Blood Mountain
by Mastodon

Album
Blood Mountain by Mastodon
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-09-11
Overall rank: 1,878th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 239 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (28th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (303rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,878th)

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Mastodon bestography

Blood Mountain is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Mastodon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mastodon is Crack The Skye which is ranked number 1102 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,586.

Mastodon album bestography « Higher ranked (1,336th)
Leviathan This album (1,878th)
Blood Mountain Lower ranked (3,368th) »
The Hunter

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Blood Mountain track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
The Wolf Is Loose
Average Rating: 83 (41 votes)Comments: View 0
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Crystal Skull
Average Rating: 82 (38 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sleeping Giant
Average Rating: 85 (45 votes)Comments: View 0
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Capillarian Crest
Average Rating: 82 (39 votes)Comments: View 0
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Circle Of Cysquatch
Average Rating: 80 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bladecatcher
Average Rating: 77 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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Colony Of Birchmen
Average Rating: 84 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
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Hunters Of The Sky
Average Rating: 80 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Hand Of Stone
Average Rating: 80 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
This Mortal Soil
Average Rating: 81 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
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Siberian Divide
Average Rating: 81 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Pendulous Skin
Average Rating: 81 (30 votes)Comments: View 0

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Blood Mountain rankings

Blood Mountain rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,878th | 2000s rank: 303rd | 2006 rank: 28th  Overall chart history
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Blood Mountain ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 239 votes)
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 !		08/08/2026 23:50 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,60475/100
 
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 !		07/30/2026 15:49 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,79449/100
 
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 !		06/04/2026 17:40 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,70270/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.


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Blood Mountain forum mentions

This album has been referenced 24 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
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From BestEverAlbums 12/01/2022 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements
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From 05/10/2017 18:30 | #190596 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
My favorite of theirs, by a decent margin. The perfect balance between their super heavy sludgey stuff and the progy sound they evolved to later. Full of great riffs, and Brahn Dailor's drumming is as top notch as ever. (Edited)
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From 06/13/2015 08:48 | #143755 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Colony of Birchmen was one of my introductions to this band after hearing it on radio. Fell in love with everything they have done. No one comes close.
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From 03/26/2011 20:15 | #19616 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The best band of the last ten years (Edited)
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From 06/29/2015 01:27 | #144761 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Extremely strong album, almost as good as Leviathan and Crack the Skye. Definitely one of the best metal albums of the decade.
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From 02/12/2017 17:54 | #185477 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This stuff is beyond kickass, while being a intriguing record by a extremly talented band. Every track is just solid.
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