SATURDAY SONG [FROM THE "BEST" METAL ALBUM THUS FAR THIS MILLENNIUM] TO GET STONED TO: MASTODON – “HEARTS ALIVE”
Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at 12:00pm by Kip Wingerschmidt
So in case you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, or this is simply your first visit to Metal=eh, we’ve been sharing our views on the 21 “best” metal albums of this millennium (according to an esteemed panel of metal industry yahoos), and lo and behold — an amazing album by an amazing band topped the list.
Commencing with arguably the “best” (or at least “most metal”) opening lyrics of any album this century (”I think that someone is trying to kill me….it’s infecting my blood and destroying my mind…”), Mastodon’s epic yet grounded Leviathan ascends above the crop of proto-prog-thrashsters throughout every song, and the range of jamz feels both balanced and diverse, all the while sounding like the same album from start to finish — not an easy feat.
For me, it was always the first and last tunes off this album that exhibit the most, ahehhahem, heart (and of course “Iron Tusk” totally rips……..ROAR).
MASTODON — “Hearts Alive”, from ["best" 21st century album] Leviathan (2004)
-KW
This song is epic.
My favorite Mastodon song.
Perfect.
Also my favorite Mastodon song. Hooray for Saturday Song to Get Stoned To.
Good song… of course, the best moment on the album, in my opinion, is the fast riffing bit in Megalodon… that part doesn’t last nearly long enough.
Not my favorite Mastodon song, but this is my favorite track off Leviathan.
I’ve really been itching lately to listen to Crack the Skye next time I smoke.
This album is really awesome ! The new one isn’t probably that ground breaking as this one. I’m not sure if it would be on my #1 but definitely in top 10. Cheers!
Have you actually heard crack the skye?
haha, I was listening to Leviathan before I came here today.
You could have picked a better song from this album. But that would make sense.
Is this download legal? I’d like to know before I download it.
That is crazy artwork. Was it supposed to be on the album?
Surrounded by thieves!
more like eh+, amiritefolks!
you dont need weed to enjoy THIS song……just to enhance it.
the number 1 CD to whale to ever made..
The first time i heard this album i fell asleep ( not because it is boring, just cause i was tired as fuck…) about 2 minutes into this song i woken up with a new favorite metal song!
This is a great song. I actually think it would be a lot better as an instrumental. In fact, if the majority of Mastodon’s songs were instrumentals, they would be one of my favorite bands; I’m not a big fan of the vocalist.