Mastodon - Gigantium [Official Audio]

[@kieranstrickland1289]

If this song isn't played at my funeral, I'm not going.

[@jinsakai9729]

Original 😒

[@kieranstrickland1289]

@@jinsakai9729 Guilty.

[@boneytony5041]

@@kieranstrickland1289 forgiven

[@koloss7199]

@@jinsakai9729 sayeth the "Ghost" 😉

[@rmanMMVII]

underrated

[@sympathyforthedevil1553]

Brann Dailor says of this track; "This is another one I wrote back when I was in this one apartment of mine. I call it the Sadness Hole. I don’t want to get into why I was there, but just to be clear, I wasn’t strung out on drugs or anything like that. It was a personal time. But the last riff really sounded like the end of something. It’s sad-sounding, but there’s also some hope there. So we put some string arrangements on it and Brent did this really beautiful guitar solo. The last line is for Nick John (their longtime manager who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer a few years back): ‘The mountains we made in the distance will be with us forever.’ I think it’s a beautiful farewell".

[@turgidsward]

I didn't know. Thanks for passing this on; I feel like I learned something from that last quote.

[@AustrianBassDude]

Wow, thanks for sharing, then again nothing this band does is without meaning, that's what makes them so great - among other things :)

[@IDaagz]

Thanks for sharing.

[@theweirdsistah7568]

Brann being a Pisces for over 6 minutes🖤

[@luzdaviola]

That last riff, part of the song and the guitar solo, are beautiful and epic. I find it very uplifting and hopeful.

[@mrsleep0000]

In the dictionary, next to 'Masterpiece' there should be a picture of this album.

[@stevenparrish903]

This is an amazing album. I feel it is an evolution on Cold Dark Place which was such a gift.

[@rflanaganagan8489]

Some reminders of latest gone is gone album here too

[@mattar666]

i feel quite the opposite, this album feels like an uninspired cold dark place

[@tylerjacobson8012]

@@mattar666 what? Lol. Being wrong sucks .

[@lostinthesauce3473]

@@mattar666 I initially felt the same way, but the album is better than I thought. I think we just have to accept that nothing can top Cold Dark Place. It's easily in my top 5 pieces of music ever. There's some good stuff in this album, especially with Brents solos

[@mattar666]

@@lostinthesauce3473 i'll give this album another go for sure, but my first impression was the feeling of a pasteurized cold dark place to be easier to listen.

[@Aerythraea]

“My love, so strong” It’s such a simple line but it’s so powerful. The guitars are grieving in the only way they know how. Despite the drum’s tempo tapering off, each note kicks harder. As if I wasn’t crying already, the lyrics decide to make it so much worse. I can FEEL the emotion pouring out of every word. So direct, because there’s no other way you could say it. So powerful because it says all the things you wanted to. “I miss you” “It hurts that I’ll never see you again” “I wish I could tell you all of this again” “It hurts that I can’t” And then after everything’s been said, the guitar solo sings to you in a way that words could never. I don’t know how someone can make an instrument tear up, but the melody holds no punches as if you're the only one that can hear, the tune wells up with sorrow, and the guitar is barely keeping it together, but can’t afford leave things unfinished. This song is very special to me.

[@lordiblees]

Brent did it again. Another MAJESTIC AF solo. What a fuckin player. What a band. I'm in heaven rn

[@adamdam]

I'm not being funny but Brent's gotta go down In history as one of the true greats on guitar, he just has that swagger to sing out loud on guitar and also with a signature style.

[@martincotadoteho3754]

Whole song is fkn majestic 👍

[@SmConnally1984]

This is the one I keep repeating so far. It's like... probably one of the most bittersweet and uplifting heavy songs I've ever heard. It's alot of uncharted terrain for Mastodon. The only past song of theirs that this reminds me of is, oddly enough, Creature Lives, more so in the front half. The back half, however, sounded like a perfect marriage of Queens of the Stone Age and Alice in Chains. Shit, it even has vibes of Radiohead and U2. They somehow infused 90s alt rock goodness into this masterpiece. The 90s being a decade I clearly remember, having been born in the 80s. (1984) It's like all the grief, sadness, depression, anxiety and heavy-heartedness of the journey got to the end and there was a silver lining or a ray of light poked through the clouds. Then it all just kinda breaks open and the sun is there shining, as it always is...even when it's obscured by the storms and the clouds. Ugh. I hate writing stuff this heartfelt on the internet but this is as good a time as any. 🖤

[@ryanrodriguez5495]

Creature lives was absolutely one of those songs that gave me chills when i listened to it for the first 20 times. God just thinking about this album has me missing everyone that i love.

[@lordiblees]

Creature Lives was also the first thing that came to my mind when I listened to this.

[@ryanrodriguez5495]

I like to think that this is a sequel to creature lives.

[@SmConnally1984]

@@ryanrodriguez5495 yesss a really big, epic sequel!

[@trevorw3233]

Very awesome description of this song! I know some of the old school Mastofans will long for the Death, sludge, metal days. But being a musician myself. I know that a natural progression of musical ability is inevitable. They definitely have created a masterpiece IMHO!

[@josephbeguhl8235]

Brann's singing of the last few verses is absolutely incredible. That tone is just so beautiful.

[@azmtb93]

Tone of the whole album is 👌🏼

[@Thrasher_Abbatoir]

Sick huh? He is just getting good and super good at it. Brann da man!

[@KryztovM]

can't beleive he can drum and sing so smooth it blows me away every time how amazing this band is

[@killythebid3619]

"Those mountains we made in the distance...those will stay with us" Jesus Brann...wow.

[@davidbays6717]

Nobody makes me cry my own tears.. apart from brent when he riffs, hes a fkn genius.

[@sinisterminister9920]

I care bro, same here. Mark of a true artist. When they can evoke emotions with no words. It’s beautiful

[@mrsRMT]

Same. Same. Same.

[@joshuaV22490]

This album has elements of Cold Dark Place, Gone is gone The more I listen to this album the better it gets

[@chriscoffey5013]

This has been my 6 year old son’s favorite song ever since I let him listen to it for the first time when he was 4. He calls it “Stronger” and always asks me to play it when we’re in the car. Little dude rocks out to it and sings every word.

[@jordanbrunaopazo9568]

Am I the only one that finished the song on tears?

[@alcrapone1131]

Haven't cried in ages...this song gave me a mental breakdown after driving home after nightshift.

[@notsure1969]

Why would you be the only one?

[@jasonsmart784]

Absolutely fantastic album and song

[@strue1979]

You are not alone 😭

[@Broctavius]

@@alcrapone1131 Not a mental breakdown, brother. Mental breakthrough.

[@lucasfranco5292]

My mom is very ill right now. This song made think about her in a very comforting way

[@KoRnBaKo]

Brann's singing before the amazing ending solo gives me crazy goosebumps! Brilliant album!

[@samgib3623]

Every time!!!

[@schillinger7814]

So good. Amazing singing. The lyrics and the music too. Painfully good.

[@KoRnBaKo]

@@mennofennema9829 Actually fruitcake, many care hence the likes.

[@Pri1Maiden]

I find it funny that when you see them in like cooking videos, mini-videos like Brann and Bill presenting the vinyle or the four videos "promoting" this album, they look a bit too litteraly like clowns not taking things seriously. But you can tell they put all their heart, mind and soul in their music.

[@Ecmredsoxslipknot]

This song, from 3:30 on, gives me goosebumps all over, even made me tear up a little. This is one of the greatest Mastodon songs ever for me, and an absolutely outstanding way to close the album. What an incredible band.

[@luzdaviola]

That last riff, part of the song and the guitar solo, are beautiful and epic. I find it very uplifting and hopeful.

[@zacharygreen6267]

Thats wild, I REALLY like the first half, just because of how beautiful, Zen, and uplifting it is. The second half just gets dark... But most of their music is that way. So I really value the first half personally

[@dillon9908]

The power and emotion prevalent in Hushed and Grim easily excels it to one of my all time favorite Mastodon albums. They made something so special, this branching tribute to band manager Nick John touches so many dark places but it shines brightly in others as well. Mastodon is a magical band.

[@barnaszilagyi4120]

Epic. The solo was definetely recorded on the top of a mountain 🏔

[@DarioViolate]

I was just driving from work and this song came on my shuffle. I wept and cried during the end, had to pull over to get myself together.

[@miguelleite7783]

Those last verses are some of the best written by Mastodon. With Brann's voice getting better and better. The tone he brings in that part is masterpiece. And that ambience, that uplifting finish. That's gold to me. Makes me wanna keep listening to that outro for hours and hours repeatedly.

[@lucasperkins4342]

I started spontaneously singing Brann's "my love" verses at the end, then had to back it up and do that again two more times with extra attention and volume. So goddamn good... then Brent rolls in with a fucking Hendrix/Prince-level solo that is the most painful and beautiful thing I've ever heard.

[@mattkelm9839]

The opening two verses are so strong to me. Just so relatable to where I am in my life at this moment.

[@tobiastk5391]

What an album! Not a single ''bad'' song. And the second half of this song... Holy shit, one of the best chord-proggressions i've heard in a while. Absolutely beautiful.

[@svennievd]

This song absolutely crushes as the final track! That solo! My love, So Strong!

[@johnrussell701]

Yet another soul flaying, dimensional portal ripping, heart thrashing Mastodon album. Killer

[@tdarra7223]

Ain't that the frikken truth!!!

[@heartlandmilitariashows5702]

WOW… the F-ing emotions I felt listening to this for the first time. Been a long while since a song did that to me.

[@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318]

This is like one of the best songs ever written wtf bro

[@quattrobajeena135]

I’ve heard this song a million times since release but I just listened to it the millionth and one time and wow this time that whole ending part leading up made me get very emotional/ chills goosebumps etc and Bam that solo just made the tears start flowing. I’m so thankful that this band exist. I don’t think I’ve come to terms with my cousins death and it’s getting really close to the anniversary and this song just hit so different this time

[@Kotik_Kompotik.]

This ending is like a finally bright light after this emotional journey called “Hushed and grim”. I can write a book how this album affected to me. Absolute masterpiece.

[@X.x.SwagMaster420.x.X]

5:08 does anyone know if this is allowed

[@kerryevans5912]

Right, who else is fighting back the tears by the end of this absolute masterpiece of a song? God damn I love Mastodon

[@thomaswilson4441]

With you brother. Legendary song

[@michaelhenson2547]

I'm just glad to be alive when this band is making music. So good

[@FeMayden]

That last 3 mins 30 are chopping onion eye wateringly good.

[@KainzMusic]

The production is insanely clean! It's completely amazing in headphones!

[@cecilhunter5228]

My favorite song on this album. This song really hits deep with me.

[@notsure1969]

This album is incredible.

[@gamingtyme3209]

I thought they could never outdo Jaguar God’s solo, but here I stand corrected

[@Kwyjibo2006]

Beautiful. Just... beautiful.

[@kyleurban4948]

"Creature Lives" vibes on this bad boy.

[@snucksmuck]

Incredible song! Especially 3:30 and onwards. My love, so strong!

[@GEfromNJ]

Came here to say the same thing. Holy shit, I don't think I've ever heard anything so huge and majestic before. One hopes they get a chance to perform live with a string quartet

[@NeilY1000]

An amazing album with Gigantium being the jewel in a spectacular crown. Brought tears to my eyes ….

[@meechiedagreat843]

Mastodon is like Jordan in the clutch they always deliver

[@sayt4n]

This album is magical.

[@EzraGarrison]

I have a hard time listening to this song without tears streaming down my face and I can't stop

[@broda769]

Yeah man the lyrics in this album hit deep if you've experienced a loss that really affected you. This is still easily my favorite song on the album.

[@duwr2]

My love, so strong The mountains we made in the distance Those will stay with us

[@pmg2590]

the lyrics and the composition on this track are beyond words. I cried like a baby. Holy shit, this goes into the "play it at my funeral" playlist.

[@kimp.4697]

look at My chemical romance- the world is ugly. Very similar to this song

[@pmg2590]

@@kimp.4697 I know MCR. Disenchanted has been in that playlist for years.

[@2sc458]

Damn, I had to hit pause. Certain days, Mastodon song's make me cry.

[@imago3847]

The Torche influence runs deep on this

[@Mr_Beebird]

Good to see I'm not the only one who thought that :D

[@emibustamante6442]

Totally. So glad you thought the same. Torche rules.

[@fredericchaboteau7056]

Torche 🔥

[@leatherbuddies]

What a beautiful ending to a phenomenal album. Mastodon can do no wrong

[@nicwaterhouse1014]

I agree I am friends with Brent he is from my hometown of Helena Alabama and without being bias here Brent is in my top 2-3 guitarist of all time

[@schillinger7814]

"My love, so strong The mountains we made in the distance Those will stay with us." Wow.

[@Carascoroscovaldo]

3:27 HOOOOOOLY SHIIIIT! It's sooooo beautiful! ♥♥♥♥♥ Great way to end an album!

[@tfrost33elkhunter]

So Pre-release I had every Mastodon song on shuffle... and IMO there is not one bad song. HUSHED AND GRIM is my new instant favorite. I’ve turned it over roughly 12 times this weekend. What a journey! Thank you Mastodon! Love your music!

[@devinsummer5838]

I marathoned every album in no particular order probably 3x leading up to this

[@MickMcGuire]

Lost my dad last year and this song just hits so hard. Incredible work boys!!

[@matsgarcez]

This Music is awesome, i lost my father this year too, greetings from Brazil.

[@wc1994]

I lost my father in 2004, Leviathan was the album and the song Hearts alive got me through a devastating time. Been a huge fan since

[@quattrobajeena135]

RIP for your losses. Lost my cousin almost 4 years ago due to over dose but I think he may have killed himself. I don’t think I’ve fully comprehended it yet.

[@quattrobajeena135]

This album/song has really got to me

[@KingUponMain]

My pops is currently battling ALS and this song speaks to me on another level

[@guitaringjarmin]

That outtro is the best I've ever heard from any band, and I've listened to a lot of bands

[@drunknhampster]

MASTERPIECE

[@sdrolnoteleks]

Greatest guitar solo of all time, if your ears aren't ringing once its over you didn't play it loud enough

[@GalleryBones]

What a final track man I can't get enough of this album what a masterpiece

[@pitpride1220]

The absolute strongest part of this song is from 3:28 forward. This is the song in my opinion. It's everything.

[@JosephFrick-md8ox]

It’s amazing from that point on. It soars

[@jerryboone1093]

Stunned beyond imagination. I just downloaded it from Amazon. Give them their due. Buy it. Giving me real music satisfaction.

[@robertbosson5223]

Their finest since crack the Skye, double prog heaven that guitar solo at the end omg!

[@williamlesser6630]

Had it all has to be the best track on the album, but as a whole this album is a masterpeice

[@gordonwhitehouse3353]

There's not enough credit in the world 🌍 this band deserves to have. Saying their music is amazing is an understatement. Their music just keeps getting better and better I listen to them all of time🔥 💯😎👍

[@wc1994]

Best Band ever!!!

[@gordonwhitehouse3353]

@@wc1994 I know man! I'm happy I got to see them live at least once in my life at the '05 Ozzfest when they started getting famous. Can't wait to see them again!

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

What a way to end an album. A masterpiece that sticks with you long after it ends.

[@inscho]

Goosebumps toward the end of this song...every. single. time. Unreal emotion in that Brent solo.

[@jaredjones9426]

Mastodon?? More like Masterpiece!! I'm blown away by the entire album and especially this song!! Thanks fellas!!

[@Siriussephiroth]

(for the band) Our love, so strong.....

[@KryztovM]

I have listened to this song like 70 times now, and everytime the outrro riff begins my hair stand up on my spine and my arms like my body still can't fathom how it truly makes me feel. amazing

[@jotalagarta]

Al ser un doble álbum he esperado hasta que he podido para sentarme a oscuras en mi casa, ponerme los auriculares buenos y dedicarle el tiempo que se merece y acabo de terminarlo. Estoy flipando, qué puto disco, qué maravilla! Me siento tan jodidamente orgulloso de ser coetáneo de esta banda, de ser fan total, de ver su evolución, que me caen hasta de puta madre los 4 tíos, 4 genios hacedme caso. Únicos.

[@manuelsan4901]

Es buenísimo, de 15 canciones no sobra ni una. Y me encanta que Brann Dailor cante tanto en este disco, su voz transmite muchísimo. Hay que disfrutar a esta banda hasta la última nota que toquen

[@Nsweeney-xh1so]

This album from start to finish is just absolute perfection

[@TheBluesman7]

"i Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it."

[@theblindspot985]

Okay I just listened to the whole album. I really love the sound of this album it's absolutely massive. As with most mastodon I'll have to chew on it for a while, but the tracks that I resonated the most with are: The Beast, Skeleton of Splendor, and this one Gigantium.

[@jonnomiller9304]

Great analogy, you do have to chew on some albums more than others. Ultimately you just can’t digest some, but others don’t take much at all. This album feels like it might be the latter

[@theblindspot985]

@@jonnomiller9304 Hopefully it's not more than I can chew. 👈😉👉

[@Thrasher_Abbatoir]

One of the most emotional song Mastodon ever wrote. Top notch lyrics and song arrangement ❤

[@53luxornanaelcamio17]

OMG! Those harmonies! This is incredible. I'm so impressed. This whole album is so creative and thought out. Everything is so intentional, like every little detail. It blows my mind. 💛💛💛

[@yaboiN3O9]

This album was a huge surprise to me, it's my second fav, my fav is Crack the Skye ofc

[@acommenter9705]

My God, so beautiful. Moved me to tears.

[@chetbakersfield6784]

They have done it again! So different from any of the other albums yet still very Mastodon. I love these guys! Honestly, how could you not?

[@Hammetification]

3:27 perfect break for the song. Exact the middle.

[@olavjorvik94]

What an album… Any album that ends like this, you just know it was good. You don’t even have to listen to the rest of it to know. The song right before it is ain’t half bad either, damn… The album gets better every time I listen. At first I though it was too long, now I can’t get enough. What a band. Not a single bad album. Not even a single good album. They’re all GREAT! Love it.

[@stevenoise2495]

I grew up with some angry music and it helped get me through things. Nothing really changed though. People still want to fight. It’s exhausting. Thank you for this entire album. A guy like me needed it. ❤️

[@PhoenixAscending]

Damn man. Mastodon just hits different

[@deadstar44]

That outro starting at 3:30 is magnifiscent. What a great conclusion. Powerful, melodic and bittersweet.

[@djaybmk]

Such a beautiful song. I had a tear in my eye and then the heat of that final solo dried it off my face because how 🔥 it was.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Epic closure for this wonderful album 🔝🔝🔝

[@joseasanchismartinez4986]

The best song of Hushed?

[@benjamindavis2888]

I am a latecomer to mastodon even though I'd heard them, but when Emperor of Sand came out I felt such a profound kinship with the music that I began to backlog ( you know like we all do ) and just couldn't wait to see what they would do next. I worried that I missed their career and maybe Emperor is their Swansong, and then this comes out. A beautiful heart tugging mastery. Thank you Mastodon

[@jvdduyn]

Welcome home brother, we're all here to stay.

[@positivelastaction3957]

This album is a masterpiece. It's a classic.

[@craigm4077]

my love so strong for mastodon

[@Paradis80]

Man.... the way Eyes of Serpents bleeds into this track -- what a musical combo/journey

[@Mixedbydave]

"You deserve to be happy Not stuck knee deep in hell" fuck yeah

[@MikeJohnson-dp1oq]

Incredible album after the first listen and what a way to finish it. Just need a UK tour now.. Please play Rock City in Nottingham again!

[@jr34v3r]

Man, what a privilege it's been to be alive at the same time as these four incredible musicians. 21 years of astonishing music

[@SomeAreGhosts]

Gawd damn. That was a ride. I listened to this far more times than I care to admit.

[@IdlesQueen]

Wow! One of their crowning achievements ❤

[@cheesypeanuts]

Metal album of the year for sure

[@paultd919]

The whole album has a sad and at the same time beautiful atmosphere, something difficult to achieve by itself, marked by the tragedy that was the loss of Nick John. But, with Gigantium, the band change the harmony and go to major mode. They manage to close the work with a luminous, hopeful and vital theme, especially in its second half, without abandoning the underlying melancholy. Gigantium is a masterpiece and the perfect closure to an outstanding album.

[@yarking7931]

A fucking masterpiece. A perfect example of a recorded composition.

[@adamdam]

This isn't the kind of song I'd of expected of Mastodon....nor would of wanted, yet It's become my favourite for It's immense second half, pure talent and emotion at It's best.

[@silasbezerra6954]

"You deserve to be happy..."

[@coreyandthecrew952]

holy hell batman, this album is a classic right here in front of us in real time. Let us soak it in and know we are on the first part of this albums journey. Its already now one of my 9 yr old sons favorite albums. I hope he carries this with him for a long long time. Carry the torch forward. Wow what a nice full album journey to allow me to disconnect from work and simply spend time racking and smiling with my boy louder with every couple songs. Perfect!

[@proggydreams9812]

Yeah this is epic asf. Definetly a double album closer

[@leahgawlik1157]

I wake up every morning with this song in my head. I have to listen to this song at least once a day ❤️ this album is a fucking masterpiece and I never was a mastodon fan till this album dropped.