Leviathan
by Mastodon
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Mastodon bestography
Leviathan is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Mastodon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mastodon is Crack The Skye which is ranked number 1105 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,582.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Leviathan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Leviathan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Museman | Top 14 Music Albums of 2004 | 2/14 | 5 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | bobnickmad | Top 20 Music Albums of the 2000s | 14/20 | 7 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 98 Music Albums of the 2000s | 13/98 | 18 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 36 Music Albums of 2004 | 13/36 | 3 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 4 Music Albums of 2004 | 3/4 | 3 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Metal - Holy Wars, Strongholds & The Thousand Lakes | 23/95 | - |
| 2026 | Guigou | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 79/100 | 21 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 78 Music Albums of 2004 | 64/78 | 1 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 70/100 | 30 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 262 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,292 | |||
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Leviathan ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:20 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 01:49 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Leviathan forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5384): By ssteve
sixoverpar 07/20/2026 06:14 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 06/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5358): By rlang36Leviathan comments
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sageamagoo TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/30/2015 01:45 | #148842 | TOP COMMENT
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The first Mastodon album I got into, and still by far my favourite. It's the heaviest album I've listened to that I still absolutely, wholeheartedly enjoy. It's like watching the movie 300. Somehow, despite all the blood and brutality, it still manages to keep a sense of majesty, and the dark, gritty story it tells is grossly engaging in its own colourful way. And that ending. Holy fuck, that ending. You can't get more perfect than finishing a 47 minute sludge metal album with an acoustic seafarer's lament. It's like the light at the end of a very long, very dark tunnel. And it's the only joy you've felt in 3 days. And you'll probably starve to death before you reach it.
I seriously cannot put this record down. My ears are bleeding. Please send help. (Edited)
mickilennial 03/18/2014 01:18 | #106629 | TOP COMMENT
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WHITE WHALE! HOLY GRAIL! I wish Mastodon would return to sludge and take a step away from progressive metal and stoner rock as they have been doing lately. This kicks major ass.
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/07/2019 17:27 | #239081 | TOP COMMENT
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One of defining moments in modern metal. Crack the Skye was my favourite for quite some time, but now I think Leviathan is just a tad better. Brutal and epic, fast, thrashing and complex, complete chaos and tender beauty all at once. (Edited)
rkjones10 07/06/2012 02:17 | #46020 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the greatest metal albums of all time.
Metal classic. Up there with albums like Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood, Rust in Peace, Paranoid, Number of the Beast, etc. etc. (Edited)
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