Oblivion- Mastodon

Mastodons is a Greek word meaning beast, this is where the band got their name from. Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. They formed the band in 1999, consisting the members bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor. The band formed when the drummer Brann and the guitarist Bill moved to Atlanta meeting the other band members at a High On Fire Show. They realized they had the same interest in music and shortly after formed the band. They currently have three albums released Leviathan (2004–2005), Blood Mountain (2006–2008) and Crack the Skye (2009–present).


This song starts slow and then starts to build up. It has good instrumental value, and good use of different harmonies. The starting only starts with the lead guitar and the rhythm guitar using a great harmonic melody and then the drums come in. At about 31 seconds into the song the vocals come in, the vocals are clean throughout the whole song. They have a good mix between singing and playing and the instruments are not over done. I think that this song is particularly good, but the solo could be better.

The solo in this song is more calm then I would like it to be and is really short. It is really simple, if they put in come sweeping I think it would bring more to it and make the song more interesting. They do the same cords over and over again, it is very repetitive. The lyrics are very repetitive as well they only have two verses throughout the whole song and the wrest chorus. I don't think that this song really makes sense because he is talking about falling into oblivion and then he is talking about falling from grace? It doesn't really mix.

Overall I like this song because it has a good vibe from it. I like how the instruments mix and flow throughout the song. It is not really my type of music I generally like more heavy metal music, but it is good. I think that they did well with the starting the most. How it fades in and the instruments are introduced into the song, this gives it a good effect. If I were to rate this song I would give it 3 stars out of 5.