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98. Mastodon – Blood Mountain (2006)
I’m not a huge metal fan, to be honest. What little metal I do listen to is usually to humor my boyfriend, who is a huge metalhead. That being said, this album really stood out to me. It’s pretty weird music compared to a lot of the metal I’ve heard, and a lot of the tracks feel almost trippy, for metal anyway. It’s hard for me to describe it as I’m not an expert on this sort of stuff.
Standout tracks – Colony of Birchmen, Sleeping Giant, The Wolf Is Loose
97. Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977)
I don’t see this band talked about much, but they’re one of my favorite jazz acts. I’m a big fan of jazz fusion, so this album is a real treat. The instruments all stand out, particularly the keyboards and bass (courtesy of the late, great Jaco Pastorius). It really grabs you and makes you want to dance along. It's not all upbeat either, "A Remark You Made" is one of my favorite songs to chill to.
Standout tracks – A Remark You Made, Birdland, Palladium |
Mad love for both of these. Mastodon is one of the most creative bands in the American metal wave and perhaps one of the best to grace the metal scene in recent times. The drumming is absolutely insane, but the rest of the band's got chops as well. Sleeping Giant is a massive track.
Weather Report is unquestionably one of the best jazz fusion bands ever, and their 1977 standout Heavy Weather affirms that. Definitely an album worth checking out if your into jazz, or even if you're not. It's damn good and it doesn't sound dated at all, unlike the majority of the crap that passed through the seventies.
I have a feeling I'm going to like this list a lot.