Mastodon "Crack the Skye" 2025-05-23 Although their original line-up fell

Although their original line-up fell apart quickly

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Mastodon "Crack the Skye" 2025-05-23 Although their original line-up fellMastodon has taken hold of the leadership of the New Wave of Progressive Heavy Metal. The band's 2006 major label debut Blood Mountain spun off a Grammy nomination and earned Top 5 Best Album of the Year nods from Kerrang!, Revolver and Metal Hammer, and a Top 10 Rolling Stone. Now Crack the Skye, it's fourth original studio album, mines subject matter from czarist Russia and astral travel to out of body experiences and Stephen Hawking's theories on