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 ...

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 ...

Emperor Of Sand marks Mastodon’s return to grand concept albums, with a story about a guy fleeing a death sentence in the desert. Beneath the singing and the screaming, it’s an allegory for ...

In addition to the usual CD and digital formats, Emperor of Sand will be available on double 180-gram gate-fold vinyl. Fans who purchase the deluxe pre-order package through the Mastodon website ...

Today, they return with Emperor Of Sand, their follow-up to 2014’s Once More ‘Round The Sun. The band recorded the new one with veteran big-rock producer Brendan O’Brien, who last worked ...

Mastodon built their cult following by boiling dense high fantasy and sci-fi lyrical concepts in a caustic sonic cauldron of sludge, stoner metal and hard rock. They’ve since managed to climb ...

Considering its new seventh effort “Emperor of Sand,” Georgia sludge-metal quartet Mastodon faced a conundrum. As songwriters, how could they reference the tender topic weighing heavily on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mastodon – ‘Emperor of Sand’ Review Riffs, doom, an epic concept - exactly what you'd expect from Mastodon By NME 28th March 2017 ...

Dailor: Emperor of Sand, comes out March 31st. Yes—we’re here, we’re talking about it with people. Tell me what this record is about. Sum it up in two sentences, like we’re on an elevator.