Ranking Scott Kelly's Mastodon Songs

You may have heard there's a new Mastodon album coming soon.  Emperor of Sand will be released March 31, and the three advance tracks have me excited for a 'Don album for the first time in what feels like forever.  In anticipation of the new record, I've been listening to a lot of Mastodon, which inevitably means I'm hearing some Scott Kelly.  The Neurosis co-frontman and guitarist has appeared on every Mastodon album since Leviathan (and has confirmed an appearance on Emperor of Sand), and his presence typically results in his track being one of the stand out songs on the album.  So I decided to rank Kelly's Mastodon collaborations and ruminate on each one, if only because March 31 seems like too long to wait to write anything about Mastodon.

New Mastodon Song!

And so it is that another new Mastodon song has been released from their upcoming album, The Hunter.  This song, probably as no surprise to anyone, is pretty sweet.  I'm gonna paraphrase Axl from Metalsucks by saying I don't know what the hell "Curl Of The Burl" means but I do indeed know that "Curl Of The Burl" is a pretty awesome tune.  It just makes me that much more excited for the new album.  Be sure to check out The Hunter when it drops on September 27.

8/16/11 Update

I should've suspected that the song wouldn't last long without being a official release from Mastodon themselves (damn you copyright laws).  But thankfully, Mastodon did just that today.  Check out the official video for "Curl Of The Burl" below, which is really just trippy footage of a forest with Mastodon music behind it. 


 

-Mick

New Mastodon Track and Album Details....Yes, Yes, and More Yes

Well here we go everybody.  Here's our first taste of some brand spankin' new Mastodon.  And not are we only blessed with a full length track, entitled Black Tongue, but we also get the full album details!  Mastodon's new album, The Hunter, will be coming out on September 27 via Reprise Records.  If this track is any indication of what the new album will be delivering, count me as super happy.

-Mick