SATURDAY SONG [FROM THE “BEST” METAL ALBUM THUS FAR THIS MILLENNIUM] TO GET STONED TO: MASTODON – “HEARTS ALIVE”

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