Well I'm still slightly shell shocked from last night!!
Up first was Valient Thorr...they are from Burlatia, which is located inside the planet Venus near the three ice rivers, or so they claim.
They were all out rock and roll and front man 'Valient Himself' is probably one the strangest and yet engaging front men I have ever witnessed.
A weird almost 50's sci-fi-esq synth drone signalled Mastodon as they took the stage, the backdrop a LCD screen showing images of 30's/40's religious films, space travel, planets and of course Rasputin.
The band fired out, in its entirety, their new album Crack the Skye before leaving the stage triumphant.
As we were ready to leave the strange synth music drew them back on stange and we were pummeled into submission as the back drop changed into the Blood Mountain album cover. Mastodon proceeded to charge head on through several songs from this era before the back drop would change again to show the great white whale of the Leviathan era of the bands career.
Another set list of tracks from this album set the stage for the final charge...the backdrop changing once more to show the mutilated horse of the Remission era. The band finished with their big hit from this album 'March of the Fire Ants'.
An hour and a half had passed and we were left stunned and in awe of, arguably, one of the best bands of our generation.
Setlist was
All Hail the Mighty Mastodon!!
Much Love
FrEaK xXx
