While BLOOD MOUNTAIN is purportedly a concept album (loosely built around the idea of being lost and doomed and at nature's mercy in the great wild, as opposed to LEVIATHAN's overt Moby Dick theme) it's difficult to decipher a clear narrative from the scorched-earth vocals. Nonetheless, a classical sense of grandiosity pervades the album, as the lightning intensity and sheer power of the music take the listener on a bewildering journey. But remain calm, dear listener: Mastodon will get you to the top of the mountain--bloody and beaten, but altogether satisfied.
01 The Wolf Is Loose 02 Crystal Skull 03 Sleeping Giant 04 Capillarian Crest 05 Circle Of Cysquatch 06 Bladecatcher 07 Colony Of Birchmen 08 Hunters Of The Sky 09 Hand Of Stone 10 This Mortal Soil 11 Siberian Divide 12 Pendulous Skin