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Originally Posted by Alfred
Every sludge metal band seems to be doing this. Mastodon did it with The Hunter, Baroness did it with Yellow & Green, Torche did it with Harmonicraft, and Kylesa hinted at it with their last album. Spiral Shadow and Harmonicraft were both excellent and natural progressions, but I wasn't totally sold on the sounds that Mastodon and Baroness pursued, as much as I loved those albums.
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I wasn't too impressed with Yellow & Green and I haven't even gotten around to listening to The Hunter yet. But even with Crack The Skye, Mastodon had moved away from it somewhat.
The two tracks released online from the new Kylesa album are interesting. 'Quicksand' sounds like they are channeling the spirit of early Smashing Pumpkins, Kylesa style. They seem to be going for a darker sound as well which could open up new paths for them.