Mastodon ’s seventh studio album, Emperor of Sand, begins with a “Curse”… and for good reason. Modern metal’s fiercest four-piece suffered a litany of tragic personal events leading up ...

Buy now from: This album fucking rules! Internationally celebrated heavy rock icons Mastodon release their eighth studio album, Emperor Of Sand - the follow-up to their universally praised 2014 Top ...

Mastodon Emperor Of Sand FILE UNDER: Trailblazing Prog-metal ROCKS LIKE: Atheist, the Mars Volta, ZZ Top WHAT'S DIFFERENT: There is only one band who can go from extreme metal to classic ...

After its announcement back in January, and the release of singles "Sultan's Curse" and "Show Yourself," Mastodon are finally back with their new album. Titled Emperor of Sand, the album finds the ...

We tend to draw inspiration from very real things in our lives." In addition to the usual CD and digital formats, Emperor of Sand will be available on double 180-gram gate-fold vinyl.

It comes as no surprise then that for their seventh album Emperor of Sand, Mastodon have returned to fantastical concepts … and to their comfort zone. This time however, the band's storytelling is ...

Reportedly, Emperor Of Sand moved 43,000 albums in its initial week out. That makes it Mastodon’s biggest selling first week debut, and it’s the band’s third top 10 release—it stopped at ...

For Emperor Of Sand they took a slight U-turn and reached out to producer Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine), who first worked with Mastodon on 2009’s Crack The Skye.

Mastodon returns on March 31 with “Emperor of Sand,” an album much in its tradition, both in music and words.

A concept album which tells the tale of a man sentenced to death in a never-ending desert, Emperor of Sand also doubles as an allegory for human mortality and the passing of the sands of time. If this ...