Mastodon - Remission [Bonus DVD]

The Atlanta-based foursome play a very aggressive, stoner rock hybrid that, at times, brings to mind the non-death metal excursions by Entombed, but with a complex slant that nears prog rock proportions. The jazzy drumming and clean guitar that go on for most of "Ol'e Nessie" is a Southern-sounding sprawl that could be the Allmans, if the brothers bludgeoned with the "Whipping Post" instead of just tying folks up to it. Even though their homeland's influence is more subtle the rest of the way through Remission, it's still there if you look beneath the Sabbath-Stooges-Motörhead-Gristle top layer, and that, along with the technical ecstasy, helps make Mastodon stand out among a ton of other post-Ruins Stonehenge rockers. Read More