What i love about them too, is that while it may be a more mainstreamish sound, its far from a true mainstream hard rock sound (think seether, and all the crap they play on rock radio.

In the name of "peace", of course. Such "peaceful" guys, those System of a Down people!

i'm stoked to finally see them in Lawrence, KS... nonetheless with my band's previous labelmates Intronaut. stoked!

I finally gave this album enough listens to give an honest opinion....and the verdict is positive, good stuff, thank whatever higher power that they exist

I had on the radio last night, and 98 rock is now doing a segement at 10 called 'music that doesn't suck', and the dj played "Oblivian" and said he hopes the station plays it more often

nice
In comparison, i think Blood Mountain sold like 11,000 its first week

i bought this last week.. i din't like it at first but its growing on me.. its like the only cd in the car at the time so i listen to it everytime i drive.. its grown on me.. awsome album!

Never heard these guys before, listened through a couple times and I must admit this is the best album of the year so far. My favorite song so far is The Last Baron, it's epic.

Actually...

Also, Mastodon is playing on The Late Show with David Letterman on Friday, May 15th.

Epic show in San Francisco tonight. If you like Mastodon do not sleep on this tour. The visuals they have to go along with their entire set (including Crack The Skye from start to finish) are pretty rad.

Also I was happy to see that Kylesa and Intronaut opened. I liked both bands before coming in and it was nice to see a show where I enjoyed all the bands (which is rare)

What else did they play?

Their setlist was (from what I remember)

Oblivion
Divinations
Quintessence
The Czar
Ghost of Karelia
Crack The Skye
The Last Baron

(Short break/intermission)

Sleeping Giant
Crystal Skull
The Wolf Is Loose
March Of The Fire Ants
Hearts Alive

My memory is fuzzy right now. In addition to that they played another 5 songs off of Leviathan

Now that is a great set list!

I've read they've been switching up the set from date to date.

In SF in terms of older material we got lots of songs from Leviathan, yet reading tour dates from a week ago some other folks got more songs from Blood Mountain and so on.

i read 1 setlist that they opened the 'classics' portion with Bladecatcher then Colony of Birchmen which would def have me foaming at the mouth if they did that in dc

If you use the Zune Marketplace, they are giving away the song Divinations from Crack the Skye, not sure how long that will last.

Show on tues was great. I got to meet Brann Dailor as well. That guy is a beast on drums and is a hellava nice guy as well. Talked to the fans that were waiting by the tour bus for a good 10 minutes or so. he did mention that Mastodon may release a new dvd next year.
Also got my picture with him

Also tonight is the night they are on Letterman too

Awesome pic Rypro. Sounds like a blast. I can't wait until they come to CA on their own. Stupid Coachella.

Got my DVR set for Letterman tonight!

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Rypro, did you wear the shirt of the band you were there to see?

^yeah, everyone does it now

I always found that hilarious

There were always two kinds of people at shows. The ones that bought merch and wore it because they didn't want to hold it or sling it over their shoulders. Then there were the others who wore what they bought because it showed that extra mile in terms of how much they liked the band.

Though isn't paying for a ticket and being up front singing every word show that you are a big fan enough?

P.S: This is no offense to you, just what I've noticed as of late (or more)

Regarding shirts, when I go to a metal show, I wear shirts that aren't from metal artists. Like Bob Marley, The Smiths, or Siouxsie and the Banshees.

But when I go to a concert that isn't metal, like Ani DiFranco, I'll wear an Iron Maiden or Slayer shirt.

Regarding shirts, when I go to a metal show, I wear shirts that aren't from metal artists. Like Bob Marley, The Smiths, or Siouxsie and the Banshees.

But when I go to a concert that isn't metal, like Ani DiFranco, I'll wear an Iron Maiden or Slayer shirt.

Anyone else think they seemed a little off on Letterman, like they were nervous or something? They usually play, and sing, much tighter. I was pretty underwhelmed. Also sucked that they cut down the intro.