12/30/2023 0 Comments Mastodon once more around the sunIt is music heavy enough to express the darkest emotions that words alone fail to convey, so why would it fare well under the often-insipid scrutiny of music journalism? Even metal’s spiritual forefathers, the critically acclaimed Led Zeppelin, were initially dismissed by Rolling Stone as derivative blues-rock drivel. It’s about hate, fear, and adrenaline-fueled passion. It has always been based on the expurgation of emotions stored within our reptilian brain. Metal was never the most cerebral genre to begin with. I personally think that metal, maybe more than any other genre, has suffered the greatest loss from such careful scrutiny. The dawn of internet music criticism not only meant everyone gained a voice, but also that every album’s or single’s release would be scrutinized, deconstructed, and picked at by the online community of critics until only the bones remained. The internet age has made it possible for every idiot with an IP address to spout off about music. (Note to my biologist editor and readers: I know that extinction patterns are rarely that simple, but come on, I’m trying to draw a metaphor here.) But while the mastodon died out because they couldn’t adapt to a world defined by human interaction, Mastodon (the band) has remained critically relevant largely due to their adaptability. That’s right, we killed the mastodon, golem of the prehistoric world, with our frail human hands, and we did it because they were unable to adapt to the new threat that humanity posed. ![]() The mastodon, behemoths of the order Proboscidea (elephant), sporting tusks that would dwarf a fully grown man, went extinct because of the growing threat of…humans.
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