![]() Then I said to my self " What the fuck Nunzie if you have something to say, say it mofo!"Yeah my inner self talks like that. Mastodon is a special band for me ,you see after I got married and started a family I kind of dropped out of Metal. Slowly as the years went by I would be lured in. About ten years ago a friend of mine played " Colony of Birchmen" in his car, needless to say I was intrigued and bought " Blood Mountain ". Just like that I reentered the Metal realm, and Mastodon was a big reason. Mastodon is a very interesting band as is anyway. There hasn't been a lineup change since they started touring in 2001. You have Brann Dailor the spastic drummer with the off kilt persona. The quiet introverted guitarist in Bill Keilliher. The down to earth working man with bassist Troy Sanders. Then you have the big goofy off the wall maniac in guitarist Brent Hinds. All contribute to the lead vocals but Bill and all vocalists are easily distinguishable. ![]() " Emperor of Sand" is Mastodon's seventh full length. They have returned to their beloved concept format. This work however is about a man's thoughts as he's cursed to walk and suffer in the intense desert heat until we eventually dies. ![]() This is a metaphor for a person suffering from cancer. The metaphor even lives within the album's title as sand can represent " the sands of time". Some of the group have experienced the torment of cancer in their own families. Making it very understandable why this very well may be the most emotional album the four men have ever recorded.Īs the album opens with those chimes summoning your attention Mastodon takes us on a journey that only they can create. " Crack the Skye" producer Brendan O'Brien has returned and he captures the band's sound like no one. There have been silly boasts that the guitar tracks were recorded inside the moon. When you listen to the song " Steam Breather" you very well may believe it. It's sludgy crawling groove with these jaw dropping leads that just seem to be soaring into your cranium.
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