by Bram Teitelman | Apr 10, 2017 | Mastodon Insider, Metal By Numbers
We’ll obviously give you the bigger picture later this week with Metal by Numbers, but it was a great week for Mastodon and their seventh album, Emperor of Sand. The band’s return to conceptual albums after their last two has been a critical success,...
by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 4, 2017 | News, Video
Mastodon released Emperor of Sand this past Friday via Reprise Records. The album is based on the band losing family and friends over the years, and battling cancer, taking the listener on an emotional journey leaving all with little to no hope. However,...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 1, 2017 | News
Last month, Mastodon’s Brent Hinds boldly claimed that Judas Priest was not metal, even stating how weird he thought it was to hear Rob Halford proclaim himself as a “Metal God.” Most of the metal community considered Hinds’ remarks a bit baffling. However, it...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 31, 2017 | Video
If you weren’t aware, Mastodon’s seventh album, Emperor of Sand, is out today. Last week, the band were in New York City to do press for the album, and while on rock station Q104.3 for an interview, got to see the vinyl version of the album for the...
by Zach Fehl | Mar 31, 2017 | Columns, New & Noteworthy
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new releases from Mastodon, Body Count, Demon Hunter, as well as a live album from Arch Enemy, and a Death vinyl...