mastodon and eloy casagrande

 this is my favourite mastodon track by a country mile and i've always loved the drum part. here drumeo puts eloy casagrande thru his paces trying to get him to pick it up at speed. these drumeo videos are always great but i'm struck again with just how interesting/talented good drummers and their craft really is. a practice pad remains my limit! lol

mastodon

and here's mastodon. i love the drummer on this. off the top of my head him and the lass from bandmaid are my favourite drummers at this time. and, for whatever reason, while this video's not the best quality i love the off the wall nuttiness of it that seems somehow to capture that essential madness at the centre of moby dick.

paul romano

after yesterday's comment re lack of female artists illustrating moby dick you don't get more muscularly masculine than mastodon's leviathan album the cover art for which comes from paul romano. i love the song blood and thunder but i adore this cover (available as a print from paul romano should anyone want to get me an early christmas present!)