This and many other covers just proves how awesome Thin lizzy were and still are AWESOME

I’m really missing this song on Medium Rarities 😢

They totally nailed this classic.I think Phil and the boys would approve. Nice to see Big bands like Mastodon, paying tribute to bands who help set the sound and pave the way for bands today.

As a thin lizzy fan of 45yrs+ that was fantastic..well done and good luck..

That's Brent singing. This is good stuff. Thin Lizzy is some of the best ever. Powerful stuff. Rest in peace, Phil Lynott

Watched them open for Clutch in 2003 at The Bottleneck in Lawrence Ks and play this live. Amazing show. This is by far one of Phil Lynott's best songs. A battle cry.

I love how they play it a little loose and with a really fierce energy. Classic material deserves to be fun to play and listen to, not robotically copied and all neatly quantized. If you're not going to overhaul a song to "make it your own," then this is the other best way to do a cover: accurate, but with joy and reckless abandon.

As an irish man this is majestic

Phil would be proud...

Man I really love Mastodon since there doing Thin Lizzy covers

Nothing wrong with the chords. Some of the lead playing is a little different from Lizzy's but, as with all cover versions, that's simply the way they're doing it! I'm a long-time Thin Lizzy fan who saw them live in '81 and '82 and I've got to say, as with most things Mastodon have done, this is quality. Those of you who question the musicianship have clearly no idea what you're talking about.

Never heard of Mastodon but my fucking god they nailed it! Got to check this band out👍🏼

First gig I saw, Mastodon. Live in Dublin, they played this and we lost out shit at 15 years of age. Legends.

Nice.I`m a big Lizzy fan.Well done.

its funny that everytime I end up listening to 2 random bands that i always find them doing covers of each others songs, i just listened to mastodon oblivion and type in "Thin lizzy emerald cover" and the first thing that comes up is mastodons cover which I didnt even know existed wtf .

This album really takes me back when I was in (failing) college !

I wouldn't say better than the original, but it's dope

How am I just finding out about this cover? Its so damn good.

A worthy homage.

Deadly track , i can listen to this again and again

Gary and Phil smiling where ever they are

Nice I hadnt heard this before, I like the mixing on the guitar solo/duo

Awesome tribute to one of the greatest bands of all times!

Thanks for posting great cover. I have heard several bands cover this tune and they are all great. 🤘🤘🤘👍

The only Mastodon song not on Spotify

I definitely think that older songs are better than newer songs in general, but there are a few modern songs that stand out to me. The White Sea, Freya, Ebethron, The Warp Riders, Tres Brujas, Lawless Lands, and Empty Temples from The Sword, and March of the Fire Ants, Where Strides the Behemoth, Workhorse, Trainwreck, Trampled Under Hoof, Blood and Thunder, Seabeast, Stargasm, Tread Lightly, Aunt Lisa, Ember City, Diamond in the Witch House, and Sultan's Curse from Mastodon. That's good shit. But maybe the best old school shit that I have heard is Emerald from Thin Lizzy, The Trooper from Iron Maiden, and Supernaut from Black Sabbath. Some really good shit. I feel good about myself now. I feel powerful! Is this normal?

Great cover a tune from the most underrated band of the past by the most underrated band today! Good stuff!

Great cover!

awesome

Love it

Down from the glen came the marching men With their shields and their swords To fight the fight they believed to be right Overthrow the overlords To the town where there was plenty They brought plunder, swords and flame When they left the town was empty Children would never play again From their graves I heard the fallen Above the battle cry By that bridge near the border There were many more to die Then onward over the mountain And outward towards the sea They had come to claim the Emerald Without it they could not leave

PhilLlynott and Thin Lizzy where the Gods of rock and Mastodon paid ultimate tribute to them with their cover. This ROCKED!!! I would love to hear them cover China Town

Back when I was a cadet....used to drown out the sounds of weakness in my bunk to this...

long live of thin lizzy philo we miss you

Badass!

The metal gods have blessed us

Would they please do a tour for Live and Dangerous!??😍😍😍😉

cool.....

T L Forever!

,,,yes,,,I agree,,,,,but it also proved how awesome Mastadon really is................current..metal...now.😯

My favorite Lizzy song,the Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson duel solo's are amazing on the original,but im a huge Mastadon fan so this'll do :)

I like this version alot. Have you guys/gals heard the Ace version? It rocks as well. I love the duel lead guitar solos...Freakin awesome

All this does is prove how heavy of chord progression Thin Lizzy made way back when, melodic metal before they even knew what it was

Drumming at Boss level

Jape - Phil lynott It's a nice tribute to Phil written by an irish kid at a mastadon show watching a lunar eclipse while they played thin lizzy

i wish i could find this track on the album but simply cannot find it

2:00 - 2:19 learned that last night, the whole thing, in one sitting, just by listening to it. no tabs, just my ears! \m/

they did the great thin lizzy 10000000 times more justice than mctalliaca

cant beat the original solos.

holy shit. they covered the lizzy. dale do nuttin!

As good a tribute to Phil and the boys as any.

great cover! mastadon fuckin kill it!

Brent Hinds

Someone below complained about the wrong notes ? ! Jesus dude, Lizzy is one of my 3 favorite bands and these guys kicked ass, so does Frehley and Slash. I try to play a bit and you have to put your own touch to a song. I think the original artists would appreciate the new twist. I know 2 of my other favorite bands never ever played a song the same way twice Zeppelin and Allman Bros. I think it is a lack of imagination to try to play it exactly like the original.

bass heavy

heavy duty

hey, perhaps we can link your Mastodon cover to my video for Emerald? I am not sure how we can do this, let me know if you do.. :)

pretty cool he sang it in Philo style

Is this what “Phil Lynott” by Jape is about

Japanese release only.

Is that Dirty B. on vox?

@bookworm1138 ya tabs dont teach you the song its just notes so allways learn by ear or a lesson not tabs u will never learn anything, but if ur gona learn it then learn the whole thing because anyone coud learn 13 seconds of a song

Not bad of a cover, just a bit more metallish than the original. Still not better than Skyclad's rendition imho. You should all take a listen to it.

who's singing?

split w/ american heritage did

I'm pretty sure this song is about the british trying to conquer Ireland the emerald island

The guitar riffs are the wrong notes! Artistic license I guess. :)

Quite good. I wouldn't say great. They did very good on the solo. The vocals don't do much for me. Gary Moore's live tribute to Phil Lynott is still the best version I've heard.

This is from the Leviathan album

If Thin Lizzy is your favorite band your attitude is leave it alone. Can’t that. First Mastodon song I’ve heard ever. Very talented musicians to pull this off. Ace/Slash version sucks

Excellent cover maybe better than OG, lyrics timing seems more on here.

you would think they could at least get the fucking chords right. good rendition with the dueling guitar section though.

Down from the glen came the marching men With their shields and their swords To fight the fight they believed to be right Overthrow the overlords To the town where there was plenty They brought plunder, swords and flame When they left the town was empty Children would never play again From their graves I heard the fallen Above the battle cry By that bridge near the border There were many more to die Then onward over the mountain And outward towards the sea They had come to claim the Emerald Without it they could not leave