Oblivion (Mastodon song)

Oblivion (Mastodon song)
"Oblivion"
Single by Mastodon
from the album Crack the Skye
Released February 24, 2009
Format Music download, CD single
Recorded Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta, Georgia
Genre Progressive metal
Length 5:46
Label Reprise
Producer Brendan O'Brien
Mastodon singles chronology
"Divinations"
(2009)
"Oblivion"
(2009)

Oblivion is the second single from Crack the Skye by American progressive metal band Mastodon. It is their most successful single and song since the release of their full length Crack the Skye, reaching #30 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It is the opening track on the bands live album Live At The Aragon.

Contents

Music video

The music video alternates between clips of the band playing in a wasteland, and clips of each member on a space station, aptly named 'Skyelab'. They seem to be trying to repair the space station. Dailor is outside the station, frozen and not wearing his helmet at the beginning of the video, with Sanders attempting to retrieve him with a mechanical arm. Eventually, Sanders gives up and Hinds is given the task to effect repairs to the space station. While he is outside, he begins to see strange lights, which are also noticed by Kelliher. Hinds takes off his helmet and is killed instantly, while Kelliher exits through the airlock and also dies. Sanders dons a space suit to continue the repairs, but stops to look at the other who have fallen as the video ends.

The video won the Best Video title at the 2009 Kerrang! Awards. According to Brann Dailor, the video was influenced by Stanley Kubrick's science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Remix

The song was later remixed by DJ Troublemaker and is available as a free download from his website.

Personnel

Other appearances

An instrumental version of "Oblivion" appears on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game, Brütal Legend.[1]

References


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