Emperor of Sand is Mastodon’s eighth album and showcases a band that exhibits absolutely no sign of letting up on the epic riffing and thunderous beat or of edging towards the mainstream. Make no ...

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 ’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 ...

Advertisement Advertise with NZME. But Emperor of Sand is as pure of a display of Mastodon's class as you can get. It's a beautifully deranged album, full of bruises for all to see.

Between the time Mastodon finished mastering Emperor of Sand and its March 31 release date, Sanders has been just a bit fidgety. He was excited when the first single, the blazing, riff-heavy “Sultan’s ...

Mastodon's Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor take us inside the writing of 'Emperor of Sand,' their epic new LP inspired by personal tragedy.

Prog-rock kings Mastodon have done it again, creating another compelling concept album in their latest release, Emperor of Sand. With depth and complexity unseen in many other American metal bands ...

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 ...

For Atlanta heavy metal stars Mastodon it was impossible to escape real life in the making of the band’s seventh album, Emperor Of Sand. Inspired by tragedy that circled around three of the four ...

Mastodon’s seventh record, “Emperor of Sand,” finds the band returning to the cohesive narrative ambitions of its early work. The foursome — drummer/singer Brann Dailor, guitarist/singer ...

When Mastodon finished in the studio, they mixed Emperor of Sand at Henson Recording Studio in Los Angeles. Soon after, they began rehearsals for their upcoming tour with Eagles of Death Metal ...