Mastodon - Iron Tusk & March Of Fire Ants live Download'07

[@DarthSivius]

I love how Brann can be one of the best drummers without needing a drumkit as big as half the stage

[@puppetmaster8551]

Still true, guy is one of the sickest drummers on the planet and does it on a super small kit compared to most metal drummers

[@BriskyShark]

Not even two bass drums, very minimal and he somehow does more stuff than most prog bands out there, he is seriously one of my fav drummers of all time

[@someoneelse101]

@@BriskySharksome drummers find a double pedal easier to deal with than two bass drums and some who used two bass drums have resorted to using a double pedal as an alternative for one reason: ergonomics. Having a second bass drum moves everything too far in either direction for comfort if it's an unfamiliar set up. Especially if you don't have a bass drum attachment for the hi hat stand

[@theorangecrusher]

I think this was the time Brent had a throat infection and he turned into a pterodactyl.

[@jackheintz9747]

"Meow! Meow!"

[@fab0398]

That made Bill's Growling really shine...Man this is so awesome!

[@johnsinglet575]

Imo this era with Brents throats issues is a fully realized Mastodon sound lol

[@anewt72690]

Exactly. Part of what's so cool about Mastodon is that they're not "above" the fans like other bands. They're down to earth, hardworking musicians who still appreciate every screaming college student who just blew off a term paper to have the time of their life =D

[@tcbshaded39]

Bill should sing (or scream) more. His voice is so god damn raw.

[@jimbox229]

that kelliher guitar tone.

[@TheGuitarifier]

best pinch harmonics ever.

[@birdofj]

i love how any person who likes metal will like mastodon. when i saw them live, i was 4 feet away from brent.

[@ivopranjic9976]

Troy's voice is massive

[@orsmplus]

He's using a microphone

[@domi8653]

Meanwhile Brent: *screeeeech screeeeech*

[@Kingmarvin7]

you're massive

[@JohnsDough1918]

@@Kingmarvin7 no u

[@KillTheEmo]

Troy sounds fucking wicked on the albums, this concert is a different story, but it sounds like he's not even trying to sing it, nobody, no matter how fucked they sing, sounds like that unintentionally

[@ict113090]

How Mastodon wasn't the most successful metal band of the 2000's is beyond me. They miles ahead of all the metalcore/screamo bands from that era in terms of talent and creativity. Their sound is just so diverse too. One minute they're melting your face, next minute you're on a trip, then relaxed and back to gritty.

[@neufxtrois]

What does Mastodon have to do with metalcore and screamo? Like why even put them in the same sentence lol

[@musictest9999]

"hello" - Troy Sanders

[@cas1994]

i simultaneously love and hate how little they speak on stage, on one hand it keeps the show going at a relentless pace, but on the other they're so funny i wouldn't mind some banter between songs

[@wenders99]

Every time I've seen them Brann is the only one who really addresses the crowd and always at the end. Refreshing, really. Let the music do the work. Best.metal.band.on.the.planet.

[@gudalpesanz]

wenders99 that's the way to do it. No interruptions. That would be so kick ass if that's how they started their shows all the time.

[@timofuz]

0:43 Bill's look at Brann"you had to start it off so damn fast?!"

[@CullyBenson]

Remission Blood Mountain Leviathan and crack the sky pretty much changed my life. They were phenomenal live on record didn't matter they were just a fantastic band.

[@mrkrinkle699]

I think it's badass that two of the guys in Mastodon are from my hometown and hang at the local bars where I live when they get a chance.

[@Auxois]

I like how the drummer doesnt need a fuck off ego trip kit to be awesome

[@nikklazz]

Mastodon's so fucking awesome! They don't sound like everyone else...and they sound way better! Metal for life.

[@oh_heeeyyy]

I just love that they play Gibsons!

[@SpartanCarver]

Brann Dailor is fucking incredible

[@JonathanWinegar]

I had to listen to shitty fucking pop music at work today!!!!! this is just what I needed to blast that shit out my head! MASTODON RULES!!!!!!!

[@deathrib]

Brann Dailor is an absolute master in his field. Mastodon as a whole does nothing but get better!

[@markmor09]

him and brent sharing vocals is like a mastodon vs a pteradactyl (fuck the spelling)

[@feraccia]

"Hello" - 2 seconds intro - "Booooooooom"

[@E5150LordX3nu]

I never realised how awesome Mastodon was till I saw them at Mayhem fest

[@fazzbot227]

I just realized hes playing on a drumset made to look like Randy Rhoads Flying V. Greatest. Fucking. Thing. Ever.

[@KINGCVSEY]

fazzbot227 I know this is 6 years later but he said he always played drums as if it was a guitar if that makes sense lol

[@metahoia]

If you listen to the right channel only, it's all bill, all the time!

[@SunofShasta]

Troy, Brent, Brann, and Bill, greatest musicians come together, to make the worlds greatest band!!!!!

[@BulletFrenzy543]

*walks on stage* ...Hello! *goes insane*

[@DikMambo]

240p, we meet again.

[@bluegatorade358]

NicolaiMambo but its worth it

[@masterCm]

dude..... that is one killler drummer... very impressed by his drumset and his skills....

[@Magnuzst]

Fucking awesome how good control Brent has on the guitar. He almost throw it in the air as a intro for The March Of The Fire Ants. And when he plays the guitar solo he throws the guitar on his knee. I know that it's many people who are cappable to do this but this guy really looks good with his guitartricks.

[@somebassplayer580]

Thats what i respect. Bands that work their hardest and get where they are by that alone. I hope my band can get there someday (eventhough we will never be as great as mastodon!)

[@cripplas]

wtf Bill?! He nailed those screams!

[@modestvermin995]

"Forget it man, get with the countdown. Shake this square world and blast off for kicksville." Love that.

[@SOADHEAD666]

IMO, most talented metal band EVER, easily!

[@lynnchpin]

It's not the size of your bone, dawg...it's how you bury it. Brann Dailor is EVERY awesome guitarist's dream. He doesn't TRY to stand out and be all flashy and frivolous. He accentuates guitar lines and builds songs accordingly accumulating so much tension that when he finally breaks it down to a groove it's so fucking heavy you'll never lift it.

[@musicologist]

A tuning makes it soooo raw. I never imagined it could sound that insane...

[@GhANeC]

Gentleman, welcome to the fkn Brann Dailor show! He drops so many of them ghost notes, that they actually come alive! :)

[@gudalpesanz]

Whoever was filming should've focused on Bill. He has a lot of power behind his vocals.

[@KaizerSteel]

Hahaha, I love the way they just run on the stage, say hey, and effectively blow all of those people's minds.

[@mrvoorhees100]

This is the best band that will ever be

[@bslz65]

perfect tramsition into fire ants. well done brent well done

[@mikedillon-x]

if mastodon has any brutal songs like this on their next album they seriously need to get bill to do more vocals

[@CheekyDarkey]

this is the best combo of live mastodon ive ever seen

[@91gurre]

I actually like how they sing some lines here over how its on cd! Like how he lengthens"till she spills her black bloooood" fking epic!

[@theBlackPrince_9]

Troy is an absolute legend.

[@oneinfinity]

They should use samples on their albums too. I love the live samples.

[@eoattc]

Masterpiece on drums!

[@MetalMattSnyder]

These guy's have been one of my favorite bands since I was very young. I seen the cover for Leviathan and I HAD to check it out. Who knew that an 11 year old would dig this stuff? hahaha

[@squeezeslemons]

That riff at the beginning of march of the fire ants is fucking AWESOME

[@CullyBenson]

I've seen Mastodon probably six times. The first time was that furnace Fest 2003 here in Birmingham. The second time was in a little dive bar the oldest rock and roll bar here in Birmingham opening for clutch. Around that time I got really into hardcore and me and my friends would drive over to Atlanta to go to The venue called the masquerade and we'd go see converge or cave in and Thursday and Brent would always be there standing in line just like any other fan. I remember you drove this white Geo Metro probably a 95 model something early. But he's always be cool to like hang out and chill and it wasn't until about 4 years later than I found out that he's actually from Birmingham and went to Mountain Brook High School and basically saw the early version of what would become Mastodon here at the Nick. So he just jumped on that and moved to Atlanta. And now watched them open up for a converge open up for metalocalypse Slayer I mean the list goes on. They were great. I have many more stories of Troy humping my leg at the Nick but those are stories I will tell in the future. By the way there wasn't any sex involved it was just him being drunk and stupid.

[@CrabJuice83]

One of the better ways to start a show. My personal favorite is still Carparthian Forests frontman (I forgot his name) walking up, introducing the band, they start playing, him grabbing an empty pitcher and then starting shit in it, right there on stage. Had an immensely fun time though.

[@cRazyBassBiTch]

the change over is fecking sweeeeeeeeeet, can't wait to see em at sonisphere

[@thethrols]

para mi la mejor cancion de mastodon........perfect

[@dandanthepumpkinman]

I've been a fan eversince i saw them live supporting Tool about two years back... but after seeing this, Troy Sanders is deffo my new Bass idol, he's rocking out bigtime on Tusk, love the "Vast to the head, body and tail bit". And Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher are just soooo in tune with each other, plus Brann Dailor on the drums is a freakin powerhouse, impressive that he makes little use of the double pedals considering the style of mussc. After these 2 Crystal skull is probs my next fave. x

[@chrisbaboujianbjj]

someone turned the volume up at 0:56

[@Tappoo]

From low to high: A2-G3-C4-F4-A4-D5. Iron Tusk and Fire Ants are tuned like this. So is for example; Battle at Sea, Call of Mastodon, Ole Nessie. Try to play, you will notice that I'm right.

[@PatrickVS101]

smooth transition between songs... two greats of mastodon... but then again just about all their songs kill

[@acorn9345678]

i cant stop listening to this...i love the interlude in march of the fire ants

[@crazieassproductions]

Love the part at the beginning. "Hello!"

[@oblivion31]

These guys are amazing, just pure fucking metal emanating from their songs.

[@eipus]

wow. its great to see a band being even better live than on the records. too bad that most of the time the festival crowds dont get mastodons greatness!!

[@attu89]

these guys r bloody amazin!

[@smugoogie]

@PumaStudios yes its both he starts with "forget it man and get with the countdown shake(or maybe take most likely shake) this square world and blast off to kicksville

[@ombligodeagua]

Te amo Brann Daylor

[@macleodponeage]

They are all epic!

[@b4r4n4b1]

Cool, I checked it out. It is great!

[@BeyondZeGrave]

Wow. My friend said the exact same thing when I introduced him to Mastodon.

[@SlaveToFate23]

i love Mastodon... they're amazing...

[@nidhiki12]

@ShroomSamich Speaking as a drummer... you're so right. He is also a jazz drummer playing in a metal band.

[@TheKlawwGang888]

2:37 wow you know Brent means business when the eyebrows go up ^^ sonisphere next weekend seeing these guys... GUNA BE AWESOME! :)

[@Gooberdoober649]

this song is pretty much how i feel

[@Teejies]

god i love iron tusk. i have my stereo programmed to wake me up to the drum intro haha...

[@donnaprassede]

just GREAT!

[@lionslicer9999]

@TheVotolom He got sick on tour, but didn't give up his vocal responsibilities during shows and permanently injured his vocal chords. Anything live after 2006 with him screaming sounds very bad.

[@jtravelle]

i love athens.. brann managed in the little 5points location, the flagship location, Junkman's Daughter. Brent worked there seasonally as well. Your visit was to Junkman's Daughter's Brother.

[@Auxois]

ive taken to mounting my ride cymbal like that, it really is quite good

[@bentnosewp]

these guys are the first metal band that i've liked since 1995. a beacon of hope amongst the shit

[@QuickyBaby]

The ones that don't get played on radio and have easily accessible rifts? All mastodon songs rock in their own right.

[@seanypantsisntgod]

every comment here is so spot on, all deserving of a thumbs up lol their the best metal band to come out in this millenium!!!! no question! if u watch the rest of this show tho something was severely wrong with brent, his vocals are usually cool but he just couldnt, im pretty sure he had forgotten his lyrics even!! flawless shredding tho! MASTODON!!!

[@MarkJohnsonJams]

They played both of these last night in DC...INCREDIBLE

[@fhqwgads5000]

troy is inspiring both in his bass playing and in his fuckin perfect goatee

[@antonioantonio160493]

the most insane song i ve ever heard

[@BandWagon07]

brann is solo evidence that you don't need a giant kit. god damn that man is good.

[@FinderofNemo]

@funkyshizzle Well, that and the unique style of guitar playing coupled with harmonized guitar parts.

[@escapefromatlantis]

'Forget it man, get with the countdown, shake this square world and blast off to kicksvile' No idea where it is from but it sounds cool.

[@birdofj]

i love the crazy science fiction esq quotes they put between their songs. when i saw them live i felt like i was on acid between the songs!

[@lynnchpin]

"Forget it, man, and get with the countdown. Kick this square world and blast of for Kicksville"

[@SutcliffeSupreme]

my mate looks a bit like brent, trying to convince him to grow a huge beard and get the forehead tattoo

[@thethrols]

tremendos troy y compañia

[@gudalpesanz]

throols oscuro No nomas es Troy. Son tres y Un guitarista tremendo.

[@Jinvomixing]

Calladitos hacen menos el ridículo

[@jtravelle]

i used to watch these guys play house parties on back-pourches...what up brann! still managing at junkman's? ;) miss seeing you at the Echo -jacob orlando...t-shirt department

[@underscoreisnotvalid]

i love troys voice so much

[@WorldWar3]

I sold them that batch of trivium t-shirts.. they were all children's sizes and said metallica on the back.

[@ohthatsdamned]

I love that the Vocals are a bit different in Timing that on the CD's

[@silversnakeseven]

And I would completely agree with you that the state of mainstream music (especially pop, modern rock, and the more post-hardcore tinged metalcore) is pretty sad. But if you dig a little deeper, you'll find that quality music is alive and kicking. I recommend Symphony X, Angra ('Temple of Shadows' is their magnum opus IMO), Between the Buried and Me, Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, Children of Bodom (though they're in a slump), Imperanon, Oh Sleeper, Shadow Gallery, and Dream Theater to start.

[@houseofvintage]

excellent video. sound is awesome compared to some other live mast flicks.

[@xph0enixxx]

MONSTROUS!

[@yoshy321]

too good to be true this guys don't need to get the crowd going with clapping their hands, they are just too good.

[@jkjl234]

@anewt72690 i can see how they are obnoxious nowadays, but if you look at the kind of people they were in the 80s, they were the ultimate expression of true heavy metal. gritty, dirty, simple dress, partying, drinking, nothing but the music. but musically, i think its undeniable the influence metallica has had on mastodon. mastodon just took metallica's sound to a different level. And i think mastodon represents nowadays what metallica represented in the 80s and early 90s. the kings of metal.

[@phattvids]

The front kick head has the tribute photo on it as well.

[@Bairoman]

PRETTY COOL!!!

[@nikklazz]

Yes it is.