Mastodon
Sep 30, 2021
Atlanta, GA based rockers Mastodon were formed during 2000 by Troy Sanders (bass/vocals), Brent Hinds (guitar/vocals), Bill Kelliher (guitar) and Brann Dailor (drums/vocals), and to date the group have unleashed a series of influential albums. Rolling Stone notably cited 2004’s "Leviathan" in its coveted The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. Meanwhile, "Crack The Skye" closed out 2009 on year-end lists by everyone from Time to Spin. They delivered three consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with "The Hunter" (2011), "Once More ‘Round the Sun" (2014), and "Emperor of Sand" (2017).
Mastodon will release their ninth full-length album, "Hushed And Grim" on October 29 via Reprise Records. This marks the heavy rock quartet’s first double album and first new record since 2017’s "Emperor of Sand", which netted the band a Grammy Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance” — their first win for the five-time nominees. The LP also bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, #1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Chart, and #7 on the Billboard Top 200 as “Show Yourself,” from the LP marked their highest entry at Active Rock, reaching #4.
The group recorded "Hushed And Grim" in their hometown, collaborating with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Rush, Muse, Peter Gabriel) behind the board. It consists of 15 tracks, featuring their new single "Teardrinker", which is a strong opening track to introduce the new album to Rock Radio.
In the lead up to the record, Mastodon have kept busy. They performed an innovative livestream, "Captured Live At Georgia Aquarium" powered by Dreamstage. They contributed “Forged By Neron” to the DC Comics’ "Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack and “Rufus Lives” to the "Bill & Ted Face The Music" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and released the 2020 Medium Rarities compilation. The band also recently dropped a limited-edition shaped die-cut picture disc of the acclaimed Medium Rarities single “Fallen Torches” with a B-side featuring the previously unreleased instrumental version of the track. A sought-after collectible, it has been limited to only 11,500 copies worldwide.