Mastodon will play their 2009 album crack the skye in full on the trek. Mastodon have since and will again work on broader canvasses, but itll be astonishing if they ever manage to conjure a more compelling, unforgettably complete picture than this. Every mastodon album ranked from worst to best kerrang. If you dont remember, it features an astralprojecting paraplegic who travels through space and time, talking to spirits, burning umbilical cords, and hanging out with russian occultists, all presented as an homage to drummer brann dailors sister skye, who committed suicide at age 14. Song appreciation crack the skye crack the skye after a brilliant suggestion from upolarrrburrrr, this sub will now arbitrarily feature a weekly thread. Mastodon has taken hold of the leadership of the new wave of progressive heavy metal. Crack the skye is the fourth studio album by american heavy metal band mastodon, released on march 24, 2009 through reprise records. Crack the skye is arguably the most narratively ambitious mastodon album to date.
Broadly speaking, the record follows the story of a young paraplegic who experiments with astral travel, an outofbody experience where an astral body can separate itself, and travel away from, the physical body. Her name was skye, so crack the skye means a lot of different things. For me personally, it means the moment of being told you lost someone dear to you, that moment is enough to crack the sky. Latinautor peermusic, cmrra, abramus digital, aresa, latinautor, bmg rights management, and 10 music rights societies. Oblivion licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of reprise. The story behind crack the skye is a very complex, spiritual one. It begins with a paraplegic boy who goes out of his body, through the method of astral traveling, into outer space. It had sold 200,000 copies in the us as of september 2010, making it one of their highestselling albums to date. The album debuted at number 11 on the billboard 200, selling 41,000 copies in its first week.
The title track, and track 6, of mastodon s fourth album crack the skye. Today well be looking at the crown jewel of mastodons brilliant discography. Everybody goes through loss at some point in their life, but when someone commits suicide very. It is also considered to be a metaphor for the grueling struggles mastodon have endured since their formation, which consisted of drug overdoses. Lead vocals are by scott kelly of neurosis, who has sung on every mastodon album since leviathan. See mastodons insane new visuals for crack the skye. Mastodon and the crack the skye album in particular occupy that crossover space in the venn diagram of rock. But for all this talk about mastodon becoming more progressive, people just seem to forget how hard a record this is. A film adaptation of mastodon s latest album, crack the skye, is well within the realm of possibility albeit not in production yet. According to an interview on the dvd the making of crack the skye, this album represents the element of aether, w. Mastodon crack the skye steve hoffman music forums.