CRITICS_NN2 '_GE CHOICE_NN1 ;_; New_JJ CDs_NN2 "_" Let_VV0 it_PPH1 go_VVI !_! "_" cries_VVZ Troy_NP1 Sanders_NP1 ,_, Mastodon_NP1 's_GE bassist_NN1 ,_, in_II "_" Quintessence_NP1 ,_, "_" the_AT third_MD track_NN1 on_II "_" Crack_NN1 the_AT Skye_NP1 ._. "_" 
Then_RT he_PPHS1 thunders_VVZ the_AT line_NN1 four_MC more_DAR times_NNT2 ,_, with_IW fixed_JJ insistence_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 's_VBZ urging_VVG relinquishment_NN1 ,_, but_CCB of_IO what_DDQ ?_? 
Tragedy_NN1 ?_? 
Certainty_NN1 ?_? 
Orthodoxy_NN1 ?_? 
Control_VV0 ?_? 
Maybe_RR all_DB of_IO these_DD2 ._. 
Since_II forming_VVG in_II Atlanta_NP1 a_AT1 decade_NNT1 ago_RA ,_, Mastodon_NP1 has_VHZ earned_VVN its_APPGE place_NN1 at_II the_AT forefront_NN1 of_IO progressive_JJ metal_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 mix_NN1 of_IO headiness_NN1 and_CC brawn_NN1 ._. 
"_" Crack_VV0 the_AT Skye_NP1 "_" is_VBZ the_AT band_NN1 's_GE fourth_MD album_NN1 ,_, completing_VVG a_AT1 cycle_NN1 of_IO work_NN1 tied_VVN to_II the_AT elements_NN2 :_: fire_NN1 ,_, water_NN1 ,_, earth_NN1 and_CC now_RT air_NN1 ._. 
Fantastic_JJ in_II every_AT1 sense_NN1 ,_, the_AT album_NN1 is_VBZ also_RR girded_VVN with_IW hard-fought_JJ musical_JJ and_CC emotional_JJ maturity_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ n't_XX an_AT1 impregnable_JJ fortress_NN1 ._. 
Its_APPGE energies_NN2 are_VBR sprawling_JJ ,_, reaching_VVG not_XX just_RR for_IF impact_NN1 but_CCB also_RR for_IF a_AT1 kind_NN1 of_IO release_NN1 ._. 
Sober_JJ reflection_NN1 had_VHD something_PN1 to_TO do_VDI with_IW it_PPH1 ._. 
Brent_NP1 Hinds_NP1 ,_, the_AT band_NN1 's_GE lead_NN1 guitarist_NN1 ,_, wrote_VVD much_DA1 of_IO this_DD1 music_NN1 shortly_RR after_II a_AT1 serious_JJ head_NN1 injury_NN1 ._. 
The_AT title_NN1 ,_, meanwhile_RR ,_, came_VVD from_II Brann_NP1 Dailor_NP1 ,_, the_AT group_NN1 's_GE drummer_NN1 :_: Skye_NP1 was_VBDZ the_AT name_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE sister_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS committed_VVD suicide_NN1 when_CS they_PPHS2 were_VBDR teenagers_NN2 ._. 
(_( "_" I_PPIS1 can_VM see_VVI the_AT pain_NN1 ,_, "_" goes_VVZ a_AT1 refrain_NN1 in_II the_AT title_NN1 track_NN1 ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 's_VBZ written_VVN all_RR over_II your_APPGE face_NN1 ._. "_" )_) 
True_JJ to_TO form_VVI ,_, Mastodon_NP1 also_RR mines_NN2 more_RGR exotic_JJ sources_NN2 of_IO dread_NN1 :_: assassination_NN1 plots_NN2 in_II czarist_NN1 Russia_NP1 ,_, cosmic_JJ wormholes_NN2 ,_, skulls_NN2 spilling_VVG human_JJ blood_NN1 ._. 
Exploring_VVG air_NN1 as_II a_AT1 theme_NN1 ,_, the_AT band_NN1 wheels_VVZ through_II "_" vapor_NN1 space_NN1 ,_, "_" grappling_VVG with_IW "_" the_AT space-time_JJ paradigm_NN1 ._. "_" 
At_II times_NNT2 the_AT language_NN1 falls_VVZ more_RRR in_II31 line_II32 with_II33 prog-rock_JJ than_CSN metal_NN1 ._. 
So_RR does_VDZ the_AT music_NN1 ,_, often_RR forsaking_VVG blunt-force_JJ riffs_NN2 for_IF streaming_VVG convolutions_NN2 ,_, complete_JJ with_IW stratospheric_JJ solos_NN2 ._. 
Mastodon_NN1 made_VVN "_" Crack_VV0 the_AT Skye_NP1 "_" with_IW a_AT1 new_JJ producer_NN1 ,_, Brendan_NP1 O'Brien_NP1 ,_, an_AT1 Atlanta_NP1 native_NN1 whose_DDQGE recent_JJ clients_NN2 include_VV0 Bruce_NP1 Springsteen_NP1 and_CC AC/DC_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE counsel_NN1 partly_RR accounts_VVZ for_IF the_AT clarity_NN1 of_IO the_AT singing_NN1 --_NN1 Mr._NNB Hinds_NP1 sometimes_RT sounds_VVZ like_II a_AT1 young_JJ Ozzy_NP1 Osbourne_NP1 --_NN1 and_CC the_AT deployment_NN1 of_IO precise_JJ background_NN1 harmonies_NN2 ._. 
(_( Each_DD1 band_NN1 member_NN1 assumes_VVZ vocal_JJ duties_NN2 except_II the_AT guitarist_NN1 Bill_NN1 Kelliher_NN1 ._. )_) 
But_CCB the_AT ambitious_JJ vision_NN1 and_CC vivid_JJ execution_NN1 of_IO "_" Crack_NN1 the_AT Skye_NP1 "_" do_VD0 n't_XX feel_VVI like_II a_AT1 departure_NN1 for_IF this_DD1 band_NN1 ._. 
And_CC if_CS letting_VVG go_VVI means_NN breaking_VVG through_II some_DD kind_NN1 of_IO ceiling_NN1 ,_, Mastodon_NP1 seems_VVZ both_RR wary_JJ and_CC ready_JJ ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 'd_VM guess_VVI they_PPHS2 would_VM say/We_FU could_VM set_VVI this_DD1 world_NN1 ablaze_JJ ,_, "_" Mr._NNB Hinds_NP1 sings_VVZ on_II "_" The_AT Last_MD Baron_NN1 ,_, "_" the_AT episodic_JJ 13-minute_JJ track_NN1 that_CST closes_VVZ the_AT album_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 's_VBZ probably_RR guessing_VVG right_RR ._. 
