about 2/3rd in the excessively metal drumming really kicks in with the guitar solo; skip the vocals part if it turns you off (mostly an instrumental song)

(head asplode!)

yeah, the screaming pretty much ruins any tune. It's just a cheap way to make them selves sound evil/metal. Too bad because the band seemed to jam.

Meshuggah proved that high-energy metal vocals have the possibility of being cool.

that said, I really like Mastodon because they're generally light on the vocals. ... and their drummer is a monster.

Last thing I ever expected to see on the Sift.

Mastodon.

yeah, i recently noticed a dishearteningly small amount of hardcore and metal stuff (hence my two recent sifts that, which will both flounder and die in the queue)

Expired in Queue - 4 day limit.