Emperor of Sand Mastodon

• 1 Sultan's Curse 04:09
• 2 Show Yourself 03:02
• 3 Precious Stones 03:45
• 4 Steambreather 04:54
• 5 Roots Remain 06:28
• 6 Word to the Wise 04:00
• 7 Ancient Kingdom 04:54
• 8 Clandestiny 04:28
• 9 Andromeda 04:05
• 10 Scorpion Breath 03:19
• 11 Jaguar God 07:56
• Total Runtime 51:00

Info zu Emperor of Sand

„Emperor Of Sand“ heißt das neue, mittlerweile siebte Studioalbum von Mastodon. Das Konzept hinter der Platte ist die Geschichte eines Wüstenläufers, dem sein Todesurteil übergeben wurde.

Die Themen Tod, Überleben und Zeit ziehen sich durch alle elf Songs von „Emperor Of Sand“. Musikalisch bleiben sich die Progressive-Metaler aus Atlanta dabei treu. Einen ersten Vorgeschmack präsentierte das Quartett bereits Anfang 2017 mit den beiden Songs „Sultan’s Curse“ und „Show Yourself“.

Mastodon-Schlagzeuger Brann Dailor, verantwortlich für die Lyrics der Band, erklärte kürzlich gegenüber rollingstone.com, worum es auf dem neuen Album geht. Es behandele die Themen Sterblichkeit und Endlichkeit. Anlass seien Erfahrungen im persönlichen Umfeld, in dem die Diagnose Krebs allgegenwärtig sei “Zeit ist ein sehr wichtiges Thema auf dem Album. Wie viel Zeit bleibt uns noch? Was tun wir mit unserer Zeit? Es geht auch darum, den Krebs und die Chemotherapie durchzumachen, und all die Dinge, die damit zusammenhängen. Ich wollte das nicht wortwörtlich behandeln. Ihr könnt es zwischen den Zeilen lesen.”

„Mit „Emperor of sand“ steht wohl eines der am stärksten herbeigesehnten Alben des Jahres an. Mastodon hatten neben ihren Seitenprojekten auch noch private Baustellen, die weniger erfreulich waren. Und genau hier setzen Mastodon mit ihrem 8. Album an, welches erneut einem Konzept folgt: Krebs. Es ist ein Album, welches jegliche Auswüchse hat und Songs, die sich wie Metastasen in das Langzeitgedächtnis fressen. Während der Prozess von den subkortikalen Gebieten zum Cortex noch abläuft, vereint das Quartett aus Atlanta kurzerhand all das, was man sich in den bisherigen 17 Jahren erarbeitet hat. Die größenwahnsinnige Gitarrenarbeit von Hinds und Kelliher, der knarzende Bass von Sanders und Dailors schier unmenschliches Drumming werden mit den einzigartigen Stimmen aller vier Protagonisten veredelt. Das Album erinnert gleichzeitig an „Remission“, aber auch an die letzten Werke. Mit 11 Übersongs ausgestattet, liefert diese Band für viele Fans das Album des Jahres ab!“ (EMP Redaktion)

Brann Dailor, drums, bass, lead, backing vocals
Brent Hinds, lead guitar, lead, backing vocals
Bill Kelliher, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Troy Sanders, bass, lead, backing vocals

Recorded 2016 at The Quarry Recording Studio in Kennesaw, Georgia; Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles
Produced by Brendan O'Brien

Mastodon
are an explosive, unbridled force. Possessing an uncanny song-writing sense, fearless innovation, unparalleled technical ability and a bottomless pool of raw talent and creativity, Mastodon are inarguably one of the most exciting new bands to form in the last 10 years.

In order to re-focus and regroup after leaving TODAY IS THE DAY in 1999, drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher opted to move back to their hometown of Rochester, New York. There, Dailor and Kelliher united with their former band Lethargy for a swansong show and demo. With the final chapter in Lethargy closed, the musicians moved to Atlanta, Georgia in January 2000 for a new start.

Only three weeks after arriving in Atlanta, Dailor and Kelliher met bassist Troy Sanders and guitarist Brent Hines at a High On Fire show that Hinds put on in his basement. Dailor and Kelliher had almost a decade of playing and touring experience together; Sanders and Hines had a half-dozen.

Within a few weeks of forming, the quartet's intense songwriting chemistry generated a myriad of hard-hitting songs. These songs merely touched the surface of the outfit's boundless well of ideas.

Under the name Mastodon, the group recorded their first demo in June 2000. With a new demo in hand, the band started a tireless tour schedule, covering most of the Eastern US as well as playing numerous regional dates supporting Queens Of The Stone Age, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse and many others. Mastodon's exceptional live performances impressed to such an extent that within months a contract was inked and the band welcomed to the Relapse family.

Mastodon's exceptional live performance impressed Relapse to such an extent that within months a contracted was inked, and Mastodon welcomed to the Relapse family.

In the spring of 2001, Mastodon once again blazed through the Eastern U.S. with Eyehategod, Keelhaul and Burnt By The Sun. Mastodon blew the doors off every venue along the tour, leaving a whole new contingent of music fans awestruck and hungry for more. Their formidable live reputation helped land them a summer tour again through the East Coast and Midwest, where they linked up with The Fucking Champs. The tour lead them through innumerable festivals (Milwaukee Metalfest, Hellfest, World Series of Metal, and Mid-South Metal Fest) whose attendees witnessed an entirely new form of power and intensity.

In August, Mastodon's Relapse debut EP "Lifesblood" hit with adamantine force. "Lifesblood" illustrated the band's incredible technical prowess, memorable hooks, and earthshaking ability to rock that they had been delivering night after night in club after club.

Not only did "Lifesblood" put them on the map, it proved once and for all that Mastodon were their own band with a sound and vision that defied categorization.

Eager to continue moving forward, Mastodon honed their new material and entered Man Or Astroman?'s Zero Return Studios in Atlanta with producer/engineer Matt Bayles (Isis, Burnt By The Sun, Pearl Jam) in October, 2001 to record their first full-length "Remission".

If "Lifesblood" was just the eye-opening introduction, Mastodon certainly awakened the slumbering heavy music scene on "Remission". "Remission" bridges the soulful and technical as herculean yet incisive song-writing is effortlessly fused with an expansive and emotive tenor. Creative, distinct, graceful and strong, Mastodon's "Remission" features the traits of a benchmark release, a standard to which others will be held and ultimately measured by. Rarely is rock so pure and hard-hitting.

Songs such as the galloping "March Of The Fire Ants", the beautiful "Ol'e Nessie", "Mother Puncher"'s labyrinthine guitar workout, and the punishing "Workhorse" are nothing short of insta-classics, and the albums remaining seven tracks are not far behind.

The quartet dug into their roadwork hard upon the release of "Remission". First a two-month North American Tour supporting High On Fire, followed by strings of dates supporting Hatebreed, Clutch, and Five Pointe O followed. The quartet finished out a busy 2002 with a Japanese Tour with High On Fire and a quick Eastern US run supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan.

The Melville's 'Moby Dick'-based new album 'Leviathan', recorded in Robert Lang Studios and Litho Studios in Seattle under the aegis of producer Matt Bayles is scheduled for late August 2004.

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