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Product Identifiers

Record LabelReprise

EAN0093624987222

eBay Product ID (ePID)71847311

Product Key Features

Era2000s

Run Time3003 Sec

FormatCD

Release Year2009

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock

StyleHeavy Metal, Post-Hardcore

TypeAlbum

ArtistMastodon

Release TitleCrack the Skye

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

DistributionWarner Music/Cinram Logistics

Recording ModeStereo

Number of Tracks7

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Reviews"'The Czar,' a four-part, 11-minute epic that's still only the second-longest song on the album, gargles and fumes and lurches for nearly three minutes before launching into its first glorious steamroller riffs.", "The record rumbles to life with the ominous 'Oblivion,' the sound of thunder moving over mountains, and the menacing tone this strikes is prevalent throughout and best demonstrated on the title-track, which is one of the meanest and most overpowering songs you're likely to hear this year...", Ranked #17 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2009" -- "Mastodon's fourth album is their glossiest effort yet.", "CRACK THE SKYE is a seven-song, 50-minute phantasmagoria of psychedelic song structures, cosmic lyrics, and foreboding atmosphere. Opener 'Oblivion' provides a fiery summary of what's to come...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "CRACK THE SKYE is an awesome display....It's thrill-ride stuff that conjures not just art-metal predecessors such as Helmet but also old-school prog-rockers like Rush, Frank Zappa and Yes.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Guitarist Bill Kelliher's mathy riffing is simply seismic; standouts 'Oblivion' and 'Quintessence' juxtapose burning-horizon solos and must-mosh-now thunderclaps.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "Their most mainstream to date....A sprawling prog-metal masterpiece....Richly rewarding...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "New to the mix are rich vocal harmonies, Vocoder, organ and unprecedented awesomeness....Mastodon present a prog-metal concept that would make Stephen Hawking bang his head."

Additional InformationOne of Modern Heavy Metal's Most Adventurous Bands Returns with a Majestic Ode to Czarist Russia

Recording TypeStudio

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo