Mastodon - Crack The Skye Punk Now Despised Icon return with

Now Despised Icon return with their newest opus

Its musical approach and lyrics were markedly different from rock's mainstream of the early 80s and inspired a number of bands who followed in similar manner

this is the album to start with

The album has been certified six-times Platinum in the United States and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide

Drawing influence as much from the dusty

Mastodon - Crack The Skye Punk Now Despised Icon return withDeluxe Edition contains a bonus DVD featuring the making of CRACK THE SKYE. Mastodon has taken hold of the leadership of the New Wave of Progressive Heavy Metal. The band's 2006 major label debut BLOOD MOUNTAIN spun off a Grammy nomination and earned Top 5 Best Album of the Year nods from Kerrang!, Revolver, and Metal Hammer, and a Top 10 at Rolling Stone. Now Crack the Skye, it's fourth original studio album, mines subject matter from czarist Russia