Mastodon At Centre Bell

Continuing with our visit to the Centre Bell for the Ashes of Leviathan tour that was in town on August first, it is now time to get to one of our headliners, Mastodon.  They are on the road during this tour to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of their album Leviathan.  Their second release back in 2004, it is a concept album loosely based on the classic Herman Melville novel, Moby Dick.  True to form, before the band hits the stage we get clips from the classic 1958 film adaptation of the tale, but the real magic happens when the music starts.  One of the leading bands from the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, Mastodon have been wowing crowds with their incredible songs since the turn of the century.  Musically, there aren’t many bands that can hold a candle to them and the Montreal crowd were held in thrall during the entire set by the majestic songs and impressive light show.  Though we were celebrating the anniversary of Leviathan, Mastodon have seven other albums., though they were mostly ignored on this night as the anniversary of Leviathan was the focus of their performance.  After their set, drummer Brann Dailor took center stage to tell us of that time, 20 years ago, when Leviathan was first released and was being placed in the top selling racks of store like Best Buy.  "Back when Best Buy was cool", as he said, and as an old CD buying, I remember how cool is used to be to visit that store as well.  Mastodon's most most recent album, Hushed And Grim, was released back in 2021.  However, after announcing to the crowd that some new music would be arriving soon, I think it is safe to say that we are all looking forward to album number 8.  The photographs of Mastodon were all taken at f/3.2 with varying ISO's and focal lengths.  Here are more photographs from Mastodon's performance during the Ashes of Leviathan tour here in Montreal.

If you would like to find out more about Mastodon and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Malevolence, Kerry King and Lamb Of God, who also performed that night, you can do so by following the respective links.  Much thanks to Monica Seide-Evenson of SpeakEasy PR, Rick Gershon of Warner Music and Dave Stelling & Marjorie Lacroix of Warner Music Canada and Christopher Gonda of V13 Media for getting me a pass to shoot the show, it is very much appreciated. Mastodon is near the top of the metal food chart and their show is a must see.  They'll be continuing the Ashes of Leviathan tour until the end of the month, be sure not to miss out on this one.