Great band that's totally slipped my by 'til very recently, ...

Fishboy7

Mastodon!, 

What an great band, ... that Leviathan album is astounding , ... and I'm no metal head

Fishboy7

nick79

I agree, great band. I had tried to get into them years ago, but it was Emperor of Sand that got me hooked, and opened up the back catalogue for me. Leviathan is a killer album..

Hoof

Best metal band since Pantera. Always evolving, always surprising, some utterly mental stuff but still always somehow accessible. 

Best albums in descending order:
Crack The Skye
Leviathan
Blood Mountain
Remission
Emperor Of Sand
The Hunter
Once More 'Round The Sun.

Philly_Q

I've bought all their albums since Leviathan, as they've come out (and went back to get Remission)... but I can never quite decide if I actually like them or not.

They're intelligent, great musicians and not quite like anyone else, but I find that rather than liking entire albums or even songs, there are lots of little bits which are utterly brilliant so I'm looking forward to them during the parts I don't enjoy so much.