Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Blood and Thunder by Mastodon

I think that someone is trying to kill me!

Today's Metal Track is Blood and Thunder by Mastodon. This is the opening track off of their 2004 album Leviathan. This concept album is loosely based on the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick. Hence the White Whale references.

This song is about Ahab's decent into madness and his obsession with Moby-Dick. The whale took his leg and now Ahab wants revenge. He was so obsessed that he made his peg leg out of a whale's jawbone.

This ivory leg is what propels me
Harpoons thrust in the sky
Aim directly for his crooked brow
And look him straight in the eye!

White Whale!
Holy Grail!