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It appears that this song is about the novel, Moby Dick, possibly a an inspired narration by Captain Ahab, himself. Incredible concept for such a hard song, and incredible lyrics. I can visualize them chasing down a giant whale right now as I listen to the song.
Lyrics
I think that someone is trying to kill me
Infecting my blood and destroying my mind
No man of the flesh could ever stop me
The fight for this fish is a fight to the death
White whale, holy grail
White whale, holy grail
What remorseless emperor commands me
I no longer govern my soul
I am completely immersed in darkness
As I turn my body away from the sun
White whale, holy grail
White whale, holy grail
Split your lungs with blood and thunder
When you see the white whale
Break your backs and crack your oars men
If you wish to prevail
This ivory leg is what propels me
Harpoons thrust in the sky
Aim directly for his crooked brow
And look him straight in the eye
White whale, holy grail
White whale, holy grail
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Jayson Troy Sanders / Timothy Brann Dailor / William B. Kelliher / William Brent Hinds
Blood and Thunder lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
That technique at the end is called a triplet. It's definitely a great way to add some punch to something that's already really punchy.
More Mastodon please! This band is terribly underrated.
100%
One of my top 3 for sure.
Not sure they under rated. They are one of the most respected metal bands in existence. Over 1.2million monthly listens on Spotify. They are great.
Yeah, it seems that only slightly old school rockers know about Mastodon.
They're not underrated at all... They're highly respected by their peers and those in the industry know just how talented they are...
They're just not as "acclaimed" as they should be because they have sound that is too complex, intricate and experimental for the average persons brain that's been dumbed down by basic 4/4 time pop, rock, hip-hop, rap and baby metal etc...
Those in the know fucking know...
They aren't underrated, just underappreciated by the troglodytes in society and the troglodytes that control the music industry!
Mastodon honestly has one of the best evolutions of any metal band, they're great, can't really go wrong with any of their albums.
One of the best discogs ever in metal
I will be seeing them in Aug. I bought the tickets for Gojia but have been listening to them more and more while I am anticipating!
@@TheATOMICGOBLIN you’ll have a blast, both bands were on fire on the first leg of the tour, easily the best metal show out there currently
Mastodon is really unique. The later you get in the discography the less raspy it get, but it gets super melodic on the 4th album Crack the Skye. Highly recommend any song off that album
More mastodon, you won't be disappointed! Their new stuff is amazing!
I captured TearDrinker live in Cleveland… hop on over to Wolfram Reactor74
This is my favorite Mastodon track. They are phenomenal live too. I've seen them 3 times.
It still on my list. Watching this track from Roskilde 2011 here on YT, omg what a experience
Don't let this be the last Mastodon track you listen, man. Big discography and 3 vocalists brings a lot of variety.
Add some Clutch and All Them Witches to your daily spins and you'll find alot of great tunes.
Keep 'em coming, really enjoy your posts \m/
He needs to hear clutch - elephant riders 👍
Brann Dailor is a legit monster behind the drum kit. And he also sings while drumming like that! 😮. Will be seeing them this summer with Gojira and Lorna Shore
The Mastodon rabbit hole is vast. Every album sounds different and yet they all sound like Mastodon. 3 singers, Brann the drummer is a monster, Bill Kelliher writes amazing riffs.
Shout out Bill, Brent gets most of the love for his solos and stuff but Bill is a godly riff writer, one of the absolute best in metal
You definitely have to check out their song "Tread Lightly" or just the entire album Once More Round the Sun. It's my favorite album of theirs as a whole.
Mastodon - The Sparrow. Completely different feel but absolutely mesmerizing.
You may like their more melodic songs better. Try - Oblivion.
A must
One of the greatest metal bands of all time. Atlanta legends.
Mastodon gets wild, man. Their album "Crack the Sky" was written because the singer at the time was in a brief coma and apparently Rasputin visited him in his coma and inspired the album. When he came out of it, he wrote the album over the course of a year while he recuperated. 6 Grammy nominations and one win, they play interesting music for sure and usually put on a pretty good show. Great reaction!
Yes! The title track is probably my favorite song by mastodon!
The Czar and The Last Baron are my favorites.
Crack the Skye was written about the drummers little sister who died. Her name was Skye.
@@MaximMelamed it's actually both! I hadn't heard about the homage to his sister, I had only heard about astral projection and Rasputin. TIL.
@@Ofthelineofeld19damn its the complete opposite for me idk how i havent heard the rasputin thing b4 but it explains him on the cover
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘
MASTODON IS MY FAVORITE, STILL ACTIVE BAND!!!
Polo you are crushing it this week for me personally. Thank you!!!
This song is based on Moby Dick. The whole Leviathan album is based on that concept. It's fantastic. All their albums are great The Czar is my all time favorite from them from the Crack the Skye album. You gotta do more Mastodon please!🤘🤘🤘
I recommend Gigantium from their latest album. They have evolved since those early years. The drummer now sings too. Gigantium is heavy and beautiful at the same time. Go check it out.
Great band.
More Mastodon! I love this band. Crack the Skye is my favorite album from them. I'd love to see you do the track Crack the Skye. Their drummer, Brann Dailor is one of my favorite of all time. His drumming is so unique and fluid. He has a great voice too.
Mastadon is worth a deep dive. They get more and more progressive as they go. Similar to Tool in that regard. Great drums and guitar work throughout their discography. Vocals are an acquired taste.
As they developed, the had more members of the band take turns singing, for people who prefer "clean" vocals over the metal growl.
@@tonyzahn8911 Yup, even with the clean singing the vocals are an acquired taste. Vocals aren't the strong suit for Mastodon.
@@dfbovey i disagree with that entirely. Their layering of the 3 vocals is one of my favorite parts esp in their newer stuff
@@jleighwolfe Cool. You've convinced me.
What I find interesting in Mastodon is that none of them were actual singers when they started. Now we have three of them doing leads (with Bill being a competent backing vocalist on his own), each one with a very distinct and unique voice and they're getting _better_ with each new album (and fortunately live as well, since it's one of the things that kept people from them: the live vocals).
I am seeing them live for the third time in August with Gojira and Lorna Shore 💪
Lucky duck! Have fun!
Fuck yeah!
Hearts Alive is epic
Sleeping Giant changed my life
Mother Puncher is heaviest
The Czar is transcendent
The Sparrow is graceful
Asleep in the Deep is super cool
Jaguar God is godly
Their new album is so full of Soul
They live rent free in mine. Kind like Tool w you
Mastodon's discography is incredible, they have evolved over the years in a really amazing way - so many genuinely great albums!
Wait till you hear the drummer sing.
Brann is a beast at both!
I subbed for the Tool reactions, but glad you found these guys. This song rocks. Check out, "Iron Tusk," or "March of the Fire Ants" too. Good stuff.
My favourite Mastodon track! The video is epic as well. Enjoy!
Probably my favorite as well! Absolutely love this track. This was the first mastodon album I bought. Took a little to grow on me due to the vocals, but I’ve been a fan for a long time now.
I think I prefer the earlier stuff overall, but there are some real bangers later on. Crack the Skye is a great album, too.
Let’s goooo favorite band in the world! Masto-fuckin-don!
keep going down the Mastodon rabbit hole. it gets better!
My favorite mastodon song.
Welcome to the Mastodon rabbit hole!
I really REALLY like this album.
Their best
Watching you go from Primus to Radiohead to Mastodon is a journey. Three fantastic bands.
I'm not a huge metalhead, but maybe five years ago I was listening to a good amount of Mastodon. Thanks for reminding me how good they are.
One thing I really like about mastodon is how they are so incredibly precise and tight, while also sounding like the end of the world
You rock Polo, your reaction to this made my day!
The drums are amazing!!!
My introduction to Mastodon was the track March of the fire Ants when they released their Remission album, been a fan ever since 🤘🏼🔥🔥🤘🏼
So many great tunes to choose from!
Everyone else has said it, but you will likely like the vocals more on the 4th album, Crack the Skye, and later, when the drummer adds his vocal talent to the mix, and the other two vocalists begin using more melody in their singing as well. You absolutely must hear their masterpiece "The Last Baron" from Crack the Skye- though it's a 13 min runtime. "The Czar" from the same album is only 11 min, but also fantastic. Several songs on the album "Emperor of Sand" are great ones to react to as well, I hope you'll hear "Sultan's Curse", "Ancient Kingdom" and "Steambreather" someday. I feel like this is a band you might one day want to do the whole discography, every album has good stuff on it.
This song is one of the best crowd interaction hype songs.
IMO Mastodon is the probably the most interesting metal band of their generation. They have a unique sound that evolved over time to become more melodic and take advantage of the members talents (Drummer Singing etc). A true progressive band that are both punishingly aggressive but beautifully melodic. Real musicians making music they feel! Please do more (Crack the Skye)
So happy someone finally sent Mastodon to you. You'll be getting to more of them!
Fortunately I remembered every address I've ever lived in and every phone number...so yea your right!
What a fun thing to come by on my subscription feed. Love mastodon!
Higgly recommend checking out more of them esp newer stuff. Their progression is fantastic.
Polo, Tool just announced a US tour for the late fall 😊. Don’t miss it!!
White whale, Holy grail! This is one of their earlier albums and is a concept album based on Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
This is my favorite metal song of all time!
I always called this band the Biker Dream Theater.
lots of bangers on this album (hearts alive), but i agree and you should try some of their newer stuff. obvlivion would be a good place to start. but from there, literally any direction, all solid. super solid performers live too. please do more mastodon!
Man im glad you continually referenced the bass and drums. Not that the guitarists dont rip shit, but Mastodon has pretty much always been about the WHOLE package. Everybody brings the chops to the table and they all let eachother eat.
Started watching your channel last night.
Delighted to see your reactions to Bee Gees and Phil Collins. Phil’s best work is with Genesis / try ‘In the cage’.
Live your best life
john
@poloreacts27 bro u had me when u brought up DMX 😎 RIP GOAT
love to see ppl being open minded and looking at the bigger picture,
one of my most fun parts about music to draw the lines
also completely agreed about the growling style, they were one of the first bands where I was diggin it
check out their LP Blood Mountain as well as Opeth-Watershed, even if it's not ur personal taste musically those are timeless
the name says it all, incredibly versatile & unbelievably well written
Next Mastodon reaction Curl of the Burl, please. That song is what got me into the band.
Mastodon is not for everyone, but they have built a mass following on their brand of Southern-fried guitar riffs and heavy delivery... This was one of their early tracks from 2004... Vocalist Neil Fallon of Maryland rockers Clutch did co-vocals on 'Blood & thunder'... This album ('Leviathan') was based on the novel 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville... A lot of their work is based on fantasy fiction.
Hailing from Georgia, Mastodon were formed in 2000 by Brann Dailor (drums), Troy Sanders (bass), Brent Hinds (guitar) and Bill Kelliher (guitar)... Sanders and Hinds started w/ the bulk of the vocals, but Brann Dailor also added his lead vocals from 2009.
Mastodon began recording and releasing original music independently before they got signed to indie metal label Relapse Records and released the first album 'Remission' in 2002... it was followed by the 'Leviathan' concept album in 2004, which got them on tour opening for Slayer eventually and Mastodon began building a hardcore fanbase.
'Blood mountain' was released in 2006 on a major label Reprise Records and Mastodon were on the road constantly as the album charted in the US at #32... the single "Colony of Birchmen" (feat. Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age) became a fan fave.
Mastodon graduated to a headlining band w/ the release of their 2009 album 'Crack the Skye'... the single 'Oblivion' was a huge success and the album featured drummer Brann Dailor contributing lead vocals... Dailor said he named the album after his sister who took her own life because of a painful mystery illness that was undiagnosed (It was likely an autoimmune disorder that can be impossible to diagnose by standard physicians)... 'Crack the Skye' charted at #11 in the US and was a global success.
Later Mastodon albums have been more polished, sonically diverse... and commercially successful - 'The Hunter' (2011)... "Once more round the Sun" (2014)... 'Emperor of the Sand' (2017)... and their latest album "Hushed and Grim" (2021) which charted at #20 in the US... #14 in the UK... Mastodon is still a major headlining act on tour.
Some of the heavier Mastodon songs - 'March of the Fire Ants'... 'Aqua dementia' ... 'The wolf is loose'... 'Quintessence'... 🤘🤘🔥🔥
And Mastodon's newer tracks - 'Show yourself'... 'The Motherload' ... 'Curl of the Burl'... 'Teardrinker'... 🤘🤘
Glad you enjoyed it.
Saw these guys last month on tour with Gojira! What a show!!!
The mighty Mastodon... love it. There are too many awesome songs to recommend. Also, a little FYI, the singer in the middle of that track was none other than Neil Fallon of Clutch(whom you should also check out)
"White whale, holy grail"
"Split your lungs with blood & thunder, when you see the white whale"
Yeah, it's Capt Ahab vs Moby Dick
Wow 😮❤❤❤❤❤
Yes, like a Boulder it's all Rock N Roll .
next by mastodon you should try more than i could chew! been in love with the song since it came out recently
Im just going to recommend "high road" for your next mastodon visit
Musicianship through the roof. Plus this is from a whole intricately plotted concept album about Melville’s Moby Dick.
Super-important band for the heavy scene in the early '00s. Like Opeth, a wonderful growth across many albums.
All Mastodon lyrics paint a picture Polo, check them out to add a new dimension to their music!
Brann Dailor no doubt one of the absolute best metal drummers.
Im sure im not alone envying you hearing this track for the first time. I still remember the mindfuck when the drums came into the opening riff. Omg, such a great, energetic, heavy song. Its like condensed goosebumbs. 😂
I’m generally not a metal fan, at all. I can enjoy it and I can see the appeal, especially live, but its just not music that I listen to daily. This song however, is a major exception from that ’rule’.
I enjoyed you video, seeing you appreciate this track. Also, sorry for the wall of text. 😅
I believe the note you like in metal is called a "chug chug chug." :)
Brutal Legend
YYYEEESSS!!!!!
great request. more mastodon please
The intro caught me off guard 🤣
check out their video "the motherload". you won't be upset by either song or video.
Mastodon- the beast. trust it's fire
Absolutely
I love what grandma taught! Math is gud!! 😂
Many other songs by them to check out!
Whole album is awesome, Hearts Alive is a great track
It makes me happy that mastodon clicked with you. Good entry point. I think that they have many songs that are not well suited to new listeners…. Obviously not the case here. 🤘🏻
Great song
now we’re talking. try BLACK TONGUE, IRON TUSK, CAPILLARIAN CREST…. he’ll anything. can’t go wrong
Still my favorite Mastodon song, as great as their catalog is that is saying something. Best Moby Dick song. Ever as well.
As far as bands with screaming vocals, my favorite is Lamb Of God. I would recommend either Ruin or Laid To Rest as an introduction to the band.
Ruin as an intro? 😅 You want to kill the man?
Great track though 👌 was one of my faves to play. That whole album slaps tbh.
@@FaceEatingOwl haha it's short, brutal, and easy to digest as far as LoG goes. Give an idea of what they're about very quickly
They are fantastic. I guess watching Tool gets you used to weird time signatures already so that helps. If you're talking about that chugga chugga sound it's called a palm muting guitar technique. I'm sure there's a RUclips video of someone doing it for 20 seconds. It's delightful
"...that F, Fa, Fa,Thu,Thump,Thump ,Thump, Thump...and it's beautiful..." Yup. Yer a metal head.
Mastodon fuckin rules, best discography in metal since their debut in 02. This song and the whole album are actually about moby dick. If you want more heavy stuff you should check out their song “mother puncher” or if you want a long epic song “hearts alive”, if you wanna hear an amazing newer song from them with cleaner vocals then I recommend “roots remain”. Anyway nice reaction, mastodon rules and deserves to be much bigger, one of the most unique metal bands ever, plus they have 3 leaders singers including the drummer.
Listen to oblivion and the wolf is loose by them
Whether you can understand the lyrics it's all awesome!
That intro tho, K. lol
It’s a dry joke lol
yes!! , the good ol palm mute
MASTODON is great. Do more.
To pair with them, BARONESS is another great band, cut from the same cloth, but have gone one their own path.
This album is a concept album base on the Moby Dick novel
Their album "Crack the Skye" is pretty close to being a perfect album.
Mastodon is one the best bands out there!
Mastodon - Stargasm
When you mentioned not knowing what he's saying, that whole verse was Neil Fallon of Clutch. They're not this kind of heavy these days, but Mastodon knows what's up. Saw these guys play tiny rooms back in the day. Saw them opening for Clutch later on. This entire album is fire.
Mastodon rules
Hearts alive, next please
Mastodon sea beast got to do it just about anything from the album leviathan
Do yourself a favor and deep dive the lyrics. If you have read Moby Dick It will all make perfect sense. Captain Ahab is hunting the great white whale who took his leg, and will risk everything, even his crew's lives to destroy it. In classic literature his obsession is only matched by Tolkien's Gollum with his pursuit of his "precious". Another lesser known fact with this song is that Neil Fallon of Clutch sings the verse that reflects when the actual battle is happening. Sick musical composition for a literary masterpiece.
You need to react to Machine Head- Halo.
Super heavy lyrics, and badass musically! 🤘🏽✌🏽
Check out March of the first ants 2:47