I got to love my hometown Atlanta band, actually I've been in company a few times of Jim Stacey who 'stars' in 2 of Mastadon's videos - most famously, Blood & Thunder (I'm friends with one person that is in the crowd). Yeah, I do have to admit besides Black Lips, Mastadon is easily the peak of all Atlanta music.
I can understand the criticism regarding the singing, the guy didn't plan on being the lead singer but they had trouble filling the position. Even there best known song Blood & Thunder features a guest vocalist (not Jim Stacey on the video as it appears it is).
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