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Mastodon is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Baroness, Fantômas, Alien Weaponry, High on Fire and Priestess. Those roots explain a lot about how Mastodon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Baroness, Gojira, Meshuggah, Between the Buried and Me and Haken, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into As I Lay Dying, Hellyeah, Baroness, My Chemical Romance and The High End of Low, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 59 connections around Mastodon, reaching back through Baroness and forward to As I Lay Dying. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mastodon connections
Mastodon grew out of Baroness, Fantômas, Alien Weaponry and High on Fire, shares an orbit with Baroness, Gojira, Meshuggah and Between the Buried and Me, went on to shape As I Lay Dying, Hellyeah, Baroness and My Chemical Romance. 59 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Mastodon
Sounds and acts that shaped Mastodon.
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- Fantômasartist
- Alien Weaponryartist
- High on Fireartist
- Priestessartist
- Disturbedartist
- Melvinsartist
- Neurosisartist
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- Enter Shikariartist
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- Joe Duplantierartist
- Troy Van Leeuwenartist
- From Mars to Siriusartist
- Convergeartist
- Bokassaartist
- Lamb of Godartist
- Zeal & Ardorartist
- Thin Lizzyartist
- Clutchartist
- Metallicaartist
- Toolartist
- The Mars Voltaartist
- Queens of the Stone Ageartist
- Against Me!artist
- Cursiveartist
- System of a Downartist
- Harry Nilssonartist
- Hatebreedartist
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbathartist
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Mastodon.
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