If you were lucky enough to be at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on October 19, 2009 to watch Mastodon, then you were lucky enough to be included on the recording for Mastodon’s new live CD/DVD album, Live at the Aragon. The new album, set for release on March 15 through Reprise, includes audio and video recordings of the show that saw Mastodon play their latest album, Crack the Skye (TMT Review), in its entirety; the performance also includes plenty of Mastodon’s classic hits and a Melvins cover.
Besides the entire concert, the CD/DVD hybrid album also includes a tour documentary, titled Crack the Skye: The Movie, which details Mastodon’s epic skills at sky-cracking, more commonly known as pole-vaulting. Also included are the fantastic visuals that the band projected on screens behind them while performing.
If you have a lot of money, or a desperate need to prove that you were at the show, you can also buy a “limited-edition bundle” that includes a “custom pick tin” that includes six Mastodon guitar picks and reproduction of an all-access pass from the show that is only available from the band’s website. The new live album will also be available on 180-gram vinyl, but that’s being released on Record Store Day, in tandem with their already announced split single with ZZ Top where both artists perform their version of “Just Got Paid.”
Live at the Aragon tracklisting:
01. Oblivion
02. Divinations
03. Quintessence
04. The Czar
05. Ghost of Karelia
06. Crack the Skye
07. The Last Baron
08. Circle of Cysquatch
09. Aqua Dementia
10. Where Strides the Behemoth
11. Mother Puncher
12. The Bit
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