Remission is the full-length debut album by American heavy metal band Mastodon. It was released on May 28, 2002 via Relapse Records and was re-released on October 21, 2003. Most of the songs were written long before the album was recorded. "Workhorse" premiered live in Memphis in July 2001. "Trampled Under Hoof," "Trilobite," "Where Strides The Behemoth," "Crusher Destroyer," and "Mother Puncher" were all played on a WMFU radio show on August 7, 2001, and "Trainwreck" was written while Eric Saner was still in the band. At the beginning of "Crusher Destroyer" is the roar of the Tyrannosaurus rex from Read more on Last.fm.
It’s hard to make a song live up to its moniker when you call it something like “Crusher Destroyer.” Not only did Mastodon do that here, but they bring that haymaker immediately, and the rest of the album follows suit. I still don’t know what I like best about this record: its heaviest moment (the last riff in “Where Strides the Behemoth”) or the majorly psychedelic groove I can now identify as a predecessor to Crack the Skye (“Elephant Man”).