MASTODON - CRACK THE SKYE [LP]

1 Oblivion
2 Divinations
3 Quintessence
4 Czar: Usurper/Escape/Martyr/Spiral
5 Ghost of Karelia
6 Crack the Skye
7 Last Baron

ON 15TH ANN DELUXE ONLY:
1 Oblivion (Score)
2 Divinations (Score)
3 Quintessence (Score)
4 The Czar: Usurper / Escape / Martyr / Spiral (Score)

1 Ghost of Karelia (Score)
2 Crack the Skye (Score)
3 The Last Baron (Score)

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.