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Mastodon - Crack The Skye Punk Its musical approach and lyricsDeluxe 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