Mastodon - Lifesblood

Mastodon's sound is challenging to pin down because it doesn't fit comfortably into any one genre, being more of a bastardized amalgam of several other styles -- and again, not easy ones to pinpoint. Picture In the Eyes of God-era Today Is the Day (Mastodon members Brian Dailor and Bill Kellihor were in that band, after all) butting heads with the more technically demanding school of Relapse-style hardcore/metalcore (e.g., Dillinger Escape Plan or Burnt by the Sun, although Mastodon is much less hyper). Read More