Mastodon are a truly awesome band. Any bunch of guys brave enough to do a concept album (on what many consider to be the greatest American novel ever written) as their second album, and pull it off pretty much perfectly, demand some respect.
Blood & Thunder is a summarising introduction to the story of Moby Dick. It focuses pretty much entirely on captain Ahab, describing his paranoia, his ever imminent descent into madness, and his desire for revenge. The entire theme of the book is fantastically contracted into four words: white whale, holy grail. Pure genius...
Mastodon are a truly awesome band. Any bunch of guys brave enough to do a concept album (on what many consider to be the greatest American novel ever written) as their second album, and pull it off pretty much perfectly, demand some respect. Blood & Thunder is a summarising introduction to the story of Moby Dick. It focuses pretty much entirely on captain Ahab, describing his paranoia, his ever imminent descent into madness, and his desire for revenge. The entire theme of the book is fantastically contracted into four words: white whale, holy grail. Pure genius...