“DEATHBOUND”: MASTODON CONTINUE TO RULE AT MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 10:00am by

As my man Anso reported yesterday,  this morning finds Mastodon are giving away a free, previously unreleased song from the Crack the Skye sessions. It’s called “Deathbound,” and you can get it here. And don’t think that this is some crappy throwaway track that didn’t make the CTS cut for a good reason; the song kicks ass in a major way, and I’d have to speculate that the only reason it didn’t wind up on Skye is because it seems a little different from the rest of the album stylistically, and may have broken up that oh-so-important flow of the record.

Of course, what none of knew yesterday was that the band was also releasing a video for the song, and that that video was gonna be another ten tons of FUCK YEAH!, just like the last however many Mastodon videos. (When was the last time one band had such a long streak of releasing great videos?) I wish you all could have seen the look of child-like wonder and amazement on my face as I watched this clip for the for the first time.

Fucking great, right?

-AR

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  • Cw

    Unsurprisingly, Mastodon kicked my bad mood’s ass. FUCK YEAH

  • Bread

    Yeah I had fairly low expectations of this, being a b-side and the average work they did after CTS.
    But god damn
    I am in love.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Josh-Kruk/520503461 Josh Kruk

    Awesome on so many levels. Hope the next album has this feel to it.

  • Joebroni

    This song pretty much makes me want to go on a path of destruction.

  • Ray Peterson212

    Best video ever = worst song ever.

  • Jaziel

    Reminds me of their Remissions/ Leviathan work. Great song. Maybe it was released as a reminder that Mastodon haven’t forgotten their roots?

  • Darumian

    The best Mastodon video so far!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonas-Nilsson/556141616 Jonas Nilsson

    It felt alot like Torche’s UFO video, in other words abosolutely fantastic!!

  • ben

    Is it just me or have they not put the song up for download on that site yet? It says “You gotta wait till June 28″. Well, it’s been June 28 for 11 hours if you’re on the East coast.

  • Mike

    Now if they’d only make it available for download like they said they would…

  • Rusty McThulhu

    Hell yes adult swim and mastodon are always a barootal combo

  • Nonsensei

    Anso had mentioned that Deathbound worked like Frances the Mute for the Mars Volta. Where does Deathbound fit on Crack the Skye?

  • cougar party

    Awesome. This is one of the best videos I have seen in years!

  • yzermantiis

    This band has never disappointed. +1

  • eMeyer

    why does it say “the hunter” for the album when i play the song in itunes?

  • Damotello

    Fucking great video. It’s good to see bands have a sense of humour about things. Also, the song is better then anything on CTS I think.

  • Douche baggins

    Nice video! Music was more or less background noise though.

  • http://diggin-graves.blogspot.com/ The Fool

    This video just gave me completely unnecessary levels of happiness. Downloading song now.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Corey-Mitchell/660352330 Corey Mitchell

    Love this video, however, I’m seeing a Cease-and-Desist letter coming from the Jim Henson estate in 3, 2, 1….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noel-Newport/22903581 Noel Newport

    Video of the year right there.

  • Zsa Zsa Gabor’s amputated leg used as a dildo and a bludgeon to beat people to death with

    Best video…EVER. Not to mention this song is pretty damn awesome.

  • d.o.g.o.b.g.y.n.

    LOVE this video. Then again, I’m clearly a fan of children’s show parodies, so I may be a little biased.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Spenser-Morris/12330007 Spenser Morris

    I like Crack The Skye, but this song is the best thing they’ve done since Leviathan. Video is also hilarious.

  • Pat

    OK, wipe the Masto-jizz of your face now.

  • Zsa Zsa Gabor’s amputated leg used as a dildo and a bludgeon to beat people to death with

    Anyone else having trouble downloading it? I got to download, but it doesn’t have a file type to save as. Help would be appreciated.

    • d.o.g.o.b.g.y.n.

      I believe you can just type in the .mp3 file extension.

      • Zsa Zsa Gabor’s amputated leg used as a dildo and a bludgeon to beat people to death with

        No it didn’t work..

      • Zsa Zsa Gabor’s amputated leg used as a dildo and a bludgeon to beat people to death with

        Actually it did work, it just went to a different folder. Thanks!

  • Tim

    Fantastic.

  • Metalwolf

    Video’s great, and song is damn good, but seriously what did I expect, it’s Mastodon.

    I don’t think this song should have been on Crack the Skye, but maybe if it were, the haters would have liked it more, since it’s very Remission-esque.

    I don’t care though, I love Mastodon no matter what.

  • Suraj

    Brett Hinds at 2:40.

  • derp

    Great video, decent song… Mastodon are still wayyy overrated. (And I love Leviathan, for that matter.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alejandro-Aldana/683878171 Alejandro Aldana

    fuck yeah!

  • Darren

    This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Sean-Heron/9391234 Ryan Sean Heron

    this video is awesome. …. the song, not so much

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Kurtz/1493586117 Matthew Kurtz

    Now see, being as Mastodon are from my hometown of Atlanta, GA, this is what I think of when I think of “red state rock”.

  • canea

    A+. Well done.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Devon-Czekaj/550092101 Devon Czekaj

    Video is great, the song is kind of meh. Reminds me too much off of something from Blood Mountain.

  • Igottawocket

    I love Mastodon so much. Both song and video, that was so awesome.

  • Mitch K.

    what a kick ass song! definately doesnt fit on CTS though, too heavy i think. but that sure as hell is NOT a bad thing!

  • http://jimsfear.blogspot.com/ ferocious_fetus

    this song has more balls than ALL of Crack the Skye.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Sterner/1335958279 Andrew Sterner

    Okay, I’m now exited for a new Mastodon album. Seriously, if they were talking about making the next album heavier, and THAT’s what they meant….Oh yeah, I’m excited :D

    Between this and Machine Head, I’ll be having a good fall it seems :D

  • sasquatch

    It feels like the old stuff. The old stuff is niiiiiiice

  • Jim Heine

    Brann Dailor as a grey-haired Mr. Rogers figure is officially my favorite thing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-Bell/100000194349639 Patrick Bell

    Excellent song and video. Does anyone else feel like this doesn’t sound like it belongs on CTS though?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jared-Clark/100000988974108 Jared Clark

    Anyone else think of Endless Teeth by Genghis Tron?

  • errhurrr

    I hope the new one is good like Leviathan and some parts of Blood Mountain. Didn’t care for the last one. They need to stop making long droning “epics” and just concentrate on good short songs of face melting metal. How hard can this be?