Comments on: Live review: Dethklok, Mastodon @ the Fillmore Auditorium

By: Durpie

Durpie — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:47:00 +0000

thanks for posting this.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Mastodon’s set was a complete and absolute disappointment. I came to see them perform a good selection of their old music, of which I am an enormous fan. Instead, I got to watch a live music video for their entire new album which doesn’t even come close to the energy, brutality, and intensity of their old work. Thanks for shitting on your old fans, Mastodon. Plus, that damned video they had playing behind them was SO FUCKING REPETITIVE! I’m sure it would have been incredibly profound if you were on acid, but sober it got boring rather quickly. Thank you for at least playing Mother Puncher (one of my favorite songs) but WHERE THE FUCK WERE CRUSHER DESTROYER AND BLOOD AND THUNDER?!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:57:26 +0000

Mastodon is one of the best bands of its generation. Dethklok is merely a lot of fun- but they ARE pretty fun! I saw one of the shows from this tour, and thought the lineup was great. Mastodon were breathtaking. . . I felt like I was gonna cry or something. . . Crack the Skye was an unexpectedly deep experience onstage. Dethklok was kinda like dessert. I sure wouldnta skipped it, but it's not the substantial part.Converge and High on Fire, the openers, are pretty damn wonderful too, but in a more limited, “metal” kinda way. But, sheesh, Crack the Skye was really pretty astounding. They need to release a live DVD of one of these performances.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:57:26 +0000

By: daniel carina

daniel carina — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:07:45 +0000

your bias precedes you. dethklok are the weird al of metal. sorry.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:25:07 +0000

The energy in Dethklok songs outshine Mastodon by such a wide margin, it's not even funny. I'm not just saying this because I'm a Dethklok fan, I'm saying it because it's true.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:12:31 +0000

dethklok, musically speaking, are formulaic, repetitive and completely unoriginal. sure, they're technically talented and “metalocalypse” is hilarious, but that doesn't mean their music warrants repeated listens. mastodon, on the other hand, are not only pushing the envelope, they delivered a nearly flawless and enthusiastic performance of one of the best metal records in the past 5 years. there is no comparison.

By: len

len — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:10:22 +0000

mastodon was sooooooooo much more boring than dethklok (or the openers, for that matter).