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Atlanta-based sludge/stoner/progressive metal outfit Mastodon formed in 1999 around the talents of guitarist Bill
Kelliher,drummer BrännDailor, bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, and guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds. One of the more notable New
Wave ofAmerican Heavy Metal acts,a genre spawned in the mid-'90s by bands like Pantera, Biohazard, and Machine Head,
Mastodon'sinnovative, lyrically astute blend ofprogressive metal, grindcore, and hardcore helped position the band as one of
thepreeminent metal acts of the early 21st century.
Formed out of a mutual admiration for the Melvi ...read more
Atlanta-based sludge/stoner/progressive metal outfit Mastodon formed in 1999 around the talents of guitarist Bill
Kelliher,drummer BrännDailor, bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, and guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds. One of the more notable New
Wave ofAmerican Heavy Metal acts,a genre spawned in the mid-'90s by bands like Pantera, Biohazard, and Machine Head,
Mastodon'sinnovative, lyrically astute blend ofprogressive metal, grindcore, and hardcore helped position the band as one of
thepreeminent metal acts of the early 21st century.
Formed out of a mutual admiration for the Melvins, Black Sabbath, Neurosis, and Thin Lizzy, Mastodon signed with
RelapseRecords (TodayIs the Day, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Coalesce, Burnt by the Sun) in 2001 on the strength of a four.
songdemo. The EP Lifesblood arrivedthat same year, followed by the group's full-length debut, Remission, in 2002. The album
madepositive waves in the metal community, butit wasn't until 2004's Leviathan that the band's eclectic brand of proto.
metalbegan to enter the bloodstream of the entire musiccommunity. As polished and melodic as it was brutal and genre.
defying,Leviathan, loosely based on author Herman Melville's Moby Dick,signaled a turning point in the band's career,
appearing oncritics' year-end Top Ten lists across the musical spectrum.
Mastodon's newfound popularity eventually landed them a deal with Warner Bros., but not before fulfilling their contract
withRelapse in 2006by releasing Call of the Mastodon, a remastered version of the group's first two demo EPs, and
WorkhorseChronicles, a DVD that chronicledthe band's story thus far with interviews and concert footage. The band's third
album, BloodMountain, debuted at number 32 on theBillboard charts and received a Grammy nomination in the Best Metal
Performancecategory for the song "Colony of Birchmen." BloodMountain marked the band's highest chart peak, and set the
stage for itslong-awaited 2009 follow-up, Crack the Skye. In 2011, the bandreleased the CD/DVD package Live at the
Aragon, which wasrecorded in Chicago during the Crack the Skye tour. Mastodon followedquickly with new material, taking a
step back fromtheir more prog-oriented approach on their fifth studio album, The Hunter. « hide |
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