Mastodon - Steambreather

The new album seems to have attracted divided opinions. It certainly has a progressive sound to it, and if that it more accessible to some I'm not sure why that has to be a bad thing. Personally I think it's awesome, easily one of my favorite discs of the year.

Pallbearer - An Offering Of Grief

These guys are ultra dark heavy grunge metal, and they're pretty cool. Again not something I'd listen to on a regular basis, but sometimes you need a fix of sludge and doom. For some reason they don't have any type of music video up, or even a decent live performance, so here's a fan-made one. Get on it already fellas.

Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck

Nothing like a solid metal one hit wonder to keep us going. To be fair, these guys are far more prolific than that, and it's beyond a stretch to label them like that, but this is really the only song I can really remember getting into. I even bought the album when it came out. Listening to it now, it's pretty ordinary stuff, but hey, it's a blast from the past, so why not.

Down - Stone The Crow

Let's make this a proper Metal Monday, since I seem to be back on track in the posting department. I remember hearing this track back in '95 and thinking "this is awesome" so I couldn't really understand why I hadn't posted it yet, but then I remembered why because it was near impossible to find a decent version of the video with audio that didn't sound like a bad radio recording. This isn't the greatest quality ever, but it'll do. Now to get caught up on all the stuff they've put out in the last 20 years that I missed...