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[METAL] For sludge-metal band Mastodon, it’s been about more than just sick riffs and skillful instrumentation. It’s been about creating worlds; terrifying, bizarre worlds where grotesque characters rule and transcendence is only achieved through the completion of epic journeys. Mastodon officially completed one such journey when they released Crack the Skye—the epic conclusion to their epic natural-element based series of epic albums that began with 2002’s Remission. The series  continued with 2004’s Moby Dick-inspired masterpiece Leviathan, before peaking with 2006’s Blood Mountain. Eleven years and a few facial tattoos later, and the Atlanta-based groove metal band—led by guitarist Brent Hinds—has rebooted: First releasing 2011’s riff-loaded, Led Zeppelin-inspired, The Hunter and most recently, their deathly psychedelic math-metal record Once More ‘Round the Sun. They’ll likely unleash a consistent barrage of cuts from their entire discography when they come to the Rapids Theatre on Wednesday, May 20 with Clutch and Graveyard.