I can't get enough of this album. The whole thing just sounds like some insane battle in the arctic with Eskimos on polar bears and Cossacks on wolves. Every song is awesome.

I think Blood Mountain perfectly captures what these dudes are into, but they've made those influences their own. Listening to the album I hear Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Neurosis, Slayer, Melvins, Faith No More, etc....all in the course of one song. But it still just sounds like Mastodon. I always thought these guys had a unique thing going on even with the first demo, but I think Mastodon is getting to the point where they don't sound like anybody but themselves. And that is an awesome thing to achieve if you're in a band.

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