What I Learned From Mastodon

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2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the record "Leviathan" by Mastodon, one of the BEST metal albums of ALL TIME!!! I got into this album when it came out and learned every song on the record... but what did it teach me? And what can YOU learn by getting these songs under your mitts? That's what we are talking about today!!!
Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds have a guitar style unlike ANY other band in music. Their chord shapes, hybrid picking technique, odd time signature usage, and lead styles are SO unique, and I know I greatly improved as a player by learning this full album! I'm gonna give you a song-by-song tour of what makes these songs worth learning and help you GET INTO IT using stuff Mastodon does!
Playing my Dunable Minotaur USA guitar, an MXR Custom Badass Modified Overdrive, a Marshall 1987X 50 watt Plexi, and the UA OX. It's a mighty MastoTone!
What album should we learn from next? Tell me in the comments, and go see Mastodon + Lamb of God on tour NOW!!!
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