Crack The Skye
by Mastodon
  • Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Mar 24, 2009
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 198 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 179 out of 198
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 198
  3. Negative: 15 out of 198

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  1. Smenkharon
    Jun 12, 2009
    4
    Huge disappointment for me. Too much melody and not enough rhythmic pounding. Prog-ish noodling instead of compelling riffing. Weak vocals. Nowhere near the replay value of the last three discs.
  2. SteveK
    Apr 18, 2009
    5
    This album is same old generic metal made slightly more interesting with Mastadon's excellent abilities to rock hard. It's structured differently but it's a tired sound, mainly. Longer, toned down, slight song changes, same old chug chug little mastadon-lick here isn't that creative. Listen to the best of this year so far, Zu. You will hear how metal sounds when This album is same old generic metal made slightly more interesting with Mastadon's excellent abilities to rock hard. It's structured differently but it's a tired sound, mainly. Longer, toned down, slight song changes, same old chug chug little mastadon-lick here isn't that creative. Listen to the best of this year so far, Zu. You will hear how metal sounds when it's actually progressing.… Expand

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#44 Best Album of 2009
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#23 Most Discussed Album of 2009
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#41 Most Shared Album of 2009

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Blender
    80
    Mastodon present a prog-metal concept that would make Stephen Hawking bang his head.
  2. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    If this all sounds a bit heavy going, Crack the Skye offers plenty of simple pleasures as Mastodon heap on the musical melodrama, with a more-is-more approach to fretwork that's bound to see them liven up moshpits when they support Metallica this summer.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    80
    There will be naysayers among the band's extreme, tatted legions. But Crack the Skye is an awesome display.
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