MASTODON - Leviathan (Full Album Stream)

This is probably my favorite album of all time. As a drummer, every single song was such an inspiration for me - Brann is a beast. Back when I was 14 I was just getting into metal. I think Blood Mountain had just come out about a year before. I went on vacation to universal studios florida on one of my breaks and I was wearing my Mastodon shirt. We were sitting down eating churros on a bench, when all of a sudden I see Brann and his wife appear out of nowhere walking toward us. Me and my friend were basically star struck (we were just kids). We ran up to him and couldn't really say much except "Holy shit! We love your band!" Him and his wife were so cool to us. You could tell he was happy to meet some fans and was just a really friendly, genuine dude. We talked for a while about random shit and asked him what they were working on and he told us that their new album "Crack the Skye" was coming out in the next few months. We took a picture with him and were about to leave, when out of nowhere he invited us to go on The Hulk rollercoaster with him and his wife. We were so fucking stoked, it was so much fun. He even bought us the ride picture afterwards!! Really cool people, I will never forget that - still have that picture in my closet somewhere

I love that the "most replayed" slider on Megalodon actually has a profile of a shark's upper body, dorsal and tail fin and all.

It impresses me that it took 34 years after the creation of heavy metal for someone to realize that moby dick, the most metal story out there, is perfect for a metal concept album

For mobile devices: Blood And Thunder (0:00) I Am Ahab (3:48) Seabeast (6:34) Ísland (10:49) Iron Tusk (14:16) Megalodon (17:19) Naked Burn (21:41) Aqua Dementia (25:24) Hearts Alive (29:34) Joseph Merrick (43:14)

This album is straight snare-porn.

I wish if all metal and rock bands knew how valuable an aggressive drummer is for an album. This drummer is a fucking master of his work. He just found something he's good at and improved himself upon it beyond belief.

There are many moments on this album where it sounds like the music and vocals are swaying back and forth like you're on a ship in a storm, it's incredible.

I love how it's composed of melodic and technical parts mixed with blunt, brutal heaviness

I've had the riff for Blood And Thunder in my head for the past two years now. My first thought was "I swear I've heard this somewhere" then I could never think of where from. I thought I finally had a cool riff idea. Then I found Blood And Thunder and my world crumbled around me.

Remission - Fire🔥 Leviathan - Water 🌊 Blood Mountain - Earth 🌎 Crack the Skye - aether 🌌 Mastodon - Awesome \m/\m/

Lets take a shot every time there's a drum roll.

'Joseph Merrick' is such an fascinating end to an album, definitely settles things down after the mammoth of a song that is 'Hearts Alive'. The calm after the storm, it even sounds kinda like a sea shanty.

Legitimately one of the best metal albums ever released. Every song is so colorful. I've never heard an album able to paint a picture like this masterpiece. I see the whale and ahab on quest and his descent into madness. Great fucking album.

you know a masterpiece when you listen without song skipping

Hearts Alive is a masterpiece. The ultimate climax of an epic story. One of the best songs of the 21st century

19 years old and still hitting as hard as ever!

Hearts Alive! What a masterpiece! My favorite Mastodon moment from any of their albums is the ending of that song starting at 39:36

one of the best albums ever

Came for the weird, metal-country, hillbilly square dancing riff at 18:40, was not disappointed.

this drummer is amazing