Crack the Skye is the fourth studio album by American progressive metal band Mastodon, released on March 24, 2009 through Reprise Records. It features seven tracks and runs at approximately 50 minutes.
Vocalist/bassist Troy Sanders said in an interview with Stereogum, "Crack The Skye is a departure from everything we've previously recorded in the sense that we kinda strapped on our aeroshells and departed from Earth for a while, and then captained to the ethereal element of the universe and kind of slept on the roof of the world for a while to get a perspective on this record. ... Basically we're exploring the ethereal world. We're dissecting the dark matter that dominates the universe, in a nutshell."


MASTODON - Crack The Skye [2009]  [320 kbps]



   1.  Oblivion – 5:48

   2.  Divinations  – 3:39

   3.  Quintessence  – 5:27

   4.  The Czar – 10:54

         i.   Usurper
         ii.  Escape
         iii. Martyr
         iv.  Spiral

   5.  Ghost of Karelia – 5:25

   6.  Crack the Skye – 5:54

   7.  The Last Baron – 13:01