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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

As previously announced, Mastodon have received two 2018 GRAMMY Award nominations in the categories of 'Best Rock Album' (Emperor of Sand) and 'Best Metal Performance' (album track 'Sultan's Curse').

Over the past 17 years, Atlanta prog-metal heroes Mastodon have addressed tragic fact and wild fantasy, and have turned both into cinematic voyages. Their second full-length, 2004’s Leviathan, was a ...

After teasing their upcoming seventh album with a short blast of new music and 360-degree artwork, Mastodon have unveiled the complete track listing and release date for the LP, titled Emperor of ...

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 ...

Metal needed this album. It needed a record that’s doomy, heavy and magnificently multilayered, and Mastodon’s seventh album is exactly that. “‘Emperor Of Sand’ is like the Grim Reaper ...

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 ...