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Line 9: \| recorded = December 2005 – April 2006 \| venue = \| studio = [[Robert Lang Studios]], [[Studio Litho]], and EK Studios, [[Seattle]], Washington \| genre = {{hlist\|[[Progressive metal]]\|[[sludge metal]]~~<ref name="am" />~~}} \| length = 51:02 \| label = {{hlist\|[[Reprise Records\|Reprise]]\|[[Relapse Records\|Relapse]]}} Line 27: \| single4 = [[Colony of Birchmen]] \| single4date = March 12, 2007 \| single5 = Sleeping Giant \| single5date = 2007 <ref>{{cite AV media notes \| title="Sleeping Giant" \| others=[[Mastodon (band)\|Mastodon]] \| year=2007 \| type=single \| publisher=[[Reprise Records]] \| id=PRO-CDR-102042}}</ref> }} }} '''''Blood Mountain''''' is the third full-length studio album and major label debut by American [[heavy metal music\|~~heavy~~ metal]] band [[Mastodon (band)\|Mastodon]]. The recording of the album finished in April 2006 and it was released on September 12 in the UK and September 12, 2006 in North America through [[Reprise Records]]. The album in full could be streamed at the band's [[MySpace]] page a few days prior to the release. Like Mastodon's previous studio work ''[[Leviathan (Mastodon album)\|Leviathan]]'', ''Blood Mountain'' is a [[concept album]]. According to bassist [[Troy Sanders]], "It's about climbing up a mountain and the different things that can happen to you when you're stranded on a mountain, in the woods, and you're lost. You're starving, hallucinating, running into strange creatures. You're being hunted. It's about that whole struggle."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news \| url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/41025/beware-of-the-cysquatch-on-new-mastodon-album \| work=[[Chart (magazine)\|Chart]] \| title=Beware of the Cysquatch On New Mastodon Album \| date=April 26, 2006 \| accessdate=2009-08-07 \| first=Eva \| last=Lampert \| url-status=~~dead~~usurped \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005011540/http://www.chartattack.com/news/41025/beware-of-the-cysquatch-on-new-mastodon-album \| archivedate=October 5, 2010 \| df=mdy-all }}</ref> Guitarist [[Bill Kelliher]] considers this album to represent the [[earth (classical element)\|earth]] element.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.musik.terrorverlag.de/interviews.php?id=421& \| title = MASTODON (TROY SANDERS/BILL KELIHER) INTERVIEW \| date = October 11, 2006 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723232857/http://www.musik.terrorverlag.de/interviews.php?id=421 \|archive-date= 2011-07-23 \|url-status=dead \| publisher = Terrorverlag GbR Musik Magazin \| accessdate = May 28, 2007}}</ref> At the time, bassist Troy Sanders called it "sonically the best album we have done." The band's emphasis on clean, melodic vocals instead of the [[death growl\|harsher vocals]] that the band used on their early work continues to grow on this album. The album includes guest appearances by [[Scott Kelly (musician)\|Scott Kelly]] of [[Neurosis (band)\|Neurosis]] on "Crystal Skull", [[Josh Homme]] of [[Queens of the Stone Age]] on "[[Colony of Birchmen]]", as well as keyboard player [[Isaiah "Ikey" Owens]] of [[The Mars Volta]] and singer [[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]] of [[At the Drive-In]] and The Mars Volta on "Pendulous Skin" and "Siberian Divide", respectively. Line 41 ⟶ 43: ==Track details== ~~The~~In earlier pressings, the album's last song, "Pendulous Skin", contains a secret "fan letter" from [[Josh Homme]], who provided guest vocals on the album. At minute 21:25, he says: "Dear Mastodon: My name is Joshua. I'm a big fan from Southern Cal. Really diggin' on your new scene. That's why I hope you don't mind when I got your new demos for your new CD, I had to sing parts on them and send them to you as a tribute. I hope you're not mad about me also uploading them onto the Internet. But hell, it seems like you guys are so cool that you might dig something just like that. Sincerely, your fan, Joshua M. Homme. P.S., Keep it real...REAL (studio effects are used)....laughter....REAL." When asked about the message in a [[Pitchfork Media]] interview, Homme said, "I was just fucking with them. Then they asked if they could put that on the end of their record, and I was like, 'Yeah.' I did the vocal [for "Colony of Birchmen"] and sent it back to them, and that message was before the song started."<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42335-qotsas-homme-talks-new-lp-motivations-pirates Pitchfork: QOTSA's Homme Talks New LP, Motivations, Pirates<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416045625/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42335-qotsas-homme-talks-new-lp-motivations-pirates \|date=April 16, 2007 }}</ref> The song itself ends at 5:03, followed by over 16 minutes of silence, then Homme's message. The title "Colony of Birchmen" is an homage to the song "[[The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway#Track listing\|The Colony of Slippermen]]" by progressive rock group [[Genesis (band)\|Genesis]], whom the band's drummer, [[Brann Dailor]], has been known to appreciate.<ref>Worley, Gail [http://www.ink19.com/issues/february2008/interviews/BrannDailor.html Adventures On Blood Mountain: An Interview with Brann Dailor of Mastodon] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035029/http://www.ink19.com/issues/february2008/interviews/BrannDailor.html \|date=September 24, 2015 }} Ink19.com (February 2008). Retrieved April 6, 2008.</ref> Music videos for "The Wolf Is Loose", "Colony of Birchmen", "Sleeping Giant" and "Capillarian Crest" have been made. Although the video for "Capillarian Crest" is made up of live footage, the studio version of the song is played. The track "Sleeping Giant" is available as [[downloadable content]] for ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'', and "Colony of Birchmen" is an on-disc track in ''[[Rock Band 2]]''. Line 55 ⟶ 57: \|MC = 82/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web\|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/blood-mountain \|title= Blood Mountain – Mastodon \|publisher=[[Metacritic]]\|accessdate=2012-02-04}}</ref> \|rev3 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' \|rev3score = A<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.avclub.com~~/articles~~/mastodon-blood-mountain~~,8153/~~-1798201996\|title=Mastodon: Blood Mountain\|work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> \|rev4 = [[Blabbermouth.net\|Blabbermouth]] \|rev4score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=874\|title=CD Reviews\|date=September 21, 2006\|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref> Line 63 ⟶ 65: \| rev6score = {{rating\|1\|5}}<ref name=guardian>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/15/popandrock.shopping5\|title=Mastodon - Blood Mountain - review\|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]\|accessdate=11 December 2021\|location=London\|first=Jamie\|last=Thomson\|date=15 February 2006}}</ref> \| rev7 = ''[[The Observer]]'' \| rev7score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref name="The Observer">{{cite ~~web~~news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/sep/17/shopping \|title= Mastodon - Blood Mountain \|first=Andy\|last=Capper\|newspaper= The Observer \|date=17 September 2006}}</ref> \|rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)\|Pitchfork]]'' \|rev8score = 8.7/10.0<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9426-blood-mountain/\|title = Mastodon: Blood Mountain\|website = [[Pitchfork (website)\|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> \|rev9 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' \|rev9score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/mastodon-blood-mountain/\|title=Mastodon: Blood Mountain\|publisher=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> \|rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' \|rev10score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=Mastodon - Blood Mountain\|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]\|date= 21 September 2006\|page=82\|issue=1009}}</ref> }} Line 74 ⟶ 76: ''Blood Mountain'' was released to high critical praise. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 82, based on 24 reviews.<ref name=metacritic/> ''[[Total Guitar]]'' magazine voted it Number One album of 2006, and magazines such as ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' and ''[[Kerrang!]]'' thought it is every bit as good as the band's previous album ''[[Leviathan (Mastodon album)\|Leviathan]]'', if not better. The album has also charted in many websites and magazines 2006 countdowns. ''Blood Mountain'' was voted the best album of 2006 in the UK ''Metal Hammer'' magazine end-of year polls, as well as top in ''Total Guitar'' magazine's top 50 albums of 2006. It was also rated the 17th greatest metal album of all time by a countdown ~~recently~~ carried out by gaming website [[IGN]] in 2010.<ref>[http://music.ign.com/articles/755/755929p3.html IGN: Top 25 Metal Albums<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315073649/http://music.ign.com/articles/755/755929p3.html \|date=March 15, 2010 }}</ref> In 2006, the album was nominated for a Danish Metal Award for Best International Metal album,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/raunchy-illdisposed-mercenary-among-nominees-at-danish-metal-awards/\|title=RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY Among Nominees at DANISH METAL AWARDS\|date=September 29, 2006}}</ref> but the award eventually went to [[Satyricon (band) \|Satyricon]]'s ''[[Now Diabolical]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/raunchy-mercenary-volbeat-among-winners-at-danish-metal-awards/\|title = RAUNCHY, MERCENARY, VOLBEAT Among Winners at DANISH METAL AWARDS\|date = November 19, 2006}}</ref> That same year, the song "[[Colony of Birchmen]]" was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]], but lost to Slayer's [[Eyes of the Insane]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/slayer-wins-grammy-in-best-metal-performance-category/\|title = SLAYER Wins GRAMMY in 'Best Metal Performance' Category\|date = February 11, 2007}}</ref> Line 99 ⟶ 101: \| length5 = 3:20 \| title6 = Bladecatcher ~~\|note6 = Instrumental~~ \| length6 = 3:20 \| title7 = [[Colony of Birchmen]] Line 114 ⟶ 115: \| length11 = 5:32 \| title12 = Pendulous Skin \| note12 = featuring [[Isaiah "Ikey" Owens]]; extended to 22:16 on CD pressings, including 16:20 of silence before a [[Hidden track\|hidden message]] by Josh Homme \| length12 = 5:06 \| total_length = 51:02 Line 193 ⟶ 194: ==Certifications== {{~~certification~~Certification Table Top}} {{~~certification~~Certification Table Entry\|type=album\|region=United Kingdom\|artist=Mastodon\|title=Blood Mountain\|award=Silver\|certyear=2017\|relyear=2006\|accessdate=30 November 2018\|id=14130-4332-2}} {{Certification Table Bottom \| nosales=true \| noshipments=true \| streaming=true}} Line 209 ⟶ 210: [[Category:Reprise Records albums]] [[Category:Warner Records albums]] [[Category:~~Concept~~2000s concept albums]] ~~[[Category:Sludge metal albums]]~~ [[Category:Albums produced by Matt Bayles]] [[Category:Albums recorded at Robert Lang Studios]]