Mad Rantz

I really do love Napster. I have been using it for about a year now to stream tunes to my various locations, and it has definitely altered my listening habits. I find myself much more likely to just try some new band out, and I find their suggestions pretty useful, especially when I am listening to a band I like and they suggest other similar tuneage.

Yesterday I found a really interesting band called Mastodon. It’s a little hard for me to describe their sound. It’s sort of a mish-mash of influences, including thrash metal, punk, jazz, and a touch of southern rock thrown in for good measure. I’ve been listening to their album Leviathan over and over again. It is a sort of concept album apparently (best I can tell from the song titles), but in a good way. I find several of their songs of the sort where you just want the song to not end as they just jam away. Lotsa notes at times, and that in this case is a good thing.