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Mar 24, 2011While the technical prowess on display throughout this set is truly awe-inspiring--Mastodon might turn everything up to 11, but they never compromise the finer facets of their sound, and everything's captured here in crystal-clear clarity.
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Mar 24, 2011In all, Live at the Aragon has plenty for both old and new Mastodon fans to enjoy.
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Mar 24, 2011Even at their most atonal, though, Mastodon's occasionally discordant vocalists hardly detract from the awesome power of their music. Besides, if you dig Mastodon enough to purchase a live album of theirs, you're pretty unlikely to take issue with the gruffness of their vocals, or the awkwardly sung harmonies.
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2011But for some off-key warbling, they might have slapped some crowd noise over the fantastically bonkers original. [May 2011, p.115]
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Apr 26, 2011Things loosen up on older material (a thrashing "Aqua Dementia"), and the band do a punishing cover of the Melvins' 1996 psych-sludge gem "The Bit." Replacing the original's sitar with Hinds' 12-string guitar roar, Mastodon again prove themselves broad-minded headbangers.
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Kerrang!Mar 29, 2011The vocals are hopelessly submerged in the mixing. Thankfully, the DVD provides brilliant (and necessary) distraction from the deflated vocal mix. [19 Mar 2011, p.52]
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Mar 24, 2011In sum, Live at the Aragon is a mixed bag aurally and visually, though the Crack the Skye movie is killer.
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Mar 24, 2011While not a total failure, Live at the Aragon still feels like a stopgap release rather than something that can stand alongside the formidable studio albums.
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Sep 23, 2011Seventy-five minutes from the ambitious Atlantans untangles an actual hook in "Quintessence," but perennial "Mother Puncher" and Melvins closer "The Bit" batten down the goods vs. Crackthe Skye: The Movie jumbling a 50-minute New Age Russian silent.