Released August 31, 2004 Producer Mastodon, Matt Bayles Release date 31 August 2004 | Length 46:43 Artist Mastodon Label Relapse Records | |
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Recorded 2004 at Robert Lang Studios, Studio Litho, and the Electrokitty Sound Studio, Seattle, Washington Leviathan
(2004) Call of the Mastodon
(2006) Genres Heavy metal, Progressive metal, Sludge metal Similar Mastodon albums, Sludge metal albums, Other albums | ||
Mastodon leviathan full album stream
Leviathan is the second album by American heavy metal band Mastodon, released in 2004 by Relapse Records. The album is the group's first concept album and is loosely based on the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick, and the songs "Iron Tusk", "Blood and Thunder", "I Am Ahab" and "Seabeast" were released as singles. Three magazines awarded it Album of the Year in 2004: Revolver, Kerrang! and Terrorizer. In 2009 and 2015 MetalSucks named Leviathan the best metal album of the 21st century.
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- Mastodon leviathan full album stream
- Mastodon blood and thunder
- Videography
- Packaging
- Reception
- Track listing
- Songs in video game soundtracks and movies
- Band
- Guest musicians
- Other credits
- Songs
- References
Leviathan was also released with an audio DVD of DVD-Video format in a limited edition set with a black and gold slipcase. The album brought Mastodon great critical acclaim and, thanks to the ensuing tour, a considerably larger fan base. Leviathan had sold 103,000 copies by September, 2006. Guitarist Bill Kelliher considers this album to represent the water element, in keeping with elemental tetralogy of concept albums.
Mastodon blood and thunder
Videography
The "Tour Edition" CD-ROM was released in 2005 which in addition to the main album contained the videos for "Iron Tusk" and "Blood and Thunder". The Tour Edition is presented in a slipcase which shows the complete cover artwork, rather than the detail of the whale shown on the standard edition. This is also the cover for the vinyl edition. A video for "Seabeast" was completed in 2006.
Packaging
Cover art and booklet artwork was done by Paul Romano. The white tower seen in the artwork on the inside cover of the booklet is a revamped version of Martin Heemskerck's 16th century interpretation of the Pharos of Alexandria. The wave seen in the full picture of the artwork is a reflection of Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Reception
Placing Mastodon "among the elite of bands" on the strength of Leviathan, Avi Pitchon wrote in Terrorizer that the album "rampages through in a shining epic flow, the 'crazy' parts never separate from the classic metal parts". Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Leviathan at number 126 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. In 2009, MetalSucks compiled a list of the "21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century So Far" based on the opinions of various musicians, managers, publicists, label representatives and writers, where Leviathan was placed at number one on the list.
Track listing
All tracks written by Mastodon.
The vinyl edition of "Leviathan" has a slightly different track listing. The songs "I Am Ahab" and "Ísland" are taken out of their respective place and replaced as the first two tracks on side two:
Songs in video game soundtracks and movies
"Blood and Thunder" was featured in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Saints Row, Rocksmith 2014, Project Gotham Racing 3, Splatterhouse and Guitar Hero Metallica in addition to the film The Big Short. The song was available as downloadable content for Rock Band and features an optional Pro Guitar upgrade for Rock Band 3.
"Iron Tusk" was featured in the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and NHL 2K9.
The song "Island" was featured in a brief scene in "Monsters University".
Band
Guest musicians
Other credits
Songs
1Blood and Thunder3:49
2I Am Ahab2:46
3Seabeast4:15