Blood Mountain
by Mastodon
- Type: Album
- Released: 12 September 2006
- Label: Reprise, Relapse
- Country: United States
- Length: 50:51
- Community rating: 4.12/5 from 15 ratings
Artists on this release: Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A concept album about climbing a mystical mountain, this record sees Mastodon getting weirder and more progressive. It balances their sludge metal roots with intricate technicality and psychedelic interludes. It is a frantic, adventurous journey.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, technical, conceptual, dynamic, sludge
Tracklist
- The Wolf Is Loose (03:34)
- Crystal Skull (03:24)
- Sleeping Giant (05:36)
- Capillarian Crest (04:25)
- Circle of Cysquatch (03:19)
- Bladecatcher (03:20)
- Colony of Birchmen (04:19)
- Hunters of the Sky (03:52)
- Hand of Stone (03:30)
- This Mortal Soil (05:00)
- Siberian Divide (05:28)
- Pendulous Skin (05:04)
Credits
- Troy Sanders - band [mastodon], bass, vocals
- Brent Hinds - band [mastodon], guitar, vocals
- Bill Kelliher - backing vocals
- Brann Dailor - backing vocals
- Craig Aaronson - a&r
- Paul Romano - art direction, artwork, design
- John Bongiorno - booking [booking (north & south america): for pinnacle entertainment]
- Ryan Harlacher - booking [booking (north & south america): for pinnacle entertainment]
- Scott Sokol - booking [booking (north & south america): for pinnacle entertainment]
- John Jackson - booking [booking (rest of the world)]
- K2 - booking [booking (rest of the world)]
- Ben Verellen - engineer [assistant engineer]
- David W. Prasse - legal
- Robert Polay - management [business management: for polay financial management]
- Nick John - management [management: for sanctuary artist management]
- Vlado Meller - mastered by
- Mark Santangelo - mastered by [assisted by]
- Rich Costey - mixed by
- Jim Keller - mixed by [assisted by]
- Pablo Arraya - mixed by [assisted by]
- Mastodon - music by [all music by], lyrics by [all lyrics by]
- Matt Bayles - producer
- Eric Searle - producer [preproduction by]
- Michael Green - producer [preproduction by]
- Chris Common - technician [studio drum tech]