dreadkill ""]
Anti-Racism said:Mastodon is like Metallica, if they spent too much time at some wanky college. Opeth is like a cross-dresser at a UFC.
that post makes absolutely no sense.
[Sep 26,2006 3:25pm - dreadkill ""]
brian_dc said:dreadkill said:other overrated bands: dragonforce, and everyone on rttp's favorite band, necrophagist.
whoa, he went after necrophagist! Get him!
Haha, yeah, they probably get jocked more than they deserve. But for good technical death metal that still has some songwriting merit, there just aren't a whole lot of competitors.
i don't really have a problem with necrophagist, but their music does little for me and it seems like everyone gets an unwarranted boner over them like they invented metal.
[Sep 26,2006 4:57pm - infoterror ""]
Necrophagist is trivial shit. Martyr is better in that same pointless style.
Mastodon is typical nu-metal garbage to these ears. No style, no substance, nothing but hipster irony.
Fuck that.
[Sep 26,2006 5:06pm - Anthony nli ""]
infoterror said:Necrophagist is trivial shit. Martyr is better in that same pointless style.
Mastodon is typical nu-metal garbage to these ears. No style, no substance, nothing but hipster irony.
Fuck that.
What is pointless about Martyr's style?
[Sep 26,2006 5:09pm - dreadkill ""]
infoterror's life is pointless.
[Sep 26,2006 5:09pm - Anthony nli ""]
To my ears, Martyr create much more meaningful and unique music than Necrophagist. I really wouldn't lump them together like that.
It's a shame Martyr aren't more well known and well-loved. They are one of the best active metal bands in the world. But even if they were more popular, people who've heard a snippet of maybe two songs would be coming out of the woodwork to say it was just "technical wankery." Tools.
[Sep 26,2006 5:32pm - Allah That ""]
dreadkill said:infoterror's life is pointless.
:skull:infotexas.
[Nov 15,2006 1:45pm - Marco ""]
drumming is amazing
end of story
[Nov 15,2006 4:45pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Anthony nli said:To my ears, Martyr create much more meaningful and unique music than Necrophagist. I really wouldn't lump them together like that.
It's a shame Martyr aren't more well known and well-loved. They are one of the best active metal bands in the world. But even if they were more popular, people who've heard a snippet of maybe two songs would be coming out of the woodwork to say it was just "technical wankery." Tools.
Martyr is definitely better than Necrophagist (especially that new album). That highly technical style is always going to have a limited following though, just as it always has, which is why people grew up with Ozzy and Manowar and left Watchtower and Cynic on the record store shelf, and Avenged Sevenfold blew up to the teenie boppers and Discordance Axis didn't.
Who cares though, as long as we get to listen to Martyr
[Nov 15,2006 9:08pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
Eh, some people are oblivious to how incredible Mastodon is, so what? yay! more small venue shows and rare vinyl for me. Opeth are amazing also...
[Nov 15,2006 9:21pm - dreadkill ""]
why is this thread back?
[Nov 15,2006 10:51pm - 1a2b3 ""]
cuz mastodon lovers never learn
[Jul 14,2007 4:57am - anonymous ""]
yeah theyre awesome! perfect for when i want something to put me to sleep
[Oct 31,2009 9:28pm - saint vitus ""]
MASTODON FUCKIN SUCKS, ONLY PEOPLE WHO LIKE THEM ARE TRENDY LITTLE 4 CHAN FAGS WHO WHO SLANG LIKE "EPIC FAIL"
[Nov 1,2009 1:26am - sxealex ""]
EPIC TROLL FAIL ZOMG
[Apr 17,2010 10:53am - MetalHead ""]
for people like me who love all kinds of metal especially Slayer, Cannibal Corpse and Fear Factory, Mastodon is amazing and is the best band after these 3, i think they are actually underrated since none of my friends know them, I have more than 70 albums from more than 50 bands on my pc and i have some cds, but most of the albums i couldnt listen to them all from beggining to end none stop if they are more than 40 mins., but yesterday i listened to Crack the Skye from beggining to end and i still wanted more and the album is over 50 mins. i think Mastodon reached total perfection with their last album
[Apr 17,2010 10:56am - Lich_King ""]
Horribly overrated. Their whole thing is building up into something and instead of landing in a bangy groove, they start building up into something else.
[Apr 17,2010 10:58am - reimroc ""]
saint%20vitus said:MASTODON FUCKIN SUCKS, ONLY PEOPLE WHO LIKE THEM ARE TRENDY LITTLE 4 CHAN FAGS WHO WHO SLANG LIKE "EPIC FAIL"
mad
[Apr 17,2010 11:05am - MillenialKingdom ""]
I think what makes them overrated are the bands who have been emulating them over the recent years. I like Mastodon but I don't listen to much of them after Remission or Leviathan.
[Apr 17,2010 11:06am - BlackoutRick ""]
Lich_King said:Horribly overrated. Their whole thing is building up into something and instead of landing in a bangy groove, they start building up into something else.
Exactly. Why is that bad?
[Apr 17,2010 11:34am - TheRidersofDoom ""]
Eh, I love moby dick but one spin of the Leviathan album was enough from this band for me. Not bad, just not interesting to me.
[Apr 17,2010 11:43am - Lich_King ""]
I don't know how to answer that. If you can find a way to headbang to Mastodon, rock on. Me, I think it's a tepid prog mess for Terrorizer readers.
[Apr 17,2010 8:14pm - reimroc ""]
TheRidersofDoom said:Eh, I love moby dick but one spin of the Leviathan album was enough from this band for me. Not bad, just not interesting to me.
Leviathan and Blood Mountain and really, really good. They're also more talented and interesting than a lot of the crap out there. I say you should give it another listen because I think your missing something.
[Apr 17,2010 8:40pm - patmeebles ""]
It's tough enough to be good at what you do, never mind having a sound that is unmistakable from other bands. So no, they're not overrated.
[Apr 17,2010 8:42pm - Lamp ""]
I still like Remission and Leviathan and listen to them occasionally, but I can't tell if it's because I liked them in high school or because I really genuinely still like them. Considering I can't stand some shit I used to like, probably more the latter.
[Apr 17,2010 11:48pm - mutis ""]
Never understood what all the fuss was about.
[Apr 18,2010 10:06am - BlackoutRick ""]
patmeebles said:It's tough enough to be good at what you do, never mind having a sound that is unmistakable from other bands. So no, they're not overrated.
Truth. End thread.
[Apr 18,2010 10:12am - tylor ""]
leviathan got old on me and i didn't really like anything that came out after that, but i'll always love remission and lifesblood
[Apr 18,2010 10:13am - Lich_King ""]
Well, originality only goes so far. Ed Gein, Liberace and Tim Burton are all original. Doesn't mean they're any good.
[Apr 18,2010 10:14am - BlackoutRick ""]
HAHAHA!! Yeah, good point.
[Apr 18,2010 12:54pm - MillenialKingdom ""]
This is one of those bands where the elitists are like, "I oNlY LiKe teH OldE StuFF".
[Apr 18,2010 5:35pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
Bores me to tears. No hate, just doesn't provoke any reaction in me. Which is probably not what they were going for.
[Apr 18,2010 5:39pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""]
DestroyYouAlot said:Bores me to tears. No hate, just doesn't provoke any reaction in me. Which is probably not what they were going for.
[Apr 18,2010 6:04pm - Eat Dicks (x86) ""]
They're pretty good, for an indie band.
[Apr 18,2010 6:43pm - moenli ""]
Great drummer. Meh songs.
[Apr 18,2010 10:06pm - IllinoisEnemaBradness ""]
moenli said:Great drummer. Meh songs.
boring bass guitar with awful tone, drummer overplays, and now he sings? They listen to their label rep, made it more "accessible"
LAME
[Nov 9,2010 9:45pm - moonroom72 ""]
I think they're pretty important in the metal scene, they are one of the most pure bands I've ever heard, they're completely true to themselves and they never letup on integrity or creativity, or being hard working motherfuckers. They got the true spirit of Metal, which is lacking so hard in popular realms.
[Nov 9,2010 10:46pm - DestroyYouAlot ""]
moonroom72 said:I think they're pretty important in the metal scene, they are one of the most pure bands I've ever heard, they're completely true to themselves and they never letup on integrity or creativity, or being hard working motherfuckers. They got the true spirit of Metal, which is lacking so hard in popular realms.
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[Nov 9,2010 11:08pm - nekronaut ""]
Lich_King said:Horribly overrated. Their whole thing is building up into something and instead of landing in a bangy groove, they start building up into something else.
At least they don't go around calling themselves the ''greatest (insert genre) band of all time'' like some other bands do
*cough*Lich King*cough*
[Nov 10,2010 1:34am - late_rising ""]
are you implying Lich King are not THE GREATEST PIZZA THRASH BAND OF ALL TIME??
[Nov 10,2010 7:49am - hoser ""]
I love 'em. Great band. All BS aside.
[Nov 10,2010 9:23am - zurdo ""]
I think they're great at what they do, I like Kruger and Ved Buens Ende or Virus better.
[Nov 10,2010 9:26am - slymoe nli ""]
baroness baroness baroness
[Nov 10,2010 10:48am - smoke one ""]
^yep, for that style i'll take baroness over mastodon any day.
instrumentally mastodon are great, the vocals ruin it for me though. bring back the harsh vocals and i'd like them more.
[Nov 10,2010 11:50am - The_Rooster ""]
moenli said:Great drummer. Meh songs.
Most of the "meh" with that band, for me, is because of the drummer.
Drum solos are cool and all, but not when you play them through entire albums. It was really refreshing to hear him hold back a lot on the newest record. Opened things up a lot, and gave some space to the music. Prior to that, I've found his style to be incredibly claustrophobic and over-stated.
I don't think they're overrated. They are VERY good at what they do, and obviously work really hard, but I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan.
I do like a lot of their songs (mostly from "Remission"), but not enough that I listen to them with any regularity. The exception being this:
bennyhillifier
[Nov 10,2010 12:32pm - xmikex ""]
Mastodon live = "Dude, they've been playing this intro for like an hour and a half now... wtf the show's over?!"
[Nov 10,2010 12:50pm - RustyPS should be working ""]
only splitting one word into two for no reason is real