Due October 29, the band recorded the project in their hometown of Atlanta, GA with producer David Bottrill [Tool, Rush, Muse, Peter Gabriel]; the set features 15 songs, surveying sonic landscapes of rock, psychedelia, punk, metal, alternative, and prog while maintaining the group’s strong musical identity.
Mastodon worked on the follow-up to 2017's "Emperor Of Sand" during a period following the loss of longtime manager Nick John, who died while undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2018; as a result, an atmosphere of very real loss, loneliness, and longing permeates through the album as they musically say goodbye to their old friend and confidant.
Earlier this year, the group issued "Forged By Neron”, a track from the “Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack”, and recently delivered a livestream of a rare acoustic performance from the Georgia Aquarium.
Mastodon launched a series of US appearances at last month’s Psycho Festival in Las Vegas; they played Rocklahoma on September 5 ahead of sets at Ohio’s Inkcarceration Festival and Virginia’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival this week.
Mastodon
“Hushed And Grim”
Release date: October 29
01. Pain With An Anchor
02. The Crux
03. Sickle And Peace
04. More Than I Could Chew
05. The Beast
06. Skeleton Of Splendor
07. Teardrinker
08. Pushing The Tides
09. Peace And Tranquility
10. Dagger
11. Had It All
12. Savage Lands
13. Gobblers Of Dregs
14. Eyes Of Serpents
15. Gigantium
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