Mastodon_NN1 Crack_VV0 the_AT Skye_NP1 ESSENTIAL_JJ "_" The_AT Czar_NN1 "_" Mastodon_NP1 plays_VVZ at_II House_NN1 of_IO Blues_NN2 on_II May_NPM1 7_MC ._. 
With_IW "_" Crack_NN1 the_AT Skye_NP1 ,_, "_" Mastodon_NP1 flattens_VVZ everything_PN1 in_II its_APPGE path_NN1 on_II the_AT way_NN1 to_II prog-metal_JJ glory_NN1 ,_, continuing_VVG a_AT1 hot_JJ streak_NN1 that_CST started_VVD with_IW 2002_MC 's_GE "_" Remission_NN1 ._. "_" 
Just_RR as_CSA it_PPH1 did_VDD on_II that_DD1 blueprint_NN1 for_IF smart_JJ ,_, harsh_JJ ,_, provocative_JJ heavy_JJ rock_NN1 ,_, the_AT Atlanta_NP1 quartet_NN1 is_VBZ again_RT alchemizing_VVG various_JJ elements_NN2 into_II musical_JJ gold_NN1 ._. 
The_AT album_NN1 will_VM be_VBI attractive_JJ to_TO head_VVI bangers_NN2 ,_, math_NN1 rockers_NN2 ,_, and_CC now_RT even_RR classic-rock_JJ devotees_NN2 thanks_NN2 to_II guitarists_NN2 Brent_NP1 Hinds_NP1 's_GE and_CC Bill_NP1 Kelliher_NP1 's_GE deep_JJ devotion_NN1 to_II the_AT almighty_JJ riff_NN1 ;_; if_CS guitar_NN1 legend_NN1 Robert_NP1 Fripp_NP1 ever_RR sat_VVD in_RP with_IW Black_JJ Sabbath_NN1 ,_, the_AT results_NN2 would_VM probably_RR sound_VVI something_PN1 like_II this_DD1 ._. 
But_CCB the_AT elaborate_JJ "_" Skye_NP1 "_" is_VBZ very_RG much_DA1 Mastodon_NN1 's_GE own_DA unique_JJ vision_NN1 --_NN1 a_AT1 50-minute_JJ head-spinning_NN1 high_RR offered_VVN up_RP as_II a_AT1 complete_JJ seven-song_NN1 serving_VVG ._. 
Through_II bold_JJ and_CC brilliant_JJ lyrics_NN2 --_NN1 theatrically_RR delivered_VVN by_II bassist_NN1 Troy_NP1 Sanders_NP1 ,_, drummer_NN1 Brann_NP1 Dailor_NP1 ,_, and_CC Hinds_NP1 --_NN1 Mastodon_NP1 relays_VVZ a_AT1 tale_NN1 of_IO lost_JJ souls_NN2 ,_, demons_NN2 ,_, deceit_VV0 ,_, and_CC Russians_NN2 ,_, to_TO name_VVI a_AT1 few_DA2 touchstones_NN2 on_II an_AT1 album_NN1 that_CST is_VBZ epic_JJ in_II every_AT1 sense_NN1 ._. 
There_EX are_VBR two_MC 10-minute-plus_JJ tracks_NN2 that_CST are_VBR mostly_RR galvanizing_VVG ,_, though_CS one_PN1 ,_, "_" The_AT Last_MD Baron_NN1 ,_, "_" is_VBZ simply_RR overstuffed_VVN and_CC should_VM caution_VVI Mastodon_NP1 against_II evolving_VVG into_II a_AT1 heavy-metal_JJ Phish_NN1 ._. 
